Your Views

Dear Editor,

Having great respect for Julia Cameron, I tried not to read her too quickly before I commented (‘Evangelical History’, en December 2024) I also knew Timothy Dudley-Smith – he was one of my bishops when I was a curate. In the 1970s and afterward, I read the CPAS magazine Together, and used the Falcon publications and the Good News Bible. So I hope I don’t need Bob Dylan’s warning: ‘Don’t criticise what you don’t understand’.

Dear Editor,

Please forgive a note to clarify some potentially damaging confusion in recommending churches for people moving abroad.

Dear Editor,

I fully accept that all sides of an opinion have the right to be heard, but I myself am very dismayed by the way Timothy Reynolds (in his letter in the November issue of en) slighted Donald Trump.

Dear Editor,

Many students have started university, and the importance of identifying as a Christian on campus by joining a Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship, or similar ministry, cannot be exaggerated.

Dear Editor,

I read Roger Curl’s letter (en November 2024) with genuine bemusement. My thanks to him for his kind opening words. I wouldn’t normally respond to a view expressed simply because it is different from my own, but I feel I must here. Let me make two points.

Dear Editor,

I appreciated Bill James’ piece on surrogate parenting and his (en October 2024) support of Miriam Cates’ voice calling for an end to it.

Dear Editor,

As a pastor of a relatively small church I have read with interest the discussion about pastoral priorities in the last few months.

Dear Editor,

Krish Kandiah is right to say that we should mourn with those who mourn, irrespective of nationality, and that God loves Jews and Gentiles alike (October en). There are, however, some uncomfortable comparisons to be made between Hamas/ Hezbollah and Israel that need to inform our prayers

Dear Editor,

What a helpful set of articles you gave us for the UK general election earlier this year – thank you!

Dear Editor,

Over the years, I have read with great interest the articles you have published covering the issues of abuse and spiritual abuse in the evangelical context.

Dear Editor,

Having read both volumes of Henri l’Église et des Blocher’s La doctrine de sacrements, I was surprised and disappointed to read (in your October 2024 issue) Leonardo de Chirico’s article ‘A new theological critique of Roman Catholicism.’

Dear Editor,

Thank you en for alerting us to the dangers of ‘Christian Nationalism’. [Jim Sayers: en October 2024]

Dear Editor,

Julia Cameron (whose wise words I always appreciate) writes of what amounts to a revival in the evangelical wing of the Cof E during the late 1960s and early ’70s (Timothy Dudley-Smith: A life in three the scenes, en September 2024). With greatest of respect I have to ask: ‘Really?’

Dear Editor,

Iain Taylor’s disturbing report on poverty, in the October issue of en, highlights rocketing rent and energy costs as major factors. Would surging immigration and panicking net zero driven by a progressive but comfortable middle class have anything to do with this?

Dear Editor,

I was heartened to read Kay Morgan-Gurr’s recent article on inclusion on the en website (‘Churches and accessibility: time to change’). How the church welcomes, cares for, and disciples those with additional needs is, in my view, one of the great challenges of this generation. It’s personal for me as a parent of three children, two of whom are neurodiverse. But it’s also a pastoral concern.

Dear Editor,

On the anniversary of the Israel/Gaza slaughter of Jews [by Hamas] and, learning that 9% of the 18–24 year olds in the UK are sympathetic to the Gaza/Hamas/ Hezbollah regimes, I am surprised how quiet pulpits have been on the topic, explaining why [some] Muslims turn to the cruellest of violence.

Dear Editor,

The article on page 17 of the August issue of en is most timely. It relates to ‘avoiding evangelical civil war’ and, as well as being based on Biblical teaching, is intensely practical as to how we relate to each other.

Dear Editor,

I have followed with interest the Christian media coverage of the story of Eric Liddell – e.g. Graham Daniel’s article in the August issue of your paper as well as his enthusiastic lecture at Keswick, BBC Songs of Praise, BBC4 Sunday Worship as well as extensive comment on Chariots of Fire. It seems that all are agreed in their admiration of this ‘man of Christian principle’.

Dear Editor,

I have just been reading your September issue on the aeroplane travelling to speak at a mission in Kosovo. I am so pleased I have done this. Two articles especially have spoken to me directly as I prepare to share the gospel.

Dear Editor,

While agreeing with seven points raised by Richard Morgan in his article ‘If you’re a Bible-believing evangelical Christian, you WILL vote for Trump’ in the September edition of en, it seems to me that, sadly, American Christians must feel completely disenfranchised with what is on offer in their November elections.