Despite modern-day evangelists' preoccupation with bigness, throughout Christian history, the gospel has often spread far and fast because ordinary Christians lived out their faith in their own local surroundings. … Read More
Author Archives: John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
Getting Things Straight for Christmas
John the Baptist's message is simple: "Repent!" It means to alter one's course, change one's mind, redirect one's life from the heart on out, to straighten up. It means to prepare for drastic change, position oneself for reorientation, and then turn. … Read More
Call It What It Is
A Professor of Religion explains the difficulties of teaching the Christian doctrines of the trinity and resurrection amid Canada's official policy of multiculturalism. He decries those who deny that Christ is God, to remove the offence of the Gospel. … Read More
Whose Dominion? — Christianity and Canadian Culture Historically Considered
Canadian Christians sometimes look back with nostalgia to when Christianity was dominant in the country. "God" is in the national anthem. Is Canada a Christian nation? Is it more or less Christian today than previously? ... Read More