In Depth:  Paul Lusk

Dear Sir,

In his response to my review (en July), Joe Boot states: ‘Lusk… objects to the Lordship of Christ.’ Of course as an evangelical (not ‘anabaptist’) ‘activist’ I fully accept and honour the Lordship of Christ in all spheres of life (Rom. 10:9, 1 Cor. 8:6, etc). My analysis, from Scripture and church history, is that Theocracy (in politics) is idolatory.

Dear Editor,

In your October issue you report that Oldham council is now opening its meetings with Muslim prayers. Your source is Christian Concern, whose website also comments that ‘pluralism is unstable’ since it assumes that ‘all religions are equally good’. May I suggest an alternative view? In the case brought by the National Secular Society against Bideford Town Council, the courts found that councils did not have power to include prayer on the agenda of meetings (though it was in order for councils to conduct prayers before meetings). The courts’ reasoning was that praying is not necessary for the conduct of a council’s business. The Christian Institute, with the support of your paper, campaigned to overturn this. Eventually, just before the 2015 election, the government fulfilled a promise to make this change and empower councils to pray as part of the agenda.