Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs: Recent Episodes
J.A. Franklin, T.J. Pelham, Daniel French
Are you wondering how a Christian should respond to current events? What are we to think about a world that appears to be going absolutely mad? How are we to discern the signs of the times? In this podcast, featuring The Reverend Thomas Pelham, The Reverend Daniel French, The Reverend Doctor J.A. Franklin and the occasional guest, we attempt to give some answers. Email us at irreverendpod@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter @irreverendpod or on Telegram at https://t.me/irreverendpod. We also have a youtube channel which can be found by searching Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs! If you would like to support the show, which can be done from £1.50 plus VAT per month, you can join our Patreon community. Please go to www.patreon.com/irreverend
In this episode of Irreverend, Rev. Jamie Franklin examines two major stories making waves in the Church and wider culture.
1. The Archbishop of Canterbury in Ghana
Filmed visits to former slave sites, public displays of piety, and a renewed commitment to the Church of England’s £100 million slavery reparations fund. Historical claims, collective guilt theology, African involvement in the slave trade, British abolition, parish backlash, and the legal challenge now underway.
2. Oxford Union debate – “The West is right to be suspicious of Islam”
Protesters outside, Tommy Robinson on the panel, a revealing joke about him being “cooked,” the attempt to separate Islam from Islamism, the age of Aisha, and why the Christian-history comparison doesn’t work the way some claim.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
5:37 Archbishop in Ghana & reparations
21:13 Oxford Union Islam debate
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The Church of England is sitting on an £11.6 billion endowment — yet parish churches are being closed, merged, and left without clergy or cash.
In this hard-hitting episode, Jamie Franklin interviews the Rev. Marcus Walker, rector of St Bartholomew the Great in the City of London and one of the key voices behind the Save the Parish movement.
They dig into:
- 🔥 The extraordinary growth at St Bartholomew’s (from ~50 to 250+) and why young adults are flocking to traditional high-church worship
- 💰 How historic parish money has been redirected while poorer churches struggle
- ⛪ The controversial push for 10,000 new lay-led church plants
- 📖 The Quiet Revival, the King James Bible, beauty, and why “relevance” often means the opposite of what people actually want
- ⚔️ What ordinary Anglicans can do to fight back
This is one of the most important conversations about the future of the Church of England right now.
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Jamie shares encouragement from listener feedback and reflects on the Parable of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl of Great Price — the Kingdom of Heaven is worth selling everything for.
This week’s topics:
- World Cup wrap-up: Why true unity comes from Christ, not global sporting events
- Andy Burnham’s speech as new Prime Minister — a return to 1970s economics?
- The Assisted Suicide bill returns to Parliament. (Write to your MP: https://righttolife.org.uk/jnmv).
- General Synod approves new “Festival of Creation in Christ” — theological renewal or net zero propaganda?
- Church decline and the state of theological education
- Free speech debate after a university employee’s arrest over vile posts celebrating Anne Widdecombe’s murder
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In this week's episode of Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs, Jamie Franklin opens with the Lord's Prayer and Jesus' Parable of the Weeds, reflecting on judgment, patience, and hope in dark times.
Jamie addresses:
- The murder of Anne Widdecombe and grim reactions from some public figures, including Peter Tatchell
- England’s World Cup progress and the heated debate around nationalism and Jude Bellingham
- Bernard Randall’s legal victory after years of being targeted for orthodox Christian teaching
- The Church of England’s continued push for £100 million in slavery reparations (Project Spire) amid parish struggles
- General Synod’s engagement with a controversial Palestinian Christian document on Israel
- A narrow defeat of a motion undermining traditional marriage teaching
Hymn of the Week: "Just As I Am" by Charlotte Elliott.
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In this hard-hitting interview, Daniel speaks with investigative journalist Sonia Elijah about her new book 3:11 Viral Takeover.
Sonia breaks down:
- The overwhelming evidence for a COVID lab leak and how top scientists knew it but pushed the natural origin story
- How fear was weaponised to enforce compliance and crush dissent
- The deeply flawed PCR testing regime and rushed mRNA rollout
- Coordinated censorship between governments, Big Tech, and legacy media
- The shift from temporary emergency powers to permanent digital authoritarianism
With over 940 citations, this is a meticulously researched account of one of the most consequential events of our lifetime.
If you want the truth behind the official COVID narrative — and what it means for the future — this episode is essential listening.
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The Church of England has released yet another howler — their official “Prayer for the World Cup.”
In this episode Revd Dr Jamie Franklin dissects the theologically shallow, barely comprehensible prayer, its widespread mockery, the questions raised at General Synod, and the woeful response from the Bishop of Lichfield and the Liturgical Commission.
Why is the institution doubling down instead of apologising? And who on earth signed this off?
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In this week’s Irreverend, Jamie, Tom, and Daniel tackle the biggest stories with their usual mix of wit and insight.
Trump personally intervenes with FIFA to delay a red card for the US team — genius gamesmanship or outright interference? The lads break down his hilarious press conference and what it says about “fair play.”
Nigel Farage dramatically resigns his seat and forces a by-election in Clacton… but the major parties refuse to stand, leaving him facing Count Binface. Bold move or massive miscalculation?
Plus:
- Jeremy Clarkson’s provocative plan to save the Church of England by deconsecrating empty churches
- Latest developments in the Church of England’s LLF saga
- Kemi Badenoch, Andy Burnham, and the state of British politics
- Medieval chainmail barbecues, Erling Haaland the Viking, hot weather rants, and a stirring hymn of the week
Funny, faithful, and fearlessly irreverent Christian commentary on faith, politics, sport, and culture.
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Rev. Jamie, Tom, and Daniel are back with a special live episode of Irreverent Faith and Current Affairs recorded in Winchester.
They deliver a sharp, no-holds-barred Christian take on Keir Starmer’s dramatic resignation, the rise of “cultural Catholic” Andy Burnham as the next potential Labour leader, and why the Church of England’s bishops in the House of Lords are failing as a Christian voice.
Jamie opens with a timely biblical reflection from Philippians 3 on heavenly citizenship amid earthly chaos, followed by a hard-hitting discussion on two-tier policing, immigration, assisted dying, Tommy Robinson, Bishop Kai Dewar, and 10 years since Brexit.
Plus: plenty of banter, audience Q&A, organ sing-alongs, and a powerful Hymn of the Week.
Raw faith meeting current affairs at its best.
Timestamps:
- 00:00 Intro Banter & Football
- 06:00 Prayer + Philippians 3 (Citizenship in Heaven)
- 15:00 Starmer Resigns: The 42 Failures
- 28:00 Andy Burnham Next PM?
- 40:00 Bishops in the House of Lords – What Use Are They?
- 55:00 Live Q&A: Tommy Robinson, Assisted Dying, Brexit, Islam & the Left
- 1:25:00 Hymns & Closing Blessing
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Rev. Jamie Franklin is back with a no-holds-barred roundup of the biggest stories in church and state.
He tears into the Church of England’s official “Prayer for the World Cup 2026” — calling it poorly written, theologically shallow, embarrassingly unserious, and a perfect symbol of the institution’s current woes.
He also reacts to Keir Starmer’s plan to ban social media for under-16s, dissecting the authoritarian tone, questioning the real motives behind it, and exploring the deeper issues around parenting and technology and the spiritual battle of the internet, attention and addiction.
Plus: Psalm 148, live event details, and a powerful Hymn of the Week — Praise the Lord, Ye Heavens, Adore Him set to Haydn’s majestic Austria.
Note: We apologise for the loud audio spike during the Starmer clip — technical issues with the new setup!
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In this hard-hitting episode of Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs, Revs Jamie Franklin and Tom Pelham tackle the escalating crisis on Britain's streets.
A brutal knife attack in North Belfast by a Sudanese migrant — with apparent attempts to behead his victim — has triggered major riots, burning houses, and intense public anger. Jamie and Tom break down the incident, the shocking police response, and draw uncomfortable parallels with the murder of Henry Novak and growing accusations of two-tier policing.
Tom delivers a timely Bible reflection on Matthew 9:37-38 — "The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few" — challenging the Church to rise to the moment with hope and action. The conversation covers:
- The failures of mass immigration and integration
- Legacy media spin and gaslighting
- Kier Starmer’s plans to restrict social media for under-18s
- The Church of England’s response to the unrest
- Why civic nationalism may be the only alternative to rising tensions
Plus: Listener emails, the Hymn of the Week ("The Church’s One Foundation") and much more.
Raw, honest, and unfiltered Christian commentary on faith and current affairs in a nation under strain. If you’re tired of the mainstream narrative, this episode is essential listening.
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The BBC’s new docudrama Dear England is meant to celebrate Gareth Southgate’s England team but it’s actually infuriating propaganda that puts race, kneeling, and virtue signalling front and centre while ignoring real football.
In this no-holds-barred review, Reverend Dr Jamie Franklin explains why he loved the original stage play but couldn’t stand the TV version. From the cringeworthy dressing room lectures to Harry Kane’s moralising and the obsession with George Floyd, taking the knee and Black Lives Matter, this drama turns England’s football story into a condescending sermon on racism that England fans never asked for.
Franklin argues that England got so close to winning major trophies not because of systemic racism but because the team spent more energy on political gestures than on the fine margins that win tournaments.
If you’re sick of football being politicised, this is the rant you’ve been waiting for.
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Reverend Dr Jamie Franklin responds to the shocking murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak in Southampton. He examines the brutal knife attack, the police response that left Henry handcuffed and dying whilst they attended to his attacker, and what this case reveals about two-tier policing, institutional failures, and growing societal division in Britain.
Jamie reflects on Nigel Farage’s powerful statement, Henry’s father’s moving words outside court, the glaring contrast with the George Floyd response, and the Church of England’s silence. He addresses the protests that followed, the deeper issues of multiculturalism, and calls the Church and nation to repentance and a renewed commitment to justice and truth.
A raw, heartfelt, and unflinching look at a tragic case that has become symbolic of much that is wrong in contemporary Britain.
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Why do so many churches feel spiritually thin, aesthetically bland, and disconnected from the deep longings of modern people?
In this lecture, the Rev’d Dr Jamie Franklin argues that the crisis of the modern West is not merely theological or moral but rather aesthetic in nature. Drawing on Alexander Schmemann, David Bentley Hart, Iain McGilchrist, St Anselm, and the Christian tradition, he explores a striking idea: that Original Sin was, at its heart, a refusal to receive creation as a gift and offer it back to God in thanksgiving.
This talk traces how Christianity once understood the world as sacramentally charged with divine meaning and how that vision was gradually eclipsed by modern secular assumptions.
Topics include:
• Original Sin as a failure of “original blessing”
• The sacramental vision of creation
• The Reformation, iconoclasm, and the loss of symbolic thinking
• Beauty, liturgy, and the recovery of the sacred
• Why the Eucharist stands at the centre of a truly Christian vision of the world
• What parish churches can teach a disenchanted culture
If you’ve ever wondered why beauty matters, why ancient liturgy continues to attract people in a secular age, or how Christianity can recover a sense of the sacred, then this conversation is for you.
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Church of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the big stories in this week's news of church and state. This time talking about the Bishop of Oxford teaming up with an Imam to cancel Tommy Robison's appearance at the Oxford Union. And we return to Makerfield, where plumber and Reform candidate Robert Kenyon has been convicted by the offence archaeologists as offending social posts about Carol Vorderman are discovered.
All that, your questions answered, Hymn of the Week, and more as ever.
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Church of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Daniel French sit down to talk about the biggest issues in Church and State. This time:
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The battle of no ideas at the top of the Labour Party, as we ask, "Has Andy Burnham ever had a proper job?"
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We look at the fallout from the most recent Unite the Kingdom rally and ask if perhaps "Christian Nationalism" is more widespread than the lanyard elite think.
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And we review a recent speech given by the Archbishop of Canterbury which appeared to be aimed at Tommy Robinson and at all the enemies of progressive multiculturalism.
All that, Hymn of the Week, and much much more!
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Rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to talk about the big stories in Church and state and to offer a Christian perspective. This time:
- The last days of Keir Starmer's dark and dismal premiership. What, if anything, can we learn from the catastrophic failure of the PM and the Labour Party since coming into power?
- Rowan Williams says we should talk about the devil and stick to the supernatural, but is he entirely consistent about that?
- And Zack Polanski says that no nation has the right to exist. What is a Christian view on nationhood and sovereignty?
All that and a little bit more as ever!
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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the big stories in church and state this week. On this episode:
- The savage Golders Green attack and Starmer/Polanski political fallout.
- Our predictions for the Local Elections
- A 21 church benefice in Truro!
- German bishops clash with the Pope over same-sex blessings
- Propagandistic GCSE “Citizenship” revision notes
- And the ongoing question of the sincerity of Russell Brand
All that, your correspondence, hymn of the week, and a little more as ever.
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Rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to give you the soundest take on recent events. This time:
- The latest on the Keir Starmer Mandelson debacle as I ask why the political discourse in Britain has degraded to such an extent.
- The Assisted Suicide bill fails in the House of Lords. The country is spared but how long until Leadbeater tries to resurrect the foul corpse?
- And Russell Brand has a new book on how to become a Christian. I comment on his appearance on Piers Morgan's Uncensored and his cringing inability to locate a passage in the Prophet Isaiah.
All that, your correspondence, hymn of the week, and a little more as ever.
Beauty and Faith Conference with Rev'd Dr JF as keynote speaker: https://www.visualtheology.org.uk/beauty-and-faith-part-two/
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In this special episode, Rev Jamie Franklin is interviewed by Dean Harding of All Saints' Cathedral in Albany, New York. Jamie tells the story of how he came into ministry via the Charismatic Evangelical world and finally into the Anglo-Catholic sphere. And both men speak about their experience of the resurgence of interest in traditional worship, particularly among young men.
If you enjoy this special episode, please check out its original source at the Cathedral of All Saints, Albany YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@cathedralofallsaints
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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham, Jamie Franklin and Daniel French sit down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This week including:
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J.K. Rowling's TERF-themed Twitter spat with Alastair Campbell
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The latest Mandelson-related scandal to rock Number 10 Downing Street and former top civil servant Olly Robbins' explosive testimony;
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And 'Does the Church of England have a death wish?' as the Diocese of Southwell announce spending review aimed at reducing the amount of parish clergy.
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Church of England revs Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham talk about the biggest stories of the week. This time:
- Donald J Trump’s spat with Pope Leo and Trumps posting of a bizarre Messianic image of himself on Truth Social.
-The implications of Orban’s fall from power in the Hungarian elections.
- Friend of the show, David Lord Frost’s, Easter piece in The Telegraph on the return to “full-fat” Christianity and the causes thereof.
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Church of England revs with a difference sit down to talk about the biggest stories:
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MiliBANNED: As Ed says no hot drinks for Net Zero.
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Keir Starmer has literally nothing left to say.
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Has the "Quiet Revival" been cancelled? Survey thrown into disrepute by YouGov errors.
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Has the CofE abandoned the white working class and how should Sarah Mullally redirect?
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Zack Polanski dances at "House Against Hate" and wins Wally of the Week.
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Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklins sits down to talk about the big stories. This time:
- Abortion amendment is struck down in the House of Lords as Archbishop of Canterbury speaks against legalisation of abortion up to birth.
- Prince William reveals "quiet faith" and commitment to the Church of England.
- A new poll says that the Church of England should be stripped of involvement in state-funded schools.
- And an update of my thoughts about the US-Iran war in light of Iran's recent attack on the Diego Garcia military base.
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Church of England revs Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin with a difference sit down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This time:
- Assisted Suicide FAILS in Scottish Parliament.
- Sarah Mullally pilgrimage rescheduled due to backlash against her absence for critical Lord's vote on late-term abortion.
- Government guidance to schools suggests pupils' drawings could be offensive to Muslim children.
- Is it far-right to believe that English is an ethnicity?
- And how to choose a church for a spiritual seeker.
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Church of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Daniel French sit down to talk about the biggest news in church and state. This time:
- The Iran-US War: Rowan Williams says it is not just since it is not in self-defence and has no clear outcome.
- Ian Huntley is killed in prison: Many rejoice. Is this reflective of a growing appetite for capital punishment?
- And is it legitimate for Christians to members of the Green Party?
All that and a little bit more as ever!
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Church of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Tom Pelham sit down to talk about this biggest stories from the week. This time:
- We give our condolences to the Bishop of Guildford, Andrew Watson, who died this week less than a month after his terminal cancer diagnosis.
- In the week’s international news, the US strikes Iran killing Supreme Leader Ali Khanemei with the conflict ongoing as we record.
- The Gorton and Denton by-election is taken by the Muslim-backed Green Party.
- And Premier League games are now being halter to accommodate the breaking of Muslim players’ Ramadan fasts.
All that and a little bit more as ever!
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Church of England revs with a difference, Daniel French, Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham sit down to talk about the biggest stories in Church and state. This time:
- Prince Andrew and Peter Mandelson are both arrested for alleged illegal dealings with Jeffrey Epstein.
- We debate the new Restore-Reform rivalry.
- The sad news of the Bishop of Guildford, Andrew Watson’s terminal cancer diagnosis.
- And the shocking news that the Bishop of Lincoln, Stephen Conway, has been suspended from his duties after being accused of, and arrested for, the sexual assault of another man.
All that and much more as always!
Thank you as ever for listening. Please enjoy the episode and share responsibly!
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Church of England vicars with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the big stories in church and state. This time:
- Rupert Lowe starts the new Restore Britain party whilst Farage admits that Lowe's expulsion from Reform was political in nature. What next for the unrepresented masses of Britain?
- Synod finishes with a bang as liberals go crazy that they didn't get their own way with gay marriages.
- And it's our new feature - Hymn of the Week. This time Rev Jamie chooses his favourite Lenten piece.
All that and much more as always!
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Church of England vicars with a difference Jamie Franklin and Daniel French talk about the big stories in Church and State. This time:
- Keir Starmer is clinging to power as folly of Epstein-linked Mandelson decision (and many other decisions) is being made increasingly apparent.
- It's the Church of England's General Synod and the new Archbishop Sarah Mullally promises to support the local and deprioritise central initiatives. But will she follow through on this promise and why is she still supporting £100 million slavery reparations initiative Project Spire?
- Project Spire itself takes a battering in question and answer session at Synod and should be renamed "Project Snowflake" as those working on the scheme are said to need special support because they can't handle questions and criticism.
- And the Living in Love and Faith gay relationships project is officially cancelled after years of fruitless toil...and then restarted again with a new "working group" to look at the same issues.
We answer some questions on talking Bibles and the link between Lockdown and the Quiet Revival, plus a few other things as always.
All that and much more as always. Please enjoy!
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Church of England revs with a difference, Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham sit down to talk about the biggest news in Church and state. This time:
- The Prince of Darkness, Peter Mandelson, is in the news with further revelations of the leaking of confidential files to Jeffrey Epstein during Mandelson's time in government.
- It's a toss up for Plank of the Week between Zack Polanski - who wants to reform NATO whilst leaving it and creating something new - and Leo Varadkar - who wants to return Ireland to its traditional feminist pagan roots by merging the feasts of St Brigid and Imbolc. (No, this is not a joke.)
- Meanwhile, in the Church of England, the Diocese of London have somehow found the best part of a million pounds to start a new antiracist diversity drive whilst Sarah Mullally is confirmed as Archbishop of Canterbury. Mullally has also thrown her weight behind the controversial £100 million slavery reparations scheme, Project Spire, claiming that it is congruent with the Church's true mission. We review these claims plus commentary on the best way forward for Mullally regarding the vexed question of human sexuality.
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Church of England Revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the big stories in church and state. This time:
- WEF stooge Yuval Noah Harari says that AI will overtake religion because it is better at putting words in order.
- Also at Davos this year, the WEF advance plans to control global water supply.
- In Church of England News, a diocesan consistory court orders parish church to rip out gas boiler to adhere to Net Zero policy AND the General Synod is to debate the banning of flowers and floral foam containing microplastics in parish churches. Good to see they've got their priorities right!
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Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest events in church and state. This time:
- Church of England communications teams are leaving X en masse: but is this principled resistance or performative politicking?
- BBC News presenter hisses when hearing young rapper refer to Jesus Christ as his hero.
- Will Reform be a fascist government? Labour MP Lisa Nandy certainly thinks so.
- And Trump, the new global order, and the significance of the international realignment of nations.
All that, reflections on the Scriptures, a question on Bible translations, and much more as ever. Enjoy!
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Church of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin are back for 2026 talking about the big issues in church and state. This time:
- The King's Christmas Speech: How Christian (or not) was it?
- A large majority of Church of England worshippers would redirect funds from the Church if slavery reparations go ahead.
- And Rowan Williams says mass migration is good because of all the art.
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The Irreverend New Year re-start is delayed due to family illness. Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin gives an update, asks for your prayers, and shares some spiritual reflections on times of suffering and difficulty.
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Revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Tom Pelham sit down to talk about the biggest events in church and state. This time:
- Controversy around incoming Archbish Sarah Mullaly: did she follow up safeguarding dossier sufficiently before London priest committed suicide?
- The Church of England says Christmas is not cancelled in new promotional video. But who was saying it was?
- Tommy Robinson carol service in London. We bring you eyewitness reports from progressives who actually went along to see for themselves what it was like.
- Reform open “Christians for Reform” group with service at London church. But how does this square with their welcoming of “producer of adult content” Bonnie Blue?
- And Lord Falconer says that being pregnant would not be a bar to euthanasia in the House of Lords. A new low for this nation?
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Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down with equally out-of-step cleric Sam Norton. Rev Sam is a "green" climate sceptic, a former Brexit MP candidate and advocate for what he calls "civic nationalism". In this special interview we cover the following topics:
- Sam's early work for the Department of Environment and how he became a "Green" Sceptic.
- Peak Oil and Limits to Growth.
- Left-Hemisphere Capture and how to break out of it.
- The interplay between politics and religion.
- Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming (CAGW) and why the IPCC's approach is fundamentally flawed.
- Sam's involvement in the Brexit Party.
- "Civic Nationalism" and the difference between Steve Laws and Tommy Robinson.
All that and a little more as always!
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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin get together to talk about the biggest and most interesting issues in church and state. This time:
- CofE bishops bash Christian Nationalism AGAIN and start a counter-campaign against Tommy Robinson’s Christian carol service.
- Pope Leo says people who think Islam is a threat to Christianity are really anti-immigration and want to keep other people out.
- And Chris Whitty appears to have suppressed an ethics advisory group that was giving him advice he didn’t like at the time of the Covid lockdowns and vaccination programme. Quelle Surprise!
All that, some Question the Rev, and much more as ever. Enjoy!
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Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down with author, classicist and medical doctor Alexander Chula to talk about his most recent book Goodbye, Dr Banda: Lessons for the West from a Small African Country.
In the book and conversation, Chula argues that the legacy of colonialism in countries like Malawi, although flawed in some respects, was overwhelmingly positive and including the eradication of various types of indigenous and Arab slave trading.
The conversation also touches on the reasons for the surprisingly high levels of happiness and contentment in materially poor non-Western countries and why Western people appear to be so estranged from the social, material and spiritual landscape.
There's also a bit about "witch aeroplanes".
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Revs with a true difference Jamie Franklin and Daniel French sit down to talk about the most interesting stories in church and state this week. This time:
- The hilarious Your Party conference shenanigans: they couldn’t organise a bun fight in a bakery and yet they want to take over the whole economy!
- The Dean of Salisbury says wear tacky Christmas jumpers because God is “tasteless” and “doesn’t make cultural or aesthetic judgments”.
- And churches warned not to let the Quiet Revival be stolen by evil “Christian Nationalists”: but what exactly is Christian Nationalism and is it really so evil?
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Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about a packed couple of weeks of news. This time:
- The Covid Enquiry says it should have all been harder, faster and quicker. Guess what our reaction is?
- Rev Kate Bottley hits the headlines for saying she watches reality TV and has doubts. But is this the best approach to ministry today?
- Christian Nationalism is all the rage in the media. Why now and how should the church respond to the resurgence of interest in Christianity?
- And the right to jury trial is being curtailed by David Lammy, who only five years ago was saying that it was a cornerstone of the British constitution. What is going on?
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Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin responds to the recent Sky News investigation into an apparent resurgence of "far right" Christianity in Britain. But what exactly is the nature of this ostensibly extreme and politicised version of Christianity and might it not altogether be a bad thing? All with be revealed in this special episode!
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Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to talk about King Charles III's trip to the Sistine Chapel to pray with the Pope, the Wild Card campaign group's plea to the new Archbishop to focus her efforts on "rewilding" church lands, and more in-depth thoughts on the GAFCON/Church of England split at the end of the episode.
He also interviews founder of The School of Contemplative Life Chris Whittington about many topics associated with his new book The Missing Peace: meditation and the Christian life, the spiritual benefits of meditation, how to engage with surface thoughts, how to be more present to others and how to maintain attention during the day.
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Church of England Revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the big stories in church and state. This time: the Archbishop of York wishes everyone a Happy Diwali; Cathedral graffiti in Canterbury; the end of the Living in Love and Faith Process?; a split in the Global Anglican Communion; and much more as ever. Enjoy!
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The Church of England's Church Commissioners are ear-marking £100million (or is it £1billion?) for slavery reparations. Emeritus Professor of Moral Theology and Member of the House of Lords, Nigel Biggar says that this idea is ethically dubious and amounts to thinly-veiled self-flagellation in an effort to appear relevant to a post-Christian society in the face of the Church's dwindling numbers and influence. CofE rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to talk with Lord Biggar about his new book and related issues:
- The shady world of the Church of England's Project Spire: its methodology, processes and rationale for reparations.
- Historical arguments for and against reparations by the Church of England.
- The wider context of the ethical debate around reparations including the ubiquity of slavery, British abolitionism and the suppression of slavery, and the "riotous jungle of history".
- Why arguments for reparations are based on a lack of understanding of, and sympathy for, our forbears.
- What is the relationship of Woke orthodoxy to Christianity.
- The Early Church and slavery.
- The legality (or not) of reparations.
- Hopes for the new book and the future Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, vis-a-vis this issue.
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Church of England vicars with a difference Tom Pelham, Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down down for a special livestream reaction to the selection of Sarah Mullally as the next Archbishop of Canterbury. What are the implications for the global Anglican Communion? What is the role of the Archbishop anyway? Why stay in the Church of England? And what are our hopes for the future?
We also touch on the pope blessing a large ice cube at a climate change conference and Gary Neville going full Gary Lineker as he assaults some Union Jack flags on one of his building sites and makes a video to tell us all about it!
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Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin is joined by the Rev'd Dr Duane Miller, missionary to the Islamic world and scholar in contextual theology with a particular focus on Islam. They talked about the challenges with demographic change and Islamic political theology, how Christianity offers a distinct vision for politics than Islam, how to share Christ with Muslims, what Muslim background believers to Christianity should do and Duane's involvement with International Muslim Outreach (https://www.imuslimoutreach.com).
Franklin also gives his thoughts on further pompous ostensibly Christian intervention in the Unite the Kingdom rally debate, digital ID cards, and an interesting article on the theology of climate change activists.
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FULL INTERVIEW HERE: https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/1303861/episodes/17884608-faith-and-politics-with-david-frost
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Church of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham sit down to talk about the biggest issues in Church and state. This time:
- The Charlie Kirk Funeral: Erika Kirk forgives but Trump offers only hatred for his enemies. Is the right in danger of engaging in the politics of hate too?
- Church leaders condemn the Unite the Kingdom march as "far-right", but is this a fair characterisation?
- Bishops applaud recognition of Palestinian statehood and call Israel an occupying power.
- And Malthusians arguments made in the House of Lords for assisted suicide.
All that and a little more as ever. Please enjoy!
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Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down in-person with David (Lord) Frost in a wide-ranging conversation on faith and politics, including never before heard insight into David's conversion to Christianity. Topics include:
- David's recent conversion to Roman Catholicism and what attracted him to Christianity in the first place.
- The role of Christianity in the Public Square and Christian Nationalism.
- Danny Kruger's defection to Reform and whether Lord Frost is planning to leave the Conservative Party too.
- Brexit: What went wrong and what went right? What happens now and is true legislative reform possible?
- Assisted Suicide and what David planned to say at the second session of the second reading in the House of Lords.
- The murder of Charlie Kirk and cancel culture on the right. What is the correct response?
All that plus half an hour of questions from the live audience. Enjoy!
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Church of England rev with a difference sits down with comedian and commentator Nick Dixon to talk about the murder of Charlie Kirk and some of the responses to his death. This conversation was recorded for Nick's podcast The Current Thing.
We discuss:
-The appalling response to Charlie Kirk’s murder from Alastair Campbell, Stephen King, and many more
-The disturbing comments from the Oxford Union
-How to respond to the new level of evil that has emerged on the Left
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Church of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This time:
- The appalling murders Charlie Kirk and Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska and what this says about American society and identity politics more generally.
- Angela Rayner resigns from the government over dodgy tax dealings.
- The arrest of Graham Linehan for hurty posts on X.
- And, for a little bit of levity, our comments on recent Church of England green energy publicity video 'God is my solar panel'.
All of that and more as ever. Please enjoy!
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Church of England vicars Daniel French, Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin are joined by Lord Frost. David Frost had been at the heart of the UK Government and was deeply involved in seminal moments in British history including the Brexit negotiations and the Covid crisis. A deeply principled man, he quit the government over his opposition to further Covid restrictions and said subsequently that he believes that lockdowns are a serious policy error. In this special interview, he addressed in-depth the Covid crisis and the real reasons for the government's response to it, the use of behavioural psychology, the relationship of the government to the UK media, Brexit, the green agenda, free speech and the online harms bill. We also spoke about the Church of England and its failure to take the opportunity to offer hope in the midst of fear. Lord Frost ended this discussion with an exhortation to the Church to remember its true identity and to stop aping secular politicians.
Daniel and Jamie also reflected upon the discussion with Lord Frost and caught up on the notable news for the second week of February 2022: the ending of Covid restrictions in England, the Church of England bishops' plans to alter the nature of the Church by creating bishops for certain issues such as Brexit and Covid, and Justin Welby's comments on the moral imperative to embrace radical collectivism.
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Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French, Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This time:
- Creation-tide liturgy approved by the Church of England: but is this simply more climate change propaganda?
- Classical Christian school King Alfred's forced to close due to Labour's tax raid on private education.
- Angela Rayner accused of hypocrisy as she purchases second (or third) home in Hove.
- And CofE Nine O' Clock Service leader Chris Brain convicted of multiple offences as we look back on one of the weirdest chapters in recent Church of England history.
All that, a bit of question the rev and much more as ever.
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Church of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest issues in church and state. This time:
- Two tier justice? As Labour councillor who urged crowd to slit the throats of Southport protestors freed.
- Multi-faith chaplain made new Principal at a major Church of England training college.
- Is immigration driving religious belief in Britain and more on the "Quiet Revival".
- And we listen and respond to a sermon on Women's Football.
All this and a little bit more in the this week's episode. Enjoy!
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Church of England rev with a difference, the Rev'd Dr Jamie Franklin, sits down to talk about the biggest issues in Church and State. This time:
- Kemi Badenoch, the Problem of Evil and Cultural Christianity.
- Thought for the Day Guests slams Jenrick's "xenophobia" and BBC is accused of political bias (again).
- Update on the trial of the Rev'd Dr Bernard Randall as CofE refuses to remove safeguarding blacklisting.
- When will the new Archbishop of Canterbury be chosen?
- New (lesbian) Archbishop of Wales selection provokes controversy.
- Spurgeon's ministerial training college closes as CofE faces own problems.
All that and a little bit more as ever.
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Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to talk about the biggest issues in Church and State. This time:
- PM Keir Starmer humiliated in Trump's visit to Britain.
- Bishop Jonathan Baker rages in dressing gown in front of audience of concert-goers.
- Clergy response to migrant unrest in Epping.
- And more on why young people are returning to church.
All that and a little more as ever.
Why Gen-Z are returning to church:https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2087120/why-millions-young-gen-z
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Church of England vicars with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest events in church and state. This time:
- Danny Kruger and his address on Christianity to an empty House of Commons.
- Woke and Islam are the religions poised to take over, but is there anything that can be done about it?
- Protests and counter-protests in Epping over migrant hotel flash point.
- And Labour move to lower voting age to 16.
All that and much much more as ever!
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Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This time:
- Theological reflections on the horrendous Texas flooding.
- 12-year-old school girl sent home for celebrating Britain in Culture Celebration Day.
- Update from Church of England's General Synod: Gay Marriage on the rocks; clergy pension boost; no discussion of Israel boycott; no to "assisted dying".
All that and much much more as ever!
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Church of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This time:
- Lily Allen jokes that she can't remember how many abortions she's had.
- Justin Welby at the Cambridge Union says he was being "thick" about gay marriage.
- Government announces employment benefit for women who have had miscarriages before 24 weeks.
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Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sat down to talk with scholar and author of God is an Englishman: Christianity and the Creation of England Bijan Omrani in a special live interview. In a wide-ranging conversation, topics covered included the following:
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- The aesthetic of English spirituality and its importance for Modernity.
- The role of establishment and why it is worth retaining.
- The implications of demographic change and the rise of Islam for the English Church and society.
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Church of England Revs with a difference Jamie Franklin, Thomas Pelham and Daniel French are back to talk about the biggest issues in church and state. This time:
- More on the Bishop of London's statement that women should not be criminalised for terminating their pregnancies at any point.
- Lib Dem MP denied Holy Communion by Roman Catholic priest Fr Ian Vale for voting for state euthanasia.
- And Bob Vylan at Glastonbury calls for "Death to the IDF".
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Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to talk about the biggest stories of the week. On the agenda this time can only be the passing of laws in Britain decriminalising abortion up to birth and legalising state-sponsored suicide. We also look at the Bishop of Manchester's denial that so-called "grooming gangs" had anything to do with race, ethnicity or religion despite this claim being flatly contradicted by the Casey report.
In a world that is looking increasingly dark, how should Christians and the Church respond?
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In this classic episodes, Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin talk to author and journalist Louise Perry about her groundbreaking work The Case Against The Sexual Revolution.
Louise discussed her increasing openness and sympathy toward the Christian outlook on family, motherhood, and sexual relationships, the challenges to contemporary society posed by pornography, the advent of increasingly sophisticated Artificial Intelligence, and low-birth rates. She also talked about the reliance of the secular culture on Christian ideas and why the Church of England is getting it so badly wrong.
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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest events in church and state. This time:
- England football fans chant completely unacceptable things at Keir Starmer.
- Riots in L.A. and Northern Ireland. Is civil war on the horizon for Western nations?
- Labour performs an inevitable U-turn on winter fuel allowance.
- The Church Commissioners finally spend some of their £11 billion fund on actual churches (sort of).
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Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This time we ask if blasphemy laws have been reintroduced in Britain since the prosecution of protestor Hamit Coskun for burning a Koran and criticising Islam in public. Would such a thing happen to someone burning the Bible? And does the secular state have any defences against the incursion of Islamic sentiment into the public square?
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Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick goes toe-to-toe with would-be Tube fare dodgers.
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And Labour MP seeks to make abortion legal up to birth.
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In a very special conversation episode, Rev Jamie Franklin sits down with Christine Padgham, former host of the Coronastories podcast, leader of Inform Scotland, mother, Covid sceptic, and friend of the Irreverend podcast.
It's about five years now since all the Covid madness kicked off. And a lot has happened in that time. In a wide-ranging conversation, we took a look back at it all as Christine explains how and why the experience eventually led her to Christ.
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Church of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham sit down to talk about the biggest issues in church and state. This time:
- Lucy Connolly back in the slammer: But is this an example of political imprisonment and two-tier justice?
- Why have the Liverpool vehicle attack suspect's ethnic details been released?
- And Sadiq Khan says cannabis should be decriminalised because its being illegal disproportionately affects ethnic minorities.
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Church of England rev with a difference Daniel French sits down to talk with author Jared Brock. In his new book A Devil Named Lucifer, Jared seeks to elucidate the controversial subject of the Devil from a Biblical perspective whilst debunking popular misconceptions. Together, he and Daniel explore the themes of the book and speak about the new demographic in Western Society who are recently more open to Christianity.
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Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to talk about the big stories in church and state. This time:
- "Assisted Dying" Bill delayed as Commons debate overruns and MPs turn sceptical.
- "Faith Leaders" question Starmer's hard-right rhetoric on immigration.
- Gary Lineker sacked from the BBC over antisemitism controversy.
- And Starmer surrenders to EU in new "strategic realignment deal".
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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin talk about the biggest issues in church and state. This time:
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Enoch Starmer goes hard in on immigration in the UK. Nothing to do with Reform surging in the polls of course!
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Romans rejoice as the first American Pope is elected! World leaders pledge their cooperation and what relevance does this have to the Anglican sphere?
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Updated anti-bullying guidance in CofE schools: but is this what it seems or simply a Trojan Horse for a pernicious anti-Christian ideology?
All that and a little bit more as ever!
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Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to talk about the big stories in church and state. This time:
- The Papal Conclave and how an Anglican might respond to the election of a new pope.
- Major world survey says that the Bible remains relevant in Western nations.
- Local elections: Reform triumph and are on track to win the next General Election.
- And Labour Minister Lucy Powell refers to the Rape Gang Scandal as a "dog whistle".
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In this special interview, CofE rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to talk with pastor, Old Testament scholar and author Benjamin Giffone about his new book A House Divided: Technology, Worship, and Healing the Church After COVID. Topics discussed:
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The downsides of online worship and why church leaders were wrong to embrace it so uncritically.
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Elitism in the church hierarchy which contributed to "laptop class" style response.
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A better way to approach the question of experts and expertise than simple capitulation.
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Hope for the future of the church and moving beyond the events of five years ago.
That and much more as ever. Enjoy!
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Rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to review the big events in church and state. This time: the death of Pope Francis, experiments to dim the sun in the name of climate change, the King's slightly woke Easter Message, and further reports of a Christian revival in Britain.
All this interspersed with a very special feature-length interview with pastor and Old Testament scholar, the Rev'd Dr Benjamin Giffone about his new superb book A House Divided: Technology, Worship, & Healing the Church after COVID. Listeners to this podcast will find much interest in what Benj has to say about the failures of the Church during Covid and what the future has to bring.
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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham, Jamie Franklin and Daniel French sit down to talk about the biggest news in church and state. This time, we look at the biggest "Holy Week Fails" on social media and discuss a recent report by the Bible Society which appears to indicate that Christianity is growing in the UK, particularly among young men. The Bible Society are calling this "The Quiet Revival".
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With reason, argument and inconvenient facts, Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin EXPLODES historian David Starkey's recent assault on Christianity which he gave on Andrew Gold's Heretics podcast.
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Join rev with a difference Jamie Franklin, as he comments on Justin Welby's most recent public appearance alongside Laura Kuenssberg and notes the surprising influence of the hit Netflix show Adolescence within the Church of England!
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Join Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This time:
- The hit TV show Adolescence takes the UK by storm. But is this hard-hitting social realism or manipulative propaganda?
- The persecution of Christians in Syria and why we hear so little about it from the established church.
- Assisted Suicide Watch as the Bill is watered down to remove the high court judge safeguard.
- And Easter is cancelled in Eastleigh as local schools keeps Ramadan and Eid, but gives the Christian festival the boot.
All that, your emails, plus much more. Enjoy!
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Rev with a difference Jamie Franklin tackles the Diocese of Norwich's anti-racism toolkit debacle and Giles Cohen's piece on giving up atheism for Lent. Then a special interview with home education activist Randall Hardy on the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill and the concerns that it presents to home educators. All that and more as always. Enjoy!
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https://dailysceptic.org/2025/02/06/the-blob-has-sunk-to-new-depths-in-its-quest-to-destroy-educational-freedom/
Phillipson is Letting the Blob Run Rings Around Her – Randall Hardy, The Daily Sceptic
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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024 – The HE Byte
https://he-byte.uk/cws-bill-2024-england/
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: more questions than answers | Defend Digital Me
https://defenddigitalme.org/2024/12/17/childrens-wellbeing-and-schools-bill-more-questions-than-answers/
Policy | Defend Digital Me
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Church of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This time we talk about the Church of England comms team's strange decision to release a video about Climate Change on Shrove Tuesday after which we get our teeth into the major geopolitical events of the week: Starmer's visit to the White House; the apocalyptic clash between Trump, Zelenskyy and JD Vance; the US pausing of military aid to Ukraine; Zelenskyy coming back to the table with Trump; and Trump's mega address to Congress in which he claimed Lesotho was a place nobody had ever heard of. All that plus much much more as ever!
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The three Church of England revs with a difference are back to talk about the biggest issues in church and state. This time:
- Trump's recent IVF order
- Proposed change to assisted suicide law extending eligibility to twelve months from six
- Did anything interesting happen at General Synod?
- Our next pick for Archbishop of Canterbury
- And the mysterious withdrawal of the anonymous appointee to the See of Durham
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Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin pulls no punches as he analyses JD Vance's excoriating speech to a group of European leaders at a security summit in Munich. In a reversal of expectation, Vance claimed that the greatest threat to European security was not Russia but was the internal degradation of European society itself. He also took aim at the attack on free speech in the form of the monitoring of ostensible thought crime in Britain. Rev Jamie considers his assertions and contrasts them with the rebuttal given by Labour Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds who also claims to be speaking from a Christian perspective.
After that viewers can partake of a full-length interview Rev Jamie gave for the Thinking Slow podcast on the subject of his new book The Great Return: Why Only a Restoration of Christianity Can Save Western Civilisation.
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Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie French are joined by former Old Bailey judge and lay minister Charles Wide KC for a deep dive into the shady world of Project Spire: the Church Commissioners' project to give £100 million rising to £1 billion of Church of England money to communities and people ostensibly disadvantaged by the historic legacy of slavery.
But has this project been carried out ethically and with proper legal and intellectual safeguards and are its representatives being fully transparent about what is really going on behind the scenes? Do the Church Commissioners even have the legal right to give away money that was never intended for such usage?
All that plus our take on who the next Archbishop of Canterbury should be and all the usual banter.
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The Case Against Reparations - Charles Wide KC, The Rev’d Professor Lord Biggar and Dr Alka Sehgal Cuthbert
Project Spire: A Dubious Waste of the Church of England's Money - Charles Wide, KC
The Church of England's Historic Links to the Transatlantic Slave Trade - Lawrence Goldman and Robert Tombs
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Church of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This time:
- JD Vance in "ordo amoris" Twitter spat with Rory Stewart.
- The Bishop of Liverpool resigns over sexual abuse allegations whilst controversy around Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell persists.
- £2.6 billion of Church Commissioner money earmarked for clergy stipend increase, but will it make any difference to anything?
All that plus a special Question the Rev on a CofE TikTok comms video, more debate on the death penalty and why not just use modern language versions of Scripture all the time?
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Church of England vicars with a difference Jamie Franklin, Daniel French, and Thomas Pelham sit down to talk about the biggest weekly stories in church and state. This time we discuss calls for a renewed debate on the death penalty for the most serious crimes in the wake of the Axel Rudakubana sentencing. And we spoke about the freshest crisis in the Church of England in the form of allegations of sexual assaults made against the Bishop of Liverpool and even of a cover-up by the Archbishop of York.
All that and a few other bits and pieces as ever. Enjoy!
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Church of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham, Daniel French, and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the big stories in church and state. This time involving many stories of bishops and church leaders who are committed to the progressive socialist ideologies that characterise left-wing politics. Stories involve:
- Woke Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budd attacks Trump at inauguration service.
- "Faith leaders" including the Bishop of Norwich say back the Climate and Nature Bill (surprise, surprise!)
- Leader of Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC) goes full progressive over Islamic rape gangs.
All that and much much more as ever!
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Church of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Daniel French sit down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state this week:
- Senior Labour figures call for U-turn on refusal to hold national enquiry into rape gangs.
- The UK economy collapses while Rachel Reeves leaves for China. And Andrew Lawrence's ten step to fix the problem.
- Meta to end third-party fact-checking.
- Partial Church of England exodus to Bluesky.
- And the political fallout over the Californian wildfires. Is climate change or DEI to blame?
All that and a bit more as ever. Enjoy!
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Church of England vicar Jamie Franklin sits down with Heritage Party founder and leader David Kurten who speaks about why he is so concerned about the Labour Government's Schools and Wellbeing Bill which will fundamentally change the nature of the relationship between children and the state. Also discussed:
- The Climate and Nature Bill which would amount to a land grab of 30% of the countryside in the name of environmentalism and climate activism.
- Agenda 2030 and the globalists' plan to destroy agriculture, cultivate lab-based meat, and end private transport.
- Why only a specifically Christian political movement can change any of this.
- And more besides.
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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest storiesin church and state. This time:
- The UK rape gang scandal goes international as Elon Musk calls Keir Starmer an apologist for genocide and says that Jess Phillips should be in prison.
- The Children's Welfare and Schools Bill looks set to enforce a woke curriculum across all schools and take the right to home educate away from parents.
- Justin Welby steps down and Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell steps up to take charge of the CofE. His first move to combat managerial failure? More managerialism of course!
- And we conduct our yearly review of the King's Christmas Speech: Politics? Theology? Controversy? There's a little bit of everything.
All that and a bit more as ever. Enjoy!
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Revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest issues of the day in church and state. This time:
- The Marc Geuhi rainbow armband controversy!
- Our thoughts on Only Fans actress Lily Philips having relations with a hundred men in a single day.
- And Church of England dismay at Liverpool Cathedral hosts drug-fuelled football club rave, further calls for the resignation of senior bishops over historic safeguarding failures, and the Bishop of Newcastle asking for a "pause of evangelism".
That, our favourite Christmas hymns and much more as always!
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Revs with a difference Tom Pelham, Daniel French, and Jamie Franklin sit down to review four years of Irreverend. This special livestream episode includes reflections upon the past four years of the podcast; your questions on Genesis 6 and fallen angels, the theology of Jordan Peterson and more; the BOVAER cow flatulence controversy; the Archbishop bows out in characteristically awful style; and our predictions for the where we'll be in a hundred episodes time.
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Church of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham sit down to respond to the biggest story of the week, the progression in Parliament of the Assisted Suicide Bill, leading the UK a significant step closer towards the legalisation of state-sponsored euthanasia.
They are also joined by author and journalist Rod Dreher to talk about Rod's new book Living in Wonder: Finding Mystery and Meaning in a Secular Age. Rod talks to them about recovering a sense of the presence of God and visceral meaning in the context of disenchanted Modernity, how to promote Christian orthodoxy to a generation more interested in the occult than Christ, how Christian enchantment differs from paganism, how attention changes the spiritual life, and, of course, UFOs!
All that and much much more in this very special episode!
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In this special episode, the Rev'd Dr Jamie Franklin responds to a recent lecture by the novelist and writer Paul Kingsnorth on Christian Civilisation. Franklin says that, although there are some important and powerful points in Kingnorth's lecture, he nevertheless disagrees with him on a number of significant points.
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Nearly 1,000 clergy from the Church of England have signed an open letter opposing the legalisation of assisted suicide in the UK. Jamie Franklin sits down with its author and principal signatory Fr Richard Bastable to talk about the moral objections to assisted suicide, concerns about its acceptance, and hopeful alternative paths that our society might take.
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Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down for a special livestream catch-up, featuring live coverage of the London farmer's protest, and further reaction to the Justin Welby resignation and the Trump election victory. Plus your comments, questions, and the email of the week. Enjoy!
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Church of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sat down for a special livestream reaction episode to the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby over his personal catastrophic safeguarding failures. We review the events leading up to the resignation, assess Justin's legacy, and look forward to who might sit on the archepiscopal throne and what might be coming next for the Church of England.
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Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sat down for a special livestream reaction to Donald Trump's historic landslide election victory on the morning of Wednesday 6th November. He also gave his views on the recent UK budget and the election of Kemi Badenoch to leader of the Tory party and responded to viewer comments and questions.
But there really is only one story this week.
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In this special episode, Jamie Franklin responds to the recent conversation between Richard Dawkins and Jordan Peterson hosted by Alex O'Connor. Speaking from a theological viewpoint, Rev J says that both Dawkins and Peterson have imbalanced approaches when it comes to the interplay between facts and values. He argues that Christian Theology has to incorporate both to be properly understood and accepted.
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Revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Daniel French get together to talk about the most important issues in church and state. This time:
- Thoughts on the upcoming budget.
- Trump on the Joe Rogan podcast.
- The Lambeth Palace clarification piece on Archbishop Justin's comments on gay sex.
- The now widely-known truth about the Southport killer and associated media and government gaslighting.
- Assisted killing update as the Senedd refuses to back Euthanasia.
- And a parish church is rebuked for not following the net zero ideology.
All that and much much more as ever.
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Links:Archbishop continuing controversy: https://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/news/news-and-statements/lambeth-palace-statement?fbclid=IwY2xjawGF_yhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHYgkuNns07NTaHjAGL4axBcrTYD3RLWaT1ktEpAGEMN15RYqwx6EaoA8kg_aem_8T2-MR74rO9lykOOChXiyw
Allison Pearson on the truth about the Southport Massacre: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10/29/the-southport-child-victims-deserve-better/
Senedd votes against assisted dying: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8912eld73o#:~:text=Assisted%20dying%20move%20defeated%20in%20Senedd%20vote&text=Senedd%20members%2C%20including%20First%20Minister,Wales%20if%20the%20law%20changed
Perils of assisted dying from legal experts: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/oct/27/austerity-hurts-more-than-a-smack
Parish rebuked for buying gas heater: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10/26/church-of-england-reprimands-parish-buying-gas-heaters/
Potential VAT tax cuts on church restoration: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10/27/rachel-reeves-budget-risks-triggering-wave-church-closures/ Notices:
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It's going to be known as the "gay sex" interview from now on. But what else was said on The Rest is Politics when the Archbishop took the hot seat? Find out the good and the bad in Rev Jamie Franklin's analysis of the show.
For The Rest is Politics Justin Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/leading/id1665265193?i=1000673052066
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Revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest issues in church and state. This time we look at the new Democrat campaign aimed towards feckless men, Gavin Williamson's attempt to get bishops removed from the House of Lords, developments in the "assisted dying" debate, including Health Secretary Wes Streeting saying he will not vote for the bill and former Archbishop George Carey promoting it.
In listener emails, we revisit the controversial Russell Brand "magical amulet" controversy and talk a little bit about African Christianity.
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Links:Gavin Williamson tables amendment to remove bishops from the house of Lords: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10/16/lord-bishops-remind-us-of-our-moral-duty/
George Carey says back assisted suicide: https://x.com/guardiannews/status/1847211557627068542
Letter from Former Bishop of Liverpool James Jones: https://x.com/MadsDavies/status/1846897433063624997
Wes Streeting to vote against assisted suicide: https://www.thetimes.com/article/64de2beb-ce3b-4f0e-90f7-0e4b3be3b107?shareToken=adb6034db6a9554794f098c64ed48795 Notices:
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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest issues in church and state. This time:
- Archbishop of Canterbury in car-crash "gay sex" interview with Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart.
- More on assisted dying as Kim Leadbeater brings bill before Parliament.
- Scottish Government says no talking about abortion in private homes within safety zones.
- University of Nottingham puts trigger warning on The Canterbury Tales for being influenced by Christianity.
- And Russell Brand sells magic amulets on TikTok.
That and probably a bit more as ever.
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Links:Archbishop on The Rest is Politics: https://www.psephizo.com/sexuality-2/is-the-archbishop-of-canterbury-misleading-everyone-about-the-prayers-of-love-and-faith-plf/
https://www.tiktok.com/@restispolitics/video/7424189393818111265
David Frost on Euthanasia: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10/10/a-nation-without-faith-ends-up-killing-its-old/
Euthanasia in Canada Clip: https://x.com/AmandaAchtman/status/1795086478755733816
Tyrannous “Safe-Access” Zones in Scotland: https://x.com/drcalummiller/status/1844163857549492575?s=48
Canterbury Tales Trigger Warning University of Nottingham: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10/13/canterbury-tales-trigger-warning-christian-faith-chaucer/
https://x.com/FrDavidPalmer/status/1846187316928213428
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Church of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin, Thomas Pelham, and Daniel French sit down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This time:
- Assisted Dying Revisited: the effect upon palliative care and the inevitable slippery slope towards a culture of death for the most vulnerable, plus the Church of England reaction and that of the wider world.
- An informative update on the giving of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and what this says about our sense of ourselves in Great Britain.
Also a listener email on getting back into the faith for the first time and a few other bits as ever!
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Conservative Woman on Assisted Dying
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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the big stories in church and state. This time:
- Rosie Duffield's excoriating resignation letter crushing Starmer with brutal rhetoric.
- Our thoughts on the Tory leadership contest as Badenoch says not all cultures are equally valid.
- Russell Brand baptises in tight white underpants.
- And listener emails on the Pope's universalism and "hetero communion".
All that and a little bit more as ever.
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Links:Rosie Duffield Resignation: https://x.com/thetimes/status/1840072687848247802?t=tk2R7dMGNBuamp9d2liu4w&s=19
Badenoch, “Not all cultures are equally valid”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw8KBk7lHms
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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham, Jamie Franklin, and Daniel French sit down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This time:
- Kier's Starmer's keynote speech at the Labour Conference and his notorious new gaffe.
- Breaking news at The Spectator as Michael Gove is appointed editor.
- Christian street preacher Hatun Tash wins appeal against Metropolitan Police for wrongful treatment.
- A report on destruction caused by Lockdown policies.
- Recent moves towards Euthanasia in Britain.
- And London's Fourth Plinth's new "artwork".
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Links:Starmer Speech: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/09/24/state-will-take-back-control-of-peoples-lives-says-starmer/
Neville defends Starmer: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/gary-nevilles-tin-eared-defence-of-keir-starmer/
Assisted Dying in The Spectator: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-chillingly-seductive-glimpse-of-assisted-dying/
Hatun Tash given 10k settlement: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-plight-of-hatun-tash-shames-britain/
Destruction caused by lockdowns: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/how-covid-damaged-every-generation-from-babies-to-pensioner/
London’s Fourth Plinth: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/sep/18/londons-fourth-plinth-artwork-unite-trans-community-around-world Notices:
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Church of England revs Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham sit down to talk about the biggest issues of church and state
- David Lammy tweaks the nose of Putin who is threatening the West with nuclear war.
- Huw Edwards convicted of sex crimes against children but not sent to prison.
- A second Trump assassination attempt.
- Squeaky clean Starmer forgets to declare gifts given to his wife.
- Pope Francis says all religions lead to God.
- More on Rev Brett Murphy's defenestration by the Free Church of England.
- And the Church of England's first "hedgerow communion" (possibly)!
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Links:Putin’s threat of nuclear war over Ukraine: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/09/15/biden-pushes-back-storm-shadows-decision-until-end-of-month/
Huw Edwards not going to prison:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/16/fury-as-huw-edwards-avoids-jail/
Second Trump assassination attempt: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/09/16/donald-trump-victim-of-second-assassination-attempt-after-s/
Universalist comments by Pope Francis: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-09/pope-calls-singapore-youth-unity-during-interreligous-dialogue1.html
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Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to talk about the big issues in Church and state. This time:
- Are Labour targeting their political enemies by taking away their Winter fuel allowance?
- Bring blankets to church instead of expecting warm buildings, says Net Zero clerical guru.
- An Ibiza-themed rave in Peterborough Cathedral...on All Souls' Day.
- A Muslim woman arrested for highly distressing conduct in a North London church.
All that, your emails answered, and much much more as ever. Enjoy!
Daniel, Slone Square Event: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sloane-street/holy-trinity-church-sloane-square/the-eclipse-of-christianity-and-why-it-matters/e-gblyzl
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Links:Labour Winter-Fuel Rebellion: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/07/29/rachel-reeves-winter-fuel-payments-public-sector-pay-rise/
Give Worshippers blankets instead of warm churches:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/26/give-blankets-instead-heating-churches-vicars-
Ibiza-Themed gig in Peterborough Cathedral: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/07/ibiza-themed-gig-in-peterborough-cathedral-triggers-critics/
Muslim woman arrested for disturbing behaviour in Angel Church, London: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13820389/Muslim-woman-London-church-arrested-police.html?ito=native_share_article-top
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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham, Jamie Franklin and Daniel French sit dow to talk about the biggest issues in church and state. This time:
- Major new church survey reveals a high level of openness to robot ministers.
- Starmer's first major speech reveals that he is going to try to tax us and bore us to death at the same time.
- One-word Ofsted Reports scrapped and replaced by impenetrable, jargon-filled verbiage.
- The CofE Commissioners decide not to turn defunct church building into mosque.
- And across the pond: Trump disappointingly liberal on abortion whilst Kamala Harris gives first interview with predictable results.
All of that, plus much more, with your questions answers, including a query as to whether or not our atheist Prime Minister should be in charge of choosing bishops in the CofE.
Daniel, Slone Square Event: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sloane-street/holy-trinity-church-sloane-square/the-eclipse-of-christianity-and-why-it-matters/e-gblyzl
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Links:Take the Church 24 Survey: https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/the-church-24-survey/
Scrapping one word ofsted reports: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/scrapping-one-word-ofsted-verdicts-is-a-mistake/
Disused Church not allowed to become Mosque: https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/30-august/news/uk/disused-church-blocked-from-becoming-mosque
US Update: Trump to vote for more time for abortions in Florida and Gibbering Kamala: https://roddreher.substack.com/p/nixon-to-chinatrump-to-abortion-clinic?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=136360&post_id=148282044&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=z8f5v&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email Notices:
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Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down with minister, author, and cultural commentator David Robertson to compare podcasts and talk about the future of the Church and Western Civilisation.
Among the many topics discussed were:
- Muscular podcasting and why the Western Church is reluctant to engage the culture from a Christian perspective.
- Spiritual warfare, progressivism, and the return of paganism in the West.
- What Richard Dawkins got wrong and why he's regretting it.
- Will the West fact renewal or destruction in the coming years and is the tide turning in favour of Christianity?
- The failures of secularism and where hope is to be found.
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Rev with a difference Jamie Franklin talks about the big issues of church and state. This time: the Church of England seems to think that we need to drop the word "church", to stay "relevant". Is this strategy theological coherent and will it work to reach the younger generations?
The Rev'd Dr Bernard Randall's case continues to cast an awful light on the senior leadership of the CofE as top KC says that the Archbishop of Canterbury exceeding his power by blocking Randall from appealing against his bishop, Debby Lane.
And controversial cleric Brett Murphy is kicked out of the Free Church of England. Is there anywhere that faithful priests can go where they will not be persecuted?
That plus your emails and a question on the relationship of Freemasonry and Christianity.
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Links:CofE to drop the word "church": https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/16/church-england-dropping-word-church-more-modern/#:~:text=A%20spokesman%20for%20the%20Church,bricks%2Dand%2Dmortar%20churches
The Case of Bernard Randall: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/12/justin-welby-wrong-blacklisting-gender-critical-chaplain/
The Case of Brett Murphy: https://anglican.ink/2024/08/19/shock-firing-of-popular-fce-priest/
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CofE rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to talk with GB News and Weekly Sceptic host and comedian Nick Dixon about the biggest issues of the times. In a broad-ranging discussion, the following was discussed:
- Two-tier policing in the UK.
- The reasons for the elite contempt for the working-class.
- Language policing and the attack on social media.
- Why Elon Musk does not fall in to line with the accepted elite opinion and highlights from the Musk/Trump conversation.
- Nick's predictions for the coming year and where hope is to be found - if at all.
Towards the end of the show we spoke about more personal matters including how Nick has improved his mental health, the benefits of reading fiction, and some on Rev Jamie's personal disciplines that help him get through a certain amount of reading.
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Revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest issues in church and state. This time a special episode dealing almost exclusively with the civil unrest that is spreading across the UK, including the following things.
- The lockstep narrative of the mainstream media kicks in again.
- Why have things changed so much in the UK since the nineties?
- Why the elite are gaslighting us and lying to us about everything.
- The war between the elites and Elon Musk: are we heading into a new civil war or is this simply a deplorable thing to say?
- Our comments on reactions from the higher-ups in the Church of England.
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Links:West Mid Police Two Tier policing - https://x.com/ArchRose90/status/1820959292457152698
Church Times w/ Bishop of Manchester Comments - https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/9-august/news/uk/unite-against-rioters-from-the-far-right-faith-leaders-urge
Sam Norton: The Tragedy of the Modern Left - https://samcharlesnorton.substack.com/p/htri14-the-tragedy-of-the-modern
Rod Dreher: Tommy the Savage - https://roddreher.substack.com/p/tommy-the-savage?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=136360&post_id=147397500&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=z8f5v&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest affairs in the church and state. This time:
- The Paris Olympics kicks off with a blasphemous recreation of the Last Supper.
- The Church of England renews its "anti-bullying" guidance for CofE schools but it appears to be full of woke jargon and to promote a progressive LGBT ideology. What is going on?
- And the evangelical Keswick Convention reports Christian anti-abortion activist group Brephos to the police for displaying an image of an unborn baby in a street near their headquarters.
All that and much, much more as ever!
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Links:Rod Dreher on the Olympics Opening Ceremony: This is Satanism - https://roddreher.substack.com/p/the-paris-olympics-go-to-hell?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=136360&post_id=147059512&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=z8f5v&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Church of England Flourishing for All Document: https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2024-07/flourishing-for-all-final-for-consultation-july-2024_3.pdf
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Rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down with Premier League and all-round legend Matthew Le Tissier.
They spoke about Matt's life, his career as a top football professional with Southampton and England and his subsequent life as a pundit, after-dinner speaker, and very good golf player. They also covered Matt's decision to air his views on the Covid situation, his sacking by Sky Sports, and his inside take on what Premier League players really think about the politicisation of football. They touched on Matt's recently found Christian faith and where this fits into what he sees as a societal and cosmic battle between good and evil.
In Rev'd Jamie's monologue, he provides a Christian interpretation of recents events in the US and the CofE's latest 'guidance' on teaching transgender ideology in their schools, and he answers a couple of emails on how Christians should engage under the new Labour regime and the thorny question of hell.
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From the London offices of Hodder Faith Daniel interviews publishing director Andy Lyon super fan of Irreverend and editor for Daniel's upcoming book. They discuss the loss of the Bible in the culture and the importance of books per se particularly physical print. This is a special episode while Tom is on paternity and Jamie is on holiday.
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Church of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Daniel French sit down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state, this time paying special attention to Labour's win in the General Election. We discuss:
- The post-election mood: how are things different from the last Labour turnaround in '97 and is the most underwhelming general election ever?
- How should Christians respond to a change in their overlords?
- Kier Starmer's "historic" speech following the Labour victory, apparently written by the Archbishop of Canterbury's speechwriter. Was it any good?
- In other news, the Church of England General Synod votes to approve same-sex blessings (sort of).
- Synod also passes a motion to affirm the dignity of unborn babies with disabilities. But does this go far enough in the abortion debate?
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Links:Starmer/Archbishop Speech Writer:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/07/05/starmer-address-to-nation-after-hiring-archbishop-writer/
Justin Welby Abortion Comments:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/07/archbishop-canterbury-disabled-child-abortion-pressure/
https://www.churchofengland.org/media/press-releases/synod-backs-motion-affirm-human-dignity-disabled-children
Gay Blessings and Synod:
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Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French, Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham sit down on the eve of the UK General Election to talk about the biggest issues in church and state. We round up the important last-minute stories and make our predictions for the big day.
Also on the agenda, the Church of England's General Synod is back and so is the question of same-sex blessings. The widely supported Alliance group is threatening to create a parallel province. Several bishops have written an open letter pleading for a change of course. And the liberalising Bishop of Oxford has also hit back. We discuss all the central issues and controversies.
Finally, an interview with Charles Wide K.C. on a recent letter sent to the Church Times protesting the use of £100 million (rising to £1 billion somehow) of the Church Commissioner's money to repay the Church's ostensible involvement in, and profiting from, the Transatlantic slave trade.
All relevant links available below.
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Living in Love and FaithThe Alliance Parallel Province Letter
11 Bishops call for Rethink
Bishop Steven Croft hits back
Society Bishops Letter
Slavery Reparation Fund:
Church Commissioner Report: https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/church-commissioners-for-england-research-into-historic-links-to-transatlantic-chattel-slavery-report.pdf
Oversight Group Report: https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2024-03/church-commissioners-for-england-oversight-group-report-to-the-board-of-governors.pdf
The Church of England’s Historic Links to the Transatlantic Slave Trade by Robert Tombs and Lawrence Goldman: https://www.psephizo.com/life-ministry/the-church-of-englands-historic-links-to-the-transatlantic-slave-trade/
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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest affairs in church and state. This time:
- Nigel Farage comments on Ukraine and the West provoke a stir.
- The Tory betting scandal. (Oh no!)
- David Tennant goes full ally and says Kemi Badenoch should not exist.
- Julian Assange is out of prison.
Some questions about "Christian chauvinism" and fasting, and many other things besides. All that and much much more as ever!
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Links:Farage comments on Russia/Ukraine: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cldd44zv3kpo
https://unherd.com/newsroom/nigel-farages-ukraine-comments-arent-disgraceful/
Tory Betting Scandal:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/06/24/tory-gambling-scandal-accused-leaked-by-met-police-election/
David Tennant wins trans ally award, tells Badenoch to “shut up” and “not exist”: https://metro.co.uk/2024/06/21/strictly-star-robin-windsor-honoured-posthumously-2024-british-lgbt-awards-21083694/
https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/700962/david-georgia-tennant-photos-children-pride-month-celebrations/
Release of Julian Assange: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/25/who-is-julian-assange-wikileaks-founder-us-extradition/ Notices:
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Revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Daniel French sit down to talk about the biggest issue in church and state. This time:
- The UK Election continues in much the same way as Tories slip behind Reform in some polls. Are we now voting for the next opposition?
- Reform UK's "contract" with the British people.
- Rishi Sunak says he is not in principle opposed to euthanasia.
- The trouble with "Political Christianity" and our thoughts about "hoping" that Christianity might be true.
All that and much much more as ever.
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Links:Sunak warns of “blank cheque for Labour” https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/14/labour-blank-cheque-polling-replicated-election-sunak-warns
Reform Contract with British People: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/0/reform-uk-manifesto-richard-tice-key-policies-glance/
Sunak in favour of euthanasia: https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/16/rishi-sunak-not-opposed-assisted-dying?CMP=twt_b-gdnnews
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Church of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Tom Pelham sit down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This time:
- A major screw-up in the election campaign for Rishi Sunak as he leaves D-Day celebrations early and gets pilloried for it.
- Nigel Farage is attacked with rubble.
- An analysis of the Tory and Lib Dem manifestos.
- And we debate the biggest question of all (sort of): what are you going to do with your vote?
All that, a bit on the vandalism of the King's portrait, President Bukele of El Salvador, the death of German Protestant theologian Jurgen Moltmann, and much much more!
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Links:D-Day screw-up: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/06/12/rishi-sunak-itv-interview-d-day-nigel-farage-sky-tv/
Are the Tories finished? https://dailysceptic.org/2024/06/11/are-the-tories-finished/
Jack Anderton summary video: https://x.com/JACKGUYANDERTON/status/1799495353017745764
Christian Concern analysis of Lib Dem policies: https://x.com/CConcern/status/1800569508559757761
Conservative Manifesto: https://public.conservatives.com/static/documents/GE2024/Conservative-Manifesto-GE2024.pdf
King Charles portrait “vandalised”: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/06/12/rishi-sunak-itv-interview-d-day-nigel-farage-sky-tv/
Carlson interview Nayib Bukele on how God helped him and his government to turn around El Salvador: https://tuckercarlson.com/bukele
Death of Jurgen Moltmann: https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/7-june/news/world/professor-juergen-moltmann-dies-aged-98
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Church of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest events in church and state. This week:
- Cathedral watch as St Alban's tries out an inflatable obstacle course.
- The General Election gets a shake up (quite literally) as Nigel Farage re-enters the fray as Reform UK leader.
- And Trump is convicted in controversial circumstances. (Aren't they always?)
That and much, much more as ever!
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St Alban’s Obstacle Course: https://x.com/FrDavidPalmer/status/1797368154068308254
The Return of Farage: https://x.com/Nigel_Farage/status/1797665496990654769
Farage Milkshake: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/06/04/woman-mcdonalds-nigel-farage-jeremy-corbyn-onlyfans/
Lib Dem David Campanele deselected for being a Christian: https://www.premierchristianity.com/interviews/david-campanale-an-anti-christian-faction-of-the-lib-dems-is-bullying-me-for-going-to-church/14211.article?mkt_tok=OTA3LU9EWS0wNTEAAAGTfBQ7GckqFUS5tSTqMFOeijNv-gyHaq3bj42T__yvlTr67XgdQHcuqa2GQT2p-J_8hNRyCQ--Z5o3pINQGL-mj-gn77R8LqAt_mwd3pK2t_h-k7yzeA
https://x.com/pmounstephen/status/1797011673967996948
Trump Conviction:
https://x.com/damonimani/status/1797310260845142517 Notices:
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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest issues in church and state. This time:
- General elections announcement special: military service, quadruple lock for pensioners, who will we vote for, and "symbolism happens".
- The cosmic insignificance of humans?
- Atheist musicians in the church.
All that and much, much more as always!
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Election Announcement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXB2EzDd8Mo
Symbolism Happens: https://x.com/implausibleblog/status/1794641404636877229
CofE Official Advice: https://x.com/churchofengland/status/1793318770825429398
New atheist wannabe with piano: https://x.com/nickdixoncomic/status/1793444383171219766
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Church of Englands revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the big stories in church and state. This time:
- Death of the Iranian President - "The Butcher of Tehran" - provokes surprisingly sentimental response from the West.
- Our take on the new "demonic gore" portrait of King Charles III.
- Gay blessings opponent Bishop Jill Duff inexplicably participates in ordination of gay Welsh bishop.
- Is it possible to return the BBC coverage of anything?
- Russell Brand and Quantum Physics.
That and much, much more as ever.
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Death of Butcher of Tehran: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/21/courage-of-iranian-people-shames-craven-international-elite/
Portrait of King ‘emerging demonically from a sea of gore’:
https://www.skynews.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity-life/king-charles-unveils-unexpected-pink-painting-by-artist-jonathan-yeo-at-buckingham-palace-as-first-official-portrait-since-coronation/news-story/88e5e35ea6e21e933efd5049a2782d51
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/artists/king-charles-portrait-jonathan-yeo-phillip-mould/
Jill Duff participates in gay episcopal ordination in Wales:
https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/17-may/news/uk/bishop-of-lancaster-i-cannot-judge-welsh-bishop
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Revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to review the biggest talking points in church and state. This time:
- Passé Satanist witch Bambie Thug takes Eurovision by storm
- Octogenarian clergy climate protestors attack Magna Carta
- The unorthodox converts to Christianity (including Russell Brand)
That, our weekly scripture, email of the week, Question the Rev, and much much more as ever.
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Bambie Thug: https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/05/13/bambie-thug-has-exposed-the-rottenness-of-the-new-ireland/
https://catholicherald.co.uk/an-exorcist-is-needed-to-sort-out-eurovision-2024-and-irelands-troubled-contestant/
Octogenarian Climate Activists: https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1788943829661331650
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/10/just-stop-oil-magna-carta-british-library-protest/
Unorthodox Folks Embracing Christianity:
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Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin are back to talk about the biggest issues in church and state. This time:
- Is the decline of Christianity linked to the decline of Englishness?
- Anglican primates attempt to decolonise the Anglican Communion apparently by giving the Archbishop of Canterbury more power than before. We ask what is the issue behind the issue.
- And we check in with Russell Brand to find out how his first week being a Christian has gone.
That and much much more as always.
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Rod Dreher: What is England? What is a nation: https://roddreher.substack.com/p/what-is-england-what-is-a-nation?r=bgzv3&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true
Paul Kingsnorth: And did those feet?: https://paulkingsnorth.substack.com/p/and-did-those-feet?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Anglican Primate Meeting: https://www.anglicanfutures.org/post/primates-24-justin-welby-left-spinning
https://www.e-n.org.uk/2024/05/world-news/the-calm-after-the-storm-what-difference-does-the-anglican-primates-meeting-make/57634/
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Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French, Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest issues current in church and state. This time:
- Is Christianity the new rebellion?
- Shrinking attention spans and true discipleship.
- Irreverend voice-over artist Carbon Mike in jail.
- Russell Brand is baptised in the Thames.
- Are the Church of England paying reparations on a false basis?
- Christian leaders criticise Rwanda deportation plan.
- Feedback on recent Israel/Hamas episode.
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Links:Carbon Mike in Jail: https://twitter.com/thevivafrei/status/1778057452895748328
Russell Brand baptism: https://twitter.com/rustyrockets/status/1783793421049561130
https://twitter.com/rustyrockets/status/1784935940680532384
Church paying reparations on false charges: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/23/is-the-church-paying-reparations-on-a-false-premise/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2dOALVhElHlPR2ArD3fJx0X5uUjUCUW7AHwQMW4ouLsRXHsys5Y7ulq3k_aem_AeGzntpnqHgQs8r2FMviZII_o_WY3EK9pTGPxbkEplNQhtXtaRozwxZJzJHn7RBGgatck8Fclz4ImNP1VaTtQxEY
Church leader Statement on Rwanda Plans: https://www.churchofengland.org/media/press-releases/after-rwanda-church-leaders-speak-out-over-hostility-refugees Notices:
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Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down with journalist, critic, and cultural commentator Rod Dreher to talk about the most pressing issues for the Church today. Topics discussed this time!
- The more hopeful younger generation of Christians.
- The growing interest in the occult and its connection to UFOs and AI.
- The reality and proliferation of demonic possession in Western countries.
- How to form a spiritual resistance of the spiritual darkness of the culture.
- Rod's experience of the attempted shut-down of NatCon in Brussels.
- Why liberal democracy is tending toward totalitarianism.
All that and much, much more. Enjoy!
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Church of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state in Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs, Great Britain's most popular Christian podcast. This time:
- Archbishop of Canterbury story time with Bear Grylls and Mary Berry.
- NatCon Conference shut down by mayor in Brussels.
- Britain's strictest headteacher's Muslim prayer ban upheld in court.
- Islamic stabbing of bishop in New South Wales.
- The Cass report criticises NHS implementation of gender ideology.
- Iran attacks Israel and more on Israel-Gaza debate.
- Fresh Mike Pilavachi allegations in Matt and Beth Redman documentary.
- And Mark Driscoll in sword-swallowing, male stripper, men's conference controversy.
That and much more as always!
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Links:Archbishop Story Time: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/12/archbishop-of-canterbury-bear-grylls-mary-berry-bible/
NatCon Conference Shutdown: https://roddreher.substack.com/p/between-caliphate-and-dictatorship?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=136360&post_id=143646366&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=z8f5v&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
The Cass Report:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/09/nhs-review-transgender-treatment/
Redman/Pilavachi Film: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YVZkgdt32u8
Bishop Stabbed at Sydney Church: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/15/sydney-church-stabbing-live/
https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1779853429629677572
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/15/australia/sydney-australia-stabbing-wakeley-intl/index.html Notices:
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Church of England revs Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham sit down to talk about the most pressing issues of church and state. This time:
- British aid workers killed in Gaza. Is the moral case against Israel's war efforts becoming clearer?
- Attempts to decriminalise abortion resurface. We respond to a debate on the subject featuring pro-choice activist Ann Furedi.
- The European Court of Human Rights rules that Switzerland must do more to protect its citizens from climate change.
- And a listener asks us to discuss our views on the death penalty.
That and much, much more as ever. Enjoy!
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Links:Aid workers killed in Gaza: https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/5-april/news/world/pressure-grows-on-israel-after-the-death-of-aid-workers
MPs propose decriminalising: https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1777226915113316442
https://twitter.com/LoisMcLatch/status/1777451318270931234
Based moves by Pope Francis?: https://twitter.com/breeadail/status/1777275248250892316
Dr Cass report on transgenderism: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2024/04/09/cass-report-trans-children-have-been-lied-to-by-adults/
ECRH rules against Switzerland in landmark climate change case: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/09/climate-change-violated-human-rights-echr-switzerland/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/04/09/tory-backlash-european-court-human-rights-climate-echr/
Scottish police overwhelmed with hate crime reports:
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Church of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin, Thomas Pelham, and Daniel French sit down to talk about the most prevalent issues in church and state. This time:
- The NHS warns us not to eat all our Easter eggs at once. How would we cope without them?
- It's Transgender Day of Visibility or, as it used to be called, Easter Sunday.
- Richard Dawkins says that he likes Christianity after all.
- Matthew Parris says that forcing people to be euthanised would be a healthy development for society.
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Links:NHS: Don't eat your Easter eggs too quickly - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/27/easter-eggs-nhs-advice-andrew-kelso-bank-holiday/
Biden Colonises the Calendar - https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1774511985700352189
Dawkins on Christianity and Islam - https://twitter.com/AaronBastani/status/1774570273561337985
Madeleine Grant on Dawkins' comments - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/03/christianity-decline-unleashed-terrible-new-gods/
Matthew Parris on Euthanasia - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/7ac1f4c5-63b2-4df7-b504-74b1e30f0fc2?shareToken=3e8d37fa00d5adca1f67a7d83f70657b Notices:
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Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest news in church and state. This time:
- "Gesture" eggs replace the traditional kind.
- Happy "Holi" Week say the Conservatives. Is the Party even trying anymore?
- Archdeacon calls for "anti-whiteness"
- A conversation with legendary recent convert Ben
- And Rev Jamie gives the lowdown on the Climate: the Movie (The Cold Truth)
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Twits on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Conservatives/status/1772205963421893112 Archdeacon calls for anti-whiteness: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/24/church-of-england-archdeacon-calls-for-anti-whiteness/
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Church of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest stories in Church and state. This time:
- Michael Gove's new definition of extremism.
- Should we be wishing Muslims "Ramadan Mubarak"?
- Why are our parishes bleeding volunteers?
- The Archbishop of Canterbury's "Difference" course.
- One listener's experience of Mothering Sunday.
And much much more as ever!
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Links:Extremism Definition: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68556914
Archbishops' Response: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/12/archbishops-of-canterbury-justin-welby-and-york-stephen-cottrellwarn-against-new-extremism-definition
Archbishop: Happy Ramadan! https://twitter.com/JustinWelby/status/1766871427221709070
Church Wardens and Volunteering:
https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/15-march/features/features/no-churchwardens-and-vacant-pcc-posts-an-investigation-into-the-church-volunteering-crisis
The Difference Course: https://difference.rln.global/
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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk with journalist and author of The Case Against the Sexual Revolution Louise Perry.
In a wide-ranging conversation, Louise shares about her motivations in writing the book, her increasing openness and sympathy toward the Christian outlook on family, motherhood, and sexual relationships, the challenges to contemporary society posed by pornography, the advent of increasingly sophisticated Artificial Intelligence, and low-birth rates. She also talks about the reliance of the secular culture on Christian ideas and why the Church of England is getting it so badly wrong. That and much, much more as always.
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Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to discuss the big talking points in church and state. This time: the Church of England is hiring a Deconstructing Whiteness officer. The role can be yours alongside a salary of 36k. In other CofE news, a billion pounds is going to be raised by the Church Commissioners to repay the descendants of African slaves and the report recommending this also suggests an apology for displacing "traditional African religion". We ask if this is all really an appropriate use of the Church of England's assets and what it reveals about its underlying motivations and theology.
In civic news, Rishi Sunak has given a bizarre speech in which he reveals something of his own personal political theology. Rev Jamie responds.
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CofE to raise £1billion to address past wrongs of slavery: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/04/church-england-told-raise-1bn-slavery-fund-wealthy-donors/
Full Racial Justice Report: https://hrjfund.org/
Madeleine Grant on CofE Leadership: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/05/church-leadership-is-destroying-the-coe-i-love/
Rishi Sunak’s speech: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TVE5MuBAxsM&pp=ygUMc3VuYWsgc3BlZWNo
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Church of England vicars with a difference Daniel French, Thomas Pelham, and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the most important issues in church and state. This time, we have a special conversation about the Church of England's most recent General Synod in which the Bishop of Dover said that every parish in the CofE should draw up a "race action plan" and that we should be more woke than we already are. In other news, an amendment to a motion concerning the controversial Living in Love and Faith process claiming that there exist people who do not agree to agreeing to disagree is rejected for somewhat obscure reasons. We ask the important questions: Does racism really exist in the Church of England? If it does, what legitimate means should the Church take to address it? Should vicars and, indeed the Church, be political in nature, or spiritual, or both?
This, and much much more as ever. We hope you enjoy.
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Links:Church of England should be even more woke: Ruse Hudson Wilkin - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/02/25/rose-hudson-wilkin-church-of-england-race-action-plan/
The Church of England should stop distracting itself with ‘racial justice’: Andrew Tettenborn - https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-church-of-england-should-stop-distracting-itself-with-racial-justice/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1708970531
Summary of Living and Love and Faith business at General Synod:
https://www.anglicanfutures.org/post/what-happened-at-general-synod-living-in-love-and-faith-feb-24?fbclid=IwAR1js4sR2JzkbSYCbDRA5mMNkF3yfLJyVg3r6ep-WcrPYNwVxxU5S6_8sL0 Notices:
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Church of England revs with a difference, Jamie Franklin and Tom Pelham sit down to talk about the most significant happenings in church and state. This time:
- Across the pond, for a look at how American evangelicalism is taking entertainment in church much farther than Canterbury Cathedral.
- In the UK, Sadiq Khan goes all in for woke rebranding of Overground Line.
- And in the Church of England, permission denied to St Nicholas's Church to use the pride flag as an altar frontal.
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Justin Peters video
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Khan woke suggestions for fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square
Leicester Church Denied Faculty for displaying Pride Flag on altar
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Church of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin, Thomas Pelham, and Daniel French get together to review this week's biggest talking points. This time:
- The Canterbury Cathedral rave in the nave causes widespread outrage, plus an interview with the counter-nave, prayer-protest organiser, plus what else is Canterbury Cathedral up to these days?
- The plot thickens at General Synod as bishops are said to have been less than honest with their deliberations over gay blessings.
- parkrun becomes the most recent formerly fun thing to be ruined by transgender ideology.
- And an email from an anonymous source reveals the very disturbing incursion of critical theory into the Church of England's safeguarding training.
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Links:Gen Z doesn’t want disco cathedrals: https://unherd.com/newsroom/gen-z-doesnt-want-disco-cathedrals/
BBC Article on cathedral rave:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-68279198
Petition against raves in naves: https://www.change.org/p/anglican-deans-stop-turning-our-great-cathedrals-into-nightclubs?original_footer_petition_id=37869401&algorithm=promoted&source_location=petition_footer&grid_position=17&pt=AVBldGl0aW9uAATtPgIAAAAAZcbI154dpl42MjVhMGQ4MA%3D%3D
Bishops' Orthodox “Theological Vision": https://www.premierchristianity.com/exclusive-cofe-bishops-offer-theological-vision-on-christian-life-and-discipleship/17188.article
LLF FUBAR: https://www.psephizo.com/sexuality-2/llf-and-general-synod-all-fouled-up-or-beyond-repair/ Notices:Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com!
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Church of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham, Jamie Franklin, and Daniel French unite once again to talk about the big stories happening in church and state. This time:
- WWIII, conscription, and why is Tucker Carlson interviewing Vladimir Putin?
- The Popular Conservative Conference as Jacob Rees-Mogg and Lewis Goodall go head-to-head.
- The cancer diagnosis of King Charles III.
- Asylum seeker and ostensible Christian convert Abdul Ezidi maims mother and two children in corrosive acid attack, and the church's involvement in facilitating bogus asylum claims.
- Outrage as interim theological advisor to the Living in Love and Faith process is revealed to be an orthodox Christian who believes in his own Church's formularies.
That, a quick-fire Question the Rev, and much more as ever.
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Links:Reese-Mogg on Popular Conservatism Conference: https://twitter.com/TheNewsAgents/status/1754877980642296245
Church aiding asylum seekers: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/02/03/church-aiding-asylum-claims-mass-scale-ex-ministers/
Outrage over orthodox theological advisor: https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/2-february/news/uk/bishop-of-newcastle-stands-down-from-llf-over-serious-concerns-about-interim-advise
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Church of England vicars with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the important issue of church and state. This time:
- The possibility of Christian communism
- World War III revisited as we pit Peter Hitchens against a passionate listener.
- Four year-old "trans boy" secretly admitted to CofE primary school
- Volunteer policewoman says you can't sing Christian songs outside of church grounds
- Secular commentator Steve Chalke attacks homeschoolers
- Nottingham killer given extremely lenient sentence due to mental health plea
- Christian pastor Alistair Begg under attack for advising Christian to attend trans wedding
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Links:Peter Hitchens on brainless march to war
Why we don't fight by Ed West
One Britain, One Nation song
https://www.onebritainonenation.com/assets/pdf/song-anthem-words.pdf
Trans boy joins CofE primary school
Nottingham murderer given extremely lenient sentence which could have him paroled in three years
Alistair Begg says Christians should go to gay weddings
Hymns banned outside of church grounds
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Church of England vicars with a difference Daniel French, Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the most pressing matters of church and state. This time:
- The establishment has apparently decided that war with Russia and various other nuclear superpowers is inevitable and that this may include conscription. Have the ruling elites finally completely lost their minds?
- The WEF Conference is back with Lord Cameron talking up war and Ursula von Der Layen saying that countering disinformation is the way to rebuild trust with the unwashed massed.
- Finally, the high-achieving Michaela Community School's headteacher and board of governors have been taken to court because they wouldn't allow Muslim pupils to pray in their secular school.
All that and much much more as always. Enjoy!
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Links:“Prepare for War”: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/01/18/nato-warns-of-war-with-russia-putin-next-20-years-ukraine/
Grant Shapps Tweet: https://twitter.com/grantshapps/status/1746931070270865917
WEF Conference Summary Article: https://dailysceptic.org/2024/01/22/davos-elites-ve-vont-to-protect-you-from-dis-information/
WEF Creepy Witchcraft: https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1747726039139107033
Yuval Harari Twits on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MythinformedMKE/status/1749780190111072446
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Church of England vicars with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin survey the smoking rubble of western civilisation. This week talking about the failure of the managerial classes in church and state and taking in these stories:
- The UK goes to war against the Houthis.
- Lord Frost predicts total doom for Tories unless different course charted.
- More on the Post Office scandal and its sordid relationship with the Church of England hierarchy.
That and much, much more as ever. Enjoy!
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Hitchens on Houthi Attack: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-12960047/PETER-HITCHENS-foreign-brawl-Oh-grow-fix-pothole-peppered-roads.html
Lord Frost Depicts Tory General Election Wipeout based on comprehensive poll: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/01/14/david-frost-election-poll-tories-rishi-sunak-keir-starmer/
Giles Fraser - Will the Church Follow the Post Office?: https://unherd.com/2024/01/will-the-church-follow-the-post-office/
Ian Paul - The Crisis of Episcopal Ministry in the Church of England: https://www.psephizo.com/life-ministry/the-crisis-of-episcopal-leadership-in-the-church-of-england/
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After a two-week break, Church of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin are back. This time with a special New Year's episode. This time talking about the Post Office scandal and the role played by Anglican vicar and Post Office CEO Paula Vennels, the Church of England's recently released statistics for mission which show further significant decline for 2022, and our predictions for the coming year.
In addition, we respond live to three Christmas and New Year's messages from the King, the Prime Minister and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
All that, and much much more as always!
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https://covenant.livingchurch.org/2024/01/08/after-covid-the-deepening-decline-of-the-church-of-england/
King Charles’ Christmas Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRJxJro3Qro
Rishi Sunak’s New Year Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi8c49h1Bu4
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Church of England vicars with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down for a special festive edition . This time:
- Breathing is bad for the environment. What should we do about it? Fewer humans of course!
- The Doctor Who Goblin song reads more like a Satanic paean to the murder of babies.
- The diabolical shrine erected in the Iowan state building has been torn down by a zealous Christian military veteran.
- Louise Perry says woke Christianity will kill the Church stone dead.
- Lesbian vicars receive blessing in CofE church whilst Pope gives approval for gay couples to receive blessings...Or does he?
- We ask if it's possible to have a meaningful Christmas as an atheist and we review an article tracking "The New Theists".
Thank you for your support over the course of 2023. We wish you a merry Christmas and a very happy New Year!
Promotions:Where's Welby? Merchandise
Renewing British Political Theology Conference
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Links:Scientists say breathing is bad for the environment
Doctor Who Goblin Song
Righteous Christian tears down and beheads Satan shrine
Louise Perry: Woke Christianity will kill the CofE stone dead
Lesbian vicars receive same-sex blessing in CofE Church
Pope Benedict Gay Blessing
Christian atheism at Christmas?
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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham, Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This time:
- The CofE's questionable Christmas campaign Follow the Star.
- Activist Jayne Ozanne says that repentance is not essential to Christianity.
- Diocesan Bishop breaks ranks and does not commend the new prayers of Love and Faith because they constitute a departure from the teaching of the CofE.
- Rev'd Alice Goodman describes presiding over gay blessing as "ultimate joy".
- UK Covid enquiry not interested in cost-benefit analysis.
- Elite US universities cannot say whether calling for genocide of Jews is harassment.
- Satanic idol set up in US state building in Idaho.
- Irish teacher jailed for not using transgender pronouns and showing up at school after firing.
- COP 28 on the verge of "embarrassing" failure after (surprise, surprise) oil-rich UAE declines to promise to stop producing fossil fuels by 2050.
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Jayne Ozanne: Repentance is not a salvation issue
Bishop of Nottingham: Don’t use PLF Prayers
Rev Alice Goodman: Blessing gay marriage a joy
Dramatic fall in numbers of ordinands
Sunak admits costs of lockdown
Calling for genocide of Jews is not always a violation
Display erected by Satanic Temple in Iowa Capitol
Teacher jailed indefinitely over transgender pronouns row
COP 28 on verge of failure
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Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the most interesting issues in church and state. This time:
- Church of England's Christmas campaign 'Follow the Star' falls flat due to basic typos and theological errors. But what tone could the CofE strike to truly reach the culture?
- Climate Change protestors bravely storm the quire of Chichester Cathedral and interrupt Radio 3 evensong. Is this genuine prophecy or self-important pomposity?
- COP 28 kicks off with 400,000 delegates creating the biggest carbon footprint since the Industrial Revolution began and King Charles making some strange comments about the "indigenous worldview".
- Canterbury Cathedral hosting rave in the nave with obscene lyrics by Eminem is untenable says Gavin Ashenden. His solution? Give the cathedrals back to the Roman Catholic Church!
- And Douglas Murray is indirectly threatened with weird prediction of Islamic gangsters coming to get him.
That and much much more as ever!
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Links:COP 28 and here and hereTwits on Twitter - Climate Clowns Interrupt Evensong
My Battle with CofE Over Climate Change
Islamic “influencer” creepily threatens Douglas Murray with “gangsters"
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Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the most interesting issues in church and state. This time:
- Dr Who takes a turn for the woke.
- AI, UFOs, Demonic Powers and the Antichrist.
- Nigel Farage in I'm a Celeb.
- The connection between transgenderism and Islam.
- Pro- and Anti-Israel marches continuing in London.
- New multi-faith "bus shelter" in Bristol airport.
- Washington National Cathedral charges for entry to Christmas services.
That, a discussion on the relevance of apocalyptic literature in the New Testament, and a Question the Rev on the difference between "stewardship of" and "dominion over" the planet.
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Links:Open AI Chief Scientist making strange spiritual claims
Dreher: AI: Summoning the Demon
Tik-Tok Influencers convert to Islam
March Against Antisemitism
Tommy Robinson arrested
Release of hostages by Hamas
Airport multifaith cabin
https://thecritic.co.uk/the-meaning-of-the-multi-faith-area/
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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the significant affairs of church and state. This time:
- "Far right" anarcho-capitalist extremist Javier Milei is elected as Argentina's new President.
- Ethnic Street Preachers share the message of Jesus's love with Anti-Israel protestors and are condemned for colonialism.
- The Church of England General Synod approves trial gay blessings in churches for as soon as mid-December.
That and much much more as always!
We also acknowledge the death of Sir Frank Sanderson who was friend of the show, a supporter, and a former church warden at one of Tom's parishes. More information on his life can be found at this address: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/11/21/sir-frank-sanderson-baronet-somme-lutyens-thiepval-memorial/ - May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
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Links:Election of Javier Milei: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/11/20/javier-milei-hard-right-argentina-saviour/
Twits on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rgt71Robert/status/1726042399137321324
Church of England approves gay blessings:
https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2023/24-november/news/uk/varied-stances-taken-in-first-reactions-to-synod-vote-on-same-sex-unions
https://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/news/news-and-statements/living-love-and-faith-statement-archbishop-canterbury
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Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about all the big issues of church and state. This time:
- "Football Lads" and anti-Israel protestors clash in Remembrance Day controversy.
- Astra-Zeneca vaccine branded "defective" in landmark legal case.
- CofE General Synod continues debate on sex and marriage.
- And prominent atheist Ayaan Hirst Ali becomes a Christian.
That and much much more as ever!
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Remembrance Day Protests: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/what-blm-and-the-remembrance-day-protests-had-in-common/Astra-Zeneca Legal Case:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/08/oxford-astrazeneca-covid-jab-defective-claims-legal-case/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/09/the-real-covid-jab-scandal-is-finally-emerging/
General Synod:
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-church-of-england-must-clarify-its-stance-on-homosexuality/
https://anglicanmainstream.org/reflections-on-day-1-of-synod/
https://www.anglicanfutures.org/post/what-do-bishops-actually-have-to-believe
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Why I am now a Christian:
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Church of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin, Daniel French and Thomas Pelham sit down to talk about the big issues of church and state. Topics include:
- The New Marks & Spencer Christmas ad: the perfect embodiment of modern nihilism?
- Thoughts on Jordan Peterson and Philippa Stroud's ARC conference
- The continued cultural vandalism of Just Stop Oil
- Ongoing debate on Israel/Gaza
And much much more as ever!
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Just stop oil attack Rokeby Venus frame: https://twitter.com/JustStop_Oil/status/1721493745781113173
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Danny Kruger joins the Rev’d Dr Jamie Franklin to talk about his new book Covenant: The New Politics of Family, Neighbourhood and Nation. Topics discussed:
- Danny’s intellectual and political influences including that of Edmund Burke.
- Reasons to be fearful for life on earth and how “The Order” of duty and unchosen obligations can help us to preserve ourself against them.
- The covenantal institutions of family, neighbourhood and nation.
- The influence of Christianity and the inheritance that the modern west receives from it.
- The job of the state: the creation of the conditions of virtue.
- Is such a state possible in a secular society without Christianity?
- The connection between religious beliefs and politics.
- The National Conservatism conference, the importance of family and the pushback from Matt Hancock and others.
- Danny’s late conversion to lockdown scepticism and comments on Andrew Bridgen’s campaign to investigate excess deaths.
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00:00-03:33 Welcome Danny Kruger: Intellectual and political background.
03:34-04:50 Personal Background: Transcending individual autonomy and the free market and becoming a Christian
04:51-12:00 Core Argument of Covenant: Reasons to be fearful and antithesis between The Idea and The Order
12:01-13:20 The covenantal institutions of family, neighbourhood and nation
13:21-18:58 The failure of political Enlightenment Rationalism, post-modern Neo-Marxism and the influence of Christianity
18:59-22:20 The job of the state: to create the conditions of virtue
22:21-27:33 Is such a state possible in Modern Britain without a revival of Christianity?
27:34-32:07 The connection between metaphysical and religious belief and politics
32:08-38:15 The National Conservatism conference and pushback on comments on importance of family
38:16-End Danny’s conversion to lockdown scepticism and comments on Andrew Bridgen
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Church of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin, Thomas Pelham and Daniel French sit down to talk about big issues of church and state. In this episode:
- Matthew Perry dies. We assess the cultural legacy of Friends and Perry's personal testimony of an encounter with God.
- As the streets of London are filled with anti-Israel protestors calling for the destruction of Jews, Isabel Vaughan-Spruce is once again arrested for standing outside an abortion clinic and praying silently in her head.
- And we assess the Christian just war legacy and consider how it might apply to the Israel/Gaza situation.
That and much much more as ever!
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Pro-Palestine protestors storm airport in search of Jews
Just war applied to Israel
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For this very special episode, Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sat down in the same room to catch up on all the talking points in church and state. This time: we review the responses to Hamas' brutal killing of men, women and children on October 7th. The October Declaration says that we should stand by British Jews and condemns antisemitic violence, whilst London's streets are flooded with pro-Palestinian supporters calling for jihad and the cleansing of the land of Israel. Meanwhile, an American poll shows that over half of 16-25 year-olds believe that the October 7th attacks were justified.
In addition, we follow up on the feedback from last week's story about alleged corruption in the highest ranks of the University and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UCCF) and MP Ben Bradshaw seeks to use his political position in order to bring about doctrinal and practical changes in the Church of England's approach to marriage and human sexuality. Will he succeed?
That and much much more as ever!
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The October Declaration: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/10/22/british-friends-of-israel-anti-semitism/
12 things more arrestable than calling for jihad:
https://thecritic.co.uk/twelve-things-more-arrestable-than-calling-for-jihad/
Majority of 16-25 year-olds say October 7th attack justified: https://twitter.com/eyeslasho/status/1716529081326395606
Ben Bradshaw Letter on LLF: https://twitter.com/BenPBradshaw/status/1716467419315614107
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Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down with "orthodox ordinand" Anna Mayo, one of the two leaders of the group of 78 trainee vicars who this week have petitioned the Church of England House of Bishops to desist in their attempts to move the church away from orthodoxy in the areas of marriage and human sexuality. In a wide-ranging conversation, we consider the long-term consequences of the proposed liberalisation of the Church's teaching and practice and we review a recent letter of dissent, signed by twelve bishops, which expresses concern that the proposed course of action is divisive, unorthodox and that it is being pushed through without regard to the obligations of good and proper governance.
After that we select interesting issues from the week: Jamie reviews the unfolding controversy around the University and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UCCF) and Daniel follows up on some Twitter exchanges on Israel that came after the release of the episode last week.
That and much much more as ever!
To contact Anna: orthodoxordinands@gmail.com
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Links:Orthodox Ordinands letter:https://www.christiantoday.com/article/orthodox.ordinands.plead.with.bishops.to.prevent.fracture.of.the.church/140889.htm
Dissenting bishops speak out: https://www.premierchristianity.com/uk-church/exclusive-dissenting-bishops-speak-out-on-same-sex-blessings/16497.article
Other articles on gay blessings: https://ceec.info/ceec-welcomes-bishops-dissenting-statement/
https://anglican.ink/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Update-on-Prayer-of-Love-and-Faith-from-the-House-of-Bishops.pdf
UCCF story: https://www.premierchristianity.com/opinion/uccf-investigation-are-the-silences-louder-than-the-statement/16466.article
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Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the big stories in church and state.
Serious geopolitical events are dominating the headlines as Hamas attacks Israel and full-scale war breaks out. We talk about how to orientate ourselves properly to such events from the perspective of Christian discipleship. We also give our view not only on the events themselves but on the disturbing reactions that we are witnessing in Western nations.
Whilst all of this is happening, the Church of England is promoting silent discos and issuing ambiguous statements about the so-called "Prayers of Love and Faith" for the blessing of same-sex couples in churches.
We also review last week's story about the Canadian Parliament's applause for a former member of the SS in light of some correspondence that suggests that there was more to this ostensible mistake than at first might have appeared.
That and much much more as ever!
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Silent Disco in Canterbury Cathedral: https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/huge-90s-disco-set-for-cathedral-as-bosses-need-to-raise-cas-294575/
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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the most pressing issues in Church and state. This time:
- Canadian Parliament honours Nazi who fought against the Russians in the Second World War.
- Laurence Fox, Dan Wooten and Calvin Robinson are all suspended from GB News as the corporate media attempts to take the channel down.
- Suella Braverman's takes tough stances on immigration and multiculturalism and rebuffs Archbishop of Canterbury's attempt to meet with her to discuss concerns over her "rhetoric".
- And Pope Francis makes some interesting comments about same-sex blessings creating significant levels of confusion.
That and much much more as always!
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Links:Emptied out belief leads to emptied out pews, Angela Tilby
Canadian parliament honours Nazi
Trudeau apology
Fox, Robinson, Wooton suspended from GB News which should be shut down
https://twitter.com/PaulEmbery/status/1707171666306924913
Welby rebuffed by Braverman over small boats
Twits on Twitter (related): https://twitter.com/MarshSongs/status/1707817212621254658
Pope hints at same-sex blessings
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Church of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Daniel French sit down to talk about the big stories of the week in church and state.
We revisit the Russell Brand saga with particular reference to Caroline Dinenage MP's attempt to have every major platform demonetise and eject Brand. We get Daniel's take on the whole thing and talk about Brand's idiosyncratic form of New Age religiosity.
After that we talk about men who identify as dogs, Rishi Sunak's decision to water down certain green policies, environmentalist Chris Packham's intention to break certain but unspecified laws and the Bishop of Norwich decision to go full-on green fundamentalist as he declares that "decarbonisation must permeate every aspect of our lives".
We look at a Spectator article delving into the issue of what makes churches grow or shrink (hint: if you like the show, the answer is probably what exactly you think it is) and a halt to the proposed conversation therapy ban.
All that and much more as ever on this week's episode!
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Links:UK Government Pressures Rumble to suspend Brand’s account
Brand on Christ’s “final” words and the Buddha
Canine-Identifying humans gather at Berlin train station
Sunak “Waters Down” Green policies
“Decarbonisation must permeate every aspect of our lives.” - Bishop of Norwich
Chris Packham intends to “break the law”
Inside Fastest Growing and Shrinking Churches in the UK
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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the most pressing issues of the day. This time, we consider the allegations made against the actor and comedian Russell Brand. Are these allegations plausible or are they merely a calculated attack on Brand by a system that would rather he was discredited and destroyed? We also talked about the implications of the sexual revolution in contrast to the Christian understanding of sex within marriage and the insufficiency of consent as an absolute standard for sexual relationships.
In our new section Peak CofE we review Exeter Cathedral's decision to appoint a "Canon Scientist" to further educate the dean and chapter on the dangers posed by climate change.
And we follow up on the tragic and disturbing story of teenager ST who died of a heart attack last week after being told she could not go to Canada to seek life-saving treatment by the NHS and being deemed of not sufficient mental capacity to make decisions about the end of her own life.
That and much much as always!
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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham, Jamie Franklin and Daniel French get together to review the week's big talking points.
This time: the shocking case of an anonymous girl in an NHS hospital whose life support is going to be turned off against her wishes, Daniel's piece in The Conservative Woman in which he considers a hypothetical future in which the Archbishop of Canterbury resisted the Covid tyranny, Louise Perry says that we are repaganising but doesn't this mean that we should become Christian again?
That, a few emails and a question the rev about young people and higher education these days plus all the usual banter and extras that are always in there somewhere.
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Links:NHS to withdraw life saving treatment from conscious teenager: https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/47930
Daniel French on Crimes of Anti-Woke Vicar: https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/thought-crimes-of-an-anti-woke-vicar/
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Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to review the big talking points in Church and culture. This week, we catch up with Daniel's thoughts on the liberalisation of the clergy in the CofE, whilst Jamie comes face-to-face with Antifa at the March for Life. On Twitter, pro-life campaigners are being lambasted by liberal vicars, whereas a Tik Tok video espousing the freedom and joy of not having kids, watching box sets and making shakshuka has gone viral. We also review several encouraging emails that we think show encouraging trends in the culture, particularly among young men who are interested in serious forms of Christianity. And we ask (again!) why the central hierarchies of the churches are ignoring these glorious opportunities.
That, a question on the Sabbath, and much much more as always!
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Links:Vicar lambasts pro-life campaigners:
https://twitter.com/mthr_alice/status/1698392038293622919
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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the recent survey in The Times which appears to show that the majority of clergy in the Church of England favour progressive liberalisation in areas such as gay relationships and women's ordination. More than that it also reveals a picture of a worn-out church that is declining and is staffed by overworked and tired-out priests. We consider this survey in-depth as it touches on a number of themes that have been relevant to this podcast throughout.
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Christian author and broadcaster Justin Brierley joined the Rev Jamie Franklin to discuss his new book The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God and why he believes that we may be seeing signs of a revival of interest in Christianity in the Western world. Topics include:
- The New Atheist movement: its appeal, internal division and eventual demise
- Whether the Science vs. Religion question is relevant anymore.
- Jordan Peterson, Tom Holland, Louise Perry and other secular thinkers who provide a challenge to the secular Enlightenment liberal narrative.
- The need for the Church to be distinctively Christian and to offer real community for spiritual seekers.
That and much much more as ever. For Justin's book please go to: https://justinbrierley.com/the-surprising-rebirth-of-belief-in-god/
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Timings:
00:00 Unbelievable? and early apologetics podcasts
02:23 Bringing difference points of view into debate
03:28 What is Justin doing post-Unbelievable?
06:00 The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God: Justin’s new book
07:02 Please convince me to be an optimist about the future
07:44 New Atheism and the background to rebirth of belief in God
12:20 Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion and the decline of New Atheism
17:58 Why science cannot prove God
19:55 Is it still worthwhile engaging the Science vs. Faith question?
21:33 People are still conditioned in the anti-Christian Enlightenment narrative
23:38 Tom Holland and the historical pushback to the Enlightenment narrative
25:26 Jordan Peterson, the “Intellectual Dark Web” and the new conversation on God
33:38 Tom Holland and the insufficiency of recognising the cultural value of Christianity
38:25 Louise Perry, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution and feminist interest in Christianity
46:12 The need for Christian communities to help people live differently
48:48 Christianity works because it is literally true
49:30 The Church’s need to find confidence in the Gospel
53:48 Isn’t the West decline into barbarism and moving away from Christianity?
58:48 The rapid secularisation of culture could be reversed
1:03:45 Thank you, please buy The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God
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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the major events of this week.
Amongst other things, we discussed the Church's somewhat questionable response to the Sunday scheduling of the Women's World Cup final: Is it really the right message to tell people that it's fine to skip church to watch it? And what are the wider implications of using women's football as a vehicle of social change?
A former scientific advisor to the government says that the falling birth rare in the UK are a good thing. And the revolving door between government and Big Pharma as former government scientific advisor Jonathan Van Tam takes a senior role at Moderna.
That, a Question the Rev on Bible study guides, and emails on an Orthodox perspective on just war and Sainsbury's selling occult magazines.
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Sky panellists says women's team not diverse enough
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“Revolving Door” Between pharma and government
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Liberalism has failed and its quasi-religious commitments are becoming more and more obvious to those affected by its deficiencies. There may come a time in the near future when liberalism's discontents rise up and demand a truly revolutionary change of regime.
The Rev'd Dr Jamie Franklin sits down with Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame and author of Why Liberalism Failed and the new work Regime Change: Towards a PostLiberal Future Patrick Deneen for a discussion on the failings of liberalism and the prospect of a complete overturning of the liberal order to be replaced by a postliberal regime that orders society according to a common religious vision of the good.
We very much hope you enjoy this most crucial conversation. Full timings of topics discussed are detailed below,
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Timings:00:00 Meet Patrick Deneen
02:50 Previous works: Democratic Faith and Why Liberalism Failed3:35 What is the problem with liberalism?
5:07 Classical liberalism: human beings are evil and dangerous
08:28 Progressive liberalism: human beings are perfectible by the state
09:13 Both liberalisms diminish humanity
10:46 Post-liberalism seeks a full understanding of humanity
11:53 Is the right really in cahoots with the left?
13:50 The failings of right liberalism: dismantling of Church and family
19:18 Freedom as the basic religious commitment of liberalism
24:30 International military adventurism and the free market as conduits of liberated humanity
26:02 But aren’t we free to do what we want? What’s the problem?
26:50 Transhumanism as example of libertarian and progressive worldview
30:42 Abortion: the problem with appealing to liberty
35:16 Postliberal visions: Aristotle and Nietzsche
36:30 Virtue as the basis of a sacred political order
39:30 Isn’t this oppressive?
40:17 Aristotle and Aquinas: political order informed by vision of the good
41:30 What hope is there for a recovery of a political vision of the good?
44:52 Christian civilisation happened before and could be reborn
46:22 The ruling elites could be replaced by a virtuous leadership class
49:22 Do you see any signs that a virtuous leadership class is emerging?
51:17 Pessimistic prospects: liberalism can continue for a long time
52:23 The power of distraction: smartphones, media and the internet
53:07 Prayer as potential basis of new political order
55:53 Architecture as example of imaginative poverty of modern vision
59:07 Thank you! Please buy Regime Change
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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the big stories of the week and many other things.
This time: Outraged by the undemocratic ULEZ tax, so called ULEZ "blade-runners" take to the streets to vandalise cameras with tree loppers. We ask if such actions can be justified from a Christian perspective. And a Church in Cambridgeshire has become the first in the UK to depict scenes from the Covid-19 crisis in stained glass. Is this a celebration of the government and church's response to what happened or is there a more nuanced element to it?
In addition, we deal with a Question the Rev on just war provoked by the experience of inter-railing around Europe, discover some new reviews and finally (perhaps) decide upon what our sign-off will be. All that and much much more as ever!
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“Pandemic” stained glass: Cambridgeshire church stained glass depicts Covid-19 scenes - BBC News
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The latest episode from CofE revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Daniel French. It's the Summer and what can that mean but that celebrities and politicians are virtue-signalling about what films they are watching at the cinema? This time it's non other than...Matt Hancock lip-syncing to a song from the new feminist smash-hit Barbie.
In other news, Gary Lineker receives "standing ovation" in Marks & Spencer for his brave political activism and we review an interesting article from the Church Times on the question of "The Church's Core" business.
We also get to a couple of emails: one helping us to understand the true meaning of the "trans" prefix and the other on a case for responsible Christian stewardship of the environment in distinction to the catastrophist climate change hyperbole.
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Barbie-Virtue Signalling: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/07/matt-hancock-barbie-bandwagon-virtue-signalling-ken/
Gary Lineker Standing Ovation in M&S: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2023/08/04/gary-lineker-interview-bbc-suspension-match-of-the-day/
Church should “sell” salvation, Rev’d Dr Nicholas Buxton: https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2023/4-august/comment/opinion/opinion-what-is-the-church-s-core-business Notices:
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Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sat down with author Laura Dodsworth to discuss themes arising from her new book Free Your Mind: The New World of Manipulation and How To Resist It.
In a wide-ranging conversation, we spoke about brainwashing by the government and in education, the infantilisation of the UK population during COVID, how fear is used as a tool of control, how to help people wake up, what self-individuation is and how to do it, behavioural psychology and MINDSPACE, the weaponisation of climate change as a means of population management, whether or not brainwashing is a left or a right phenomenon, going to church and whether or not all vicars are agents of manipulation (including me!).
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Special guest the Rev'd Richard Fothergill joined revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Daniel French for the second half of this episode to discuss his recent experience of being debanked by the Yorkshire Building Society for his shockingly prejudicial comments about transgenderism. But our conversation was more wide-ranging, taking in Richard's experience in starting the international movement which goes by the name of The Filling Station (https://thefillingstation.org/) in response to the weakness of many local churches and the general spiritual darkness of the surrounding culture.
In the first half of the episode, Daniel and Jamie discussed Psalm 2 and the nations raging against Christ, the Costa Coffee transgenderism debacle and the spiritual implications of the outrageous level of inheritance tax that we are forced to pay in this country. We also covered a Question the Rev on the legitimacy or not of the NRSV translation of Scripture.
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Inheritance tax in the UK - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/31/taxing-inheritance-leaves-everyone-poorer/
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Revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin are back bringing up all the big stories. Today, talking about "faith leaders", including Rowan Williams, backing Sadiq Khan's ULEZ tax raid on car owners, the Church of England's questionable ethical policy around financial investment, particularly concerning the areas of pornography, guns and stem-cell research, and a reverend is debanked: could we be next?
That and much much more as ever in this week's Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs!
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Rowan Williams Back ULEZ
Labour lose "ULEZ" by-election
CofE’s ethical investment fund
Debanked Reverend
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Rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to review the most pressing issues in church and society. This week:
- Net Zero mania in the CofE as affirmation of environmental activism is added to confirmation ritual.
- CofE spokesman defends teaching of critical race theory in CofE school classrooms.
- Tory councillor King Lawal is cancelled for saying on Twitter that pride is a sin.
- Pro-life activists say they were banned from worshipping at York Minster.
- Controversy as friends of Mike Pilavachi tweet in his support.
That and a couple of Question the Revs with questions about Holy Communion and baptism. Our Scripture this week is Romans 8:9-22.
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Net Zero mania of CofE: https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/confirmed-the-c-of-es-net-zero-mania/
CofE defends teaching of critical race theory in classrooms: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/16/church-of-england-defend-teaching-controversial-race-theory/
Christian councillor suspended for saying pride is a sin: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/16/christian-councillor-king-lawal-pride-sin-conservative/
Pro-Life activists banned from York Minster: https://www.gbnews.com/news/york-minster-ban-pro-life-activists-prayer
Backlash over support for Pilavachi: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/17/backlash-church-leaders-praise-soul-survivor-mike-pilavachi/ Notices:
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Join CofE revs with a difference Jamie, Tom and Daniel for a discussion of all the recent news in Church and society. This week:
- Was the Archbishop of York right to describe language about God being a father as "problematic" and "patriarchal"?
- The Archbishop of Canterbury says that universities should have their funding cut if "trans" people are insulted.
- Westminster Abbey holds a service of worship in praise of the NHS on its 75th anniversary.
- And the Creed is rewritten by an American Church so that it sounds somewhat more progressive. Hear the revs reaction to "The Sparkle Creed".
In broader news, the revs respond to recent developments around the Covid enquiry and Matt Hancock's claim that there should have been harder and better lockdowns and to the recent unorthodox winner of Miss Netherlands.
Question the Rev is about the Devil's motivation in tempting Jesus. An email of the week concerns a listener's disciplinary process at work for posting ostensibly discriminatory things on social media. And there is much much more as always!
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Hancock: harder lockdowns needed
Archbishop of York Patriarchy Comments
Daniel Response
Archbishop of Canterbury University Comments
The Sparkle Creed
NHS Sermon
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Church of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham sit down to catch up on the week's main talking points:
- St Paul's Cathedral brands Winston Churchill a white supremacist.
- English cricket is condemned as bastion of racism and discrimination.
- An apparent coup in Russia fizzles out before it has begun.
- The Titan submarine implodes in its bid to explore the remains of the Titanic.
- Robert F Kennedy speaks to Joe Rogan and appears to be winning the political argument in the US.
- An encouraging email of the week and a surprising attempt on the part of Tom to defend the Archbishop of Canterbury from a listener's criticism.
All that and much much more as always.
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Wagner coup in Russia
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Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French, Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham sit down for a bumper episode catching up on a number of important stories from the past couple of weeks:
- Greta Thunberg's failed apocalyptic prophecy quietly deleted on Twitter
- The somewhat diabolical looking XR climate choir in Bristol Cathedral
- Children castigated at a CofE school for saying their classmate couldn't identify as a cat.
- Ongoing mass murder of Christians in Nigeria
- And a mother who was sent to prison for aborting her 32 week-old child
All that and much much more as always.
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Climate choir in Bristol Cathedral
CofE School teacher castigates child for question “cat identity” of schoolmate
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/18/pupil-teacher-despicable-identifying-cat-transgender/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/19/school-children-identifying-as-animals-furries/?li_source=LI&li_medium=liftigniter-rhr
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/20/rye-college-children-neo-pronouns-cats-moons-rishi-sunak/
Christians seen as aggressive by judiciary
Persecution of Christians in Nigeria
Woman jailed for 32 week abortion
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Church of England vicars with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to give a spiritual perspective on the big events of the day. This week, after an absence on the show, Tom gives his own inimitable take on the coronation of King Charles III, we review a Daily Telegraph headline article that tells us that the lockdowns were an enormous, disastrous mistake (about three years too late), and we talk about Laura Dodsworth's recent Substack article in which she shares her desire to go back to church but finds difficulty with the wokeness and lack of spirituality on display in local CofE outlets. We ask why the Church of England hierarchy continues to promote the alternative green religion of Net Zero and engages so little with traditional Christian themes of sin, repentance, forgiveness and eternal life. Maybe it's time for us to try a different approach?
Question the Rev asks us to consider the significance of a pride flag on the set of The Chosen and a fourteen year-old convert sends us an email to ask for advice about growing in the faith in the midst of a hostile world. That and much more as always!
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Daily Telegraph on Lockdown Study - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/04/first-lockdown-prevented-1700-deaths-landmark-study-finds/
Peter Hitchens, 'Lockdown like burning down your home to destroy a wasp's nest' - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12162317/PETER-HITCHENS-accept-lockdown-like-burning-home-destroy-wasps-nest.html
Laura Dodsworth, “CofE’s Road to Davos Moment” - https://lauradodsworth.substack.com/p/the-church-of-englands-road-to-davos
Pride flag on The Chosen -
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-chosen-defends-pride-flag-spotted-on-set-let-the-show-speak-for-itself
https://twitter.com/JonnyRoot_/status/1663574950232625152
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Church of England vicars with a difference, Jamie Franklin and Daniel French, are back giving a spiritual perspective on the events of our age. This time:
- Liberal CofE Twitter meltdown as Church implies legitimate evangelisation of other faiths.
- Steve Chalke's ill-conceived Twitter defence of Phillip Schofield.
- Satanism is back (again!): this time in the New Forest.
- The best approaches for re-evangelising the West.
- The WHO global takeover and its promotion of abortion as a human right and healthcare.
- On Question the Rev: politics and abortion, Bathsheba: victim or perpetrator?, and The Rapture?
All that and much much more as always!
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Links:Church of England Twitter meltdown: https://twitter.com/churchofengland/status/1660956263419658241
Satanists in New Forest: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/28/fear-satanists-return-new-forest-village-bramshaw-lamb-dead/
WHO Pandemic Treaty challenged by MPs: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/05/25/who-pandemic-treaty-lockdown-uk-ministers-fear/
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Church of England vicars with a difference, Jamie Franklin and Daniel French, are back giving a spiritual perspective on the events of our age.
Daniel's been at the National Conservatism conference, which, according to the corporate media, is a far-right fascist convention. Was Daniel goose-stepping from seminar-to-seminar or was the reality a far more prosaic affair? We review some of the online hate, including Matt Hancock's physical discomfort at being exposed to a mildly conservative take on the purpose of marriage.
We also spoke about the BBC's decision to go full-on Satanist and write a lengthy article in praise of the cult of the Dark Lord. We talked at length about the dangers of engaging in Satan worship and the diabolical practices attended to it and why saying that you don't believe in Satan doesn't make it any better.
We answer an email from an adult convert seeking advice on how to prepare for confirmation and talk about much much more besides in this weeks' episode!
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The News Agents Interview Matt Hancock on Marriage - https://twitter.com/TheNewsAgents/status/1659215778389069825BBC Goes Full Satanist -https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65549975 Notices:
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In this epic conversation, Rev Jamie Franklin sits down with broadcaster and comedy legend Nick Dixon. Treating a range of subjects from comedy, the culture war, Christianity, the roles of men and women in society and the family, the significance of dreams and psychotherapy, Nick's best impressions including Peter Hitchens and Jordan Peterson, and so much more, the pair leave no stone unturned.
Don't miss out on this crucial and hilarious exchange.
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Church of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Daniel French sit down to talk about the week's top stories. This time:
- What does the coronation tell us about modern Britain and the Church of England? Was it a grand affair or simply a reminder of the divided nature and lack of identity within our society?
- David Starkey once again courts controversy by saying that Prime Minister is "not properly grounded in our culture".
- Fraser Myers and Andrew Bridgen face off on GB News over the safe and effective treatment and related issues. Who won the debate?
- A surprisingly large amount of Canadians would like to see homeless people euthanised by the state.
And much much more as always!
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Church of England vicars Jamie Franklin, Thomas Pelham and Daniel French get together to talk about the big stories in culture and the church:
- Is nature racist? We give a comprehensive answer to this perennial question as Black2Nature seek to "take back" the countryside.
- It's been 55 years since the abortion act and over 10,000,000 abortions have been carried out in the United Kingdom since then.
- Women's cycling is the latest sport to be ruined by transgender ideology as Austin Killips wins the Tour of the Gila.
- The Church of England families report says that all families must be supported regardless of their makeup and that single people should be supported as well. So that's everyone then?
- Evangelical superstar vicar Mike Pilavachi is accused of inappropriate and damaging behaviour by a number of young men.
That, an email about how we should disagree with each other more, and many other things besides!
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Church of England vicars Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin get together to discuss this week's topic stories and talking points:
- Should there be ducks in baptismal fonts? You decide.
- Revenge of the Cathedral as Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News.
- Diane Abbott seems to have the lost the plot in racism gaffe debacle. Is she the victim of a cancel culture that she has helped to flourish in these days?
- GAFCON, an organisation representing 85% of the world's Anglicans, have met and decided to formally reject the leadership of the Archbishop of Canterbury over his support of gay blessings. We discuss.
A little bit more on Matthew Parris after my somewhat irascible riposte (https://thecritic.co.uk/the-problem-with-parris/), a question the rev on Christology and so much more as always.
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GAFCON Meeting: https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2023/21-april/news/uk/gafcon-leaders-with-broken-hearts-reject-archbishop-of-canterbury-as-first-among-equals#.ZEATt8NT88c.twitter
https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2023/28-april/news/world/gafcon-meeting-in-kigali-rejects-all-existing-forms-of-anglican-authority
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yngmvPGP3n0&feature=youtu.be
Matthew Parris embarrassment
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Church of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Daniel French get together to talk about the big and often disturbing stories of the day from a spiritual perspective. This week:
- Just Stop Oil protestor resembles religious fanatic as snooker championship is well and truly interrupted by orange paint.
- Green activist takes his own life because he felt so depressed and hopeless about the apocalypse constantly predicted in climate change narrative.
- The government plans to use your mobile phone to frighten and control you: are you ready for them to interrupt St George's Day by issuing a test alert?
- Junior doctors walk out on their patients demanding a 35% pay increase, whilst co-chair of the BMA goes on holiday.
That, some thoughts about the Archbishop of Canterbury's Easter sermon in which he couldn't help but mention the Church's £100 million woke reparation fund for historic ties to slavery, your questions answered in Question the Rev and much much more.
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Just Stop Oil activists interrupts snooker
Green Activist Suicide
Government Emergency Alert (and how to turn it off)
NHS Strike:
https://dailysceptic.org/2023/04/06/do-doctors-care-that-their-strikes-are-killing-patients/?highlight=doctor%20strike
https://dailysceptic.org/2023/04/16/to-fix-the-nhs-start-asking-the-right-questions-stop-fudging-the-labour-market/?highlight=doctor%20strike
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11968703/Shamed-junior-doctors-leader-apologises-undermining-strike-going-holiday.html
Archbishop of Canterbury Easter Message
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Church of England rev Jamie Franklin sits down with author and public intellectual Mary Harrington to talk about Mary's new book Feminism Against Progress. Describing herself as a "reactionary feminist" Mary argues that the the direction feminism has taken in more recent years has benefitted nobody except a small group of elite women and that we need to recover the concept of interdependence between men and women. She is a subtle yet outspoken critic of post-humanist thought and the application of the concept of freedom to the human body both in terms of the denial of sex differences and in the reconstruction of the human body along the lines suggested by transgender ideologues.
In a wide-ranging conversation, we spoke about the reality of hierarchy and power and how these can be turned for good, the difference between a feminism of freedom and a feminism of interdependence, how we can reconceive the concept of freedom in the context of marriage and family life, the role that Christianity can play in such a reconception, feminism after liberalism, the place of men and the danger of post-Christian patriarchy, internet mentorship and real world relationships, and the question of abortion for reactionary feminism.
Timings:00:00-01:51 Welcome and Intro - Feminism Against Progress
01:52 -08:28 Critical Theory at the University of Oxford
08:29-18:12 Mary’s experiments in living and coming to terms with hierarchy
18:13-25:59How do you accept power/hierarchy and use it for good?
26:00-34:34 Two different types of feminism: interdependence and freedom
34:35-36:53 Freedom and the Family
36:54-40:19 Interlude
40:20-44:29 Motherhood and Liberalism
44:30-50:09 Where do you go with feminism after liberal individualism?
50:10-01:03:04 Men and Post-Christian Patriarchy
01:03:05-01:04:45 Internet Mentors and Real World Relationships
01:04:46 Solutions for feminist interdependence and the question of abortion
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Church of England revs Jamie Franklin and Daniel French take on the big talking points of the day.
- The Nashville school massacre of Christians and the "Trans Day of Vengeance"
- The weak response of the UK criminal justice system to grooming gangs and the lack of help for victims.
- The Archbishop of Canterbury's message of support for Ramadan and Manchester Cathedral's hosting of an Iftar meal.
- Rogue clergy in the Church of England set up a rival deanery chapter to distance themselves from mainstream CofE over the latter's endorsement of gay relationships.
That and much much more as always!
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Links:Trans Day of Vengeance: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11915513/Controversial-group-Trans-Day-Vengeance-raised-money-firearms-training.html
The Sexual Revolution is Becoming Violent, Gavin Ashenden: https://catholicherald.co.uk/nashville-killings-of-christian-children-shows-the-sexual-revolution-is-becoming-violent/
Joe Biden's Response: https://twitter.com/freddiesayers/status/1642140151433371649
What justice for grooming gang survivors?, Tim Dieppe: https://thecritic.co.uk/What-justice-for-grooming-gang-survivors/
The problem with holding Iftar in Manchester Cathedral, Niall Gooch: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-problem-with-holding-iftar-in-a-cathedral/
London City Deanery Chapter: https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2023/6-april/news/uk/ten-london-clergy-launch-schismatic-deanery-chapter-over-same-sex-blessings
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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin get together to talk about a week of big stories.
- Archbishop Justin Welby wishes Muslims a happy Ramadan and enjoys an Iftar meal or two for himself.
- Horrific mass murder in Nashville school carried about by trans shooter.
- World athletics bans trans women (or men) from competing in women's sports.
- Nordic Roman Catholic bishops speak out against trans ideology.
- More information on the persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
Your question answered in Question the Rev, and much much more as always on Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs!
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Links:Happy Ramadan from Archbish
Trans shooter massacre
Victims
Trans resistant network statement
World Athletics bans trans women
Nordic Bishops take stand against transgenderism
Trans trains
Jordan Peterson - Trans activism is sexist and delusional
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Church of England revs Jamie Franklin and Daniel French get together to put things to rights, talking all the big themes of the week. This time:
- We ask "Is Daniel as inclusive as the Oxfam Inclusive Language guide?" (Spoiler: he's definitely not)
- MP Ben Bradshaw attempts a parliamentary takeover of the Church of England by forcing a change in the doctrine of marriage through political means.
- German Roman Catholic bishops go rogue and announce full gay marriage come what may from the Vatican.
- In other Vatican news, the universalistic Abrahamic Family House has now opened in the UAE. Fully endorsed by Pope Francis who apparently signed a document saying that the existence of other religions is an expression of the will of God.
- Dutch farmers trash WEF stooge Mark Rutte in shock election result.
- Christian lecturer sacked by Methodist theological college for "homosexuality is invading the church" tweet.
- Email of the Week which details persecution of Ukrainian Orthodox Church by Ukrainian government.
And, after Daniel had to go, Jamie goes on a lengthy peroration about the importance of taking responsibility for your actions, inspired by his take on the manager of Tottenham Hotspur's behaviour this week.
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Links:Oxfam Inclusive Language GuideBradshaw Parliamentary Takeover of CofEDutch Farmers Protest Party Shock Election WinOfficial Opening of the Abrahamic Family House
Christian Lecturer Sacked for Homosexuality Invading the Church Tweets
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For this special episode the Rev'd Dr Jamie Franklin was joined by Robin Monotti Graziadei, the producer of the new film 'The Book of Vision' starring Charles Dance and Lotte Verbeek, directed by Carlo Hinterman and executively produced by Terrence Malick.
The Book of Vision is about healing, medicine and the human soul. It tells the story of a real Prussian doctor from the eighteenth century whose approach was medicine was one of listening and developing a human connection with his patients. This approach is contrasted with the emerging modern idea of human beings as machines that simply need to be tinkered with in order to produce health.
Robin and Jamie talked about the relevance of the film's themes to the response to Covid-19 and what that response revealed about society's understanding of healing, health and medicine. They also spoke about the importance of a holistic approach to health that involves not only preventing ourselves from becoming ill but cultivating and nourishing our souls as well as our bodies.
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Links:Prevent Watchdog Blacklist: CS Lewis and more details on the list
Gary Lineker owns the inept BBC
SNP Leadership - Humza Yusuf, up to birth sex-selective abortion
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Controversy this week as terrorist watchdog puts CS Lewis children's classic on its far right white nationalist blacklist. Also on the blacklist is Suella Braverman, whom popular BBC sports presenter and covert socialist Gary Lineker compared to the Nazis. North of the border, the ostensibly Muslim candidate for leadership in the SNP Humza Yousaf wants to make it legal to terminate babies up until the point of birth.
Church of England reverends Tom and Jamie discuss all these stories, give you a brief update on what life as a young vicar is like, do some quickfire Question the Revs and much more. All in this week's episode of Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs!
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Gary Lineker owns the inept BBC
SNP Leadership - Humza Yusuf, up to birth sex-selective abortion
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Church of England revs but not as you know them Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham crack into the big stories of the week: Matt Hancock's WhatsApp messages reveal that they weren't following "the science" after all but were lying and self-aggrandising all along (we did mention something about something about this some time ago), the "Fat Sex Therapist" suggests that sexual predators such as Bill Cosby could be served by a "sex positive" attitude to consensual date rape, a drag night in St James' Piccadilly, and, in our email of the week, a riposte to the pro-Russian email from last week's episode, arguing against Russia and in favour of Ukraine's cause in the ongoing war. That and much much more as always in this week's episode!
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Lockdown Files
“The Fat Sex Therapist”
Drag Night in Church
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Church of England vicars with a difference as Tom Pelham, Jamie Franklin and Daniel French get together to discuss all the big stories:
- Lockdown Files reveal thousands of government WhatsApp messages sent at the height of Covid crisis and Matt Hancock does not come off well.
- Hancock squirms on Good Morning Britain as he attempts to excuse his rule-shattering behaviour because it was technically not illegal.
- Rev. Dr. Bernard Randall is unsuccessful in unfair dismissal case against Trent College Nottingham.
- Greta Thunberg protests against windfarm because it will disturb reindeer.
- CofE "spokesman" says Putin is wrong in his criticisms of Church.
All this, your email of the week taking Daniel to task for comments about Putin in last week's episode and much more as always!
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Links:Lockdown Files: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/five-things-we-learned-from-the-lockdown-files/
Hancock squirms on Good Morning Britain: https://thehighwire.com/videos/bill-gates-and-matt-hancock-squirm-when-questioned-by-reporters/
Bernard Randall: Rod Dreher (https://www.theamericanconservative.com/anglican-vicar-fired-for-christian-sermon-loses-court-case/) and Bernard Randall ( and Bernard Randall) https://thecritic.co.uk/my-fight-for-free-speech-goes-on/
Thunberg Against Wind: https://dailysceptic.org/2023/02/27/greta-thunberg-protests-against-wind-farms/
Church "Spokesman” hits back at Putin: https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2023/24-february/news/world/putin-s-attack-on-c-of-e-is-simply-wrong-spokesman-says
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Church of England vicars Jamie Franklin and Daniel sit down to review the big talking points of the week in a bumper episode. This time:
- Grant Shapps and Bill Gates mysterious net-zero rendezvous at Imperial College London
- Church of England trolled by Vladimir Putin
- Kate Forbes too Christian for SNP leadership. Woke/Muslim Humza Yousaf preferable
- Roald Dahl whitewashed by joyless "sensitivity readers"
- What is going on at the Asbury Revival?
- Tories line up less woke Archbishop of Canterbury to replace Welby
- And the latest in the catastrophic fallout from the CofE same-sex blessing General Synod as Church of England is declared schismatic by the Global Southern Fellowship of Anglican Church.
This, a Question the Rev on a Christian attitude to immigration and much much more as always on this week's edition of Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs!
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Links:Daniel's Interview on PsephizoShapps and Gates Imperial College Rendezvous
Putin trolls Church of England
Kate Forbes too Christian for SNP leadership
Roald Dahl Whitewash
Asbury Revival: Rod Dreher and Not the Bee
Less woke Welby Replacement
Church of England schismatic says GSFA
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Church of England revs but not as you know them Thomas Pelham, Jamie Franklin and Daniel French sit down to talk about the big news this week:
- Nicola Sturgeon's ignominious exit and the perils of crossing swords with JK Rowling.
- Unidentified Flying Objects over America. Shall we panic now or very soon?
- "Scientists" say we should ban gendered and binary language. Thank goodness we have these people to tell us what to do.
- And more, of course, on the developing story within the Church of England on the blessing of same-sex unions.
All of this, a very pleasant email of the week and a Question the Rev posing a moral dilemma for an NHS radiographer.
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Links:Sturgeon gone
US Shoots Down UFOs
Scientists say ban sex binary
"Living in Love and Faith: Moving Forward"
Justin Welby: I was threatened by the government into accepting same-sex marriage
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Michael Hooey is a former Buddhist who reconverted to Christianity during the Covid-19 crisis. This was caused at least in part because of his disillusionment with the Buddhist community's flaccid capitulation to the madness that overtook society.
In this special episode, Church of England Rev Jamie Franklin discussed with Michael the appeal of Buddhist spirituality for people in the post-Christian secular West, points of similarity and difference from Christianity, Michael's experience of Buddhism during the Covid-19 crisis, the question of whether all faiths are equally valid and can lead to God, and why Christianity holds a more satisfying answer to the ultimate questions than Buddhism. Michael is a perceptive, intelligent and experienced commentator and this is an important conversation for anybody with an interest in world religions and Christianity.
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Church of Englands revs but not as you know them with Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin. This week:
- More evidence that you shouldn't trust the BBC
- Satanism and Sam Smith update
- Should God be gender neutral?
- Church of England bishop Jill Duff better than others on same-sex controversy
- Eclectic Question the Rev on the Lord's Prayer, dinosaurs and more besides
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Links:Jamie Franklin, Technocracy and Same-Sex Marriage
Evil BBC Shenanigans -
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64557459
https://reduxx.info/scotland-crossdressing-butcher-arrested-in-case-of-missing-child/
Sam Smith dresses up as PVC Devil
Gender Neutral Pronouns for God
Jill Duff, The forecast ahead of Synod is stormy Notices:
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Church of Englands revs Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to cover this week's biggest talking point. In Fatigued, Amused, Freaked Out: bizarre and hilarious comms at Canterbury Cathedral, Bridgen sues Hancock as major trash-talk is exchanged and paraphilia bingo in Sam Smith's perverse new music video.
The Pelham Report takes in the latest on the Ukraine-Russian war, transgender update as "female" rapist is destined for women's prison, peace talks between Harry and Charles brokered by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and everyone - including teachers, nurses and the Bakerloo Line - is in on strike.
The CofE gay marriage saga continues as important theologian Sandi Toksvig throws her hat in the ring and promises to get together with her "allies" to "see what can be done" about the situation. Some bishops make a slightly more orthodox statement on the palaver but is it enough? And major churches such as St Helen's Bishopsgate begin to pause their financial contributions to dioceses. Is this the beginning of the financial collapse of the Church of England?
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Links:Extraordinary communication from Canterbury Cathedral
Bridgen sues Hancock
Sam Smith paraphilia bingo
Toksvig the Theologian
Statement on marriage from more orthodox bishops
St Helen’s Bishopsgate pauses contribution to the common fund
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Church of England rev Jamie Franklin was joined by Rhys Laverty of The Davenant Institute speaking about the new book Protestant Social Teaching: An Introduction. This book brings social teaching in the Reformed tradition to bear upon critical issues of the modern day. We spoke about why such a project is necessary and who it might help. And we used the example of principled Christian rebellion, particularly in the context of the Covid shutdowns, as an illustration of applied Protestant social teaching.
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The Davenant Institute - https://davenantinstitute.org
Protestant Social Teaching: An Introduction
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Church of England vicars Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to give an alternative reading of the week's big stories.
This time:
- Really weird music at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, underscoring the soulless anti-human agenda of the organisation.
- Sadiq Khan's undemocratic and authoritarian ULEZ scheme expands to impoverish and immiserate as many people as the London Mayor can possibly manage.
- A return to the issue of same-sex marriage in the Church of England, this time in light of the Bishops' letter on the issue. Is this the end for the Anglican Communion as we know it and indeed for the Church of England itself?
- King Charles' III appears to be planning a coronation based not on the Christian religion but on the Faith of Wokery.
- And a Question the Rev on who we can set before the eyes of our children as a good example to imitate.
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Links:Really weird music at WEF
Sadiq Khan’s ULEZ expansion: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/22/tories-have-indulged-failing-sadiq-khan-far-long/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/20/london-borough-rebels-against-flawed-ulez-expansion-refusing/
The King’s Woke Coronation
Ian Paul's analysis of the Bishops' letter on same-sex relationships
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Church of England reverends Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin get together to discuss the big stories of the week.
- An emergence of Satanism amongst the young in the UK.
- CofE bishops meet to discuss a compromise on same sex marriage that will satisfy nobody.
- Rishi Sunak plans to ban "conversion therapy" even more.
- Comments on the Andrew Bridgen story after he loses the Tory whip for an allegedly anti-semitic tweet.
Our Scripture this week is taken from Psalm 90: "Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations".
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Links:Young People Turning to Satanism: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/14/young-people-turning-satanism-instead-stuffy-christianity/
Bishops propose compromise over same sex marriage: https://www.churchofengland.org/media-and-news/press-releases/bishops-propose-prayers-thanksgiving-dedication-and-gods-blessing?fbclid=IwAR29uojMX9QeEvlLP8EGmo-4dVPfMheOR796_7Mi235WoJxaYnJW3O_aIUA
Sunak conversion therapy story: https://dailysceptic.org/2023/01/17/government-u-turns-on-conversion-therapy-ban-will-include-attempts-to-dissuade-teens-from-transitioning/
Andrew Barr on alleged Andrew Bridgen anti-semitism: https://dailysceptic.org/2023/01/12/in-defence-of-andrew-bridgen
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Church of England vicars Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to discuss the big stories of the week in both Church and State. This week: the Archbishop of Canterbury doubles down on the Church of England transgender affirming guidance to primary schools and announces that the Church will funnel £100 million pounds into reparation funds for historic links to slavery: righteous dealing or woke virtue-signalling at a time of grave financial need for front line churches and clergy? Prince Harry is denouncing the family and institutions from whence he came. What currents in modern thought and behaviour does he embody and is he is a paragon of wounded virtue or simply an ungrateful opportunist who is willing to sell his own family out for money?
We offer some scriptural on the men who built their houses on the rock and sand respectively, answer a Question the Rev on God's appearances in Scripture and much much more!
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Links:Justin Welby affirms “trans guidance”: https://christianconcern.com/news/archbishop-of-canterbury-affirms-trans-guidance-for-children/
Justin Welby spends £100million of church money on "addressing past wrongs" as churches struggle:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/10/justin-welby-defends-100m-fund-address-past-wrongs-slavery-churches/
Prince Harry praises energy healer and does many other things besides:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2023/01/07/prince-harry-thanks-energy-flow-practitioner-life-coaches-keeping/
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Church of England vicars Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the week's big stories including: Bingo the transgender vicar, government ministers talk about reintroducing covid restrictions and Rishi's optimistic New Year speech. That and much much more in this week's episode of Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs!
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Bingo the transgender priest
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle/other/yorkshire-non-binary-priest-bingo-allison-describes-how-god-guided-them-to-come-out/ar-AA15Rt3x
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11591517/Britains-non-binary-CofE-priest-says-God-guided-truth.html
Return to the Covid Era?
https://dailysceptic.org/2023/01/04/government-ministers-draw-up-plans-for-social-distancing-face-masks-and-wfh-to-save-the-nhs/
Rishi New Year Message
https://twitter.com/RishiSunak/status/1609231710926905345
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Church of England Rev Jamie Franklin responds to Sir Keir Starmer's Christmas Speech 2022.
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Church of England Rev Jamie Franklin gives his instant reaction to Ameca the Robot's Christmas Speech for Channel 4. Did the robot display more humanity than the politicians? Let's see.
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CofE Rev Jamie Franklin gives his instant reaction to Canadian politician Justin Trudeau's 2022 Christmas speech. How did he do?
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CofE Rev Jamie Franklin gives his instant reaction to King Charles III's Christmas Speech 2022. Inspiring oratory or anodyne cliché?
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CofE Rev Jamie Franklin gives his instant reaction to King Charles III's Christmas Speech 2022. Five-star masterclass or one-star dud?
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In our (sort of) festive episode, Church of England Revs Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to give a spiritual perspective on the big stories of our time. This week: Tom’s heroic antics in snowy Etchingham, the best World Cup ever in Qatar, God Rest Ye Merry edited for political purposes, reflections upon Andrew Bridgen’s intervention in the V-safety debate, woman arrested for silently praying outside abortion clinic - currently unclear whether or not the Archbishop of Canterbury supports the arrest - a Question the Rev on understanding the whole of church history and an email offering a conservative reappraisal of the desirableness of cars in society. That and much much more as ever on this week's Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs!
Timings:
00:00:00 Banter and Notices - Tom heroics in icy Etchingham, Rev J on best World Cup ever in disreputable Qatar, God Rest Ye (edited version)
00:23:08 Scripture - John 1:1-5, “The Word became flesh”
35:20:00 MP Andrew Bridgen says halt the V roll-out
53:58:00 Woman arrested for praying outside abortion clinic
1:10:50 Question the Rev - History of the Church and liturgy
1:16:32 Email of the Week - Should conservatives approve of unrestricted car use?
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"Fury" over edited God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11560467/Fury-church-changes-lyrics-God-Rest-Ye-Merry-Gentlemen-inclusive.html?ito=native_share_article-nativemenubutton
Andrew Bridgen and Dr Angus Dalgleish on the V-Roll-out: https://twitter.com/thereclaimparty/status/1604940118066098176
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryzvDNIcEn0
https://dailysceptic.org/2022/12/19/i-have-tried-sounding-the-alarm-about-the-vaccines-causing-cancer-relapse-but-the-mainstream-media-dont-want-to-know/
Woman arrested for praying outside abortion clinic:
https://adf.uk/woman-charged-for-thoughtcrime/
Justin Welby’s position:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jly2jNLKfe0
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MP Andrew Bridgen called a debate in the House of Commons this week, stating that he believes that the Covid vaccines are causing significant damage to many people who are taking them. In his view, the risks of damage from the vaccine outweigh significantly any good they might be doing. In this special interview, The Rev'd Dr Jamie Franklin speaks with Andrew about what brought him to this viewpoint, the salient points of his argument and the evidence in its favour, the lack of interest from the corporate media, and the ethics of vaccinating children including babies as young as six-months old (which has now been approved by the UK's MHRA). This and many more important points are covered in this important conversation concerning the health and wellbeing of millions of people.
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Church of Englands revs Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to discuss the key cultural theological issues. This week: the MET office usefully informs us to wear jumpers when we go outside because it is cold, Matt Hancocks quits the Commons to "communicate better with the public", the Church of England mission statistics show a shocking lack of bouncebackability as attendance numbers for 2021 show a decline of 30% (or about 250,00 people) from pre-Covid levels and we review the disturbing story coming out of Oxfordshire that residents are going to be divided up into "zones" and banned from using their cars to travel between zones for most of the year. Question the Rev this week sees some interesting queries about evolution and Christianity and whether there will be suffering and/or free will in heaven.
All of this, banter, laughs and much much more in the week's episode of Irreverened: Faith and Current Affairs!
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Links:MET office guidance for cold weather
Hancock to quit commons
CofE Mission Statistics
Trial Climate Lockdowns in Oxford
Holy CofE on theories of the atonement including penal substitution
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Church of England vicars Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest and most relevant stories of the week: the census says Christians are now in a minority in this country, the Balencia child porn scandal, MPs including Jacob Rees-Mogg speaking out against enshrining abortion rights in UK law, a Cambridge don saying perhaps Jesus was trans, the Crown Prosecution Service saying the Bible is no longer relevant and a word on the lockdown protests in China. It's all here and more in this week's episode of Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs!
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Links:Balenciaga Child Porn:
https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/11/27/balenciaga-and-the-rise-of-paedo-chic/
MPs speak against right to abortion in UK Law:
https://righttolife.org.uk/news/overwhelming-majority-of-mps-speak-against-introducing-right-to-abortion-in-uk-law
Jesus could have been transgender:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/26/jesus-could-have-transgender-claims-cambridge-dean/
CPS says Bible passages no longer appropriate:
https://dailysceptic.org/2022/11/26/crown-prosecution-service-say-it-is-no-longer-appropriate-to-quote-some-passages-from-the-bible-in-public/
China lockdown protests:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/11/27/china-lockdown-protests-wuhan-covid-xi-jinping/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/27/could-beginning-end-xi-jinping/
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Church of England vicar Jamie Franklin sits down with eminent thinkers Jobst Landgrebe and Barry Smith to discuss the pair's recent book 'Why Machines Will Never Rule the World'. Contrary to the bombastic predictions of Elon Musk and Klaus Shwab, there will never come a day when human beings create an artificial intelligence that is equal or superior to themselves. We can all relax on that front because such an endeavour is a mathematical impossibility. In this conversation, we explore Landgrebe and Smith's argument in detail whilst touching on the true nature of human intelligence, free will, the extent to which emotion has a physical basis, demonic possession, mankind's need for religion even in a secular context and the definition and implication of complex systems for viruses and climate change. Strap yourselves in because this one goes deep.
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Church of England vicars Daniel French, Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the most important issues in church and society. This week we begin with some reflection upon the two "beasts" of Revelation 13 and how the imagery of persecution, faith and endurance is relevant to Christians in the twenty-first century, especially pertaining to persecuted Christians in nations such as Qatar, Iran, Tunisia and Morocco who are represented at this year's football World Cup. From the serious to the silly, we discuss whether the Church of England was correct to issue guidance saying that churches should not schedule their carol services for the same time as the World Cup final and we take in the somewhat questionable claim that elite western footballers have been silenced because they were threatened with yellow cards if they wore rainbow armbands out on the field. (All will be explained.) What does the moral and philosophical incoherence on display by footballers, journalists and western institutions reveal to us about ourselves and how can the Christian faith speak to this confusion? In Twits on Twitter, it can be no other than FIFA president Gianni Infantino's bizarre soliloquy, in which, in order to justify the questionable decision to stage the World Cup in Qatar, he claims that he "feels" like he is various things such as a Qatari, a gay person, disabled and a migrant worker. We didn't understand either.
In Question the Rev, questions about Bible translations, ex-NHS staff becoming lay preachers and whether or not the country should be officially Christian or secular from a political perspective. All that and more or course in this week's episode of Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs!
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Links:Church says avoid planning choral services at time of World Cup final:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/21/avoid-carol-services-on-world-cup-final-day-church-of-england-vicars-told?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
https://www.churchsupporthub.org/sport-and-wellbeing-landing/article/making-the-most-of-the-world-cup-final-18thdec-2022.php
German footballers cover mouths after being “banned” from wearing rainbow armbands
Infantino, "I feel Qatari" Notices:
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Church of England vicars Daniel French, Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to tackle the most pertinent stories. This week: COP27 crisis talk continues as the Archbishop of Canterbury says that the world is (still) close to the point of no return whilst the ex-archbish, Rowan Williams, leads a delegation of "faith" leaders up a hill proclaiming ten new commandments for climate repentance. Meanwhile, the Diocese of Ely have asked academics at the University of Cambridge to tell them how to make money out of their church buildings and the University have responded by telling them to turn them into literal circuses. Also, in wider news, it turns out that the scientific study into a church choir Covid-19 "super spreader" event that was used not only to ban singing in church but to restrict indoor gatherings more generally was - you guessed it - based on flimsy evidence. Colour us shocked to the core in this week's offering of Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs!
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Timings:
00:00 Welcome, Banter, Coming-up and Notices
06:45 Prayer and Scripture: Revelation 11.15-19
17:57 COP27: Justin Welby says world is close to point of no-return
43:27 COP27: Rowan Williams leads delegation of faith leaders and proclaims ten principles of climate repentance
1:08:36 University of Cambridge say churches should turn into circuses
1:14:23 Covid-19 scientific study based on exaggerated evidence
1:19:35 Question the Rev: What should I do about my unbelieving husband? and Should we boycott the Qatar World Cup?
1:33:43 Email of the Week: Justin Welby wishes Sikhs joyful religious festival
Links:
Archbishop of Canterbury - The world is near the point of no return
Rowan Williams and the Ten Principles for Climate Repentance -
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/national/23121107.ex-archbishop-canterbury-urges-government-combat-climate-crisis/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/multifaith-leaders-to-gather-in-israel-and-around-the-world-for-climate-repentance/
Daily Telegraph - Churches should host circuses to raise cash
Daily Telegraph - Covid singing ban and indoor restrictions based on exaggerated evidence
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Church of England vicars Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the week's important stories: Rishi goes to COP27 after massive u-turn and declares billions in support of the cause, eco-anxiety out of control amongst the youth of today - what can be done?, some bishops of the CofE have come out in favour of gay marriage - what does this mean for the future of the church?, and various questions posed by you, dear listener, in this week's multifarious Question the Rev. All this and much, much more in this week's offering of Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs!
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Same-sex marriage: should the Church of England affirm culture, or confront it? Archbishop Cranmer - https://archbishopcranmer.com/same-sex-marriage-should-the-church-of-england-affirm-culture-or-confront-it/
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For our 100th episode, Church of England vicars Daniel, Tom and Jamie are joined by journalist and author Peter Hitchens. Amongst others things, we looked at Peter's response to and subsequent reflections upon the Covid-19 crisis, Putin and Ukraine, the gospel of climate change, the religious sensibilities of identity politics, advice for bishops in the CofE, Russell Brand and the decriminalisation of drugs, Christopher Hitchens and the legacy of New Atheism, Rishi Sunak and the end of the Conservative party, the WEF, globalism and central bank digital currencies, the seemingly bleak future of Great Britain, and a few others things to boot!
In addition to this, we also announce several new Irreverend awards for public achievement over the last period of time, look at a new story of the year contender as Matt Hancock loses the whip for joining the cast of I'm a Celeb, update you on our latest live event news (it's exciting) and announce (finally) your opportunity to get your hands on our brand new Irreverend merchandise, available here: https://irreverendmerch.bss.design/!
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Links:Matt Hancock loses the whip after joining I'm a Celebrity line-up - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/01/matt-hancock-im-celebrity-2022-contestant/
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Church of England Revs Tom and Jamie are back this week to talk about Halloween, a Christian perspective on wealth and riches, Twits on Twitter featuring pro-abortion protestors closing down an SPUC seminar on Edinburgh University campus, the big story of the week as we have a new Prime Minister, Question the Rev on the greatest challenges of the Christian life and finding time for prayer, and what it’s like to work as a store manager in ASDA during Covid-tide. This and much much more as always!
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Links:Tom Harris - Sunak sounds like sympathetic bank manager - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/10/25/rishi-sunak-sounded-like-sympathetic-bank-manager-passing-bad/
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In these Wednesday Dialogues, host of Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs Jamie Franklin speaks with special guests on different topics and from different perspectives. This week, Jonathan Wright, lawyer and writer from Vancouver, Canada. Jonathan is the creator of the excellent new podcast "Hello, Unknown".
In this dialogue, we spoke about the nature of faith and experience, the appeal of the unknown, approaches to Christianity that have not been helpful for us in our pasts, universalism and salvation, existentialism, the problem of death, the creative process and what to do when it dries up, and more besides.
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Join Church of England vicars Daniel French, Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin as we discuss the big question of the day. Should the governments of the West not be trying to prevent nuclear war? As the Prime Minister fires her closest ally and hires a CCP-inspired man with a mad stare, what are to we make of the absolute mess that the government has got itself into? In Twits on Twitter, we analyse a video of two young thinkers whose creative use of tomato soup has caused one heck of a stir. And in Question the Rev, we touch on everything from the Rapture to Cathedrals for entry. All that and much much more in this week's episode of Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs!
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Links:Sherelle Jacobs: Diehard Proponents of Project Fear are Failing to Grasp the Real Crisis - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/10/17/diehard-proponents-project-fear-failing-grasp-real-crisis/
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In this special episode, the Rev'd Dr Jamie Franklin presents a talk on the subject of disenchantment. How did the world lose its sense of transcendent wonder during the Reformation and Early Modern period? What is it like to live in a "flat" secular age? And what can Christianity and the Church offer to the disenchanted world?
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Church of England Rev Jamie Franklin engages the huge issues of the day from the perspective of the Christian faith: Was the sexual revolution a good thing? How should we respond to the shaking of Western civilisation as nuclear war and power outages threaten our well-being? What should we say to people who are still terrified of Covid? All these questioned answers (probably not comprehensively), your Question the Revs tackled and much much more in this week's Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs!
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Links:National Grid Warns of Winter Blackouts: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/10/06/national-grid-winter-blackouts-warning/
I really don't want to get Covid but the loneliness gets greater every day. How do I keep going?: https://amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/oct/07/i-really-dont-want-to-get-covid-but-the-loneliness-gets-greater-every-day-how-do-i-keep-going
Link to Drag-Queen Twitter Feature: https://twitter.com/TheBrandonMorse/status/1579494647956926464
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Church of England vicars Daniel French, Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham return to talk about cancel culture as Australian Christian Andrew Thorburn has to resign as CEO of Essendon football club because of his church’s “unacceptable” views, and as British Catholic Caroline Farrow is arrested in front of her children whilst making Sunday lunch for writing offensive tweets. We also talk a little bit about the mini-budget from an economic and moral perspective and answer your questions in the Question the Rev, including one on whether or not the Bible says the earth is flat. That and much much more in this week's edition of Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs!
Our scripture this week is taken from Matthew 5:43-48, "Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."
(Rev Jamie apologises that his microphone was turned up too loud this time. This mistake will not be repeated!)
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Links:Rev'd Jamie on Unbelievable debating church closures during Covid with John Stevens: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/unbelievable/unbelievable-covid-churches-and-the-frankfurt-declaration-jamie-franklin-and-john-stevens-debate-christian-liberty-and-government-overreach/13975.article
Andrew Thorburn Resigns as Essendon CEO:
https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/2022/oct/04/andrew-thorburn-resigns-as-essendon-ceo-after-one-day-over-links-to-controversial-church
https://stephenmcalpine.com/well-they-got-their-man-and-it-only-took-one-day/
Mother of Four arrested in front of children for posting “gender critical” tweets:https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11282263/Moment-police-swoop-house-devout-catholic-mother-malicious-online-posts.html
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Church of England vicars Jamie Franklin and Daniel French sat down to chat about the big stories in the news: the Queen's funeral (again), "far-right" evil fascists taking power in Italy, building Benedict Option style communities for the transmission of the faith and what to do when your deanery synod is populated by eco-loons.
Before all that, however, Jamie was privileged to be joined by distinguished political philosopher Dr Yoram Hazony, chair of the Edmund Burke Foundation and author of the new book 'Conversatism: A Rediscovery'. Topics included what is like to live a conservative life, the pitfalls of liberalism and Neo-Marxism, why nationalism is central to the conservative vision, whether or not Dr Hazony is a relativist, the appeal of Jordan Peterson and much much more!
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Church of England revs Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the most significant issues in the culture today. We take a brief foray into the strange world of Canadian education in which a man came to school dressed in enormous comedy breasts and was defended on the grounds of diversity and inclusion, after which we return home to merry England and discuss the spiritual and cultural significance of Elizabeth II's funeral. Is this an opportunity for spiritual renewal within our land or was it "a bit much", as Tom appears to think? In addition, we answer your questions in Question the Rev and that's all for this week's Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs!
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Church of England vicars Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the death of Queen Elizabeth II and her successor Charles III. We talk from a personal and spiritual perspective about the abiding legacy of the Queen, including her strong personal faith in Christ, and our hopes for Charles' reign. Along the way we address questions around the purpose of monarchy, the decline of society during the reign of Elizabeth II, questionable royal political entanglements and the fraught question of what Elizabeth's posthumous name should be. We've already made out decision.
Our Scripture this week is taken from 2 Timothy 4:6-8: "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."
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PLEASE NOTE - This episode was recorded before the sad death of Queen Elizabeth II. Our condolences are with Her Majesty's family and all who mourn. We will certainly discuss our great monarch's passing on next week's show. May her soul rest in peace with God after her long years of devoted service.
Church of England reverends Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the big things in our culture and the church. Today, a discussion on anger and forgiveness for one's enemies, retrospective on Lockdown in the light of the new Frankfurt Declaration (https://frankfurtdeclaration.com ), Liz Truss becomes Prime Minister and "controversial" Roman Catholic Therese Coffey becomes Health Secretary, the Rev'd Dr Bernard Randall looks to his diocese for support after being fired from his post at Trent College for promoting Anglican doctrine - guess what happened next?, will the CofE continue to support the Net Zero agenda when pensioners start freezing in the dark this Winter because of it?, and we revisit the question of whether or not there is a moral way of refusing to pay exorbitant energy bills. That and much much more on this episode of Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs!
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Links:Therese Coffey's "controversial" voting record on abortion and gay marriage: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/09/07/therese-coffey-admits-not-role-model-questions-smoking-weight/
Bernard Randall is "a danger to children": https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11177351/You-danger-children-CoE-tells-chaplain-said-pupils-disagree-woke-dogma.html
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Church of England revs Tom and Jamie return to talk about the big stories of the week: top amongst them Rishi Sunak criticises the culture of fear and secrecy created by the government in their quest to implement the Covid lockdowns, Novak Djokovic is again banned from a Grand Slam and again responds extremely graciously, the government website says contradictory things about whether pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers should have the Covid vaccine, we read a listener email on the significant downsides of delaying having children until economic security is obtained, a Question the Rev on withholding payment of utility bills and much much more!
For Molly Ashton's 'Another Way To Learn' please see: https://www.anotherwaytolearn.co.uk
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We have heard that the website has been under cyber attack and this is probably why it was not available to us during the recording of this episode.
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Djokovic Banned from US Open: https://twitter.com/DjokerNole/status/1562806952136085504
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2022/08/25/shutting-novak-djokovic-us-open-outrageous-injustice/
Sunak Criticises Lockdown:
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-lockdown-files-rishi-sunak-on-what-we-werent-told
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/08/25/rishi-sunak-accused-spouting-dangerous-rubbish-criticism-no/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/08/27/why-earth-did-give-freedom-without-argument/
Government website says pregnant women and breastfeeding women should not be recommended to have the Covid vaccine:
https://www.normanfenton.com/post/breaking-news-uk-government-says-vaccine-not-safe-for-pregnant-or-breastfeeding-women
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulatory-approval-of-pfizer-biontech-vaccine-for-covid-19/summary-public-assessment-report-for-pfizerbiontech-covid-19-vaccine
Couples delaying having children is creating a ticking time-bomb for the economy:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/08/27/uk-economy-threatened-declining-fertility-population/
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Church of England revs Jamie and Tom are back to talk about Fauci retiring, Matt Hancock advocating for voluntary deaths to decrease pressure on the NHS, a ban on prayer in Glasgow (even if it's just in your mind!), lots of scientists saying there is no climate emergency, your questions answered in Question the Rev and much much more!
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Matt Hancock wants assisted dying: https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1655895/assisted-dying-terminal-cancer-health-news-latest
https://unherd.com/thepost/matt-hancock-is-wrong-about-euthanasia/
There is no climate change emergency say 1,200 scientists:
https://clintel.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/WCD-version-06272215121.pdf
https://dailysceptic.org/2022/08/18/1200-scientists-and-professionals-declare-there-is-no-climate-emergency/
Ban on Silent Prayer in Glasgow: https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/20668403.lois-mclatchie-prayer-ban-wont-let-glasgow-flourish/
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CofE Revs Tom and Jamie sit down to talk about the salient affairs from the perspective of Christian faith: shock as Graham Souness calls football "a man's game", the looming energy crisis and increasing cost of food and why our elites have failed to show wisdom in preparing for such an eventuality, the stabbing of Salman Rushdie and what this has to do with freedom of speech, a different take on the case of Archie Battersbee, whether either of us has ever seen an angel and much much more!
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Brephos' About Abortion Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnYXup-lQE7Bj30TI9Wmkw Graeme Souness not sorry for saying football is a man’s game: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62548431Paul Kingsnorth - The West is homeless: https://unherd.com/2022/08/the-west-has-lost-its-home/
Cost of living crisis caused by elites: https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/08/17/a-cost-of-living-crisis-made-by-our-elites/
Britain faced with South African style load-shedding: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/08/10/blackout-britain-threat-households-face-energy-rationing/
Civil disobedience is coming: https://unherd.com/2022/08/britains-elites-have-lost-control/ Salman Rushdie and JK Rowling - https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/08/15/from-rushdie-to-rowling-how-identity-politics-turned-violent/
Christian Concern Myths about Archie Battersbee - https://christianconcern.com/comment/top-12-myths-of-archie-battersbees-case/
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This week Church of England reverends Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin were together in-person to talk more about women's football and its political connotations, Sandi Toksvig's open letter to Justin Welby on his ostensible obsession with homosexuality, the tragic case of Archie Battersbee, your questions answered and much much more!
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Links:Sandi Toksvig to the Archbishop of Canterbury - https://mobile.twitter.com/sanditoksvig/status/1554948904881381377
Gareth Roberts, Who is Sandi Toksvig to Lecture Justin Welby about Sin? - https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/who-is-sandi-toksvig-to-lecture-the-archbishop-of-canterbury-about-sin-
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In this episode of Irreverend, hosted by Rev Jamie Franklin, we look at football as social engineering, including political messaging in the recent women's Euros final and the decision by Premier League clubs only to "take the knee" at specific important moments during the upcoming season. We also review recents comments by Liz Truss to the effect that if she becomes Prime Minister she will not implement any more lockdowns. Further to this, we assess Jeremy Corbyn's opining that more should be done to bring about peace in Ukraine - is this as shocking and revolutionary as some are taking it to be? All this, your questions answered in Question the Rev and more in this episode of Irreverend!
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Links:Premier League clubs taking the knee less frequently - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62404611
Liz Truss rules out further lockdowns - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11070495/Liz-Truss-rules-lockdowns-shutting-UK-PLC-new-pandemic.html
Corbyn says there must be peace in Ukraine- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/08/02/jeremy-corbyn-criticises-uk-prolonging-war-ukraine/
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This week's Irreverend sees Church of England vicars Tom Pelham, Jamie Franklin and Daniel French sit down to talk about the madness of the modern world. What are we to make of the two remaining candidates for the Prime Minister of Britain? Should gender non-affirming nurseries be closed down for refusing to affirm the chosen gender of four-years olds? How is the ten-yearly gathering of Anglican bishops in Canterbury going at the moment? (Not well.) And should faithful Christians consider going off-grid in response to an increasingly hostile society?
We consider these questions and much more in this week's episode of Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs!
Links:Does the Old Testament Prescribe a State? Benjamin Giffone - https://thinkhardthinkwell.com/2022/07/18/ot-prescribe-a-state/My four year-old is gender non-conforming and her nursery doesn't respect that - https://metro.co.uk/2022/07/19/my-4-year-old-is-gender-nonconforming-her-nursery-doesnt-respect-that-16969054/Protestors storm drag-queen story time for children - https://anglicanmainstream.org/protesters-storm-first-drag-queen-storytime-for-primary-school-children/"Human dignity" Call revised following revisionist backlash - https://anglicanmainstream.org/human-dignity-call-revised-following-revisionist-backlash/
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Welcome to Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs! CofE vicars Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin talk about the news from a spiritual perspective and offer some hints and tips on how to navigate the modern world with your soul in tact.
This week: is it the thermocalypse or just some sunny days? Rev Jamie shares some thoughts from Psalm 19 about the gift of the sun and how the diverse weather patterns of the world speak of God's creativity and wisdom. The Guardian has a different view, of course, we are all going to die in flames and we should be terrified - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/18/britain-hothouse-extreme-weather?CMP=share_btn_tw.
In an unexpected move, Prince Harry has thrown his hat into the ring by flying in a private jet to an exclusive United Nations conference, opining his way to sanctimony by simultaneously raising the climate alarm and insulting the Supreme Court of his adopted nation.In church news, voices in the Church of England continue to attempt to define what a woman is and the American Episcopal Church comes very close to condemning crisis centres whilst affirming abortion up to birth.We close out with some Question the Revs on walking out of church during woke sermons, silent prayer and personal favourite Scriptures.
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In this week's episode, Church of England vicars Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sat down to discuss an embarrassing week for the Lawn Tennis Association as Wimbledon was won by a Russian woman and an unvaccinated man. (Imagine how much better he'd be if he'd had the vax!)
We also talked about climate fascism in the Netherlands as head robber-baron Mark Rutte attempts to steal large tracts of farmland and slaughter a third of Dutch cattle.
The Church of England is struggling to define the word 'woman'. Can these two men of the cloth provide any insight?
We finish with some interesting email correspondence and the resurrection of Question the Rev concerning whether owners will be reunited with their pets in the hereafter.
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Church of England vicars Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin are back. We reflect on the arrival of Jamie's fourth child and note how deeply indoctrinated we all must be to so easily assign its gender immediately after birth. In the news, events will almost certainly overtake us as Boris Johnson's premiership is surely over. We talk from a biblical perspective on the virtues of integrity and honesty and the folly of lies and deceit. In Church news, the CofE is apparently borrowing money in order to pay for its environmental agenda...is this a prudent Christian investment in the future or self-destructive virtue-signalling on an inconceivable scale? We also read an insightful email from a military expert on the situation in Ukraine. Listeners will perhaps not be too surprised to hear that the situation is slightly more nuanced that the corporate media are leading us to expect.
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The three revs are back in conversation. In this week's episode Thomas Pelham, Daniel French and Jamie Franklin discuss the latest and most salient news items from a Christian perspective. Beginning with a reflection on Romans 1, we move on to ask whether the Prime Minister was right to say that only women can have penises, review the strange DIY Covid video sick-note made by a clearly not too unwell Jeremy Vine and renewed calls to plunge the country back into a series of draconian coronavirus "measures", talk about the striking down of Roe v. Wade in the US and the resultant calls by feminists in New York State for a sex strike to teach men a lesson, demands by high-ranking officials in the British Army for full-scale war with Russia and the innovative liturgical decision by the Diocese of Oxford to encourage new converts to pledge to safeguard the integrity of creation upon the occasion of their baptisms. We also read an email from the mother of a daughter struggling with transgender issues. All of that and much much more in this week's episode!
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Links:Johnson says no to women being born with penisesJeremy Vine unconvincing sick noteChristians debate abortionWhy I'm a Pro-Choice ChristianSex StrikeKendrick Lamar wears a bleeding crown of thorns for womenBritain preparing for war with RussiaGreen baptismal vows
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Revs Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham are back discussing news and current events from a Christian perspective. This week: Gary Lineker: ethnic minority or pasty-faced white man? You decide. Also in the news, Jordan Peterson savages the sacrifice of children on the altar of a brutal far-left ideology (ouch!), academic Tim Hayward is investigated by the British government for tweeting that there are two sides to the story of the Ukraine-Russia war and the Federal Drug Administration approves vaccines for six month old babies. We also answer a question about giving to your parish church. All that and much, much more including cultural commentary, films, television and Tom Pelham's in-depth review of his trip to an industrial museum in this week's episode of Irreverend!
Our Scripture this week is taken from Psalm 46: 'God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.' A good thing to remember in febrile times.
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Links:Gary Lineker suffers racist abuse
Jordan Peterson: We are Sacrificing our Children at the Altar of a Brutal Far-Left Ideology
I used to be Transphobic. Now I’m an ally
FDA unanimously approves covid vaccine for 0-4 years and commentary from The Epoch Times
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Rev Tom Pelham is back joining regular host Rev Jamie Franklin. In an episode packed full of spiritually enlightened cultural wisdom, we ask why the English football team has become so terrible (maybe because they have stopped caring about football and now imagine that the sport is a vehicle for the transmission of their "values"?) and why Hollywood seems so unilaterally incapable of making entertaining films (with the notable exception of Tom Cruise's latest blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick). We talk Matt Walsh's recent documentary What is a Woman? and discuss recent church news including: Justin Welby and various bishops slam the government's plans to send illegal immigrants abroad to seek a better life in Rwanda (but, whoops, they put their public letter on an online newspaper that has a paywall so nobody can read it!) and Pope Francis saying some surprisingly sensible things about Ukraine. In other news, the technocrats want to ban smoking for everybody except octogenarians and Cineworld finds itself caught in the middle of an internecine battle for supremacy between Sunni and Shia Muslims.
We also talk the plausibility of many of the outlandish claims made by transhumanists, talk about how to live meaningfully in a "post-democratic" situation and much much more!
Our Scripture this week is taken from Psalm 131 and raises the question as to whether or not we would find our lives a lot more peaceful if we just stop concerning ourselves with all this stuff.
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Links:Welby and Charles Slam Rwanda Plan
Pope Francis Comments on Ukraine
Would you prefer peace or "justice" in Ukraine?
Technocrats want to ban smoking
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Church of England vicars Daniel French and Jamie Franklin get together to offer a spiritual perspective on current events, this week taking our Scriptural reflection from Genesis 1:28-30: man and woman created by God after his own image. In this bumper edition, we range through renewables, energy bills and green "technology", the political philosophy of the England Football team, Star Wars and sci-fi going woke, the jubilee, no confidence in Boris and Nadine Dorris' savage attack on Jeremy Hunt, transhumanism and the metaverse, the Archbishop of Canterbury and Prince Andrew, the terrible massacre of Christians in Nigeria and the question of whether or not climate activists are missionaries (they're not). We hope you enjoy this episode of Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs and, if you do, please don't forget to subscribe and share!
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Are climate change activists missionaries?
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Church of England vicars Daniel and Jamie Franklin get together to offer a spiritual perspective on current events, this week taking our Scriptural reflection from 2 Corinthians 11:12-15: the apostle Paul's observation that Satan masquerades as an angel of light and what that can tell us about geopolitical events and the godless humanitarian philosophy that underlies some of them. To that end, we speak about the World Economic Forum gathering in Davos and the technocratic elite's plan for a global government that will hold national governments to account. We discuss the striking parallels between the thought and philosophy of Davos and that of the Soviet communist regime. We also touch briefly on the multiple parties that were happening in Number 10 Downing Street and what they reveal to us about the beliefs of those who implement the lockdown laws. Also in Whitehall, things are looking very woke as the official line is that staff must recognise more than 100 genders and join gender non-conforming book clubs. We receive an email from a lefty listener and exchange some tedious observations about the weather. All in a day's work on Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs!
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Davos 2022 - What just happened? 9 Things to Know
The Downing Street Parties, what Sue Gray says about them, and how aides tried to keep them secret
Welcome to woke Whitehall, where more than 100 genders are recognised
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In this episode of Irreverend, Church of England vicars Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin get together to offer a spiritual perspective on current events, this week taking our Scriptural reflection from 1 Timothy 2:-14: Paul's teaching that we should pray that governments allow us to live godly lives. In current events: we look at the new Schools Bill which threatens to change the relationship of the family to the state and destroy the basis for home education, a new study showing the devastating effect of lockdowns on toddlers, monkeypox and what that's all about, what football does when a black Muslim won't wear a rainbow flag on his shirt, Ricky Gervais' controversial comments about transgender people, Calvin Robinson's shunning by the CofE who he failed to recognise as the KKK at prayer, and much more! We attempt to give a spiritual perspective on all of this on this week's Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs!
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This Authoritarian Government’s Education Bill Will Allow Local Authorities to Force Home Educated Children to Attend Their Own Failing Schools
Covid lockdowns left toddlers unable to speak or play properly
Idrissa Gueye refuses to wear PSG shirt featuring rainbow symbol
Ricky Gervais Netflix special condemned by LGBTQ groups for ‘anti-trans rants masquerading as jokes'
Belief in its own sin is subverting the church
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In this special episode, Rev'd Jamie Franklin is joined by Wendy Charles-Warner, chair of Education Otherwise, and home educator and freedom fighter Amie Miles to talk about The Schools Bill. The Schools Bill was recently announced in The Queen's Speech and is a horrendously drafted piece of legislation that would destroy the basis for home education in this country. It is an unnecessary assault on the capacity of parents to make decisions for their own families and could in time lead to even more drastic intrusion by the state into parents' relationships with their children. It constitutes yet another area in which the state is arrogating to itself the responsibility and authority to interfere in the private lives of British citizens.
Our two guests in this episode are highly informed of these new developments and outline the deeply problematic elements of this new bill and how we all can play a part in making sure that it is killed in the Houses of Parliament before it goes any further. Please share this episode as widely as possible on your social media and with anybody at all who you think might be interested in this development.
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Nick Hudson is the chairman of PANDA (Pandemic Data and Analytics) (https://www.pandata.org), a group of multidisciplinary professionals who perceived the global reaction to Covid, and lockdown in particular, as overwrought and damaging to the point of causing a great tear in the fabric of society. PANDA stands for open debate and real science and challenges every aspect of the globalist "new normal" and its assault on individual dignity and liberty.
Nick himself is a former actuary and current private equity investor. He is a deep thinker across a range of philosophical and scientific subjects and describes himself as a Christian with "a low metaphysical conviction".
In a wide-ranging conversation, Jamie Franklin spoke with Nick about initial responses to the Covid-19 situation, the relationship between facts, data and narratives, the WHO pandemic preparedness treaty, the evils of centralised solutions to complex problems, the decline of Christianity and emergent globalist secularism and the importance of a creating a society that can develop through an environment of conjecture and criticism.
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CofE vicar Jamie Franklin sits down with director of Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) UK, Ryan Christopher, to talk about the global assault on liberty and what Christians and all people of good will can do to push back against it. Ryan goes into detail about the implications on the Online Safety Bill and the Conversion Therapy Bill and why it is essential that as many Christians as possible becomes politically engaged as quickly as possible.
This is a vital episode to listen to if you are in any way concerned about the erosion of Christian liberty in the UK and liberty more generally in the Anglosphere. An absolutely vital conversation.
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In this episode of Irreverend, Church of England vicars Daniel French and Jamie Franklin get together to offer a spiritual perspective on current events, this week taking our Scriptural reflection from 2 Corinthians 5:21: Christ's righteousness given to those who trust in him in exchange for our sinfulness. In current events: we look at different responses to the leaked draft implying that Roe v. Wade will be overturned and discuss the various criticisms that have been levelled at pro-life people and the Christian Church; the Global Pandemic Treaty which has been signed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and appears to hand a huge amount of sovereign power to the World Health Organisation, whose biggest funder is none other than Bill Gates. Speaking of Gates, he has a new book out in which he recommends that if there is a new pandemic we should do more of the same but only faster and harder. We attempt to give a spiritual perspective on this and more on this week's Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs!
Links:Prince Charles Backs Facemasks for Cows
Priest who had two abortions says women need choice
US Church asserts right to abortion in face of possible Roe v. Wade reversal
Why Progressives Can't Tolerate Christians
WHO Global Pandemic Treaty
Does Bill Gates have too much influence in the WHO?
Bill Gates wants to build a dystopia
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For this week's episode, Church of England vicar Jamie Franklin was joined by The Rev'd Dr Joseph Boot to talk about issues arising from his new book Ruler of Kings: Towards a Christian Vision of Government .We talked about the cult of the expert, our propensity in the wake of the rejection of a Christian culture to deify the state and to thereby attempt to create a globalist utopian on the earth, and a Christian view of government which includes institutions possessing their own integrity and the right to exist independently of the state. We also spoke about the role of the law of God in society and how we might conceive of a Christian culture that eschews the putative neutrality of the secular realm.
Links:Joe Boot - Twitter https://twitter.com/DrJoeBoot
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Podcast for Cultural Reformation - https://www.ezrainstitute.com/resource-library/series-index/podcast-for-cultural-reformation/
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In this episode Church of England vicars Thomas Pelham, Daniel French and Jamie Franklin get together to offer a spiritual perspective on current events, this week taking our Scriptural reflection from John 3:16-21: God's offer of the light of truth to the world. In current events: Elon Musk buys Twitter to promote free speech, why are people unhappy? The government want to send migrants to Rwanda, is it such a bad place after all? "Yes" says the Archbishop of Canterbury! Rev Rich Coles retires early because the Church isn't friendly to gay people. Canada wants to euthanise the mentally ill and a Church in the true north has begun its own priest-assisted in-house death service: come through dear, the vicar will kill you now!
Links:GB News, Gary Lineker speaks out over Elon Musk Twitter takeover - https://www.gbnews.uk/news/gary-lineker-speaks-out-on-elon-musks-twitter-takeover-branding-it-a-cesspit/280955Telegraph, "Refugee plan is ungodly", says Archbishop - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/04/16/rwanda-refugee-plan-ungodly-says-justin-welby/
Allison Pearson, Judge yourself first, Justin Welby, before preaching to the rest of us - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2022/04/20/judge-first-justin-welbybefore-preaching-rest-us/
Telegraph, Rev Richard Coles: Church is increasingly excluding gay people - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/04/17/rev-richard-coles-gay-people-not-welcome-church-england/
National Post, Which mentally ill people should be eligible for euthanasia in Canada? - https://nationalpost.com/health/canada-mental-illness-maid-medical-aid-in-dying
Life News - Woman kills herself in assisted suicide in church in Canada - https://nationalpost.com/health/canada-mental-illness-maid-medical-aid-in-dying
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Until recently journalist and cultural commentator Calvin Robinson was training to be a priest in the Church of England. Although initially the Church of England hierarchy had agreed that Calvin would pursue ordained ministry alongside his public engagement, he was unceremoniously dropped from the training process after two years and told he would not be being ordained. He was told that his opinions were divisive and controversial. Calvin, however, believes that the decision to drop him is reflective of the monochromatic wokeness and social progressivism of the Church of England hierarchy and that he has been cancelled for being an orthodox Christian with politically conservative views. In this special episode, Reverend Daniel French gives Calvin the opportunity to tell the story.
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We're on a post-Easter holiday this week, so journey back in time with us to November last year when we were just beginning our walk through the book of Revelation, Durham Cathedral was closing its doors to the infectious hordes of unvaccinated worshippers and Australia and Austria were attempting to outdo one another in competitive vaccine tyranny. In the second half of the episode, we were privileged to be joined by Rod Dreher who spoke to us about western's cultures significant drift away from Christianity and the implications for soft totalitarian political takeover and technocratic digital control. The answer to all of this? Orthodox Christian of course. Enjoy!
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In this episode Church of England vicars Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin get together to offer a spiritual perspective on current events, this week taking our Scriptural reflection from Philippians 2:5-11: Christ making himself nothing through the cross in order to serve God. In current events we touch on the latest brutal Shanghai lockdown, Boris Johnson's recent GB News interview in which he said (among other outlandish things) that he would lockdown again, transgenderism as a religious sensibility, Russophobia and more!
Links:BBC, Covid vaccine festival cost £535 per person jabbed
Daily Mail, Shanghai lockdown eased as Chinese throw themselves to their deaths and protest over lack of food
Daily Telegraph, Boris Johnson: I cannot rule out another Covid lockdown
The Critic, The religion of self-worship
Martin Davie, Why the Christian argument for a ban on transgender conversion therapy fails
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In this episode of Question the Rev, Church of England vicars Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin address the question of a Christian approach to meditation.
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In this episode Church of England vicars Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin get together to offer a spiritual perspective on current events, this week taking our Scriptural reflection from John 12:42-43: leaders who cannot speak for fear of being cancelled by the Pharisees. We attempt not to repeat their error by covering the major stories of the week: the government pushes through quickie divorce laws, church leaders including Rowan Williams describe being transgender as "a sacred journey" and push for draconian government legislation to ban the ill-defined practice of "conversion therapy", the extension of the dangerous and barbaric practice of DIY abortion provision, the cancellation of Jane Austen at the Literature department of Stirling University and Viktor Orban's historic fourth successive victory in the Hungarian election.
Links:Christian Institute, Quickie divorce law comes into force in England and Wales Daily Mail, Former Archbishop of Canterbury urges ministers to include trans people in conversion therapy ban
BBC, What is conversion therapy and when will it be banned?
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In this special episode, Church of England vicar Jamie Franklin reproduces a talk given recently at an event in Cambridge on "The Ideological Challenge of Science".
In this talk I argue that Western culture is permeated by a naturalistic and mechanistic way of experiencing the world, that this worldview is based on a number of unprovable assumptions and is at base superstitious, that there is an inevitable and disastrous connection between this worldview and our ethical practices, that the Church was complicit in this outlook in its response to Covid-19 and that, in order to restore the Church to faithfulness, we need to find our way back to a supernatural expression of Christian belief and practice.
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In this episode of Question the Rev, Church of England vicars Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin attempt to answer the question of how people outside of the Church are meant to begin choosing a denomination.
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In this episode Church of England vicars Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin get together to offer a spiritual perspective on current events, this week taking our Scriptural reflection from a heavenly vision in Revelation 7 and moving on to discuss Will Smith's assault upon Chris Rock at the Oscars - Was the ensuing reaction an example of "racism in plain sight" as was claimed in The Guardian this week? - a follow up on last week's discussion on Dave Rubin's surrogacy announcement including a story of a lesbian couple whose surrogacy turned out to be a boy instead of a girl . In woke corner, the BCC has been forced to re-adopt the word "women" after it tried to get away with "people who were assigned female at birth" and Glasgow City Council is considering desecrating a statue of influential abolitionist David Livingstone because of his alleged links with the slave trade. We also spoke about an article in which an anonymous vicar's wife accused the Church of England hierarchy of not giving clear moral guidance on significant issues.
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Recorded in March 2022 at The Colchester Mission, Revs Tom and Jamie were involved in a wide-ranging conversation with Christian Concern's Benjamin John and the Rev'd Dr Bernard Randall, including the following: the right relationship between the law of God and the law of the country, woke intolerance and the persecution of Rev'd Bernard for stating that pupils should be able to make up their own minds about human sexuality, abortion and associated issues and the response of the Church to the increasing marginalisation of Christian values and the emergence of progressive values as a new religion.
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In this episode of Question the Rev, Church of England vicars Daniel French and Jamie Franklin address the question of whether or not God accepts people who are not Christians.
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Church of England vicars Daniel French and Jamie Franklin get together to offer a spiritual perspective on current events, this week talking about the relevance of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Revelation 6:1-8, the possibility of climate and fuel lockdowns after a recent announcement by the International Energy Agency, the implications of transgender athlete Lia Thomas' thrashing of biological women in the US national college 500-yard freestyle and the recent announcement of "conservative" analyst Dave Rubin that he and his male partner are expecting the arrival of twin babies through surrogate parents later this year. We also field a question sent in by email on the role of judgment in the Christian life.
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In this episode of Question the Rev, Rev'd Jamie says that he doesn't doubt the basic truth of Christianity but that sometimes he doubts whether he is making sense of it personally. He also gives some pastoral advice on how to approach doubts.
Responding to another question on helpful books to understand Christian history, Rev'd Jamie recommends Dairmaid MacCulloch's 'A History of Christianity' and David Bentley Hart's 'The Story of Christianity'.
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In this solo episode, Church of England Rev Jamie Franklin responds to Matt Hancock's recent interview on Diary of a CEO. Beginning with a meditation on Ephesians 5, he argues that the Christian conception of love is superior to the superficial understanding portrayed by Hancock in his interview.
Link: Diary of a CEO with Matt Hancock
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Rev'd Jamie Franklin says that we must forget in the sense that we mustn't have bitterness or anger towards those who have hurt us, but that, in many cases, it is still wise to remember what has been done so that we can make good decisions in the future. He also says that our ultimate unity in the Church is based not on whether we agree entirely about the past but on Jesus Christ and the Gospel.
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Church of England vicars Thomas Pelham, Daniel French and Jamie Franklin get together to offer a spiritual perspective on current events, this week again talking quite a bit about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Also featuring commentary on the disbanding of the disastrous SAGE committee and Nicola Sturgeon posthumous apology to witches burned at the stage in Early Modernity.
Our Scriptural reflection this week is taken from Revelation 5.
Topics:- The role of the media and propaganda.
- The question of a just war on both sides of the conflict.
- How to negotiate peace in a fallen world.
- The banning of Tchaikovsky and demonisation of Russian culture.
- The role of digital ID and the digital economy in the crisis and its relationship to the Mark of the Beast in the book of Revelation.
Links:Arta Moeni, How Western elites exploit UkraineClassical Music News, Tchaikovsky Cancelled
Daily Sceptic, SAGE stood downGB News, Nicola Sturgeon apologises for witch-burning
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In this episode of Question the Rev, Church of England vicars Tom, Jamie and Daniel answer a question about common pitfalls for new converts to Christianity. What are they and how can they be avoided?
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Church of England vicars Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin get together to offer a spiritual perspective on current events, this week focussing mainly on issues arising from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It is important to note that, although we discuss these events abstractly, we pray for peace and for God's comfort for all of those who are suffering.
Topics:
- Just War Theory vs. Christian Pacifism
- The need to understand a situation before being opinionated about it
- Sense of discomfort over being told what to care about and when by the corporate media.
- Should Christian leaders spiritualise warfare?
- Worrying black and white morality applied to the situation.
- Simplistic take leading to demonisation of all Russian people and Russian culture.
- The clampdown of freedom of speech and free exchange and rush towards conformity and virtue-signalling.
Timings:00:00-14:53 Banter/Notices
Daniel's New Podcast, Catacomb FM
14:53-31:06 Revelation 4:1-11, Heavenly Worship and True Authority
31:06-40:12 Theological Reflection of Just War Theory vs. Christian Pacifism
40:12-1:27:05 General Discussion of the Invasion of Ukraine
1:27:05 Email of the Week: Drawing a line for now under the Canadian Truckers' Freedom Convoy
Links:GoodPodcasts and Videos on Ukraine Situation:
TRIGGERNOMETRY - The Truth about the War in Ukraine
David Starkey - Putin’s Power and Western Impotence
Unherd with Konstantin Kisin - Did the alternative media got Ukraine wrong?
Pavel Stroilov, Christian Concern - Isn’t Putin Christian? What should Christians think about the Russian President?
Brendan O' Neil - Tom Tugendhat and the worrying rise of Russophobia
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Church of England vicars Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin get together to offer a spiritual perspective on current events being joined by special guest Laura Dodsworth.
This week: How to apply the teachings of Christ on non-judgmentalism to unjust political situations and commentary on the ending of Covid restrictions and the Bishop of London's response to the situation.
With Laura we discuss the ongoing totalitarianism of Justin Trudeau and the Canadian Federal Government with respect to the Truckers' Freedom Convoy including the seizing of citizens' bank accounts and the violent militarised police action taken to break up the protest in Ottawa. We talk about the way that Covid-19 restrictions are resulting in mission-creep particularly with respect to central bank digital currencies. We also ask how the Canadian government's response can square with notions of liberal democracy and respect for free speech and political expression. Is the term "liberalism" meaningful or should we be speaking more in terms of the individual and the collective? Laura also wants to know why the figureheads of the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches seem to have very little conception of the notion of conscience with respect to certain medical treatments beginning with the letter "v".
And, after a notorious billboard advocating the removal of JK Rowling from considerations of her own Harry Potter world, Laura goes full-on Old Testament prophetic. Not to be missed.
Laura Dodsworth: https://lauradodsworth.substack.com/
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00:05:08 Luke 6:37-42, Applying Jesus' Teaching to Unjust Political Situations
00:18:55 Email of the Week - Loss of Conviction in the Church of England
00:23:58 The Bishop of London Responds to the End of Covid Restrictions
00:30:20 Conversation with Laura Dodsworth
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Church of England Revs Daniel French, Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin get together to offer a spiritual perspective on current events. This week: a question on the experience of God, in the news Trudeau invokes emergency power to confiscate money from rogue truckers, the Archbishop of Canterbury says that he is not solely responsible for the closure of churches in March 2020 and that he does not like the competitive nature of the Great British Bake Off. We also review the ongoing controversy around a letter decrying the British government's banning of conversion therapy with 2,500 signatories drawn from sectors of the church in this country. It's fair to say that this has provoked quite a reaction on Twitter, not sure about the rest of the world.
Links:Jane Stannus in The Spectator, Trudeau's Totalitarian Turn
Craig Simpson in The Times, Archbishop of Canterbury denies sole blame for Covid Church Closures
Roland White in The Times, Bake Off has more sustenance than a Welby sermon
Ministers' Consultation Response on Conversion Therapy
Bishop of Dorchester Condemnation of Conversion Therapy Letter
BBC, Oxford Pride Condemns Conversion Therapy Open Letter
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Church of England vicars Daniel French, Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin are joined by Lord Frost. Until recently David Frost has been at the heart of the UK Government and has been deeply involved in seminal moments in British history including the Brexit negotiations and the Covid crisis. A deeply principled man, he quit the government over his opposition to further Covid restrictions and has subsequently said publicly that he believes that lockdowns are a serious policy error. In this special interview, he addresses in-depth the Covid crisis and the real reasons for the government's response to it, the use of behavioural psychology, the relationship of the government to the UK media, Brexit, the green agenda, free speech and the online harms bill. We also speak about the Church of England and its failure to take the opportunity to offer hope in the midst of fear. Lord Frost ends this discussion with an exhortation to the Church to remember its true identity and to stop aping secular politicians.
Daniel and Jamie also reflect upon the discussion with Lord Frost and catch up on this week's notable news: namely the ending of Covid restrictions in England, the Church of England bishops' plans to alter the nature of the Church by creating bishops for certain issues such as Brexit and Covid and the Archbishop of Canterbury's comment on the moral imperative to embrace radical collectivism.
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Daniel French, "A Covid Bishop is the Last Thing my Church Needs"
The Times, Behold the Bishop of Brexit
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Church of England Revs Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin get together to offer a spiritual perspective on current events. This week: NHS vaccine mandate U-turn, Canadian trucker rebels, an attempt to cancel some bloke called Joe Rogan, the Bible on trial in a Finnish court and a question on how Christians are meant to engage with a corrupt and immoral political system.
Topics Covered and Timings:
04:17 Philemon: Compulsion, Slavery and Forgiveness
James Bryson, The Ugly Business of Scapegoating the Unvaccinated
25:02 NHS Vaccine Mandate Dropped
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/01/30/front-line-health-staff-no-longer-need-covid-vaccines/
36:44 Canadian Rebel Truckers Parliament Protest
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10458741/Canadian-truckers-stay-Ottawa-thousands-protestors-pledging-continue-create-chaos.html
53:33 Neil Young tries to Cancel Joe Rogan over Vaccine "Misinformation"
Spotify backs Joe Rogan
1:04:00 Finnish Court Puts Bible on Trial for Hate Speech
Finnish Government puts Christianity on Trial
1:18:02 Question the Rev - How can Christians engage in democracy when all the parties so clearly and fundamentally lack any Christian values?
1:27:00 Jews for Justice Letter to Justin Welby
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In this short clip, the Irreverend vicars respond to an email from regular listener Lizzie, who says that we must not allow ourselves to give in to recrimination and blame but must seek to tell a better story as we move beyond the trauma of the Covid-19 crisis in love and forgiveness.
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Church of England Revs Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin get together to talk Scripture, news, the Church and pretty much everything else! Featuring this week more Boris partying during lockdown, NHS vaccine mandates, the Ukraine-Russian tension, the Bishop of London's comments on the end of Covid and the Church of England's mission to have ten global majority heritage bishops appointed to the House of Bishops.
Topics Covered and Timings
00:00 Banter/Notices
06:19 Revelation 2:18-29, The Letter to the Church in Thyatira
23:46 Question the Rev: Would you swim the Tiber? and Is the priority of the experiential an opening for the supernatural ministry of the Church?
33:12 Birthday Cake-Gate: More Boris Party Antics
38:49 NHS Vaccine Mandate Update
41:18 Tension in Russia-Ukraine
46:21 "Your sacrifices have saved lives" - Bishop thanks parishes and public as Covid-19 measures lift 58:54 The Church of England's Aspiration to have Ten Global Majority Heritage Bishops in the House of BishopsAndrew Tettenborn, "The Church of England's diversity mission has gone too far"
1:10:45 Email of the Week - How do we move beyond the Covid crisis in a spiritually productive way?
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In this clip from the week's longer episode, Revs Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham reflect on the questionable ethical priorities that were involved in the decision to cause people to die alone in hospitals and elsewhere during the Covid-19 crisis. This relates to a broader conversation concerning the moral lostness of our culture: bereft of a code of ethics or unifying frame of reality as a guide, we have reverted to a crass and inhumane utilitarian outlook that treats human beings as means instead of ends.
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Church of England Revs Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham get together to talk about the news and issues of the day.
Topics Covered and Timings
00:00 Banter/Notices
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00:15 Revelation 2:12-17, The Letter to the Church in Pergamum
00:31 Question the Rev: The Implications of the Archbishop's New Appointment Secretary, Stephen Knott
00:42 The End of Plan B, Boris the Insatiable Party Animal
Brendan O' Neill, We let people die alone
01:05 Pope Francis, "Have Children instead of Pets"
Pope Francis: Having Children instead of Pets is Selfish
Tim Stanley, We Must have as many Babies as Possible
Peter Stanford, The Unstoppable Rise of the Dog Baby
01:15 Mask Wars: The Ongoing Case of The Rev'd Charlie Boyle
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Church of England vicars Jamie Franklin and Daniel French are joined by Associate Professor of Healthcare at the University of West London Dr Paula Boddington to talk medical ethics in the context of the Covid-19 vaccination drive, particularly with reference to the recent comments made by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.
Topics Covered:- Divisions in society and the unethical weaponisation of rhetoric.
- A holistic definition of health and the reductive definition that has replaced it.
- The ethics of lockdowns and associated harms such as death from loneliness.
- The importance of honest dialogue and of treating people respectfully as individuals.
- The centrality to medical ethics of informed consent.
- The comments of the Archbishop of Canterbury encouraging universal vaccination and how the notion of "loving your neighbour" functions in this context.
- The complexity of decision making in the context of medical and health concerns.
- Dr Steve James and the NHS vaccine mandates.
- Coercive techniques and a return to paternalistic approaches to medicine.
- Concerns about the unethical practices of the pharmaceutical industry.
- The role of trust in conversations about public health.
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Church of England vicars Jamie Franklin and Daniel French are joined by Associate Professor of Healthcare at the University of West London Dr Paula Boddington to talk medical ethics in the context of the Covid-19 vaccination drive, particularly with reference to the recent comments made by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.
Topics Covered0-48 Minutes: Jamie and Daniel
- The Church's tendency to persecute itself.
- The Church of England's near 50% decline over the last 30 years.
- The turning of public opinion against lockdowns and the Church's failure to issue a prophetic voice in this context.
- Signs of Christian revival in the West and why the Church must learn from it.
- The relevance of the Jordan Peterson Phenomenon.
Our Scripture this week is taken from Revelation 2:8-11: the letter to the Church in Smyrna.
48 Minutes Onwards: Jamie, Daniel and Dr Paula Boddington
- Divisions in society and the unethical weaponisation of rhetoric.
- A holistic definition of health and the reductive definition that has replaced it.
- The ethics of lockdowns and associated harms such as death from loneliness.
- The importance of honest dialogue and of treating people respectfully as individuals.
- The centrality to medical ethics of informed consent.
- The comments of the Archbishop of Canterbury encouraging universal vaccination and how the notion of "loving your neighbour" functions in this context.
- The complexity of decision making in the context of medical and health concerns.
- Dr Steve James and the NHS vaccine mandates.
- Coercive techniques and a return to paternalistic approaches to medicine.
- Concerns about the unethical practices of the pharmaceutical industry.
- The role of trust in conversations about public health.
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A special first-ever Irreverend live stream. Reflecting on things past and things to come in the New Year 2022 and taking questions from patrons of the show!
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For our final episode before Christmas, Revs Tom and Jamie respond to Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby’s claims that being vaccinated is the moral thing and Christian thing to do. They compare and contrast the archbishop’s approach with that of Michael Nazir-Ali who says that churches should stay open this Christmas as they play a vital and unique role which should not be abandoned due to the threat of the putative omicron variant.
In other news, Fraser Nelson managed to get SAGE chief modeller Graham Medley to admit that policy groups within government asks SAGE to model negative outcomes to match policies that have already been decided. And in the most shocking news of the year the WHO have told families to cancel their Christmases in order to…you guessed it: save future Christmases!
Our Question the Rev segment deals with the issue of why the Church finds it hard to speak about sin. And our scripture this week is (again) taken from Revelation 2:1-7.
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After a customary bit of catching up and discussion on our Scripture passage for this week (Revelation 2:1-7), Tom and Jamie were joined for the majority of the episode by James Delingpole. James is a journalist and podcaster who has been at the forefront of the resistance to the corporate media's take on the Covid-19 phenomenon. We talk about how James' political and spiritual views have developed over the past couple of years, the state of contemporary politics, the possibility of a globalist takeover, the recent spate of hate pieces written against "the unvaccinated" and many more topics.
Links:Andrew Neil, Time to Punish Britain's Refusenicks
Karren Brady, Make the unjabbed face their own lockdown
Anne McElvoy, The unvaccinated have become a lethal liability that we can ill-afford
CSPI, Have we been thinking about the pandemic wrong? The effect of population structure on transmission
Nec Pluribus Impar, Why did more people die of Covid-19 in Sweden than in other Nordic Countries?
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Revs Tom and Jamie sat down in-person for the first time to discuss all the big issues of the day from a Christian perspective. Following on from our meditation on Revelation 1:17-20, we talk about the fear that new restrictions will induce. On the same day as said restrictions were being discussed, Boris Johnson faced questions in the House over his illegal Christmas gathering at Number 10 Downing Street at the same time that he had banned festivities nationwide. We also spoke about the terrible story of the murder of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and the role that the lockdown played in the end of his life. And we finished our conversation today with an email from an Australian GP trying to come to terms with the madness of Church and society in that nation.
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In this special extra episode, Rev'd Jamie talks about how we should approach prayer in these dark times, specifically with reference to how to pray for political leaders. He also addresses the question of how we should understand and use the imprecatory Psalms, that is, those Psalms that call down God's judgment and vengeance upon one's enemies.
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For this special episode, we were hosted by Danny Doran and The Infinite Jigsaw Podcast. Danny asked Revs Jamie, Daniel and Tom to reflect on six key themes salient to the last twelve months: lockdowns in the UK and abroad; Trump, the US election and Biden; government overreach and the facemark mandates; vaccination, vaccine passports and big pharma; children as collateral damage; and climate change and wokery.
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In light of the fact that our regular episode is different this week, Reverend Jamie shares a couple of notices and leads us through the next section of the Book of Revelation, encouraging us to keep our eyes fixed on the glory of Jesus Christ in this Advent and season, regardless of what political turmoil is going on around us. The Scripture this week is taken from Revelation 1:10-16.
For Susan Stanfield's work, please see healthjusticetees.com and healthjusticetees.co.uk (the latter is under construction).
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Revs Daniel and Jamie were joined by American journalist and author of The Benedict Option and Live not by Lies Rod Dreher for the second half of this week's episode. We spoke to Rod about the challenges facing Christians today as secular society moves in a direction ever more antithetical to Christianity. We also get Rod's most up-to-date thoughts on movements in the culture, including his concerns about the emerging global tyranny riding on the back of the Covid crisis.
In the first half, Daniel and Jamie talk about Durham Cathedral's vaccine mandate for Christmas services and the ever-increasing levels of vaccine tyranny in Austria and Australia.
Our Scripture this week is taken from Revelation 1:4-9.
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Links:Archbishop Cranmer, Durham Cathedral demands Covid passports for Christmas worship
Toby Young, Britain should beware Plan B - Europe’s Covid vendetta will end in imprisonment for the unvaccinated
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Revs Tom and Jamie get together to talk the Book of Revelation, COP26's Tower of Babel style failure, Rev Jamie's controversial tweet about having large families and Rod Dreher's article in support.
In the final hour we were joined by cultural critic and commentator Esther O' Reilly/Bethel McGrew and discuss the Austrian vaccine apartheid, Esther’s coming out as a real person, her developing views on the Covid vaccines in light of her own mother's vaccine injury, rifts in Church and society caused by vaccine apartheid and (very, very briefly) her thoughts on Joe Biden!
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Lydia McGrew Vaccine Injury
Neither Vaccinated Nor Unvaccinated: How Churches Imposing Vaccine Mandates Are Dividing Christians With A ‘Different Gospel’
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The original team return this week. Revs Tom and Jamie review the very serious COP26 conference, paying particular attention to Justin Welby's rather extreme comments on the subject of climate catastrophe, Prince Charles' somewhat megalomaniacal suggestions and the mysterious climate confessional which invites delegates to confess their climate sins. We also comment on the nudge culture which is being openly promoted by Sky. And in Covid news there's the terrible and senseless reality of care home workers being clapped one minute and sacked the next for not taking the Covid-19 vaccine. The spectre of mandatory vaccination for NHS staff is also on the agenda this week.
Our Scripture this time is taken from Ephesians 3.
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Innovative remote-control mask
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Prince Charles megalomania
Daily Sceptic, Nice Totalitarianism
Spiked, Big Media is turning into Big Brother
Guardian, Ministers launch TV ad campaign to tackle care worker shortage
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For this special episode, the Revd Jamie Franklin is joined by the Revd Professor Michael Northcott, Emeritus Professor of Ethics at the University of Edinburgh and now Visiting Professor at Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Michael was also ordained in the Church of England in 1982 and worked in full-time priestly ministry for ten years. As well as specialising in ethics, Michael is also well-known for his writings on environmental issue and their relationship to theology.
In this very broad-reaching conversation, Michael gives his take on the ethically dubious nature of the response to Covid-19, including the usage of the drug Midazolam in UK care homes, the breakdown of the academy and the Church due to the incursion of the ideology of Human Resources, true environmentalism and how COP26 and the climate catastrophisers are exploiting this situation in order to bring about a technocratic, globalist government, and why we should all spend a lot more time outdoors.
This is an explosive interview and is guaranteed to divide opinion!
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Responding to the COP26 event in Glasgow this November, Irreverend hosts and Church of England vicars Revd Dr Jamie Franklin and Revd Daniel French are joined by Senior Minister of the Tron Church, Glasgow, Revd Dr William Phillip to discuss the climate change movement.
Should Christians support the climate agenda or critique it? What does the Bible and Christian tradition have to say that is relevant to the topic of climate change? Why is the Church seemingly so overwhelmingly supportive of this particular political agenda? We aim to provide some helpful answers.
Links:
William Phillip - COP26: Climate Change Zealots Doubling As Christians in Name Only
Dave Brennan - What is a pagan goddess doing in a place of Christian worship?
Neil Oliver - We haven’t even got past Halloween but it’s already panto season at COP26
Steve Koonin - Unsettled?
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In this very special episode, Revd Dr Jamie Franklin sat down with Joe Boot of the Ezra Institute for Cultural Reformation. We discussed the relationship between Church and State and how it applies in the age of Covid-19, the need for Christians to rediscover a fully-orbed world and life view, the climate change agenda and the emerging technocratic authoritarianism.
For more information on Joe Boot, please go to https://www.ezrainstitute.ca. His new book Ruler of Kings will be available from https://www.wilberforcepublications.co.uk in the next few months.
Joe’s podcast can be found here: https://www.ezrainstitute.ca/resource-library/podcast/
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In this week's episode, Reverends Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down with Christine Padgham. Christine is host of the Coronastories podcast and blogs at https://informscotland.uk on Covid statistics. She is also a member of the Health Advisory and Recovery Team or HART which provides medical and scientific commentary on the Covid crisis. As well as other things, we talk about why it seems that the whole world seems not to care that none of the interventions appear to be working and, in many cases, are making things worse. What is the moral and spiritual significance of this situation?
Our Scripture this week is taken from Luke 12:49-56.
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Should the Church of England be more elusive than inclusive? Is the Church shutting out social and cultural conservatives in their millions because of an enthusiasm to draw in political progressives, SJWs? Rev Daniel French explores these questions and reads an article he wrote in the Mallard online magazine last week which has travelled well online and caused some discussion. https://mallarduk.com/does-the-church-of-england-want-you-daniel-a-french/
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Revs Tom and Jamie sit down to discuss a sad week which saw the brutal murder of one of the few great men in public life, Sir David Amess. We discuss the political, religious and cultural issues that this event raises, and we celebrate something of the goodness of the man himself. We also look at an article by Tom Woodman which confesses that he cannot bring himself to have children because of the apocalyptic threat that the climate change phenomenon presents to us. We also review the decision of Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali to swim the Tiber and convert from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism.
Our Scripture this week is taken from Psalm 8.
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Links:Archbishop Cranmer - Death is the price we pay for freedom (https://archbishopcranmer.com/david-amess-death-is-the-price-we-pay-for-freedom/)
Archbishop Cranmer - Sir David Ames, "I was born a Roman Catholic, and I'll die a Roman Catholic." (https://archbishopcranmer.com/sir-david-amess-i-was-born-a-catholic-and-i-will-die-a-catholic/)
Tom Woodman - Having a child is the grandest act of climate destruction (https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/having-a-child-is-the-grandest-act-of-climate-destruction)
Gavin Ashenden - The impact and significance of Michael Nazir-Ali's conversion to catholicism (https://www.christiantoday.com/article/the.impact.and.significance.of.michael.nazir.alis.conversion.to.catholicism/137567.htm)
Emmanuel Christian School Oxford - Let the Amen sound from his people again (https://ecschool.co.uk/2021/07/29/let-the-amen-sound-from-his-people-again/)
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In this week's episode, Revs Jamie and Tom sit down to talk about all the various things that we normally do, including this week Sajid Javid and Nadhim Zahawi writing a letter to encourage children to "come forward" for the vaccine after about only 10% have so far, the importance of touch and embodied community and how can the Church truly recover after its disastrous response to Covid.
Our Scripture this week is from Psalm 39, on biblical anger.
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Joint letter from Javid and Zahawi
Punjab province blocks SIM card of the unvaccinated
Have Continuing Covid Restrictions in Schools Left Children Feeling Unfurnished, Permanently Waiting for the Upholsterer?
Church Architects, They're not coming back
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Join Revs Tom, Daniel and Jamie for the one-year anniversary special of Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs! Our Scripture is taken from Philippians 4:8-9. We reflect on a year's worth of pertinent, theological analysis of current events through the medium of the "Irreverend Awards", a full list of the winners (and losers) is below these notes, but, please, don't spoil the surprise! Thanks to all who have been with us through this year and here's to another year of Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs!
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The Irreverend Awards
Best Bible verse/passage
Matthew 11:28-30 (Tom), Hebrews 2:15 (Daniel), Romans 12:21 (Jamie)
Best book of Bible
Revelation (Jamie), Genesis (Daniel), Job (Thomas)
Best hymn
Father, hear the prayer we offer (Thomas), Let all mortal flesh keep silent (Daniel), I bind unto myself today (Jamie)
Best song
Uprising (Muse), Wake Up (Jamie), Blinding Lights (Daniel)
Best film
V for Vendetta (Tom), A Hidden Life (Daniel), Greenland (Jamie)
Best television show
The Great Pottery Throwdown (Tom), Loki (Daniel), The Last Kingdom (Jamie)
Best novel
War and Peace, Tolstoy (Jamie), That Hideous Strength, CS Lewis (Tom), The Circle, Dave Eggers (Daniel)
Best spiritual/Christian/theological book
The Benedict Option, Rod Dreher (Tom), Live not by Lies, Dreher (Daniel), City of God, St Augustine (Jamie)
Best priest/church leader
Bernard Randall (Daniel), Douglas Wilson (Jamie), Phill Sacre (Tom)
Best bishop
St Augustine (Tom), Michael Nazir-Ali (Daniel), Bishop Carlo Maria Vigano (Jamie)
Best journalist
Calvin Robinson (Daniel), James Delingpole (Jamie), Lionel Shriver (Thomas)
Best politician
Sir Robert Simms (Tom), Charles Walker (Daniel), Ron DeSantis (Jamie)
Best podcast
Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs (Tom), London Calling (Daniel), The Rest is History (Jamie)
Biggest inspiration
Laura Dodsworth for A State of Fear and general engagement (Daniel), Zoe Willis on home education (Jamie), Alan Titchmarsh (Tom)
Best food
Steak (Jamie), Sweet and Sour Chicken (Tom), “Winking Prawn” BBQ (Daniel)
Best episode of Irreverend
Laura Dodsworth, Hearing our Fears (Tom), Esther O’ Reilly, Legend of Banter (Daniel), Eucharist Debate w/ Tom and Jamie (Jamie)
Best news (excluding the “Good News”)
Firing of Matt Hancock (Jamie), Churches staying open over third lockdown (Tom),
Best Tweet
@bennyjohnson, Oct 5
Scientists at Pfizer are saying the same things that get regular people deplatformed and labelled conspiracy theorists. Project Veritas does it again.
Best blog
Esther O’ Reilly, Young Fogey (joint award)
Most likely destination outside of the Church of England?
Free Church of England (Tom), Anglican Church of North America (Daniel), Eastern Orthodox (Jamie)
Raspberry Award
Harry and Meghan (
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For this special episode of the podcast, Rev'd Dr Jamie Franklin is joined by Dr Ali Haggett, academic and practitioner in the areas of mental health and well-being, and Rev'd Dr William Philip, former cardiologist and senior minister of the Tron Church, Glasow, to discuss the neglect and abuse of residents in the UK's care homes. Restriction of visitors, blanket do not resuscitate orders, exposure of the elderly to infection when the nation was told they had been put within a "protective ring", shoddy practices around medical certificates of cause of death and the redefinition of "end of life" to restrict access of loved ones at crucial moments: what does the treatment of the elderly and those who are in care reveal about the nature of society and is there anything that can be done about it?
Links:
Ali Haggett, Protecting them to Death
Unlock Care Homes
People's Care Watchdog
Rights for Residents
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After a discussion of the fuel shortage crisis and the superiority of Medieval civilisation to our own, Revs Jamie, Daniel and Tom move on to a consideration of the Covid-19 narrative as a type of religious phenomenon, the role of sin in the modern Church conversation and the topic of biblical conspiracy theories!
Our Scripture this week is taken from Psalm 2.
Please consider supporting the King Alfred School by buying a book from their Amazon Wishlist for their new school library.
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Hans Boersma, Why I am a Conspiracy Theorist
Christ the Redeemer 'wears' mask to raise Covid-19 awareness
NY Governor Kathy Hochul preaches the Gospel of Covid
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Church of England revs Tom and Jamie sit down to talk about the big events of the day. We review the worrying level of vitriol that is being directed towards the unvaccinated in the media and look at a recent argument made by The Gospel Coalition that vaccine passports should be allowed in churches. In a more edifying section, we read about the story of St Charles Borromeo, whose response to the late sixteenth century plague in Milan was quite different to that of our church leaders today. We also talk about a recent article by Carl Trueman and Alexandra Desanctis, which argues that the right to abort one's children is a denial of the humanity of women. Our email of the week deals with the question of tithing and the role that money plays in the life of a believer.
Our Scripture this week is taken from Romans 13:1-7, through which we consider the relationship and obligations of the individual believer to the state.
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GCSE media studies to cover Rashford's food campaign
'Anti-vaxxers want to kill your babies, stage a coup and cause another lockdown'
The Gospel Coalition Argues For Vaccine Passports To Attend Church
Saint Charles Borromeo's Courageous Response to the Plague
Are Women Still Human?
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In this special episode, Rev Jamie Franklin sits down with Director of Brephos Ministries, Dave Brennan. Brephos is a ministry that helps Christians and churches to think through the issue of abortion and related challenges. In this conversation, Jamie and Dave discuss the Covid-19 vaccines specifically with regards to the use of human embryonic tissue in their development and testing. What has the Church's response been to the fact of the use of this aborted foetal tissue? How should a Christian respond to these facts? And what can the current response tell us about the spiritual health of the Church and our nation?
For Dave's ministry, please see: https://www.brephos.org
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Church of England vicars Daniel and Jamie sit down to talk about: totalitarianism in Scripture and in our world today; the Covid vaccinations being approved for 12-15 year-olds by Chris Whitty; recent confusion over vaccine passports; and the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Pope and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew's recent foray into world events, 'A Joint Message for the Protection of Creation'.
Our Scripture this week is taken from Daniel 3, the incident of the fiery furnace.
Daniel's three book recommendations are: Rowan Williams, Looking East in Winter; Michael Ward, After Humanity; and Sohrab Ahmari, The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos.
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Links:Get your children vaccinated against Covid, parents are told
Johnson confused about vaccine passports
Welby, Francis and Bartholomew statement on climate change
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Church of England vicars Tom and Jamie sit down to talk about the week's news, including: Sajid Javid says that parental consent will not be needed for the jab rollout for 12-15s after the decision on the jabs was re-delegated to the Chief Medical Officer because the JCVI did not recommend it; the government denies that there will be a lockdown this October, despite somebody leaking the possibility of one to the press; the Texas abortion "heartbeat" law that makes illegal any abortion that takes place in the state of Texas after six weeks; and the exciting news that Jeff Bezos is funding an anti-ageing startup in the hope of finding the key to eternal life.
Our Scripture this week is taken from Luke 12:15-21, the Parable of the Rich Fool.
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Links:
12-15 year olds to get final say on the jab
UK Medical Freedom Alliance open letter to headteachers on vaccination
October Lockdown
Jeff Bezos funds anti-ageing startup
Incrementalism and the Texas Abortion Law, Doug Wilson
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Revs Daniel and Tom are away this week, so this is Rev Jamie with a quick update on a few things and some thoughts on the recent Terence Malick film A Hidden Life.
If you'd like something to listen to in lieu of the pod this week, have a look at Jamie's recent conversation with Ralph from Right Reaction, "For a Christian Defence".
Also of interest might be Rev Jamie's recent article "Radical Hospitality – A Theological Argument against Vaccine Passports in Churches".
Other links from this week:
The King Alfred School
Rev'd Dr William Philip on GB news with Neil Oliver
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Vicars Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to discuss the latest news from a theological and scriptural perspective.
Our opening Scriptures are Zechariah 3 and Romans 5:1-12: the message of the righteousness of Christ given to unworthy sinners.
We talked about the notion of vaccine passports in church and society, and we review some theological arguments that have been made against "vaccine sceptics". Other topics include the recent mass shootings in Plymouth and the "incel" community. In addition, we revisit the situation in Afghanistan and talk about the situation for women, young girls and Christian churches and pastors.
Please do sign and share our open letter to the PM on vaccine passports and check out our recent discussion with some of the main signatories.
Whoever you are, please sign and share the Together Declaration against vaccine passports in society: https://togetherdeclaration.org/
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Joshua R. Farris, The Theology Missing from the Vaccine Debates
Melanie McDonagh, Why Incels aren't Terrorists
Naama Kates, What the media gets wrong about incels
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Revs Tom and Jamie sit down to discuss the big stories of the day, beginning with the withdrawal of Western troops from Afghanistan. What has this got to do with Christianity? Quite a lot actually. Further, we review madness north of the wall as the benign leader of People's Republic of Scotland seeks to makes extraordinary Covid powers, well, a bit more ordinary and teachers are told that they should encourage four year-olds in their transgenderism without informing their parents. And we revisit the COVID vaccines and ask whether they should be boycotted because of their proximity to the abortion industry.
Our Scripture this week is taken from John 1:14, as we reflect upon the Incarnation and how it relates to transhumanism and "transnaturism".
Please do sign and share our open letter to the PM on vaccine passports and check out our recent discussion with some of the main signatories.
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Links:Links:
The West has Lost its Virtue - Paul Kingsnorth
Scottish Government seeks to make COVID powers permanent
Scottish four-year olds can change gender at school without parental consent
The plague, the vaccine and our Jeremiah Moment
Can I take a vaccine made from aborted babies? Desiring God Ministries
Let’s Get A Few Things Cleared Up: Testing, Cell Lines and Fetal Tissue - Children of God for Life
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Revs Tom and Jamie return to talk about: A-Levels results and why our education secretary won't reveal his; Libertarianism, Freedom and Collectivism; the coming climate change apocalypse; the ethics of vaccinating 16 and 17 year-olds, the axing of dissenting advisor Robert Dingwall and a return to the issue of the United Beach Mission's banning of unvaccinated volunteers; and vaccine passports domestically and abroad.
Our Scripture this week is taken from Psalm 127: "Except the Lord builds the house, the labourers labour in vain."
Please do sign and share our open letter to the PM on vaccine passports and check out our recent discussion with some of the main signatories.
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Links:
Open Letter to the Prime Minister concerning vaccine passports: https://vaccinepassportletter.wordpress.com/
Climate Change "Code Red for Humanity": https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-58130705
Dissenting advisor axed from government vaccination committee:
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/revealed-robert-dingwall-axed-as-government-advisor
Israel Hayom, No Mercy on Vaccine Opponents: https://www.israelhayom.co.il/opinions/article/3913274/
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Something a bit different for this podcast extra. A special episode in which Rev Jamie is joined by his better half, Lorna, and Catholic blogger and mother of four Zoe Willis to talk about home education, motherhood and parenting in the age of madness through which we are currently living.
Among the topics discussed were: Why Homeschooling?; Homeschooling as cultural memory and resistance to totalitarianism; Tips for those who can't or don't want to; Common myths and objections: Won't my children turn into weirdos? I'm not clever enough to home educate.
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Education Otherwise: https://www.educationotherwise.org/
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Conquest Books Homeschool Curricula: https://www.conquestbooks.co.uk/
Monkey Mum, How much time in school is actually spent learning?: https://monkeymum.blog/2015/09/13/time-is-precious/
Peter Gray, Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life, 2013
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In this special episode, Rev Dr Jamie Franklin speaks with some of the co-authors and principal signatories of the Open Letter from Christian Leaders to the Prime Minister Concerning Vaccine Passport Proposals from April 2020. In light of the announcements in July that Vaccine Passports are set to become a reality in nightclubs and other crowded venues, we discuss the three main points of our original letter, which has now been reopened for signatures and will be resent to the PM and all MPs. We contend that these proposals are illogical and irrelevant from a medical and scientific standpoint, that they are immoral from a societal standpoint and that they are unacceptable to the Church and impossible theologically.
If you are a Christian leader in a church or a Christian organisation, we ask that you consider signing this letter. Whoever you are, please share it far and wide on your social media channels and in any other appropriate way. Thank you!
Joining Rev Jamie were Rev Dr William Philip of the Tron Church in Glasgow, Rev David Johnson of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland and Rev Paul Levy of the Ealing International Presbyterian Church in London.
Links:
Letter from Christian Clergy to PM Opposing Vaccine Passports - https://vaccinepassportletter.wordpress.com
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Back this week with Revs Jamie and Daniel tackling the racism crisis in football, the COVID crisis in humanity and the global warming crisis in the world! What will become of us?
If you are a Christian leader in a church or Christian organisation, please sign our letter opposing vaccine passports. Do share also whoever you are! - https://vaccinepassportletter.wordpress.com/
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Letter from Christian Clergy to PM Opposing Vaccine Passports - https://vaccinepassportletter.wordpress.com/
Footballers still taking the knee next season - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58079081
United Beach Mission bans the unvaccinated - https://dailysceptic.org/2021/07/23/christian-organisation-tells-the-unvaccinated-theyre-not-welcome/
Next COVID variant could kill one in three -
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9844701/SAGE-Covid-variant-kill-one-three-people.html
Doug Wilson, "Kicked out of Hell for Lying" -
https://dougwils.com/books-and-culture/s7-engaging-the-culture/occams-noose.html
Rowan Williams: “Greta Thunberg is a great prophet” - https://anglican.ink/2021/07/28/greta-thunberg-is-a-prophet-for-our-times-declares-rowan-williams/
Church Times, Priests who Protest - https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2021/23-july/features/features/religious-protestors-tables-to-be-overturned
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We're off this week, so to keep you going, here is Rev Jamie's near two-hour long conversation with Carbon Mike from back in November 2020.
Carbon Mike is a software engineer, conservative, social critic and the host of the Dangerous Space podcast. He describes himself as a "pilgrim" when it comes to faith, meaning that he's not quite there but he is very sympathetic. He also has a very cool voice. We spoke at length about many subjects including the faith, Covid-19, government opposition to Christianity and conservatism, social media and technology, and lots of other things.
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Irreverend reaches 40 this week. To mark the occasion, Revs Daniel, Jamie and Tom review the recent government edict that nightclubs and "crowded venues" will from September only be frequented by the double-vaccinated. We feature an article on biopolitics and the biosecurity state from American priest and scholar Peter Leithart. We also talk about the shocking actions of a vicar in the Church of England who had the temerity to sing a song of praise to Christ in his church building and to bring Bibles into the same. He is rightly being driven out of his job by the parish authorities. It's good somebody is keeping their heads straight in these crazy times!
Our Scripture discussion this week is taken from John 3:16.
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Peter Leithart - From Sword to Syringe
Sky News - Proof of full vaccination condition of entry to nightclubs from end of September
Daily Mail - Church of England vicar, 52, faces the sack for breaking Covid rules after hugging a mourner, singing a hymn with no mask on and putting out Bibles
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Revs Jamie and Daniel get together to discuss the fallout from England's final loss at Euro 2020: Is the UK systemically racists or is this the work of Chinese Twitter Bots? We also talk about the latest movements towards a Covid-19 biostate in England and much more so in France. We cover latest developments in Church of England news, including a large "Thank You NHS" flag draped upon an altar in a building in Tenterden, Kent. And finally we assess the possibility of humans marrying robots within the next thirty years.
Our Scripture this week is Psalm 121.
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Links:
Marcus Rashford "overwhelmed" as hundreds gather at mural for anti-racism demo
Church to apologise for expulsion of Jews from medieval England
Macron's Covid Crackdown
It's time to rebel - the Church of England is abandoning its flock
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Special episode in which Tom and Jamie take on some very interesting questions: Can I be a Christian without the Church? How do we cope with all the pain and suffering in the world? What about that Marian theology? Is there a rapture? Is there salvation outside of Christ?
If you would like to send in questions for a future episode, please email us as irreverendpod@gmail.com!
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Jamie and Tom begin with a profound rumination on comedy and contemporary culture before delving into the serious issue of a Labour MP's attempt to introduce abortion up to term for any reason in the UK. We discuss the latest Covid-19 news, including a helpful blog that may assist you or loved ones in climbing down from the fear. We finish up with a discussion of the Church of England's General Synod's plan to plant 1,000 churches in the next ten years and a very moving email of the week.
Our Scripture this week is Psalm 139.
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Links:Right to Life News - Attempt to introduce abortion on demand, for any reason, up to birth fails
Daily Mail - Britain won't return to normal until at least next SPRING: Chris Whitty warns
iNews - Local lockdowns could still be imposed after Covid ‘freedom day’ if new variants emerge, Sajid Javid reveals
Lockdown Sceptics - Pro-Lockdown SAGE Advisor Stephen Reicher Thinks Caring about Freedom is Selfish
Coronababble - The 3-Step, COVID-Propaganda Detox Plan
Church Times - Synod to discuss target of 10,000 new lay-led churches in the next ten years
Archbishop Cranmer - ‘Key limiting factors’: the end of stipendiary parish ministry
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In this special episode, Jamie sits down with New York based software engineer and cultural commentator Carbon Mike to talk about the general state of things. Topics include gain of function research in the Wuhan lab, Malthusianism and its influence on current affairs, the social and biological catastrophe of lockdowns, the religious significance of the Covid-19 vaccination project, technocracy, the relationship of the state to "science" and the Great Reset and other ostensible conspiracy theories.
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In one of the most significant twists in the Covid-19 story to date, this week the Health Secretary Matt Hancock was exposed by The Sun newspaper as having an affair with an aide in breach of his own social distancing guidelines. Hancock tried to cling on but eventually resigned and was replaced by Sajid Javid. We look at Matthew 23 and ask what Christ's denunciation of the Scribes and Pharisees has to teach us about this sordid state of affairs.
Before that we review the more positive stories of the week: England doing in well in football! Cycling being interesting (for Tom)! And, of course, the great freedom march that happened in central London on Saturday June 26th. A wonderful time was had by all!
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Revs Jamie and Daniel get together to discuss recent affairs such as the elite's seeming contempt for their own Covid-19 rules and the MOD's government briefing paper on "augmented humanity". We also compile a pretty solid reading list of relevant dystopian novels.
Our Scripture this week is taken from Genesis 11, the story of the Tower of Babel. We talk about how this story relates to our contemporary political world encompassing themes of utopianism and a denial of nature as created by God.
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Revs Tom, Jamie and Daniel discuss the entirely unsurprising extension of the lockdown beyond June 21st, touching on the effects upon the NHS and the implications for weddings specifically. We also discuss the vaccine roll-outs and concerns around children's vaccination. We finish with something completely different (thankfully!).
Our Scripture this week is taken from Ephesians 6:10-20, as Rev Daniel compares the shield of full armour of God to the contemporary shields of masks and PPE.
Links:
Dr Renee Hoenderkamp - We cannot allow our country to become a draconian dystopia
Martin Robinson - Wedding chaos caused by lockdown extension
Bret Weinstein - How to Save the World in Three Easy Steps (video) and podcast version
Neville Hodgkinson - This untested vaccine should never have been released. The truth will out and heads will roll
Steve Kirsch - Should you get vaccinated?
Dr Ros Jones, Rev'd Dr William Philip, Rev'd Dr Jamie Franklin - The Pulse, Child Vaccination Ethics
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Laura Dodsworth joins Revs Jamie and Tom for the second half of this episode. Before that we discuss latest developments including identity politics in football and cricket, the lockdown probably not ending on June 21st, and a joint letter from Humanists UK and Churches Together urging as many people as possible to get vaccinated.
We speak to Laura about her fantastic new book, A State of Fear, and all sorts of issues arising from it, including the Church's response, how to bring about reconciliation and healing and where we go from here.
Our Scripture this week is taken from John 8:31-38, 44-45: the lies which enslave and the truth which sets us free.
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For Laura Dodsworth, find her website at www.lauradodsworth.com and follow her on Twitter @barereality.
For Humanists and Christians: https://humanism.org.uk/2021/06/02/humanists-and-christians-urge-as-many-as-possible-to-get-vaccinated-against-covid-19/ and https://humanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021-05-11-PG-Covid-19-vaccine-Churches-statement.docx.pdf
For Jamie's piece on ethical issues arising from Covid-19 vaccines: https://jamiefranklin.wordpress.com/2021/05/31/ethical-considerations-concerning-covid-19-vaccinations/
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We're off on our hols this week, so we thought we'd put out our first ever episode on the Fear of Death from all the way back in October 2020. We hope you enjoy going with us right back to the beginning of the podcast and look forward to being with you properly again next time!
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Revs Tom and Jamie are joined by the Rev'd Dr Bernard Randall for the second half of this special episode. In this first half, we discuss John 3:16-21 and what it tells us about lies and truth in the modern world, Dominic Cummings' latest foray into public life, vaccine efficacy, how to pray, the "COVID pantomime", cognitive behavioural therapy and the NHS's "biggest data grab in history".
In the second half, Bernard Randall tells us the story of how he was attacked and fired from his job as chaplain of Trent College for preaching a sermon on critical thinking and making up your own mind. And we discuss many of the implications of this sad turn of events.
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https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/13/nhs_data_grab/
https://christianconcern.com/news/school-chaplain-reported-to-terrorist-watchdog-for-sermon-on-identity-politics/
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Revs Tom, Jamie and Daniel get together to discuss the way that the government have used fear to control people, the recent attack on people who do not want to have COVID-19 vaccinations and the projection of the words "vaccine saves" onto the statue of Christ the Redeemer.
Our Scripture this week is taken from Isaiah 43:1-2, which speaks of God's intention that we not live lives characterised by fear.
Links:The Telegraph - Use of fear to control behaviour in Covid crisis was ‘totalitarian’, admit scientists
Cake and Liberty - Oi Missus, Where's Your Bell?
The Independent - This is what we do about anti-vaxxers: No job. No entry. No NHS access
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Revs Tom, Jamie and Daniel get together to discuss: hugging, the local elections, Michael Gove's personal email to Jamie on vaccine passports, the masked gargoyle in St Alban's Cathedral, racist Church monuments and what vicars are being asked to do about them, and Dr Bernard Ridley, reported to a counter-terrorism unit for preaching a sermon about tolerance!
Our Scripture this week is taken from John 17:15-19, through which we ask the question: is the Church of England really allowing itself to be guided by the truth as revealed by Christ or is it merely jumping onto fashionable political bandwagons in search of approval from the world?
Notices:For information on how to either attend or view online Dr Edward Dowler's Pusey House address, The Church and the Virus, please see http://www.puseyhouse.org.uk/lectures.html or send an email to pusey.chapel@stx.ox.ac.uk to be added to the mailing list for the Zoom link.Thanks so much to all of our new Patreons! Your support is overwhelming and encouraging. If you would like to join our Patreon community, please go to https://www.patreon.com/irreverend. You can support us starting from £3 a month (plus VAT).
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Links:Daniel French (Spectator) - The CofE's misguided obsession with statues
Christian Concern - School chaplain reported to terrorist watchdog for sermon on identity politics
Methodist Covenant Prayer
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The gruesome twosome Revs Tom and Jamie get stuck into some meaty conversation from the book of Acts about the possibility of Christianity being persecuted in our lands before long. As evidence of this, we cover the arrest of street preacher John Sherwood who was detained overnight in a police cell for expounding upon the first chapter of the book of Genesis in public!
We repair the awful oversight of not talking about the huge London protest march that occurred on Saturday 24th April and was totally ignored by the UK media.
We ask how the church can continue to allow itself to be run by men like Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock, the latter of whom this week has reopened the conversation around euthanasia and who is transforming the NHS general practice into an online service with horrendous results.
In church news, we discuss the significance of not singing and the continued absence of the common chalice! We also review the latest update on church bell-ringing and bring to bear a chilling email of the week.
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This week sees the three ecclesiastical musketeers Tom, Jamie and Daniel take on the subjects of fear and death in the context of the present crisis. In politics, we discuss Johnny Mercer's dramatic resignation from the government describing it as, amongst other things, a "cesspit".
In the Church, we review the shocking news that a quarter of Brits say they would take spiritual advice from a robot priest and the various implications of ordained AI ministry. We also tackle developments in church bell-ringing and look at the Church of England's 'From Lament to Action' anti-racism report and some robust epistolary feedback from Calvin Robinson.
Finally we read out two emails of the week which help us to settle the perennial question, "Is the COVID disaster best explained as incompetence, ideology, conspiracy or all three?"
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Back to the original duo this week, as reverends Tom and Jamie discuss ALL the big stuff.
We start with a conversation about Boris Johnson's most recent tedious doom-mongering. Is he a "floundering buffoon", a puppet or something even more sinister?
We talk vaccines and vaccine passports. Tony Blair has said that we need even more "publicity" in order to "confront vaccine hesitancy". And our vaccine passport letter bears fruit as we go national and become the news! All links at the end of the show notes.
In Ireland, Christianity is now functionally illegal and finally some (Roman) church leaders have decided to speak up to a certain degree.
We feature the Lament to Action report coming from the CofE, which is of course "deeply institutionally racist". The report outlines the measures that are going to be taken to correct this ostensible reality.
Finally, we end with a deeply moving email of the week from a dear listener.
We encourage listeners to write to your MPs and tell them that we will not put up with any vaccine passports. Please also submit evidence to the cross-parliamentary commission that has been set up - https://committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evidence/438/covid-19-vaccine-certification/ - even if it just to summarise the contents of our letter - https://vaccinepassportletter.wordpress.com.
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Media Links for our Vaccine Passport Letter:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/17/1000-vicars-vow-defy-vaccine-passport-plans-churches/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56781724
https://www.christianaid.org.uk/campaigns/uprooted-and-overlooked/open-letter-from-faith-leaders
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/an-open-letter-from-christian-leaders-concerning-vaccine-passports
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/church-vaccine-passports-boris-johnson-b1833036.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/17/uk-church-leaders-warn-against-dangerous-vaccine-passport-plans
https://www.christiantoday.com/article/nearly.1000.church.leaders.sign.letter.opposing.vaccine.passports/136656.htm
https://unherd.com/thepost/church-leaders-vaccine-passports-would-be-un-christian/
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A veritable panel this week, as regular co-hosts Revs Daniel, Jamie and Tom are joined by bona-fide American political commentator Esther O'Reilly. We talk about GraceLife Church in Canada whose pastor was jailed for a month for ignoring COVID restrictions and is now conducting meetings with his congregation in an undisclosed location. We also talk about elder isolation in the States and ask Esther if everyone in the US is as fed up with Fauci as they are here with Whitty (they are). We discuss vaccines again and update our audience on our vaccine passport campaign, which has now garnered well over a thousand signatures, is being picked up by the national press and has received favourable support from multiple MPs. We check out Edwina Curry's Dolores Umbridge impersonation as she declares that she does not want the great unvaccinated anywhere near her. We also discuss the latest dubious and manipulative misinformation coming at us from 10 Downing Street. And we bid a fond farewell to the Legend of Banter, Prince Philip, talking about some of our favourite quotes.
To find Esther, you can follow her on Twitter and find her blog where she shares all of her unfashionable opinions.
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If you are a leader in a church or Christian organisation, please read and sign our Vaccination Passport Letter to the Prime Minister which is still open for signatures. If you are not a leader and would like to help please send this letter to any Christian leaders you know and share it in your social media channels. Whether you are a leader or not, please write to your MP and tell him or her how much you are scandalised by the very idea of vaccine passports.
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This week Revs Tom and Jamie give it both barrels on the subject of Easter Monday's dismal, doom-mongering, life-sapping press conference, predicting imminent death for the entirety of the human race unless we wear masks forever and never touch another human being again...oh and also unless the government are allowed to create a new medical apartheid in the UK using vaccine passports.
We update our viewers on the Vaccination Passport Letter campaign, in which we voice our strong opposition to vaccines passports in society and church.
We cover the obscene police church invasion in south London, which took place on Good Friday and ask what the heck were the police thinking? And finally, we turn to the best of the listener feedback including a "mildly enjoyable rant".
If you are a leader in a church or Christian organisation, please read and sign our Vaccination Passport Letter to the Prime Minister . If you are not a leader and would like to help please send this letter to any Christian leaders you know and share it in your social media channels. Whether you are a leader or not, please write to your MP and tell him or her how much you are scandalised by the very idea of vaccine passports.
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In this week's episode, we celebrate our newly acquired number one Christian podcast in the UK status and attempt to answer some frequently asked questions and comments: What should I do if I still want to go to church and haven't got one? And the often repeated story of people either being literally excluded from churches through church closure or those who have been ostracized by the extreme, unfriendly and unwelcoming behaviour of congregations and ministers. We try to make some sense of this.
As the spectre of vaccine passports for society in general and churches in particular looms ever larger, we review some comments made by the vaccine minister this week about the subject as it pertains to churches and talk about the implications. And for a bit of light relief, we consider the possibility of a joint application for the £90,000 a year post of Chief of Staff to the Archbishop of York.
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After the customary round of hellos, we celebrate the Church's victory in Scotland in which the unconstitutional banning of services has been overturned in the courts. We move from there to assess a document given to us by a listener that comes from the CofE Bath and Wells diocese, in which an assessment is made of the Church's performance in the pandemic and what should be taken forward from it into the future. Alongside this we consider Douglas Murray's article on the findings of the Archbishop's antiracism taskforce, which was reported on in The Spectator this week. We assess the general situation after a year of lockdown and talk briefly about the enormous protest in London on Saturday and the highly misleading press coverage. Finally, our email of the week is from a listener who is a Buddhism. Apparently Buddhism hasn't come out of this crisis any better than Christianity!
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This week's episode sees Rev. Daniel, Tom and Jamie discuss a recent meeting between evangelical church leaders and the government which appears to indicate that social distancing and mask usage in churches will continue after June 21st . We also have an extensive discussion about the recent pausing of the usage of the AstraZeneca vaccine in many countries around the world. We feature our friend James Blott's excellent piece on why he is not having the vaccine. And we discuss the fallout from the tragic murder of Sarah Everard including the seemingly absurd suggestion that all men should face a curfew after 6pm and a review of the government's ongoing attempt to confiscate the power to protest through new legislation.
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In this episode, we welcome to the pod, the Reverend Phill Sacre all the way from sunny Clacton-on-Sea. We discuss the latest events such as the cultural significance of the Meghan Markle, Oprah Winfrey debacle and we take into consideration Phill's optimistic predictions around the breakdown of the lockdown narrative, the importance of the working class to this problem, and the end of the credibility of the so-called experts. We hope he's right!
For Phill's blogs on experts and his response to our discussion, see here and here. And for Phill's Understand the Bible website, see here.
Please read and sign the petition 'Do not roll out vaccine passports': https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/569957
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In this episode Revs Tom, Jamie and Daniel talk about the relationship between lockdowns, experts, Brexit and the Iraq War using an insightful Article by Phil Sacre, Will Lockdowns be the End of Experts? We also talk about the gloomy prospect of coerced vaccination. We note endorsements that the vaccine has received from the Queen and from high profile church leaders. A group of the latter released a video in which they urge people to have the vaccine in an effort to curb what they see as "misinformation".
Please read and sign the petition Do not roll out vaccine passports.
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Jamie and Daniel French take the reins for this special 20th edition of Irreverend! We review the recent governmental unveiling of a "roadmap" out of lockdown and the four tests that must be met if even this glacially paced timetable is to be met.
We get our rant on about the conservative press who are now passionately advocating for a two-tier society in which vaccination passports are used to prove that you belong to the right group.
We chat about the recent racial abuse that Calvin Robinson has received from the hard left, including a race relations charity called The Race Trust. We ask when the Church of England will issue a statement defending one of their own from racist abuse as they did when Jarel Robinson Brown received ostensibly similar treatment.
We also talk about the shock story of the week, which is that Prince Charles visited his sick, 99 year old father in hospital. People are outraged apparently, but it probably says more about them than anything else.
Email of the week comes from Rosemary who has rewritten 1 Corinthians 13 for the COVID-era. The text of her work is below these show notes for anyone who would like them.
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1 Corinthians 13 (COVID rewrite)
Though I speak with the tongues of virologists and epidemiologists, and have not Covid, I have become as a corrupted file, or an unconvincing symbol.
And though I have the gift of modelling, and a tenured post at Imperial College, and though I have all algorithms, so that I can move mountains of data, and have not Covid, I am nothing.
And though I bestow all my figures to terrify the masses, and though I allow my results to be turned around, and have not Covid, it profiteth me nothing.
Covid lasteth long, and is a bind; Covid pardoneth not; Covid transmitteth itself, its statistics are puffed up, it perpetuateth itself nosocomially, seeketh out the old, is easily contracted, causeth much evil, rejoiceth not in compassion, but perverteth the truth; distorteth all things, devalueth all things, enslaveth all things, crusheth all things.
Treatment for Covid never faileth; but whether there be cancer screening, it shall be suspended; whether there be heart problems, they shall be misdiagnosed; whether there be co-morbidities, they shall vanish away from the death certificate.
For we bully in part, and we terrify in part. But when that which is totalitarian is come, that which is in part shall be done away.
When I was a human being, I spake as a human being, I understood as a human being, l thought as a human being; but when I became a terrified zombie, I put away human things.
For now I breathe through a mask, hardly, but then with a deleted face; now I snitch in part, but then shall I snitch even as I am snitched on.
And now abideth flu, pneumonia, and Covid, these three; but the greatest of these is Covid.
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In this episode, Revs Tom and Jamie review the week's news, most notably the government's new plan to decrease the amount of Coronavirus cases to less than 1000 before the lockdown is eased. Along the way, we briefly review the Talk Radio Hitchens vs. Hodges debate, Jamie shares his own philosophical argument against lockdowns and we review some interesting listener feedback, including another instalment of one our listener's re-write of the New Testament for the age of the religion of Covidianism.
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Revs Tom and James are joined this week once again by the inimitable Rev Daniel French.
Topics for discussion include: a new era of prohibitionism as pubs may be allowed to reopen but without any alcohol - we ask, "Is it worth going to one in that case?"; the omni-competent and benevolent Matt Hancock threatens to throw citizens in jail for ten years unless they tell him where they've been on their hols, obviously a proportionate and humane measure in these uncertain times; clergyman Jarel Robinson-Brown said this week that he didn't want to join in a national clap for Sir Captain Tom Moore, involving the Church of England authorities in a game of self-imposed Twister as they conduct a review of the incident followed by multiple internal and external counter-reviews and reviews of the initial review - are we doing a good job of communicating the saving message of the Gospel to our culture through these shenanigans?; we also review an article in the Church Times which claims that we need a new ecclesiastical digital supremo to help us go fully digital, which we are assured is not an inferior form of worship but the way forward for lots of people and parishes - hmmmmm....
Finally, we end with some listener correspondence, part of which constitutes a new rewriting of the Bible for our Covidtide era, starting with a new version of the Good Samaritan.
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In this week's episode, Revs Jamie and Tom catch up on recent developments, including Tom's shocking lack of knowledge of the contemporary film world. We review a recently leaked document which suggests that 20% per cent of congregants in the CofE will not return after the pandemic restrictions are lifted, and which also postulates "radical changes" for the Church in general. We also talk through the recent Cambridge Union debate on lockdown, which was won by the anti-lockdown debaters. After all that, we get to some of the always interesting correspondence that we've been sent this week.
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Greetings friends. For this special episode, Rev J reads out his article that was recently published in the North American Anglican Journal: Living Death: An Ecclesial Apostasy.
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A simple and yet hopefully entertaining episode this week, as Revs TJ and JA catch up with the latest news and events. We have a good chat about media messaging around COVID, review some of the themes from last week, including a challenging letter in The Times from a former Dean of Wells advocating for the opening of cathedrals for worship. And after many months, Jamie's MP replies to his letter. Was the response what he was hoping for? Most important of all, we have a substantial listener feedback session, in which we give full voice to the various things that people have written to us about.
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Dear listener. Just a regular week with the home team Tom and Jamie. We review the latest pronouncements by the government to the effects that lockdown is going to last a very long time. We review the status of and growing hostility toward so-called lockdown sceptics. Jamie reveals why he prefers to use the term "anti-lockdown". We review the latest Lord Sumption controversy as he is accused of saying that some lives are intrinsically more valuable than others. And we look at the state of play in the church by reviewing Fr Jonathan Beswick's article on keeping churches open before turning to the latest cathedral craze: shutting down Holy Communion and administering COVID vaccination instead.
Stay tuned to the very, very end as we tuck in a little bit of amusing listener feedback which we left out in the main pod.
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As a special treat for our listeners, Tom and Jamie sat down for an extra conversation this week on the topic of the Real Presence in the Eucharist.
We settle the age-old question of whether or not the bread and wine really turn into Christ's body and blood...well, sort of.
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Rev Daniel French, vicar of Salcombe and occasional Spectator columnist invites us to revive the habit of regular Bible reading. In world of swamped by trivia, false and fake news, and wild conspiracies on Left and Right, we can be pleasantly surprised to find that the Bible holds a balanced view of life, a deep realism. Using some personal anecdotes and pastoral experience Daniel invites us to open the "good book" and not be too worried if at first we feel daunted because even reading a few pages in Genesis will give a kernel of the whole thing. Daniel's email is cybervicar@gmail.com
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We had the privilege of a return visit to Irreverend Land from US commentator Esther O'Reilly, sharing some in-depth perspective on the crazy events in Washington D.C. on January 6th, the legacy of Trump, the possibility of ever-greater levels of censorship and ostracisation for conservatives and maybe Christians in the US, the breakdown of the social fabric of Western Civilization, and whether or not Tom is a Zwinglian when it comes to Eucharistic Theology. So, basically, everything that is important right now.
Along the way we reference a rather provocative piece from Rod Dreher, The Left's Reichstag Fire, and we look at a piece from Mere Orthodoxy, After Evangelicalism, which attempts to conflate evangelicalism, Trumpism and scepticism about the government response to COVID.
For Garry Williams' excellent piece on why churches should remain open, see here: https://pastorsacademy.org/blog/why-churches-must-gather-for-corporate-worship/.
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Esther's blog can be found at https://www.patheos.com/blogs/youngfogey/ and she goes by @EstherOfReilly on Twitter. We also mentioned on the show A Morning in a Diner with Michigan's COVID Rebels from the US Spectator.
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Rev J shares a brief meditation upon passages Psalm 46 and Isaiah 64.
In the midst of the shaking of the nations and the weariness of the peoples, we must nevertheless bestir ourselves to take hold of God, praying for renewal in our hearts and in the Church.
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We are back with a bang this week. TJ Pelham returns from his well-earned parental leave to spread abroad his fatherly wisdom. And we are joined by educator, journalist, political activist and now Church of England ordinand Calvin Robinson!
We talk about the madness of yet another damaging and ineffective lockdown and sceptical case made by Alistair Hames for a grudging acceptance. Along the way Jamie and Tom have a gentle disagreement over the issue of the COVID vaccine and we all share concerns about whether or not the government will truly release us from lockdown once a certain amount of vulnerable people have had the jab.
We hear about Calvin's experience as a teacher and assistant principal, and how the COVID measures, particularly the shutting of the schools, is disadvantaging the poor and marginalized. And we discuss Calvin's contribution to the defund the BBC campaign and why we are being badly served by our state broadcaster and other mainstream media.
We conclude the show with a plea to priests and other church leaders to keep their churches open, and draw attention to a new website set up by a friend of the show, Andy. If you are keeping your church open, please register it on this site so that people nearby can find out where you are and that you are still worshipping together. If you're looking for a church to attend, do check out the site and see if it can help you out: www.uklockdownchurches.wordpress.com.
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Happy New Year to all our listeners! This is a special episode in lieu of the normal podcast. Rev. J looks back at the crazy year we’ve just had and forward to the future, stressing the need for repentance for our folly and faith that the Lord has purposes for whatever might be coming next.
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A special episode, Rev'd Dr J.A. Franklin's Midnight Mass sermon. The readings are taken from Isaiah 9:1-7 and Luke 2:1-14.
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Daniel French is back as co-host with J.A. Franklin this week as Tom is away on parental leave following the successful reception of his new child. Congratulations to him!
On the show, we review all of the week's doom-mongering warnings about the Christmas period. We talk about Daniel's recent and popular Spectator piece on the Vicar of Dibley taking the knee in fealty to BLM. And we conclude with a conversation about a recent document released by the Church of England Bishop's Recovery Group on the Covid vaccinations. Why does this document exist and what is it supposed to achieve? We also take into account the Church of England vision for the 2020s diagram and ask what does it all mean.
We'll be taking a break for a bit now so we'd like to wish all our listeners a very Happy Christmas and to thank them for listening to our show throughout the last few months. As always do be in touch with anything at all at irreverendpod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @irreverendpod. You can also rate and review us on iTunes. Thanks so much!
Also Mentioned:
Rod Liddle - In Defence of the Booing Millwall Fans
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This is the audio of a recent conversation that I, Rev. Jamie, had with Carbon Mike. Carbon Mike is a software engineer, conservative, social critic and the host of the Dangerous Space podcast. He describes himself as a "pilgrim" when it comes to faith, meaning that he's not quite there but he is very sympathetic. He also has a very cool voice. We spoke at length about many subjects including the faith, Covid-19, government opposition to Christianity and conservatism, social media and technology, and lots of other things. This was recorded sometime earlier in November, so please bear that in mind.
I hope you enjoy listening to it!
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In this episode, we are joined once again by priest and Spectatorjournalist Daniel French. We begin by reviewing an apparent disagreement between the Prime Minister and one of his scientific advisors at to whether or not we will carry on forever the various "behaviours" we have learned during 2020 .
We move on from that to review an article released by Premier Christianity magazine called The biblical case for not seeing family this Christmas. And we ask the age-old question, "What would Jesus do?"
Finally, after Tom beats a hasty departure for his midday meal, Daniel and Jamie discuss the question of Black Lives Matter, the Premier League and the Church's response to this important subject.
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Also MentionedGuy Adams - The avowed aims of Black Lives Matter
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We begin today with Jamie's reflection upon visiting a hospital in London to be with his family as his grandmother passed away. We reflect the importance of communicating the hope of the Gospel at this time and ask whether the Church has failed to do this.
We also discuss the state of policing in this country as another shocking video of police brutality is released showing the aggressive manhandling of a distressed citizen at a lockdown protest.
Finally, we discuss all the biggest news of the week, including the rebranding of Lockdown as Tiers 2 and 3. We critique the entire political establishment for their abject failure to fulfil their designated responsibilities and we conclude with some speculation about what the advent of the salvific vaccines may entail.
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Also Mentioned:Hattie Williams - Prolocutors defend decision to close churches
BBC - Police Storm Church in Milton Keynes
Government call for evidence on the impact of lockdown
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We begin our new episode with some correspondence concerning difficulties faced by doctors and nurses working in the NHS in the current circumstances. And we discuss a message from a listener who raises the issue of an altruistic comparison between abortion and lockdowns.
Our main theme this week is an analysis of the nations' behaviour with regard to Covid as a religious response to an ultimate enemy. Along the way we consider Rowan Williams' take on church closure and an ostensibly heroic Christian response, and we comment on the most recent release of the two archbishops of the Church of England during the recent General Synod. Can the Church expect a season of blessing and growth on the other side of the Covid crisis, or does it need to address other issues of faithfulness to God in order to obtain such a blessing?
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Also MentionedWebMD - Coronavirus on Surface: What's the Real Risk?
RetractionWhen we recorded this episode we were not sure who the "prolocutors of the two provinces" are and speculated that this might refer to the two archbishops of the Church of England. We have subsequently found out that this term refers to the two senior members of the house of clergy in each province. We apologize for this mistake and we will give more details next week.
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A lucky dip this week as we desperately try and keep up with the mad goings on in the world.
In our weekly look at science, we review the suppressed Danish mask study, which shows that wearing masks in the community made no difference to viral transmission - why does this sort of scientific evidence not affect government policy and what is the true significance of being forced to wear a mask in public? We also review the various disturbing announcements and suggestions made by state actors such as the Metropolitan Police and the Labour Party that any "misinformation" about coronavirus vaccines disseminated in public should be criminalized - why do the authorities want to shut down discussion of vaccines rather than having a debate in the public sphere? We also play out a widely commented upon clip of the health secretary Matt Hancock eulogising about the coming coronavirus vaccination programme. We discuss the NHS and the quasi-religious nature that it has taken on in our society.
We touch on the story of a baptism in North London which was broken up by the police and Jamie gives a short summary of a series of excellent lectures given by Richard Turnbull for the Christian Institute. These lectures, entitled Christian Leadership in Times of Crisis, provide an overview of biblical and historical approaches various challenges, including times of plague, and contrasts that analysis with present day responses from our Christian leaders to the Coronavirus: Part One - Biblical Teaching on Leadership in Times of Crisis; Part Two - Christian Leadership in Times of Crisis; Part Three - A Failure of Spiritual Leadership.
We end with our weekly 'Christmas Watch' section in which we note the government's ardent desire to give us at least a few days of Christmas and the penalty we might need to pay, and we comment on Lorraine Kelly's suggestion that Christmas "is gone" and that it is only a meal and a family get together anyway.
Also Mentioned:
A cluster randomised trial of cloth masks compared with medical masks in healthcare workers
Scottish Episcopal Church - Updated Guidance on Coronavirus
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Back to the home team this week as T.J. and J.A. consider an article written by Bishop of Liverpool Paul Bayes, in which it is asserted, amongst other things, that lockdown sceptics are looking for an easy way out. We discuss the nature of lockdown scepticism and whether the bishop's claim is justified. Is the lockdown sceptic position really an "easy" position to take? Are lockdown sceptics ignoring all the evidence? Or is the position actually counter-cultural and therefore more difficult to maintain in the face of the majority? Is it reasonable to imply that eminent scientists like Sunetra Gupta and Carl Heneghan are not interested in evidence? More broadly we consider what kind of "offence" Christians are supposed to cause and on which issues we are supposed to take a stand.
After that, we respond to the news of an apparent breakthrough in the Pfizer vaccine trial. We talk about the ethical and theological implications of mandating or coercing people into taking vaccines and other medical treatments, and we touch on the fact that aborted fetal tissue is often used in the production and testing of vaccines.
Finally, we look at on a headline claiming that the SAGE committee are interested in asking people to relocate Christmas to Summer 2021. We ask whether SAGE really has the power to make such profound ecclesiological pronouncements
Many apologies if you struggle to hear any of this episode. We hope it is almost all fine, but there may be one or two points when one of the speaker's volume drops a bit. We are new podcasters and produce the show ourselves. We are still tweaking our microphone and recording techniques and will endeavour to perfect them going forward!
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Dr Lisa Forsberg et al - Compulsory Vaccination for Covid-19 and human rights law
Catherine Neilan, Telegraph - Give three month freedom pass to people who have recovered from Covid
Karina Reiss, Sucharit Bhakdi - Corona, False Alarm? Facts and Figures
Laura O'Callaghan, Express - Now SAGE wants to move Christmas celebrations to SUMMER because of Coronavirus
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In this momentous week, we had the great privilege of sitting down for a virtual cup of tea with freelance writer, cultural critic and American Anglophile Esther O'Reilly.
Plenty to talk about this week including the new UK shutdown and the Church's response to the Covid restrictions in general with Esther sharing her perspective from the other side of the pond. With the US election still undecided, we talk about Trump, Christianity and why Esther did not vote for either candidate this time around. Following some listener feedback, we ask what to make of Donald Trump's interactions with Christianity. Is it genuine, political expediency or something else?
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Esther O'ReillyBlog - Young Fogey
Twitter - EstherofReilly
Till We (Don't) Have Face(mask)s
How Now Shan't We Vote
Also MentionedTrip Gabriel - A Born Again Donald Trump? Believe it, Evangelical Leader Says
Trump at March for Life
Trump at Prayer
Trump on Jesus
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In this very special episode, we sit down with the Venerable Doctor Edward Dowler, Archdeacon of Hastings in the Church of England.
We discuss four articles that Edward has written over the lockdown period. We begin with a discussion of the Church's early reaction to the pandemic, including the controversial decision to prevent clergy from praying in their own churches. We talk about face coverings and the significance of not being able to sing in church. Finally we discuss how the measures implemented by the government have diminished our lives in extremely significant ways and look to a future situation in which the Church and society are restored.
If you would like to read Edward's articles, links to all of them are available below:
Let the clergy pray in their churches
We lose much when the face is covered up
Singing a new song
People need alternatives to fear
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In a first for our podcast, we are joined by a very special guest, priest and columnist for The Spectator, the Reverend Daniel French. We discuss Daniel's experiences over the last eight months and talk about the opportunities the Church might have as a result of the change brought about in the world due to Covid. Could this be the end of the age of reason and the beginning of a new age of faith? How can we communicate a message of life in the midst of a culture of pervasive fear?
We also discuss a widely circulated article, written by Baptist pastor John Piper, in which Piper argues that a Christian should not vote for either Biden or Trump at the US election.
We end by touching on some of the disparate stories that have caught our attention, including Lord Sumption's withering attack on the UK government from a powerful legal perspective and the UK's newest political celebrity, Maureen from Barnsley.
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Links
Daniel French, Spectator columns
Follow Daniel on Twitter @holydisrupter
John Piper, Policies, Persons, and Paths to Ruin: Pondering the Implications of the 2020 Election
Michael Ots, response to Marc Surg, Why 'The Science' can't be our chief guide through the pandemic
Ian James Kidd and Matthew Ratcliff, The Critic, Welcome to Covidworld
Toby Young and Lionel Shriver, Intellectual Conformism and Lockdown Scepticism
Lord Sumption, Government by Decree - Covid-19 and the Constitution, video and transcript
Maureen from Barnsley, Appearance on Good Morning, Britain
Read Jamie's recent blog, Memories of Crowds
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We begin this episode with a comprehensive review of a recent audit published by the Daily Mail in which many of the catastrophic effects of the lockdown are laid bare. We then review a recent article written by a Christian surgeon, which is an exhortation for fellow Christians to stop dabbling in 'pseudoscientific claptrap'. We ask if the arguments presented in this article are persuasive. We finish with a short review of some of the salient themes of the important work of political theory, Covid 19: The Great Rest, written by the head of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Shwab.
Rough Timings:
Up to 27 minutes: Lockdown's Lethal Toll Laid Bare
Also mentioned in this section: 4 Newborn Babies Die in Australia due to Coronavirus Travel Restrictions
Student Dies in Lockdown after 'Suffering Severe Anxiety'
27 - 51 minutes: Christians Must Stop Embracing Pseudo-Scientific Claptrap, Mark Surg
51 minutes: The Great Reset, Klaus Schwab/Thierry Malleret
Also Mentioned:
The Great Barrington Declaration
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As restrictions tighten once again in England, Jamie and Thomas critique the ostensible communitarian basis of lockdowns, arguing that they hurt the poor and marginalized the most. They suggest, following Matthew 25:31-46, that lockdowns are not the best way of recognizing the presence of Christ in all of the world's people.
Mentioned in this episode:
World Bank - Covid-19 to add as many as 150 million extreme poor by 2021
Kaamil Almed - Hunger could kill millions more than Covid-19, warns Oxfam
Angus Dalgleish - Driven to despair, two of Professor Angus Dalgleish's colleagues took their own lives...
Spectator TV - Andrew Neil and WHO Covid-19 Envoy David Nabarro (from minute 15)
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The Reverend T.J. Pelham and The Reverend Doctor J.A. Franklin discuss the status and uses of science in our society. Is there a distinctively Christian or theological response to “the science” in the context of the Coronavirus crisis? How should Christians respond to the way that science has been wielded by politicians and the media? Should we accept these things at face value or should we look for a more nuanced approach? How do we balance the effects of one set of scientific claims with the extreme amount of damage that is being caused to people who are suffering as collateral damage from the responses to the putative threat of Covid-19?
Mentioned in this episode:
Rowina Seidler - Why Christians Must Question the Science Right Now
Karina Reiss and Sucharit Bhakti - Corona, False Alarm? Facts and Figures
Dr Sunetra Gupta, Dr. Martin Kulldorff, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya - Great Barrington Declaration
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Revs Jamie and Thomas discuss how the fear of death has affected our society since the beginning of the Coronavirus crisis. What is the Christian hope beyond death and how can it affect our response to this widespread fear? Is this fear rational, and what can the Christian faith say about it?
Mentioned in this episode:
Tom Wright - Surprised by Hope
C.S. Lewis -Out of the Silent Planet
Out of proportion: People think coronavirus is more widespread, and more deadly, than official figures show (pg. 6)
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