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.4 minJESUSThe Transfiguration—and the Exceeding of ExpectationsToday, August 6, is the Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus Christ. This astounding story offers the Church many lessons, and...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 minJESUSThe Ascension of the God Who Remains One of UsEuropeans do like their titles. And why shouldn’t they? They have some excellent ones. I was attending a meeting in Britain of university...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.2 minEVILWhat Would It Take to Forgive Mel Gibson?Mel Gibson is still among the most reviled people in Hollywood. We all know about his bitter, violent anti-Semitism. And there’s more in...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.1 minHOLIDAYSHoly Week Posts 2016I’m late publishing this kind of post this year, but in case you’d like some material for further reflection this Eastertide: On...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.2 minVOCATIONWhat Will We Want Jesus to Want from Us?Reading in Matthew 14 this morning, I was impressed afresh at the Apostle Peter’s audacity. I wonder if I, on the verge of 2016, will...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.5 minMISSIONAllah and Yhwh…and Tash and AslanJust a little more on this issue of “Which God is which?” As I implied at the end of my previous post, but now will say explicitly: I...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.1 minHOLIDAYSThe Great TransfusionAs we travel through Lent, we recall Luther’s speaking, in a letter to Georg Spenlein (1516), of Holy Week as the occasion of the Great...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.2 minDISCIPLESHIPThe Continual Unpredictability of a Straight LineAs one looks at Jesus in the Gospels, one sees the Lord carving through the world as a straight line of integrity, purpose, holiness, and...