

John Stackhouse
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The Beatitudes by Way of Deuteronomy
Scholars of the Bible recognize the pattern of blessing + cursing in the Book of Deuteronomy. As Jesus gave his Beatitudes, I wonder if...


John Stackhouse
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Smart Saints
I missed writing about Timothy and Titus (26 January), John Chrysostom (27 January), and Thomas Aquinas (28 January). So let me just say...

John Stackhouse
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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
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Faith as Yessing
Faith is often defined as a posture, an attitude, especially a posture or attitude of trust. I have gladly defined it that way myself....


John Stackhouse
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Don’t Ask Me to Pray
Almost 20 years ago, I published this column in Faith Today (September 2001). A reader recently wrote to the FT editors asking for its...

John Stackhouse
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Troubled in Toronto?
Did the Middle Ages just appear on the streets of Toronto? Last week, Muslims around the world observed the day (“Yom”) of Ashura, the...


John Stackhouse
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If Sorrow Is Stalking You
Sometimes God presses us right up against the wall of what we can endure. And sometimes God smashes us right through it. I sat down with...

John Stackhouse
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Successful—or Merely Popular?
The new season of “Black Mirror,” a “Twilight Zone” TV program now produced by Netflix, opens with an episode nicely terrifying for our...
John Stackhouse
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Which God?
Convocation Hall at the University of Toronto recently provided the stage for a debate between celebrated Christian apologist Alister...
John Stackhouse
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A Prayer for Every Day
This last month, while venturing hither (vacationing in the Okanagan Valley) and yon (working in Sydney, Australia), I have been...

John Stackhouse
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The Hard Work of Prayer
Here is a lovely passage from the sprightly, charming, and ruthlessly honest testimony of English writer Jane Christmas as she considers,...

John Stackhouse
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Bonhoeffer on “The View from Below”
With clear recognition that the following is, for me, in the “aspiration” column rather than the “accomplishment” column, I set out for...