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MY UTMOST’S WIDE REACH

Your magazine is passed around and read by all my friends and the latest [on Oswald Chambers] will be especially interesting to two in particular. [My friend] Janet had the opportunity to meet President George Bush and took my copy of My Utmost for him to sign as I’d heard he read it daily and could quote the particular page he appreciated. (Page 255, and he said it fit perfectly the circumstances of 9/11 we all remember so well!) I’d also heard Betsy DeVos was strengthened by reading My Utmost as she was grilled during her hearing on her confirmation as Secretary of Education. She also signed my copy of My Utmost and told me of its insight that helped her daily. Thanks for your excellent magazine.

—Charlotta Decker, Grand Rapids, MI

Thanks for your ongoing work at finding interesting and stimulating topics—and doing the digging to produce quality issues. I have kept my subscription going for many years and have almost all of the issues. Years ago, I even bought the CD-ROM of the first 50 issues—before things were available on the internet. I have just finished this issue and found it full of inspiration. I have a friend who has been a daily reader of My Utmost for His Highest for many years, and I would like to give him a copy of this issue. I could loan him mine, but I would rather that he has his own copy. How can I accomplish that?—Gregg Morton, Downers Grove, IL 

Thank you, Charlotta. We love it when one of our stories makes a personal connection with a reader. And great question, Gregg! You can purchase back issues of CH through our online store or call the office at 1-800-468-0458. We also offer the option of providing gift subscriptions. 

THOUGHTS ON MERCERSBURG

Just a note to say I was really impressed with the latest issue. When it showed up and I saw the topic, I wondered how it would be handled. It is excellent—thoroughly contextualized, nuanced, and balanced. And I love that this came out soon after the revival series—it shows your attention to important tensions, historiography, and debates. I wrote one of my first grad school papers on Schaff, Nevin, etc. and I wish I had had this issue as an introduction to the lay of the land back then. So good!—Jared S. Burkholder, Warsaw, IN

I wanted to share how much my wife and I have enjoyed reading this most recent issue. I was first introduced by a dear friend, Mrs. Brown, who has since gone home to be with our Lord. I have read every issue cover to cover. I work at Grove City College in Grove City, PA, and I truly feel like this is an incredible resource for all ages.—Brian Powell, Grove City, PA

In “Pursuit of ‘the common and the constant’,” I would point out that on p. 27, the teaching of Nathaniel Taylor is blatant Pelagian heresy, which Augustine had to contend with. Taylor did not “soften” Reformed teaching, he discarded BIBLICAL teaching. It is obvious that the modern “revival” is a dangerous phenomenon. It is, as the next subtitle in the article states, “IRREVERENT QUACKERY!”—Jonathan Edwards, West Valley City, UT

The latest issue which I received recently seemed to be a sympathetic treatment of the Mercersburg movement. I wanted to point out that Hegel’s view of truth is unbiblical. The Bible presents truth as absolute and unchangeable. God himself is unchanging (Mal. 3:6). There is no synthesis of truth. There is no shadow of turning. We are to be separate and to reject idolatry even when it is the idolatry of reason. Yes, we are dependent on God’s word. That’s my synthesis.—Ken Clodfelter, Las Cruces, NM

Part of our mission is to see the best in every Christian tradition and to fairly represent the motives, theological thought, and practices of the figures involved. Often that means we tell the stories of believers of various theological frameworks and sometimes those with controversial or questionable philosophical underpinnings. Hegel, whatever we may think of him, influenced the thought of numerous believers throughout Christian history. (However, to be fair to Nevin and Schaff, they also disagreed with plenty of Hegel’s conclusions—it seems they saw that Hegel was onto something but never arrived at biblical truth.) 

All that to say, we don’t expect our readers to agree with the theology of every figure we cover, but we do think it’s important to share their stories and why they matter in the larger context of Christianity’s past. Thanks for reading and engaging!  CH 

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