The Sermon on the Mount vs. the Nicene Creed: A Needless and Dangerous Choice
Perhaps you have come across this social media post, or something like it: A former student of mine posted it on Facebook recently with a...
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CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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Comedian Meets the Pope—and Misses Out
Arguably America’s leading magazine of criticism and comic writing, The New Yorker recently devoted four pages to humorist David Sedaris...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
5 min
Creation Care for Non-Gardeners: First, You Have to Care
British Columbia annoyed me. Then it spoiled me. I grew up on the Canadian Shield, a lovely giant geological horseshoe surrounding James...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
9 min
Fair Payment for Speakers
Or: "By Their Honoraria, Ye Shall Know Them" [Note: This column originates in the North American Christian ambit, but I daresay it...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
2 min
Worse than Useless
One of the Old Testament expressions for sin is "to twist"—to misshape something from its true nature and its intended purpose. That...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
3 min
Perfect Fear Casts Out Love
When people flatly contradict themselves, it’s worth a moment to try to understand why. Not long ago, “Intelligent” (a site unfamiliar to...
