Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs

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.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.comLinks:Innovative remote-control maskJustin Welby compares COP inaction to negligence over nazism Prince Charles megalomaniaDaily Sceptic, Nice TotalitarianismSpiked, Big Media is turning into Big BrotherGuardian, Ministers launch TV ad campaign to tackle care worker shortageSupport the show

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 OnlyDave 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 COP26Steve Koonin - Unsettled?Support the show

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/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 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.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.comLinks:Does the Church of England want you? - Daniel FrenchA reason to be vaccinated: freedom - John PiperSupport the show

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/Support the show

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.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.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMAcRZPstCujEN4p8dF_ClQOdysee: https://odysee.com/@irreverend:5Audio Podcast: https://irreverend.buzzsprout.comLinks: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/)Support the show

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.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.comLinks: Joint letter from Javid and ZahawiPunjab province blocks SIM card of the unvaccinatedHave Continuing Covid Restrictions in Schools Left Children Feeling Unfurnished, Permanently Waiting for the Upholsterer?Church Architects, They're not coming backSupport the show

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!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.comThe Irreverend AwardsBest Bible verse/passageMatthew 11:28-30 (Tom), Hebrews 2:15 (Daniel), Romans 12:21 (Jamie)Best book of BibleRevelation (Jamie), Genesis (Daniel), Job (Thomas)Best hymnFather, hear the prayer we offer (Thomas), Let all mortal flesh keep silent (Daniel), I bind unto myself today (Jamie)Best songUprising (Muse), Wake Up (Jamie), Blinding Lights (Daniel)Best filmV for Vendetta (Tom), A Hidden Life (Daniel), Greenland (Jamie)Best television showThe Great Pottery Throwdown (Tom), Loki (Daniel), The Last Kingdom (Jamie) Best novelWar and Peace, Tolstoy (Jamie), That Hideous Strength, CS Lewis (Tom), The Circle, Dave Eggers (Daniel)Best spiritual/Christian/theological bookThe Benedict Option, Rod Dreher (Tom), Live not by Lies, Dreher (Daniel), City of God, St Augustine (Jamie)Best priest/church leaderBernard Randall (Daniel), Douglas Wilson (Jamie), Phill Sacre (Tom)Best bishop St Augustine (Tom), Michael Nazir-Ali (Daniel), Bishop Carlo Maria Vigano (Jamie)Best journalistCalvin Robinson (Daniel), James Delingpole (Jamie), Lionel Shriver (Thomas)Best politicianSir Robert Simms (Tom), Charles Walker (Daniel), Ron DeSantis (Jamie)Best podcastIrreverend: Faith and Current Affairs (Tom), London Calling (Daniel), The Rest is History (Jamie)Biggest inspirationLaura Dodsworth for A State of Fear and general engagement (Daniel), Zoe Willis on home education (Jamie), Alan Titchmarsh (Tom)Best foodSteak (Jamie), Sweet and Sour Chicken (Tom), “Winking Prawn” BBQ (Daniel)Best episode of IrreverendLaura 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 5Scientists at Pfizer are saying the same things that get regular people deplatformed and labelled conspiracy theorists. Project Veritas does it again.Best blogEsther 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 AwardHarry and Meghan (Jamie), Bath and Wells DioceseSupport the show

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 DeathUnlock Care HomesPeople's Care WatchdogRights for ResidentsNotices: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

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.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.comLinks:Hans Boersma, Why I am a Conspiracy TheoristChrist the Redeemer 'wears' mask to raise Covid-19 awarenessNY Governor Kathy Hochul preaches the Gospel of CovidSupport the show