Posted on 10/29/2008 5:58:50 AM PDT by NYer
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Thanks for an article on a true Christian hero. Any idea what the name of his website is ?
Thank you for posting this.
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God bless and protect this man.
Thank you for posting. A Coptic Limbaugh, so to speak!
God bless and protect this brave man................
Father Boutros is AWESOME. If anyone is interested, some of his shows are on YouTube overdubbed in English. He has immense charity for Muslims and the ability to demonstrate the truth of Christianity *from the Koran and Islamic scholars*. Here’s the first of a 3-part series he did on the divinity of Christ:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBCEnHOn1gI
He must be devastatingly effective in the Middle East. There’s a price on his head for a reason.
Many prayers for Father!
Some enterprising federal police agency should set up a trap to snare murderous jihadis. Just get a hard to find cabin in a rural area, with several unique roads that have to be taken to reach it. Put up some sensors, then let it be known that people like this guy and Salman Rushdie are meeting there.
When the jihadis show up with a bunch of weapons and explosives, or a car bomb, they are a gimmee. Even put up several signs that say “Federal Reservation - No Trespassing” on it, so they know they are violating serious federal laws.
God Bless father Zakaria. You can check out some of his videos by going to http://www.muhammadtube.com or youtube.
Pray that God protects his soul
As Pope Benedict XVI said in Regensburg, our God is a God of reason. He is not irrational. The Islamic response to unapologetic Christianity, however, is always irrational. Anger, threats, violence.......
Faith has to mean something. It has to cost something. It has to come with a cross. Otherwise it's useless and will wither and die. That's something the West has forgotten. In the East, whether it's Iraq, India, Pakistan, or Egypt, being a Christian means having to walk the line. Every day. It was the same story behind the Iron Curtain in the days of the Soviet Union.
It seems almost every day now we hear of a story of heroic witness in the face of Islam from this part of the world. Usually it's the Christians in Iraq, today it's this good man.
Father Zakaria is a sign of contradiction. A voice crying in the wilderness. The words of Paul to Timothy come to mind, "Preach the Gospel, in season and out of season". May the Catholic Church in the US learn a lesson from this man.
Prayers for his safety.
LOVE IT! That is one of my most favorite books! I picked it up for a Lenten read and could not put it down. I strongly encourage everyone to read this wonderful account of a Catholic monk who chooses to write his doctorate on the Coptic Church. His experience is unforgetable.
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I blame myself for not introducing enough Muslims to Allah personally.
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