John G. Stackhouse, Jr. 2 minBIBLE"Make Us Like It"? Sounds Coercive. Then It Sounds—EssentialI love the "Traditional Collects" of the Book of Common Prayer as collected in the American edition my late father gave me years ago....
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 minBIBLECornelius the Convert—and What a Convert!Today is the Feast Day of the Conversion of Cornelius the Centurion. And, yes, it matters that he is not just “Cornelius,” but “Cornelius...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.2 minBIBLESmart SaintsI missed writing about Timothy and Titus (26 January), John Chrysostom (27 January), and Thomas Aquinas (28 January). So let me just say...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 minBIBLE“And the Word Was Made Flesh…”Today is the Feast of St. John the Evangelist. You will appreciate that I have some affinity with and affection for a Christian writer...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.1 minBIBLEOn the Feast of StephenToday is the Feast of St. Stephen, one of the two sad days during the Twelve Days of Christmas. Unlike the other sad day, the Feast of...
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.2 minETHICSSez Who?In Mark 9:33-37, Jesus asks his disciples what they were talking about on the road. What they should have been talking about was what he...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 minBIBLEParables & PropositionsScholars of religion well into middle age, as I am, remember the excitement of the so-called narrative school of theology breaking over...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.2 minBIBLESpiritual GiftsReading I Corinthians 12 this morning, under the tutelage of John Barclay’s excellent Paul and the Power of Grace, I’m reminded of my...