Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs

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

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