John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
The Feast of the Holy Name
In the recent Marvel series “Loki,” a character refers to the master of the universe as “He Who Remains.” That is all: the one who...
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JOHN G. STACKHOUSE, JR.
Thoughts on
CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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Cur Deus Homo?
Mark 14:22-25 isn’t a typical Advent passage, but it provides a few clues about the coming of the Lord: “While they were eating, Jesus...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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Parables & Propositions
Scholars of religion well into middle age, as I am, remember the excitement of the so-called narrative school of theology breaking over...
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When Theological Disputation Is Too Much…
Observation: If you hear the first nine, it doesn’t matter about the tenth.
The conversation is already over.
Only politics remains.
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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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...
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Spiritual Gifts
Reading I Corinthians 12 this morning, under the tutelage of John Barclay’s excellent Paul and the Power of Grace, I’m reminded of my...
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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 G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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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....
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Musings for Lent, Holy Week, and Easter
In case any or all of these can bless you, especially if you have to speak this week, a small list of previous posts: Easter: Who Needs...
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The Inescapable Weirdness of Easter
Here comes another Easter weekend. So what? Chocolate eggs, downy ducklings, and fluffy bunnies—nice enough, but hardly the haul we get...
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Holy Week Prayers: What Do We Really Want?
Holy Week brings into focus a number of Big Questions. Among the most searching is this: What do we want? In particular, what do we want...
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Is Hell Eternal?
People don’t suffer and die in hell because God chooses to torture and kill them.
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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...
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Expectations for Christian Leadership
I’ve had reason recently to consider patterns of Christian leadership among evangelicals around the world. And among fast-growing...
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Are Those Who Have Never Heard the Gospel Lost?
One of the great obstacles to Christian faith in our time is the traditional teaching that all who have not heard and received the Gospel...
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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...
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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,...
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Christianity and Other Religions: Clarifying Terms & Issues
I know: that’s a boring title. But an essay I wrote almost twenty years ago still seems at least occasionally useful to bring some clarity..
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Evangelicals, World Religions, and the Destiny of the Unevangelized: What Is “Inclusivism"
What is at stake goes far beyond the question of evangelical missionary work.
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Is Christianity Anti-Semitic?
The recent synagogue shooting in Poway, California, has focused attention on an abiding question regarding Christians and Jews: Is...