Tag: John Stackhouse
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Communicating Clearly
Christianity.ca: Communicating Clearly John Stackhouse How do we deal with the reality that there will always be some people who don’t understand what we are saying? I spent a half an hour on the telephone this morning talking with a friend of mine who is a prominent Canadian Christian journalist. She sometimes writes for mainstream…
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“Hate the Sin, but Love the Sinner”? We’re Not Ready for That
John Stackhouse: “Hate the Sin, but Love the Sinner”? We’re Not Ready for That I love this part: … In journalism broadly and in the blogosphere in particular, critical responses so frequently are mean. Ad hominem is everywhere. And it makes me wonder, how in the world can Christians keep spouting the claim to “hate…
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Best of It: Final Thoughts
[Series Index] We have concluded our discussion of John Stackhouse’s Making the Best of It: Following Christ in the Real World. I’ve read this book three times now. Here are some reasons why this book has been so important to me. Shalom – Almost 25 years ago, while in grad school, I took a Kyregma…
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Best of It: Conclusion (Part 2)
[Series Index] The first section in the conclusion to Making the Best of It is called "The Shape of our Lives." John Stackhouse looks at this in terms of three issues. We can look at the question of the shape of our lives in terms of what we do to shape them, which I will…
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Best of It: Principles of a New Realism (Part 5)
[Series Index] Today we wrap up Chapter 8, "Principles of a New Realism," in John Stackhouse's Making the Best of It. The fourth and final section deals with "Liberty and Cooperation." Liberty and Cooperation Individuals … We are free, first from sin and death. No longer must we obey sin and fear death. We are…
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Best of It: Principles of a New Realism (Part 4)
[Series Index] Today we look at "Faith and Faithfulness," the third of four parts in John Stackhouse's discussion of "Principles of a New Realism." (Chapter 8 in Making the Best of It.) We've looked at "A Mixed Field, Mixed Motives, and Mixed Results" and "The Normal and Beyond." "Liberty and Cooperation" will be the topic…
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Best of It: Principles of a New Realism (Part 3)
[Series Index] We continue with the Principles of a New Realism (Chapter 8) in Making the Best of It by John Stackhouse. Monday, we looked at Mixed Field, Mixed Motives, and Mixed Results. Wednesday, we began our look at The Normal … and Beyond. Today we finish that discussion. The Normal … and Beyond: Steering…
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Finding the Will of God–or–Not Getting Lost in the Forest
Prof. John Stackhouse Weblog: Finding the Will of God–or–Not Getting Lost in the Forest Last December my family and I moved to North Vancouver, to a house surrounded by trees on the shoulder of Mount Seymour. Settlement ends near our home and gives way to forests that include long trails up and down the mountainsides…
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Best of It: Principles of a New Realism (Part 2)
[Series Index] In Making the Best of It by John Stackhouse, we continue with the Principles of a New Realism (Chapter 8). Monday, we looked at Mixed Field, Mixed Motives. Today we look at The Normal … and Beyond. The Normal … and Beyond: Steering Societies, Converting Communities, Improving Individuals. The underlying theme here is…
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Best of It: Principles of a New Realism (Part 1)
[Series Index] We now come to Chapter 8, the concluding chapter of Part III in Making the Best of It by John Stackhouse. This chapter is called “"rinciples of a New Realism." Stackhouse begins the chapter: How, then, do we fulfill our calling within the global mission of God and in our particular place in…