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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! If you enjoy the show, please don't forget to review, subscribe, share and support if you possibly can. For all your merchandise needs please go to https://www.irreverendpod.com and click on 'merch'. To support the show please see: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend and https://www.patreon.com/irreverend. Links: MET office guidance for cold weather: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/12/05/dont-go-without-telling-people-met-office-warns-first-cold-weather/ Hancock to quit commons: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/matt-hancock-to-quit-the-commons/ CofE Mission Statistics: https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2022/9-december/news/uk/c-of-e-mission-statistics-record-another-anomalous-year?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1670372569 Trial Climate Lockdowns in Oxford: https://dailysceptic.org/2022/12/05/oxford-county-councillors-to-introduce-trial-climate-lockdown-in-2024/ Holy CofE on theories of the atonement including penal substitution: https://holycofe.buzzsprout.com/1677910/11014365-the-atonement-part-4-theories-of-the-atonement-the-abelardian-view-and-penal-substitution Notices: Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com! Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com Jamie's Good Things Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Irreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.com

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! If you enjoy the show, please don't forget to review, subscribe, share and support if you possibly can. For all your merchandise needs please go to https://www.irreverendpod.com and click on 'merch'. To support the show please see: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend and https://www.patreon.com/irreverend. 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/ Notices: Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com! Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com Jamie's Good Things Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Irreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.com

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. Find Why Machines Will Never Rule the World here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Machines-Will-Never-Rule-World/dp/1032309938/ref=sr_1_1?crid=16DJLP2S1QFRJ&keywords=why+machines+will+never+rule+the+world&qid=1669729009&sprefix=why+machines+%2Caps%2C127&sr=8-1 If you enjoy the show, please don't forget to review, subscribe, share and support if you possibly can. For all your merchandise needs please go to https://www.irreverendpod.com and click on 'merch'. To support the show please see: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend and https://www.patreon.com/irreverend. Notices: Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com! Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com Jamie's Good Things Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Irreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.com

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! If you enjoy the show, please don't forget to review, subscribe, share and support if you possibly can. For all your merchandise needs please go to https://www.irreverendpod.com and click on 'merch'. 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. 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 - https://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/news/news-and-statements/cop27-archbishop-canterbury-says-world-near-point-no-return-and-calls 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: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/15/covid-choir-ban-based-exaggerated-evidence/ Daily Telegraph: Covid singing ban and indoor restrictions based on exaggerated evidence: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/15/covid-choir-ban-based-exaggerated-evidence/ Notices: Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com! Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com Jamie's Good Things Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Irreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.com

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! If you enjoy the show, please don't forget to review, subscribe, share and support if you possibly can. For all your merchandise needs please go to https://www.irreverendpod.com and click on 'merch'. 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: 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/ For the vacancy at The King's School please apply via email to the head teacher at kingalfredschool@outlook.com or visit their website at www.thekingalfredschool.co.uk for more information. Notices: Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com! Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com Jamie's Good Things Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Irreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.com

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/! It's all here and please don't forget to review, subscribe, share and support the podcast if you possibly can. 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: 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/ For the vacancy at The King's School please apply via email to the head teacher at kingalfredschool@outlook.com or visit their website at www.thekingalfredschool.co.uk for more information. Notices: Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com! Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com Jamie's Good Things Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Irreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.com

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! 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: 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/ Notices: Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com! Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com Jamie's Good Things Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Irreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.com

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." (https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/hello-unknown/id1642798122) 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. 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: Hello, Unknown - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/hello-unknown/id1642798122 Notices: Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com! Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com Jamie's Good Things Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Irreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.com

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! 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: 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/ Notices: Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com! Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com Jamie's Good Things Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Irreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.com

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? This is a message of hope and a call to action that will encourage church leaders and Christians and that will be of interest to anybody who is seeking to rediscover wonder. 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 Notices: Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com Jamie's Good Things Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Irreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.com

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! 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: 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 Notices: Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com! Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com Jamie's Good Things Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Irreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.com

Church of England vicars Daniel French, Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham 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!) 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. Notices: Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com! Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com Jamie's Good Things Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Irreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.com 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

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! 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. Notices: Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com! Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com Jamie's Good Things Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Irreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.com Links: An Open Letter Responding to NatCon "Statement of Principles" - https://europeanconservative.com/articles/commentary/an-open-letter-to-natcon/

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! 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 Notices: Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com! Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com Jamie's Good Things Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Irreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.com

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." 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. Link: Archbishop Crannmer, King Charles III Defender of the Faith - https://archbishopcranmer.com/king-charles-iii-defender-of-the-faith/ Notices: Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com! Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com Jamie's Good Things Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Irreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.com

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.com Jamie's Good Things Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Irreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.com

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 For the Frankfurt Declaration please see: https://frankfurtdeclaration.com We have been informed that the website has been under constant cyber attack since its creation and this is probably why it was not available to us during the recording of this episode. 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. 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://dailysceptic.org/2022/08/28/lord-sumption-the-truth-about-lockdown-is-becoming-impossible-to-deny-it-was-a-disaster/ 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/ Notices: Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com! Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com Jamie's Good Things Substack Blog/Newsletter: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Irreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.com

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.uk 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: 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 says 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.com Jamie's Good Things Substack Blog/Newsletter: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Irreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.com

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/aboutabortion Graeme Souness not sorry for saying football is a man’s game: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62548431 Paul 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.com Jamie's Good Things Substack Blog/Newsletter: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Irreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.com

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.com Jamie's Good Things Substack Blog/Newsletter: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Irreverend 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-

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.com Jamie's Good Things Substack Blog/Newsletter: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Irreverend 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/

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/irreverend Give a one-time donation at Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com Jamie's Good Things Substack Blog/Newsletter: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Irreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/IrreverendPod Telegram: https://t.me/irreverendpod Email: irreverendpod@gmail.com Audio Podcast: https://irreverend.buzzsprout.com Videos on Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/Irreverend Videos on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@irreverend:5

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 - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/07/18/prince-harry-suggests-roe-v-wade-ruling-part-global-assault/?utm_content=telegraph&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1658237549 In church news, voices in the Church of England continue to attempt to define what a woman is - https://www.christiantoday.com/article/does.it.matter.that.the.church.of.england.cant.define.a.woman/138935.htm - and the American Episcopal Church comes very close to condemning crisis centres whilst affirming abortion up to birth - https://anglican.ink/2022/07/11/tec-bishops-split-over-abortion-votes-rejecting-condemnation-of-crisis-pregnancy-centers-but-backing-abortion-on-demand/ 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/irreverend Give a one-time donation at Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com Jamie's Good Things Substack Blog/Newsletter: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/IrreverendPod Telegram: https://t.me/irreverendpod Email: irreverendpod@gmail.com Audio Podcast: https://irreverend.buzzsprout.com Videos on Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/Irreverend Videos on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@irreverend:5

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. (https://www.spectator.com.au/2022/07/how-the-green-eu-starves-the-world/) The Church of England is struggling to define the word 'woman'. Can these two men of the cloth provide any insight? (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11000401/Church-England-woman-decide.html) 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/irreverend Give a one-time donation at Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com Jamie's Good Things Substack Blog/Newsletter: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/IrreverendPod Telegram: https://t.me/irreverendpod Email: irreverendpod@gmail.com Audio Podcast: https://irreverend.buzzsprout.com Videos on Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/Irreverend Videos on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@irreverend:5

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 (https://www.patreon.com/irreverend) or giving a one-off donation at Buy Me A Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend). 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? (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/07/04/church-england-borrows-money-fund-net-zero-drive/) 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/irreverend Give a one-time donation at Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com Jamie's Good Things Substack Blog/Newsletter: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/IrreverendPod Telegram: https://t.me/irreverendpod Email: irreverendpod@gmail.com Audio Podcast: https://irreverend.buzzsprout.com Videos on Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/Irreverend Videos on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@irreverend:5