Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs

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.Links:Church of England attendance halves over the last 30 yearsThe Pope says vaccines are a moral obligationNotices:Thanks to our Patreons! Support us from £1.50 plus VAT per month: https://patreon.com/irreverendJamie's Good Things Substack blog/newsletter: https://jamiefranklin.substack.comIrreverend Weekly Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/IrreverendPodTelegram: https://t.me/irreverendpodEmail: irreverendpod@gmail.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMAcRZPstCujEN4p8dF_ClQOdysee: https://odysee.com/@irreverend:5Audio Podcast: https://irreverend.buzzsprout.com Support the show

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!Notices:Thanks to our Patreons! Support us from £1.50 plus VAT per month: https://patreon.com/irreverendJamie's Good Things Substack blog/newsletter: https://jamiefranklin.substack.comIrreverend Weekly Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/IrreverendPodTelegram: https://t.me/irreverendpodEmail: irreverendpod@gmail.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMAcRZPstCujEN4p8dF_ClQOdysee: https://odysee.com/@irreverend:5Audio Podcast: https://irreverend.buzzsprout.comSupport the show

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. Links:https://cogforlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/vaticanresponse1.pdfNotices:Thanks to our Patreons! Support us from £1.50 plus VAT per month: https://patreon.com/irreverendJamie's Good Things Substack blog/newsletter: https://jamiefranklin.substack.comIrreverend Weekly Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/IrreverendPodTelegram: https://t.me/irreverendpodEmail: irreverendpod@gmail.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMAcRZPstCujEN4p8dF_ClQOdysee: https://odysee.com/@irreverend:5Audio Podcast: https://irreverend.buzzsprout.comSupport the show

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 RefusenicksKarren Brady, Make the unjabbed face their own lockdown Anne McElvoy, The unvaccinated have become a lethal liability that we can ill-affordCSPI, Have we been thinking about the pandemic wrong? The effect of population structure on transmissionNec Pluribus Impar, Why did more people die of Covid-19 in Sweden than in other Nordic Countries?Notices:Thanks to our Patreons! Support us from £1.50 plus VAT per month: https://patreon.com/irreverendJamie's Good Things Substack blog/newsletter: https://jamiefranklin.substack.comIrreverend Weekly Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/IrreverendPodTelegram: https://t.me/irreverendpodEmail: irreverendpod@gmail.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMAcRZPstCujEN4p8dF_ClQOdysee: https://odysee.com/@irreverend:5Audio Podcast: https://irreverend.buzzsprout.comSupport the show

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.Notices:Thanks to our Patreons! Support us from £1.50 plus VAT per month: https://patreon.com/irreverendIrreverend Weekly Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/IrreverendPodTelegram: https://t.me/irreverendpodEmail: irreverendpod@gmail.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMAcRZPstCujEN4p8dF_ClQOdysee: https://odysee.com/@irreverend:5Audio Podcast: https://irreverend.buzzsprout.comSupport the show

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.Notices:Thanks to our Patreons! Support us from £1.50 plus VAT per month: https://patreon.com/irreverendIrreverend Weekly Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/IrreverendPodTelegram: https://t.me/irreverendpodEmail: irreverendpod@gmail.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMAcRZPstCujEN4p8dF_ClQOdysee: https://odysee.com/@irreverend:5Audio Podcast: https://irreverend.buzzsprout.comSupport the show

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.Notices:Thanks to our Patreons! Support us from £1.50 plus VAT per month: https://patreon.com/irreverendIrreverend Weekly Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/IrreverendPodTelegram: https://t.me/irreverendpodEmail: irreverendpod@gmail.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMAcRZPstCujEN4p8dF_ClQOdysee: https://odysee.com/@irreverend:5Audio Podcast: https://irreverend.buzzsprout.comSupport the show

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).Notices:Thanks to our Patreons! Support us from £1.50 plus VAT per month: https://patreon.com/irreverendIrreverend Weekly Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/IrreverendPodTelegram: https://t.me/irreverendpodEmail: irreverendpod@gmail.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMAcRZPstCujEN4p8dF_ClQOdysee: https://odysee.com/@irreverend:5Audio Podcast: https://irreverend.buzzsprout.comSupport the show

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.Rod Dreher TwitterRod Dreher SubstackRod Dreher American ConservativeNotices:Thanks to our Patreons! Support us from £1.50 plus VAT per month: https://patreon.com/irreverendIrreverend Weekly Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/IrreverendPodTelegram: https://t.me/irreverendpodEmail: irreverendpod@gmail.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMAcRZPstCujEN4p8dF_ClQOdysee: https://odysee.com/@irreverend:5Audio Podcast: https://irreverend.buzzsprout.comLinks:Archbishop Cranmer, Durham Cathedral demands Covid passports for Christmas worshipToby Young, Britain should beware Plan B - Europe’s Covid vendetta will end in imprisonment for the unvaccinatedSupport the show

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!Esther Twitter - https://twitter.com/EstherOfReillyEsther Substack - https://estheroreilly.substack.comNotices:Thanks to our Patreons! Support us from £1.50 plus VAT per month: https://patreon.com/irreverendIrreverend Weekly Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/IrreverendPodTelegram: https://t.me/irreverendpodEmail: irreverendpod@gmail.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMAcRZPstCujEN4p8dF_ClQOdysee: https://odysee.com/@irreverend:5Audio Podcast: https://irreverend.buzzsprout.comLinks:Rod Dreher, Father Jamie Vs. A Den of VipersLydia McGrew Vaccine Injury Neither Vaccinated Nor Unvaccinated: How Churches Imposing Vaccine Mandates Are Dividing Christians With A ‘Different Gospel’Support the show