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CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE
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Gender & Realized or Over-Realized Eschatology

John Stackhouse

6 min

THEOLOGY

Gender & Realized or Over-Realized Eschatology

What would our understanding of gender look like, however, if we took the “already, but not yet” principle seriously?

John Stackhouse

2 min

ETHICS

Sez Who?

In Mark 9:33-37, Jesus asks his disciples what they were talking about on the road. What they should have been talking about was what he...

Southern Baptists Expand the “Baptist Faith and Message”

John Stackhouse

4 min

Southern Baptists Expand the “Baptist Faith and Message”

LOUISVILLE, KY — (Baptist Press) Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr., President, CEO, and Oracle of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary...

Throw Away All Your Ravi Zacharias Books? Or All Your Luther?

John Stackhouse

2 min

ETHICS

Throw Away All Your Ravi Zacharias Books? Or All Your Luther?

A friend grieves the news of a report on Ravi Zacharias’s awful sins. And there are more on the public record now that don’t show up in...

John Stackhouse

3 min

ETHICS

Why I Attack Certain Public Figures

A couple of friends have asked me why I’m uncharacteristically mordant about certain people I have dealt with on social media. These...

John Stackhouse

2 min

CHURCH

Expectations for Christian Leadership

I’ve had reason recently to consider patterns of Christian leadership among evangelicals around the world. And among fast-growing...

John Stackhouse

11 min

ETHICS

The Seven Deadly Signs

Ministries that Think They Can Do No Financial Wrong Are Deceiving Themselves I published this article twenty years ago. I regret to say...

Franklin Graham, John MacArthur, and Church-and-State

John Stackhouse

2 min

APOLOGETICS

Franklin Graham, John MacArthur, and Church-and-State

A few friends have seen this post on Facebook and asked me to re-post it here to make it easier for them to share. Franklin Graham...

John Stackhouse

2 min

CURRENT EVENTS

Salacious Stupidity

I’d love to pile on Jerry Falwell, Jr. for engaging in, and then happily Instagramming, a yacht party (!) in which he, family members,...

John Stackhouse

2 min

CURRENT EVENTS

Whose Issue?

City streets are filling with demonstrators on behalf of black and indigenous victims of police brutality, and against racism generally....

John Stackhouse

4 min

LEADERSHIP

Should the Statues Come Down?

It’s easy to mock all the statue-removers as crazy mobs accomplishing nothing on behalf of the real victims of racism, past and present....

“I (Don’t) Like the Leader” Isn’t the Way to Vote

John Stackhouse

3 min

ETHICS

“I (Don’t) Like the Leader” Isn’t the Way to Vote

Sadly, of course, both political parties and the political press insist on characterizing modern elections in just this way. Leaders, not...

John Stackhouse

2 min

ETHICS

The Perils of Public Prayer

According to The Washington Post, “State Rep. Stephanie Borowicz was on the ninth ‘Jesus’ of her opening prayer in the Pennsylvania...

John Stackhouse

3 min

ETHICS

A Bribe by Any Other Name Would Smell…

I’ve got some hard things to say, so let’s get a couple of things straight before I say them. First, I am not writing out of...

Evangelicals, Ethics, and Supporting Donald Trump

John Stackhouse

2 min

ETHICS

Evangelicals, Ethics, and Supporting Donald Trump

Evangelicals—at least, we white ones—are having a hard time in the public eye these days. Perhaps you’ve noticed. Jerry Falwell, Jr.,...

Gretta Vosper and the United Church of Canada: What’s Going on?

John Stackhouse

5 min

CURRENT EVENTS

Gretta Vosper and the United Church of Canada: What’s Going on?

Self-declared atheist Gretta Vosper held on to her pulpit in the United Church of Canada last week as denominational executives decided...

Scandals, Scandals Everywhere: What Can Be Done?

John Stackhouse

3 min

CURRENT EVENTS

Scandals, Scandals Everywhere: What Can Be Done?

It’s been a bad season for Catholics and evangelicals. Catholics are embroiled in a global scandal about who knew and did what about...

Due Process Is Boring . . . until Things Start Blowing Up

John Stackhouse

4 min

ETHICS

Due Process Is Boring . . . until Things Start Blowing Up

I once had a ruthless boss try to do me in… and due process, properly followed, rescued me. I was up for promotion from the rank of...

John Stackhouse

3 min

LEADERSHIP

Does Your Board Know Its Business?

As the controversy continues surrounding Willow Creek Community Church’s pastor Bill Hybels, its Board of Elders has offered a public...

John Stackhouse

3 min

POLITICS

Canadian Christians’ Trumpian Moment

“Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time...

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Thoughts on CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE John G. Stackhouse, Jr.'s blog has moved to www.thinkbettermedia.ca/blog as of August 2023 visit there for the latest posts and news!

Thoughts on
CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.'s blog has moved to www.thinkbettermedia.ca/blog as of August 2023 visit there for the latest posts and news!