John G. Stackhouse, Jr.2 minAPOLOGETICSWhy Isn’t Christianity Simpler?When I moved to Vancouver in 1998, once people found out I had been a guest of various radio hosts in Winnipeg and elsewhere, the...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.6 minTHE CHRISTIAN WAYWhat “Orthodoxy” Is and Isn’t: Some Questions about StatementsWhen someone sits down to specify orthodoxy, he is up to something. Count on it.
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.7 minETHICSA Dash of Cold Water for Christian Anarchism[NOTE: This originally appeared in Geez (Winter 2012): 38-39. I sent a copy to a friend recently, and it made me think others might like...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 minVOCATIONSome Tenebrae MusingsAs the time for Tenebrae (Latin “darkness”) services has come again, one thinks of the shrinking circle of light in the Passion narrative...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 minWISDOMSimple Is Good; Oversimple Is BadI happen to chair the committee that coordinates the major lectureship at Regent College, the Laing Lectures. Roger Laing, our patron, is...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.4 minTHE CHRISTIAN WAYFans, Fanatics, and FaithChicago Bears football fans, among which I number myself, having cheered for them since our seven years’ sojourn in the Windy City in the...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.2 minCURRENT EVENTSTaking Christ Out of "Kris-mass"This time of year, preachers are constantly telling us to “put Christ back into Christmas.” Well, maybe. My beloved and I watched the...