tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post2799710310784358348..comments2024-01-08T10:10:48.074+00:00Comments on That The Bones You Have Crushed May Thrill: Matthew Parris on Christian Missionaries in AfricaThe Boneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10271719805983763595noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-13835583174289050192017-06-05T18:49:11.176+01:002017-06-05T18:49:11.176+01:00I wrote the above comment.
May I just quote the mo...I wrote the above comment.<br />May I just quote the motto of Glasgow?<br />LORD, MAY GLASGOW FLOURISH THROUGH THE PREACHING OF THY WORD AND THE PRAISING OF THEY NAME.<br />Our cowardly city fathers have slashed this down to, 'Let Glasgow flourish'.<br />Truly we need to see Celtic Christianity revived in Britain.<br />We need the street preaching of John Wesley.<br />We need a new Oxford Movement.<br />We need men and women who are not ashamed of the Gospel.<br />Jack HaggertyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-2226629116985059322017-06-02T15:55:47.602+01:002017-06-02T15:55:47.602+01:00'What counted was the help, not the faith ...&...'What counted was the help, not the faith ...'<br />Those are the saddest words I have read in ages.<br />They make me think of a Nigerian doctor resident in Scotland.<br />She told me: 'In Nigeria we weep for Britain.'<br />This lady is out on the streets giving out Bible tracts, praying for our broken and faithless communities.<br />Near where I live there's a church with a beautiful slender spire.<br />It's now a licensed bar. On Sunday evening the place thumps out rock music.<br />The owners have placed a lopsided neon halo round the spire.<br />That neon halo is like a bad joke.<br />For me it symbolises godless Glasgow.<br />The Glasgow that was converted through the preaching of Saint Mungo.<br /><br />What would Saint Mungo say?<br />What would the great Celtic saints say?<br />Mungo converted Glasgow to the true faith, but now the people take the Matthew Parris line.<br />Hilaire Bellow said: 'The faith is Europe, Europe is the faith.'<br />But not now.<br />Europe is pagan.<br />No wonder the EC is falling apart.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-82361792981131615062009-01-02T15:08:00.000+00:002009-01-02T15:08:00.000+00:00I read this a few days ago. Wow! Such refreshing h...I read this a few days ago. Wow! Such refreshing honestly. <BR/>I've added you to my blogroll. <BR/>Thank you for your blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-81090668975513311332008-12-27T16:47:00.000+00:002008-12-27T16:47:00.000+00:00As he says, this is a change from his previous vie...As he says, this is a change from his previous view, which can be seen in his 2003 article on Blessed Charles de Foucauld: <A HREF="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/matthew_parris/article1119936.ece" REL="nofollow"> Brother Charles, the story of a good man out of Africa</A>. Well done, Matthew Parris, even if I disagree with his preference for Christianity in its post-Reformation form.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com