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CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE

What Does Prayer Do? Second Thoughts on Importunate Prayer

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What Does Prayer Do? Second Thoughts on Importunate Prayer

I recently wrote against the idea of piling up prayers to God as if we can exact what we want by dint of our exertions. God is not a...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

1 min

ETHICS

The Beatitudes by Way of Deuteronomy

Scholars of the Bible recognize the pattern of blessing + cursing in the Book of Deuteronomy. As Jesus gave his Beatitudes, I wonder if...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

2 min

BIBLE

Smart Saints

I 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.

2 min

ETHICS

Sez 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.

4 min

THE CHRISTIAN WAY

How Can I Block Out the Cruelty?

The stereotype of the schizophrenic is a poor soul beleaguered by a cacophony of voices telling him what to do. But we all now are...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

1 min

PIETY

Faith as Yessing

Faith is often defined as a posture, an attitude, especially a posture or attitude of trust. I have gladly defined it that way myself....

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

3 min

APOLOGETICS

Don’t Ask Me to Pray

Almost 20 years ago, I published this column in Faith Today (September 2001). A reader recently wrote to the FT editors asking for its...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

4 min

CURRENT EVENTS

Troubled in Toronto?

Did the Middle Ages just appear on the streets of Toronto? Last week, Muslims around the world observed the day (“Yom”) of Ashura, the...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

4 min

APOLOGETICS

If Sorrow Is Stalking You

Sometimes God presses us right up against the wall of what we can endure. And sometimes God smashes us right through it. I sat down with...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

2 min

ETHICS

Successful—or Merely Popular?

The new season of “Black Mirror,” a “Twilight Zone” TV program now produced by Netflix, opens with an episode nicely terrifying for our...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

2 min

ETHICS

Which God?

Convocation Hall at the University of Toronto recently provided the stage for a debate between celebrated Christian apologist Alister...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

1 min

PRAYER

A Prayer for Every Day

This last month, while venturing hither (vacationing in the Okanagan Valley) and yon (working in Sydney, Australia), I have been...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

1 min

PRAYER

The Hard Work of Prayer

Here is a lovely passage from the sprightly, charming, and ruthlessly honest testimony of English writer Jane Christmas as she considers,...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

2 min

DISCIPLESHIP

Bonhoeffer on “The View from Below”

With clear recognition that the following is, for me, in the “aspiration” column rather than the “accomplishment” column, I set out for...

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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.

Thoughts on
CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE