John G. Stackhouse, Jr. 2 minFAITHGood Christians, Rejoice!Be joyful though you have considered all the facts. —Wendell Berry, ”Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front” Wendell Berry’s...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr. 2 minHOLIDAYSThe House of ChristmasMy favourite Advent poets are Luci Shaw and Mark Noll (yes, that Mark Noll). But G. K. Chesterton turned out a few good pieces also, and...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr. 1 minJESUSAdvent Then and NowCreator comes as creature, Lion as lamb. Alpha begins as new life (Omega will die), Almighty as all-needy, The Word as infant, The Rock...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 minTHE CHRISTIAN WAYIs 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 G. Stackhouse, Jr.2 minBIBLECur 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.3 minTHEOLOGYThe Charlie Brown Christmas ProblemCharles Schultz’s classic TV special “A Charlie Brown Christmas” was originally broadcast in 1965. And, a generation later, the problem...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 minTHE CHRISTIAN WAYCome, Thou Not-Expected JesusThat first Christmas night, the shepherds on that Judean hillside were properly terrified by the Identified Flying Object blazing above...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.2 minDEFINING THE TERMSTheory Ain’t Belief–Thank God!Philosopher Alvin Plantinga buries a little gem of insight in a footnote to his massive Warranted Christian Belief (Oxford, 2000) that...
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...