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“On Earth as It Is in Heaven”—or Would That Be Boring?

The Lord’s Prayer teaches us to ask for more heaven on earth (Matthew 6:10). But that’s the last thing many people want—at least, it is...

John Stackhouse

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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...

In the Light of the Sri Lankan Suffering

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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

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Easter: Who Needs It?

The world’s great religions offer what millions of people want: a sensible, straightforward path to life. That’s why those religions are...

John Stackhouse

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What in Hell Is Going on?

The Walrus, a magazine not renowned for a sustained interest in Christian thought, in its April number commendably features a review...

John Stackhouse

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The End of Life—and the End of an Era?

We are approaching an inflection point. In geometry, an inflection point is where a curve starts to change its shape—say, from curving...

Christianity Is Weird, but Perhaps Not as Weird as Your Think

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Christianity Is Weird, but Perhaps Not as Weird as Your Think

Christianity has what I sometimes call a “double weirdness problem.” Elements of its teaching that are truly strange—such as the...

Evangelicals, Ethics, and Supporting Donald Trump

John Stackhouse

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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.,...

John Stackhouse

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The Charlie Brown Christmas Problem

Charles Schultz’s classic TV special “A Charlie Brown Christmas” was originally broadcast in 1965. And, a generation later, the problem...

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

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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...

John Stackhouse

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CURRENT EVENTS

Does Location Equal Importance?

NASA recently celebrated the end of the unlikely long run of the Kepler spacecraft. Sent up in 2009, this marvelous flying telescope...

John Stackhouse

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Immortality Will Be . . . Boring?

It is astonishing, and depressing, to encounter again the blithe arrogance of certain members of my class: the highly educated pundits...

John Stackhouse

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News Flash: Dog Doesn’t Bite Man

Exactly zero news agencies would bother reporting that a local man encountered a dog who didn’t bite him, as he had feared it would, but...

John Stackhouse

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Reality: What a Concept

“I prefer to think of my bank account as limitless.” “I prefer to think of myself as universally charming.” “I prefer to think of traffic...

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...

Paige Patterson, Donald Trump, and Theological Malpractice

John Stackhouse

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