Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs

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!TO SUPPORT THE SHOW please see: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend and https://www.patreon.com/irreverend. Find these details and more at https://irreverendpod.com.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 Notices:Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com!Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.comJamie's Good Things Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.comIrreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.comSupport the show

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.ukFor the Frankfurt Declaration please see: https://frankfurtdeclaration.comWe 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.TO SUPPORT THE SHOW please see: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend and https://www.patreon.com/irreverend. Links: 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-vaccineCouples 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/Notices:Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com!Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.comJamie's Good Things Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.comIrreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzspSupport the show

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! For Molly Ashton's 'Another Way To Learn' please see: https://www.anotherwaytolearn.co.ukThis podcast is free and will not go behind a paywall. If you enjoy this episode, please make a one-off donation at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend or become a regular supporter at https://www.patreon.com/irreverend and receive new episodes early! You can find these details and more at our website https://www.irreverendpod.com. We appreciate your support and it will help us to expand this enterprise.Links: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/ Notices:Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com!Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.comJamie's Good Things Substack Blog/Newsletter: https://jamiefranklin.substack.comIrreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.comSupport the show

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!This podcast is free and will not go behind a paywall. If you enjoy this episode, please make a one-off donation at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend or become a regular supporter at https://www.patreon.com/irreverendand receive new episodes early! You can find these details and more at our website https://www.irreverendpod.com. We appreciate your support and it will help us to expand this enterprise.Links:Brephos' About Abortion Podcast: Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnYXup-lQE7Bj30TI9Wmkw Audio: https://anchor.fm/aboutabortionGraeme 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/ Notices:Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com!Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.comJamie's Good Things Substack Blog/Newsletter: https://jamiefranklin.substack.comIrreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.comSupport the show

This podcast is free and will not go behind a paywall. If you enjoy this episode, please make a one-off donation at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend or become a regular supporter at https://www.patreon.com/irreverendand receive new episodes early! You can find these details and more at our website https://www.irreverendpod.com. We appreciate your support and it will help us to expand this enterprise.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!Notices:Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com!Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.comJamie's Good Things Substack Blog/Newsletter: https://jamiefranklin.substack.comIrreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.com 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-Support the show

This podcast is free and will not go behind a paywall. If you enjoy this episode, please make a one-off donation at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend or become a regular supporter at https://www.patreon.com/irreverend and receive new episodes early! You can find these details and more at our website https://www.irreverendpod.com. We appreciate your support and it will help us to expand this enterprise.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!Notices:Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com!Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.comJamie's Good Things Substack Blog/Newsletter: https://jamiefranklin.substack.comIrreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.com 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/ Support the show

This podcast is free and will not go behind a paywall. If you enjoy this episode, please make a one-off donation at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend or become a regular supporter at https://www.patreon.com/irreverend and receive new episodes early! We appreciate your support and it will help us to expand this enterprise.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/Notices:Thanks to our Patreon sponsors! Support us from £1.50 plus VAT per month: https://patreon.com/irreverendGive a one-time donation at Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverendThursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.comJamie's Good Things Substack Blog/Newsletter: https://jamiefranklin.substack.comIrreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/IrreverendPodTelegram: https://t.me/irreverendpodEmail: irreverendpod@gmail.comAudio Podcast: https://irreverend.buzzsprout.comVideos on Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/IrreverendVideos on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@irreverend:5Support the show

This podcast is free and will not go behind a paywall. If you enjoy this episode, please make a one-off donation at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend or become a regular supporter at https://www.patreon.com/irreverend and receive new episodes early! We appreciate your support and it will help us to expand this enterprise.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.Notices:Thanks to our Patreon sponsors! Support us from £1.50 plus VAT per month: https://patreon.com/irreverendGive a one-time donation at Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverendThursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.comJamie's Good Things Substack Blog/Newsletter: https://jamiefranklin.substack.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/IrreverendPodTelegram: https://t.me/irreverendpodEmail: irreverendpod@gmail.comAudio Podcast: https://irreverend.buzzsprout.comVideos on Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/IrreverendVideos on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@irreverend:5Support the show

This podcast is free and will not go behind a paywall. If you enjoy this episode, please make a one-off donation at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend or become a regular supporter at https://www.patreon.com/irreverend and receive new episodes early! We appreciate your support and it will help us to expand this enterprise.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.Notices:Thanks to our Patreon sponsors! Support us from £1.50 plus VAT per month: https://patreon.com/irreverendGive a one-time donation at Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverendThursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.comJamie's Good Things Substack Blog/Newsletter: https://jamiefranklin.substack.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/IrreverendPodTelegram: https://t.me/irreverendpodEmail: irreverendpod@gmail.comAudio Podcast: https://irreverend.buzzsprout.comVideos on Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/IrreverendVideos on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@irreverend:5Support the show

This podcast is free and will not go behind a paywall. If you enjoy what we are doing, please consider supporting us on a monthly basis at our Patreon account or giving a one-off donation at Buy Me A Coffee. We very much appreciate your contribution and it will help us to expand this enterprise as we move forward in the future.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.Notices:Thanks to our Patreon sponsors! Support us from £1.50 plus VAT per month: https://patreon.com/irreverendGive a one-time donation at Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverendThursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.comJamie's Good Things Substack Blog/Newsletter: https://jamiefranklin.substack.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/IrreverendPodTelegram: https://t.me/irreverendpodEmail: irreverendpod@gmail.comAudio Podcast: https://irreverend.buzzsprout.comVideos on Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/IrreverendVideos on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@irreverend:5Support the show