...of young people from various schools across Britain, all gathering with their parents and teachers at the Houses of Parliament to recieve their Bible Prizes in the 2012 SCHOOLS BIBLE PROJECT. It was a joy to meet them all, to show them around Parliament and tell them something of the history (Westminster Great Hall, St Thomas More, Winston Churchill, the lot...) and then take them across to Millbank House for tea and a splendid Prizegiving, with Lord Alton giving out the Bible prizes. A happy day.
David Alton's talk to the young people was excellent. He emphasised the glory and the importance of the Scriptures - for this life and the next. He told us that Parliament still starts every morning with a Scripture reading (Deo gratias!) and also talked about the fact that the Bible is still banned in some places - including North Korea which he visited recently. Christians there risk terrible punishments in order to read a Bible...how much we should value our freedom to read the Scriptures here...
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