John G. Stackhouse, Jr. 4 minDISCIPLESHIPSome Fresh Thoughts on Psalm 23Let’s begin with acknowledging the utter improbability that this post can live up to its title. Psalm 23 is one of the world’s favourite...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr. 5 minPRAYERWhat Does Prayer Do? Second Thoughts on Importunate PrayerI 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.7 minETHICSIs that why Christians are in the world? Did Jesus really die on a cross merely to inspire honorable, but otherwise unremarkable, lives?
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.1 minCURRENT EVENTSA Theologian & Historian's Take on "Jesus Revolution" Jesus Revolution is a good film. Not great, but not bad, either. Professor Stackhouse wonders, though, about the hole in the middle, where
John G. Stackhouse, Jr. 3 minCHURCHPithy TheologyProfessors tend to be long-winded. (I'll give you a moment to collect yourself after absorbing that shocking news.) I can't think of...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 minTHE CHRISTIAN WAYThe Feast of the Holy NameIn the recent Marvel series “Loki,” a character refers to the master of the universe as “He Who Remains.” That is all: the one who...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.2 minBIBLECur Deus Homo?Mark 14:22-25 isn’t a typical Advent passage, but it provides a few clues about the coming of the Lord: “While they were eating, Jesus...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 minBIBLEParables & PropositionsScholars 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.2 minETHICSWhen 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.