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How Hollywood can help us understand hospitality

How Hollywood can help us understand hospitality

Biblical hospitality – welcoming strangers – is fading in Western Christian life. Yet, Christine Pohl said “as a way of …

Features
Sun, sea and resentment

Sun, sea and resentment

In 1963 Cliff Richard shot to no.1 in the charts with Summer Holiday. On the soundtrack to this feel-good …

Letter

Our deceitful hearts

Date posted: 16 Jul 2026

Dear Editor, I am writing to thank you for the very timely article in May’s en by Ian Hamilton …

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Matt Waldock

Prospective Christian leader, are you scared of failure?

Matt Waldock
Ben Chang

Do we have a theology of unemployment?

Ben Chang
David Shepherd

Are we missing the point about ‘equity’?

David Shepherd

Features

Features
Thinking of our farmers

Thinking of our farmers

As I write, England has recently sweltered under a record-smashing May heatwave, the culmination of a drier-than-usual spring.Heather Oldfield, …

Features
Why do teenagers drop  out of church?

Why do teenagers drop out of church?

A church leader told me the story of James, a young man who had grown up in his church, going …

Features
'Radical discipleship' – ten questions with Karen Soole

'Radical discipleship' – ten questions with Karen Soole

Karen Soole is a writer, speaker, and women’s worker at Trinity Church, Lancaster. She is the chair of the Northern …

UK & Ireland

UK & Ireland
UCCF to help fund Quinta's 'largest' building project

UCCF to help fund Quinta's 'largest' building project

Each year in early September, UCCF hosts its annual conference for student leaders, Forum. The conference has run in essence …

UK & Ireland
Seven-year Bernard Randall case ends in settlement

Seven-year Bernard Randall case ends in settlement

Evangelicals are celebrating after it was today announced that Church of England (CofE) chaplain Bernard Randall's seven-year ordeal has reached …

UK & Ireland
Christian charity helps 35,000 become debt-free

Christian charity helps 35,000 become debt-free

Christians Against Poverty (CAP) is celebrating 30 years of service, during which it has helped families clear over half a …

World

World
Kyrgyz Baptist crackdown

Kyrgyz Baptist crackdown

Baptist churches in Kyrgyzstan are the latest religious group to be targeted by National Security Committee (NSC) secret police officers, …

World
Winter... and a woman who is glad she is not Alan

Winter... and a woman who is glad she is not Alan

It’s winter here in New Zealand, and for most parents of school-age kids, that means one thing: Saturday sports.A …

World
William Taylor encourages Kenyans to stay Rooted

William Taylor encourages Kenyans to stay Rooted

For the past six years, the annual Rooted Conference has served as an important gathering of believers here in Kenya …

People

People
John Stott: 'A faithful servant to the very end'

John Stott: 'A faithful servant to the very end'

One of the most popular strands in the long-running Church Society podcasts looks at some of the great Anglican heroes …

People
Tanner Smith

Tanner Smith

Tanner Smith, a star of Netflix show Love on the Spectrum U.S., has spoken publicly about what it …

People
Rick Simpson

Rick Simpson

Rick Simpson, former President of the Oxford Inter-Collegiate Christian Union (OICCU), is the new Bishop of Durham.According to the …

Reviews

Reviews
Authentic inside and outside

Authentic inside and outside

Looking around today’s world, we can see we have something of an issue with integrity. As we polish our public …

Reviews
More than conquerors

More than conquerors

This is a moving biography of God’s miraculous work in the life of a man in impossible circumstances.

Reviews
Preaching: Sensitive and targeted

Preaching: Sensitive and targeted

Richard Coekin writes about his reasons for writing this book, which include observing applications in sermons that are not carefully …

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Letter

Give away Bibles

Date posted: 12 Jul 2026

Dear Editor, en readers might be interested in a simple form of evangelism that is bearing real fruit in …

Letter

Eastern Orthodoxy

Date posted: 9 Jul 2026

Dear Editor, In the May issue of en, Ken Brownell, in his article on icons in Eastern Orthodoxy …

Letter

QR queries

Date posted: 8 Jul 2026

Dear Editor, In response to Rachel G’s letter in the May issue of en, as a 64-year-old I …

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