Speaking Engagements
December 29, 2006
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2010
January 21: “Evolution Explains Life, so God Isn’t Needed,” public lecture at UBC, sponsored by University Christian Ministry, WOOD IRC Theatre 6, 7:00 p.m. All welcome.
January 29: “Study Better: Guaranteed,” study skills seminar at Regent College, Room 100, 1:00 – 4:30 p.m. Register in advance with the Academic Secretary for discount. All welcome—including UBC, SFU, and other area students.
January 30: Writing Seminar for very good writers who want to get better, Regent College, Room 100, 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Register in advance with the Academic Secretary for discount. All welcome—including area writers.
March 11: Lectures, Heritage Theological Seminary, Toronto. More details as the event nears.
June 11-12: Lectures to the Million Dollar Round Table Christian fellowship, Vancouver. Members only.
July 12-23: “Make Up Your Mind: How to Think as a Christian,” summer school course at Regent College.
October 13-14: Murray Lectures, Crandall University (Atlantic Baptist University), Moncton, New Brunswick. More details as the event nears.
January 23, 2007 at 4:04 pm
Be in Colorado Springs any time soon for anything? we will be doing a book study on your book and we would be thrilled if you could make it
January 25, 2007 at 7:17 pm
It is particularly charming to be asked about theological speaking from someone named “Can Dance”! I can dance, too: foxtrot, waltz, polka, and a bit of jive dancing, thanks to lessons my wife and I took together after we had left our “no dancing” church background.
I don’t dance well, mind you, but I do it enthusiastically. (The key to ballroom dancing, gents, is to stay on your toes, never back on your heels.)
Anyhow, I would love to go back to Colorado Springs, one of the newer evangelical “Meccas” along with Orlando. I have been there once, to speak at the Broadmoor Hotel (very nice) to a group of fundraisers for evangelical organizations (not so nice). They completely rejected everything my co-presenter and I had to say about the history and ethics of evangelical fundraising and wanted, instead, only hard data (!) to help them, of course, raise more money.
It would be pleasant, then, to have a memory of the Springs to substitute for this one. Alas, Doctor (let the reader understand) Dobson and I aren’t best buds, and no one else has asked, either.
But thanks for inquiring. And which book are you reading together?
August 28, 2007 at 9:16 am
Dear Dr. Stackhouse,
I was one of your students when you taught at Wheaton College – you were my history lab professor and I’ll never forget the first class in which you proceeded to write a long string of dates on the blackboard, all the while we earnest students began to write them all down with feverish and furious pace, worried that we would be tested on them somehow – as if that is what the class would be about – dates. Of course, it was far more than a class about dates. It was a class that taught us the Christian story. You opened my heart and mind to the importance of church history in the telling and re-telling of the Christian story. You also took a personal interest in my story – accepting my invitation to “dine with a mind” and treating me with exceptional respect and dignity at a time in my life when I was exceptionally insecure and unsure of my place at Wheaton.
I tried to track you down at the Denver AAR/SBL a few years ago – not that you would remember me – but, was unsuccessful. You wrote me a recommendation for the school I eventually transferred into, and then I went on to seminary, have pastored at a couple of churches, and now write for a Christian organization (please don’t judge my writing by this blog posting!) Suffice it to say, I have followed your career and ministry through your books and articles and I am so happy to say “I knew you when” and so thrilled to see your gracious humility, your thoughtful candor, and your excellent scholarship displayed in so many meaningful and creative venues. You made a tremendous difference in my life, Dr. Stackhouse! I’ve always wanted to tell you and now I get the chance to tell you! Thank you for allowing God to use you in my life!
Many blessings to you in Christ!
August 31, 2007 at 9:42 am
Margaret,
Thanks so much for writing! I remember you well, and I am delighted, but not at all surprised, that your career has blossomed. And if I read your return e-mail address correctly, it appears we both share an interest in apologetics also! I’d like to hear more from you about that–please drop me an e-mail.
I have too rarely contacted teachers, speakers, and authors who have contributed to my life. Thanks for this good example, which I should follow better! And I hope our paths will cross again really, as well as virtually, and soon.
July 26, 2008 at 12:27 am
Dr. John, do you come to India?
July 26, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Brother Jeremiah,
I went to India for the first time this past February, speaking at ACTS Institute in Bangalore for a week-long seminar. I enjoyed my time there, but currently have no return engagements planned.
September 27, 2008 at 11:58 am
Greetings, John!
I recently purchased your latest book (Making the Best of It) and am looking forward to a stimulating read. I was so sorry to learn of your father’s death. I remember meeting him several times while I was at Regent (2002-2004). He seemed like a robust, fully alive person! (Now we know where you get it!) God bless you and your family as you grieve your loss. All is well here in AZ. We would love to connect if you are ever in our area. Every blessing to you and your family.
October 1, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Rebecca, Thanks for stopping by and especially for your kind words about my dad. I’m glad you continue to thrive in Arizona. Please hold a small, select conference at your beautiful place and invite me as speaker (since you’re replying to the “Speaking Engagements” page!). I shall endeavour to please!
October 21, 2008 at 4:36 am
Hi John,
I see that when you come to the UK you will be carefully avoiding Oxford, leaving your visit (let me be honest) woefully lacking in prestige. If you would like to add it to the list, then you’d be more than welcome to come and hold forth over a pint in the Eagle and Child. I’m sure I could find a student to join us..
Jez (that jazz pianist chap who was at Regent)
October 31, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Thanks, Jez, for this attractive invitation. Yes, I’m going to miss the “dreaming spires” this time, but let’s just say I’m using the others as a warm-up for when you have me back to lecture in the Sheldonian, okay?
November 9, 2009 at 11:34 am
Hello Dr. Stackhouse:
I am not sure if you remember me, I was the student that came up to ask about Pascal’s Wager after your lecture “Is it offensive to claim that Jesus is the only way.” I finally figured out what was the question that was bothering me at the time. All the questions that I wanted to ask danced around the same theme: “Are belief and knowledge mutually exclusive?” From popular literature and talking to people in general, I got the idea that once a person comes to know something there is no longer a need for belief in that thing. As with the parallel case: when a person believes a piece of information, (s)he cannot claim to knowing it.
I was quite alright with this view of the world in most situations until I encountered the bubble of faith/ spirituality/ religion/ moral code . In “the bubble” there seems to be a grey area where belief somehow becomes knowledge (or is justified as such) but belief is still necessary.
So (finally) am I somehow mistaken in my original understanding of the relationship of belief and knowledge or does the realm of [faith/ spirituality/ religion/ moral code] play by its own rules?
November 9, 2009 at 2:16 pm
The nomenclature varies per the conversation you’re in. Often people say “I believe that’s true, but I don’t know for sure,” but “justified true belief” is now simply what is meant by “knowledge” in most analytical philosophy of knowledge.
I write about the nexus of faith and knowledge in several of my books: Can God Be Trusted?, Humble Apologetics, and Making the Best of It. I hope you can find one of them and see if that exposition helps, but for a brief version, see this blog entry.