The Tentative Apologist is:
progressively evangelical,
generously orthodox,
rigorously analytic,
revolutionary Christian thinking.
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Recent Blog Posts
The John Stackhouse Case Continued: The Witnesses Speak
By Randal
Yesterday, Canada’s leading evening news program, The National, broadcast a short six-minute documentary on the John Stackhouse case. What is particularly significant is that the documentary introduces two witnesses to the public: Courtney and Indira. This is significant because the original Summary of Findings of the investigation posted by Crandall University was anonymous. And as […]
The Fall of John Stackhouse? An Analysis of the Investigation
By Randal
On November 23, CBC posted the news that one of Canada’s leading evangelical scholars, John Stackhouse, had been terminated by Crandall University for sexual harassment of students. Later on that morning, I wrote a quick response to the situation. But I decided yesterday instead to expand significantly my analysis. This is that expanded and revised […]
When it comes to sexual assault and harassment allegations should we ‘Believe Women’?
By Randal
The term “believe women” was popularized during the #MeToo movement. Sadly, the term has fanned confusion and paranoia with critics assuming the mantra demands that one always believe women no matter what. But as Jude Ellison Sady Doyle points out in the 2017 article “Despite What You May Have Heard, ‘Believe Women’ Has Never Meant […]