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CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE

5 min

Salvation Theology 101

Salvation is a big topic. Arguably, it is The Big Topic, the central theme of the Bible as it is the fundamental issue of human existence.

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

6 min

APOLOGETICS

The Meaning of Life? Why Should I Care? A Historian's take by John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

Why do, or should, the Big Questions matter? Why bother trying so hard when the world’s greatest thinkers have deeply differed?

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

3 min

BIBLE

“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.

3 min

BIBLE

Parables & Propositions

Scholars 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.

1 min

THE CHRISTIAN WAY

Stackhouse on Wolterstorff on Kant

Here and here are two recent posts, for Christian Scholar’s Review, on my recent reading of an essay by Christian philosopher Nicholas...

When Theological Disputation Is Too Much…

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

2 min

ETHICS

When Theological Disputation Is Too Much…

Observation: If you hear the first nine, it doesn’t matter about the tenth. The conversation is already over. Only politics remains.

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

3 min

APOLOGETICS

The Inescapable Weirdness of Easter

The world’s most popular religion, the world’s largest social movement, the world’s most believed Theory of Everything depends on...

Christianity and Other Religions: Clarifying Terms & Issues

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

19 min

EVANGELICALISM

Christianity and Other Religions: Clarifying Terms & Issues

how Christians are to understand other religions, the destiny of the unevangelized, the basis for salvation, the nature of general and spec

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

3 min

ETHICS

Are You Checking All the Ingredients?

I once enjoyed a fabulous vacation in France. It was our 25th wedding anniversary and we had saved carefully for three glorious weeks in...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

3 min

EDUCATION

Who Can You Believe?

It’s too good not to be true. It’s easy to feel that way when you come across a news article, Facebook post, speech, or seminar that...

I’m Sorry, Patton Oswalt, but We Have to Pick

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

3 min

ETHICS

I’m Sorry, Patton Oswalt, but We Have to Pick

I’ve seen Patton Oswalt in lots of movies and TV shows, and so have you: “The King of Queens,” “Magnolia,” “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,”...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

3 min

EVANGELICALISM

What the Governor-General Got Right

I was a bit hard on Her Majesty’s representative last week as I encouraged her to stick to what she knows and what her office...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

3 min

Some Matters Really Are Beneath (Christian) Contempt

The redoubtable Oliver O’Donovan offers us wise words for these times. They were posted and re-posted, you won’t be surprised to learn,...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

1 min

APOLOGETICS

Faith, Foolishness, and Fanaticism

Last week I chided the CBC’s Neil Macdonald for his outburst against people of faith whom he clearly would prefer to keep out of sight in...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

1 min

APOLOGETICS

Alvin Plantinga: The Atheists’ Unicorn

Alvin Plantinga, professor emeritus at the University of Notre Dame, recently received the Templeton Prize in Religion, which “honors a...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

1 min

EVANGELICALISM

Anthropological Confusion, Epistemological Failure: Mainstream Media and Moderate, Orthodox Christia

A recent article on conservative trolls among the roiling White House press corps in The New Yorker can stand for a general ferment of...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

3 min

VOCATION

Resurrection…to More of the Same?

Yesterday was the big celebration of the astonishing gift of “another life,” as they say in video games. How will you spend it?

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

3 min

BETTER SPEAKING AND WRITING

Find Someone Good? Go Deeper–Notwithstanding…

In a world of voices—what seems often to be a maelstrom, even a cacophony, of competing signals—how wonderful it is to find someone...

NEW BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE

Woke: An Evangelical Guide to Postmodernism, Liberalism, Critical Race Theory, and More

Woke: An Evangelical Guide new book by John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

A brief and balanced introduction and response to the culture of "woke" for busy people.

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Thoughts on
CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE

NEW BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE

Woke: An Evangelical Guide to Postmodernism, Liberalism, Critical Race Theory, and More

A brief and balanced introduction and response to the culture of "woke" for busy people.

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

JOHN G. STACKHOUSE, JR.

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Thoughts on CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE

NEW BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE

Woke: An Evangelical Guide to Postmodernism, Liberalism, Critical Race Theory, and More

A brief and balanced introduction and response to the culture of "woke" for busy people.

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

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JOHN G. STACKHOUSE, JR.

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CONTACT ThinkBetter@JohnStackhouse.com

Thoughts on
CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE

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