John G. Stackhouse, Jr.1 minMULTICULTURALISMThe Cost of Free Speech on CampusThere is much to fear and loathe in the latest example of militant and violent campus intolerance. At Middlebury College in Vermont,...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 minMULTICULTURALISMHolding One’s Nose to Defend Charlie Hebdo“Secular society” does not mean that nothing is sacred. The common good is sacred. The welfare of society is sacred. And by “sacred” in...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 minCHURCHNo “God of the Gaps”…in LifeThis post carries on from the last one: God is not our “everything.” God made us, in fact, with lots of needs that must be filled in lots...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 minDISCIPLESHIPActually, No, You Are NOT “My Everything”Robert Louis Wilken’s magisterial study of The Spirit of Early Christian Thought concludes, as it ought, with the highest of concerns...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.5 minETHICSBefore You Talk or Write about Homosexuality…A few friendly tips, if I may, for those Christian leaders, preachers, professors, pundits, activists, and anyone else who wants to...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.5 minMULTICULTURALISMThe Anti-Islamic Movie and Cartoons: Let’s Not Defend Literary LitterWhat is the point of the cartoon? The “journalists” at Charlie Hebdo published cartoons insulting the Prophet Muhammad. They’re stupid...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.6 minPIETYAre You Lovable?This apparently bizarre question pops up over and over again in Christian worship and theology. It was posed to me recently by a friend...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.2 minLANGUAGEHow to Write Something that Is Worse than UselessYou might think that the worst thing you can do as a writer is fail to mention something important. Not so. Many textbook authors share...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.1 minEVANGELISMCommunicating Clearly…or NotHere is my latest column for Faith Today on why it’s so hard to communicate matters of faith clearly nowadays and what we can do about it.