John Stackhouse
1 min
A Theologian & Historian's Take on "Jesus Revolution"
Jesus Revolution is a good film. Not great, but not bad, either. Professor Stackhouse wonders, though, about the hole in the middle, where
John Stackhouse
3 min
“And the Word Was Made Flesh…”
Today is the Feast of St. John the Evangelist. You will appreciate that I have some affinity with and affection for a Christian writer...
John Stackhouse
3 min
Is Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” a Christmas Song?
How about Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus,” instead? You might wonder if these are trick questions…. Cohen’s song was made famous by both the...
John Stackhouse
4 min
How Can I Block Out the Cruelty?
The stereotype of the schizophrenic is a poor soul beleaguered by a cacophony of voices telling him what to do. But we all now are...
John Stackhouse
4 min
A Bestselling Thriller Author Gets Good Friday Wrong
In his popular recent novel, The Order, thriller writer Daniel Silva decides in the name of Judaism to launch a missile at Christianity....
John Stackhouse
2 min
On “Dr. Jill Biden” & Medical Status Anxiety
The ignoramus who wrote in the WSJ about Jill Biden not being a real doctor (because she isn’t a physician, but holds a Doctor of...
John Stackhouse
2 min
Keeping Up with the Windsors
One cannot avoid encountering the soon-to-be-no-longer-HRH Prince Harry, his wife Meghan, and their little boy Archie. They’re...
John Stackhouse
3 min
“The Future Is Already Here…”
So says William Gibson, the American author who followed his wife to her native Vancouver and from there has spun out his tales of the...
John Stackhouse
2 min
Evangelicals in Canada versus Evangelicals in the USA
I’m only going to say this one more time. Canadian evangelicals are not identical with our American cousins and not all aligned with the...
John Stackhouse
4 min
In the Light of the Sri Lankan Suffering
[This was originally posted in April 2019] What’s the real story of the Sri Lankan bombings? Is it that Christians are being persecuted...
John Stackhouse
2 min
What I Actually Told “The Walrus” about John Allen Chau
Canada’s aspiring magazine of ideas, The Walrus, recently printed a bowdlerized version of a letter I sent to them. To clip letters is...
John Stackhouse
2 min
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.,...
