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By Charles Gardner, UK Correspondent At a time when Hitler aimed to harm us, here was a German who came to bless us! Holocaust survivor Werner Simonson escaped from Germany just before the outbreak of World War 2, only to become a Church of England vicar. Of Jewish heritage, he […]
By Charles Gardner, UK Correspondent As antisemitism spreads its poisonous tentacles across the UK, politicians and other influencers were absorbing the harrowing truth of how Britain prevented thousands of Jews from escaping the Holocaust. At a meeting in the British House of Commons to which leading representatives of the Jewish […]
By Charles Gardner, UK Correspondent It is hardly surprising when Jews the world over — pilloried and persecuted for millennia — express their longing for peace and security. It’s a cry of the heart that was heard through many of the magical musicals of the 20th Century that came to […]
Book preview by Charles Gardner The idea that when you decide to follow Jesus you have effectively responded to a call-up for war might sound exaggerated. But that was precisely the experience of Simon Guillebaud. As a 25-year-old, in 1998, he knew for sure that God was calling him to […]
By Charles Gardner, UK Correspondent Praise the Lord! Inspirational worship and songwriting strongly influenced by time spent in Israel is being introduced to churches across the UK. Singer/songwriting couple Tom and Melissa Pollard have a shared calling to teach and lead worship in the context of the Jewish setting of […]
By Charles Gardner, UK Correspondent We are surely moving a step closer to the day when all Israel will recognise Yeshua as their true Messiah. As reports come in of increasing numbers of Jewish people now following Jesus — long regarded by many of them as the ‘Christian’ God — […]
By Charles Gardner, UK Correspondent Freshly revived from another invigorating experience at Keswick — the Galilee of England as I coined it last year — I am stirred anew by the glorious Gospel which alone can heal our sick society. Repeatedly urged to drink of the living waters Jesus promised […]
Gateway News UK Correspondent Charles Gardner reflects on his calling Days after retiring from the newspaper industry more than 13 years ago, I heard God’s voice speaking clearly into my soul: “I have called you for such a time as this.” I was taking the initial steps of a new […]
The bishops of the Church of England who backed a plainly antisemitic document need to repent and perhaps take note of a significant predecessor’s thoughts on the subject. Kairos Palestine II, which purports to express solidarity with suffering Palestinian Christians, shows no understanding of God’s long-term plans for Israel, whom […]
Christians across the United Kingdom have been horrified by news that the Church of England General Synod has betrayed Israel by voting for a seriously antisemitic document called Kairos ll. The document — one of four Palestinian Christian documents debated by the Synod — purports to express solidarity with Palestinian […]