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SHOCK: Nicky Gumbel prays for Gordon Brown at a hush-hush reception for Christian leaders at 10 Downing Street

It would appear that Nicky Gumbel committed a ‘cardinal sin’ and actually had the audacity to pray….yes pray….at a Christmas reception for Christian leaders hosted by Gordon Brown. Here are a few of the comments from shocked, stunned and rightly horrified guests:-

But guests were dumbfounded when they were asked to join in prayers by the Rev Nicky Gumbel

Well who can blame them? What on earth was Nicky thinking of? I mean, praying at a gathering of Christian leaders!

One who was there said: ‘It was quite bizarre. Suddenly Nicky Gumbel was up in front of everybody urging them to pray for Gordon Brown and for the success of the Copenhagen summit.

Granted he most certainly shouldn’t have prayed for the wretched Hopenhagen summit, even I find that bizarre.

….But a lot of traditional church people found it deeply awkward and inappropriate.’

Yes, very inappropriate, no wonder all of those Christians felt awkward, praying indeed, I don’t know, whatever next?

….‘It was all very jolly then suddenly went serious for an uncomfortable three or four minutes of prayer.

Yes, Heaven forfend that praying to God for the leader of a nation should ruin a perfect moment of revelry.

Check out Archbishop Cranmer’s comments on this as he is in seriously good form, this is his final paragraph for you:-

Merry Christmas, Prime Minister. Had Cranmer been invited, he would have prayed that this might be your last in Downing Street. And he would have coughed and spluttered like a demon-possessed goblin during the incantation to Gaia for the success of Copenhagen.

Classic :lol:

If you have stumbled onto this blog and are not a Christian, get yourself a hot drink, pull up a comfy chair and then tuck into the following article written by one of the best in the business:- All Of Grace by Charles Spurgeon
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2 Responses to “SHOCK: Nicky Gumbel prays for Gordon Brown at a hush-hush reception for Christian leaders at 10 Downing Street”

  1. David Says:
    December 14th, 2009 at 3:14 pm

    This is the strangest non-event ever. If our church leaders aren’t allowed to speak to God then we truly are alone. I mean – if a whole load of Simon Cowell’s mates got together at a party thrown in his honour and someone suggested that they speak to the star of the evening – would we find that odd? Tell you what – if we are going to get rid of prayer – why not just get rid of any of the trappings of our faith. I mean is the cross strangely challenging too? It is after all a symbol of execution and torture and should have an age restriction on it. And holy communion? Well I wouldn’t want to offend any faiths who frowned upon wine. So let’s get rid of that too. What is the world comming to?

  2. webmaster Says:
    December 14th, 2009 at 3:31 pm

    Totally agree David.

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