Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs
247 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago -Are you wondering how a Christian should respond to current events? What are we to think about a world that appears to be going absolutely mad? How are we to discern the signs of the times? In this podcast, featuring The Reverend Thomas Pelham, The Reverend Daniel French, The Reverend Doctor J.A. Franklin and the occasional guest, we attempt to give some answers. Email us at [email protected], follow us on Twitter @irreverendpod or on Telegram at https://t.me/irreverendpod. We also have a youtube channel which can be found by searching Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs! If you would like to support the show, which can be done from £1.50 plus VAT per month, you can join our Patreon community. Please go to www.patreon.com/irreverend
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Guns, Porn and Stem Cells: The CofE's Ethical Investment Policy
July 28, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 53.7 MBRevs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin are back bringing up all the big stories. Today, talking about "faith leaders", including Rowan Williams, backing Sadiq Khan's ULEZ tax raid on car owners, the Church of England's questionable ethical policy around financial investment, particularly concerning the areas of pornography, guns and stem-cell research, and a reverend is debanked: could we be next? That and much much more as ever in this week's Irreverend: Faith and Current Affa...
Is Pride a Sin?
July 21, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBRev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to review the most pressing issues in church and society. This week: - Net Zero mania in the CofE as affirmation of environmental activism is added to confirmation ritual. - CofE spokesman defends teaching of critical race theory in CofE school classrooms. - Tory councillor King Lawal is cancelled for saying on Twitter that pride is a sin. - Pro-life activists say they were banned from worshipping at York Minster. - Controversy as friends of M...
Is God the "Father" Sexist?
July 14, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBJoin CofE revs with a difference Jamie, Tom and Daniel for a discussion of all the recent news in Church and society. This week: - Was the Archbishop of York right to describe language about God being a father as "problematic" and "patriarchal"? - The Archbishop of Canterbury says that universities should have their funding cut if "trans" people are insulted. - Westminster Abbey holds a service of worship in praise of the NHS on its 75th anniversary. - And the Creed is rewritten by an Americ...
Discrimination in Cricket (A Very Serious Problem) - Irreverend Episode 129
June 30, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham sit down to catch up on the week's main talking points: - St Paul's Cathedral brands Winston Churchill a white supremacist. - English cricket is condemned as bastion of racism and discrimination. - An apparent coup in Russia fizzles out before it has begun. - The Titan submarine implodes in its bid to explore the remains of the Titanic. - Robert F Kennedy speaks to Joe Rogan and appears to be winning the political arg...
Pronouns: Cat/Catself
June 23, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 70.2 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Daniel French, Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham sit down for a bumper episode catching up on a number of important stories from the past couple of weeks: - Greta Thunberg's failed apocalyptic prophecy quietly deleted on Twitter - The somewhat diabolical looking XR climate choir in Bristol Cathedral - Children castigated at a CofE school for saying their classmate couldn't identify as a cat. - Ongoing mass murder of Christians in Nigeria - And a mot...
Repentance Required
June 06, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBChurch of England vicars with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to give a spiritual perspective on the big events of the day. This week, after an absence on the show, Tom gives his own inimitable take on the coronation of King Charles III, we review a Daily Telegraph headline article that tells us that the lockdowns were an enormous, disastrous mistake (about three years too late), and we talk about Laura Dodsworth's recent Substack article in which she shares her desire...
Woke Health Oppressors
June 02, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBChurch of England vicars with a difference, Jamie Franklin and Daniel French, are back giving a spiritual perspective on the events of our age. This time: - Liberal CofE Twitter meltdown as Church implies legitimate evangelisation of other faiths. - Steve Chalke's ill-conceived Twitter defence of Phillip Schofield. - Satanism is back (again!): this time in the New Forest. - The best approaches for re-evangelising the West. - The WHO global takeover and its promotion of abortion as a human ri...
Natcon, Satanism and the BBC
May 26, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBChurch of England vicars with a difference, Jamie Franklin and Daniel French, are back giving a spiritual perspective on the events of our age. Daniel's been at the National Conservatism conference, which, according to the corporate media, is a far-right fascist convention. Was Daniel goose-stepping from seminar-to-seminar or was the reality a far more prosaic affair? We review some of the online hate, including Matt Hancock's physical discomfort at being exposed to a mildly conservative tak...
Nick Dixon - Comedy, Christianity and the Culture War
May 19, 2023 06:00 - 2 hours - 94.2 MBIn this epic conversation, Rev Jamie Franklin sits down with broadcaster and comedy legend Nick Dixon. Treating a range of subjects from comedy, the culture war, Christianity, the roles of men and women in society and the family, the significance of dreams and psychotherapy, Nick's best impressions including Peter Hitchens and Jordan Peterson, and so much more, the pair leave no stone unturned. Don't miss out on this crucial and hilarious exchange. Please Support! Support us on Patreon (http...
Coronation Malarkey
May 12, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Daniel French sit down to talk about the week's top stories. This time: - What does the coronation tell us about modern Britain and the Church of England? Was it a grand affair or simply a reminder of the divided nature and lack of identity within our society? - David Starkey once again courts controversy by saying that Prime Minister is "not properly grounded in our culture". - Fraser Myers and Andrew Bridgen face off on GB News o...
Is the Countryside Racist?
May 05, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBChurch of England vicars Jamie Franklin, Thomas Pelham and Daniel French get together to talk about the big stories in culture and the church: - Is nature racist? We give a comprehensive answer to this perennial question as Black2Nature seek to "take back" the countryside. - It's been 55 years since the abortion act and over 10,000,000 abortions have been carried out in the United Kingdom since then. - Women's cycling is the latest sport to be ruined by transgender ideology as Austin Killips...
Revenge of the Establishment
April 28, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 64 MBChurch of England vicars Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin get together to discuss this week's topic stories and talking points: - Should there be ducks in baptismal fonts? You decide. - Revenge of the Cathedral as Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News. - Diane Abbott seems to have the lost the plot in racism gaffe debacle. Is she the victim of a cancel culture that she has helped to flourish in these days? - GAFCON, an organisation representing 85% of the world's Anglicans, have met and decided to ...
Orange Insanity
April 21, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 67 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Daniel French get together to talk about the big and often disturbing stories of the day from a spiritual perspective. This week: - Just Stop Oil protestor resembles religious fanatic as snooker championship is well and truly interrupted by orange paint. - Green activist takes his own life because he felt so depressed and hopeless about the apocalypse constantly predicted in climate change narrative. - The government plans to use yo...
Feminism Against Progress with Mary Harrington
April 14, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBChurch of England rev Jamie Franklin sits down with author and public intellectual Mary Harrington to talk about Mary's new book Feminism Against Progress. Describing herself as a "reactionary feminist" Mary argues that the the direction feminism has taken in more recent years has benefitted nobody except a small group of elite women and that we need to recover the concept of interdependence between men and women. She is a subtle yet outspoken critic of post-humanist thought and the applicat...
The Sexual Revolution Becomes Violent
April 07, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBChurch of England revs Jamie Franklin and Daniel French take on the big talking points of the day. - The Nashville school massacre of Christians and the "Trans Day of Vengeance" - The weak response of the UK criminal justice system to grooming gangs and the lack of help for victims. - The Archbishop of Canterbury's message of support for Ramadan and Manchester Cathedral's hosting of an Iftar meal. - Rogue clergy in the Church of England set up a rival deanery chapter to distance themselves ...
Endgame for Transgenderism?
March 31, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin get together to talk about a week of big stories. - Archbishop Justin Welby wishes Muslims a happy Ramadan and enjoys an Iftar meal or two for himself. - Horrific mass murder in Nashville school carried about by trans shooter. - World athletics bans trans women (or men) from competing in women's sports. - Nordic Roman Catholic bishops speak out against trans ideology. - More information on the persecution of the Ukra...
Inclusive Language for Vicars
March 24, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBChurch of England revs Jamie Franklin and Daniel French get together to put things to rights, talking all the big themes of the week. This time: - We ask "Is Daniel as inclusive as the Oxfam Inclusive Language guide?" (Spoiler: he's definitely not) - MP Ben Bradshaw attempts a parliamentary takeover of the Church of England by forcing a change in the doctrine of marriage through political means. - German Roman Catholic bishops go rogue and announce full gay marriage come what may from the ...
The Book of Vision with Robin Monotti Graziadei
March 22, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBFor this special episode the Rev'd Dr Jamie Franklin was joined by Robin Monotti Graziadei, the producer of the new film 'The Book of Vision' starring Charles Dance and Lotte Verbeek, directed by Carlo Hinterman and executively produced by Terrence Malick. The Book of Vision is about healing, medicine and the human soul. It tells the story of a real Prussian doctor from the eighteenth century whose approach was medicine was one of listening and developing a human connection with his patients...
Of Nazis and Narnians
March 17, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBControversy this week as terrorist watchdog puts CS Lewis children's classic on its far right white nationalist blacklist. Also on the blacklist is Suella Braverman, whom popular BBC sports presenter and covert socialist Gary Lineker compared to the Nazis. North of the border, the ostensibly Muslim candidate for leadership in the SNP Humza Yousaf wants to make it legal to terminate babies up until the point of birth. Church of England reverends Tom and Jamie discuss all these stories, give y...
Liars, Gaslighters and Manipulators
March 10, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBChurch of England revs but not as you know them Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham crack into the big stories of the week: Matt Hancock's WhatsApp messages reveal that they weren't following "the science" after all but were lying and self-aggrandising all along (we did mention something about something about this some time ago), the "Fat Sex Therapist" suggests that sexual predators such as Bill Cosby could be served by a "sex positive" attitude to consensual date rape, a drag night in St Jame...
Thunberg Against The Wind
March 03, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBChurch of England vicars with a difference as Tom Pelham, Jamie Franklin and Daniel French get together to discuss all the big stories: - Lockdown Files reveal thousands of government WhatsApp messages sent at the height of Covid crisis and Matt Hancock does not come off well. - Hancock squirms on Good Morning Britain as he attempts to excuse his rule-shattering behaviour because it was technically not illegal. - Rev. Dr. Bernard Randall is unsuccessful in unfair dismissal case against Trent...
Roald Dahl and the Joyless Whitewashing
February 24, 2023 07:00 - 2 hours - 82.9 MBChurch of England vicars Jamie Franklin and Daniel sit down to review the big talking points of the week in a bumper episode. This time: - Grant Shapps and Bill Gates mysterious net-zero rendezvous at Imperial College London - Church of England trolled by Vladimir Putin - Kate Forbes too Christian for SNP leadership. Woke/Muslim Humza Yousaf preferable - Roald Dahl whitewashed by joyless "sensitivity readers" - What is going on at the Asbury Revival? - Tories line up less woke Archbishop of ...
Gender Wars in Church and State
February 17, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 71.7 MBChurch of England revs but not as you know them Thomas Pelham, Jamie Franklin and Daniel French sit down to talk about the big news this week: - Nicola Sturgeon's ignominious exit and the perils of crossing swords with JK Rowling. - Unidentified Flying Objects over America. Shall we panic now or very soon? - "Scientists" say we should ban gendered and binary language. Thank goodness we have these people to tell us what to do. - And more, of course, on the developing story within the Church o...
Buddha, Christ and Covid with Michael Hooey
February 15, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBMichael Hooey is a former Buddhist who reconverted to Christianity during the Covid-19 crisis. This was caused at least in part because of his disillusionment with the Buddhist community's flaccid capitulation to the madness that overtook society. In this special episode, Church of England Rev Jamie Franklin discussed with Michael the appeal of Buddhist spirituality for people in the post-Christian secular West, points of similarity and difference from Christianity, Michael's experience of B...
Misgendering God
February 10, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBChurch of Englands revs but not as you know them with Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin. This week: - More evidence that you shouldn't trust the BBC - Satanism and Sam Smith update - Should God be gender neutral? - Church of England bishop Jill Duff better than others on same-sex controversy - Eclectic Question the Rev on the Lord's Prayer, dinosaurs and more besides All this and the usual theological banter as always on this week's episode of Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs! For your m...
Toksvig the Theologian
February 03, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBChurch of Englands revs Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to cover this week's biggest talking point. In Fatigued, Amused, Freaked Out: bizarre and hilarious comms at Canterbury Cathedral, Bridgen sues Hancock as major trash-talk is exchanged and paraphilia bingo in Sam Smith's perverse new music video. The Pelham Report takes in the latest on the Ukraine-Russian war, transgender update as "female" rapist is destined for women's prison, peace talks between Harry and Charles brokered by...
Protestant Social Teaching and Covid Lockdowns with Rhys Laverty
February 01, 2023 07:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MBChurch of England rev Jamie Franklin was joined by Rhys Laverty of The Davenant Institute speaking about the new book Protestant Social Teaching: An Introduction. This book brings social teaching in the Reformed tradition to bear upon critical issues of the modern day. We spoke about why such a project is necessary and who it might help. And we used the example of principled Christian rebellion, particularly in the context of the Covid shutdowns, as an illustration of applied Protestant soci...
Coronating Wokery
January 27, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 68.2 MBChurch of England vicars Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to give an alternative reading of the week's big stories. This time: - Really weird music at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, underscoring the soulless anti-human agenda of the organisation. - Sadiq Khan's undemocratic and authoritarian ULEZ scheme expands to impoverish and immiserate as many people as the London Mayor can possibly manage. - A return to the issue of same-sex marriage in the Church of England, this t...
A Turn to the Dark Lord
January 20, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBChurch of England reverends Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin get together to discuss the big stories of the week. - An emergence of Satanism amongst the young in the UK. - CofE bishops meet to discuss a compromise on same sex marriage that will satisfy nobody. - Rishi Sunak plans to ban "conversion therapy" even more. - Comments on the Andrew Bridgen story after he loses the Tory whip for an allegedly anti-semitic tweet. Our Scripture this week is taken from Psalm 90: "Lord, thou hast been our...
Victimhood and Grievances
January 13, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBChurch of England vicars Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to discuss the big stories of the week in both Church and State. This week: the Archbishop of Canterbury doubles down on the Church of England transgender affirming guidance to primary schools and announces that the Church will funnel £100 million pounds into reparation funds for historic links to slavery: righteous dealing or woke virtue-signalling at a time of grave financial need for front line churches and clergy? Prince Har...
Angels of Darkness and Light
January 06, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBChurch of England vicars Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the week's big stories including: Bingo the transgender vicar, government ministers talk about reintroducing covid restrictions and Rishi's optimistic New Year speech. That and much much more in this week's episode of Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs! Book in to our live event with Rod Dreher here: https://irreverendpod.com/upcoming-events/ For your merchandise needs: https://irreverendmerch.bss.design Link...
Responding to Keir Starmer's Christmas Speech 2022
January 05, 2023 07:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MBChurch of England Rev Jamie Franklin responds to Sir Keir Starmer's Christmas Speech 2022. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/irreverend Support us on Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend For our February live event with Rod Dreher: https://irreverendpod.com/upcoming-events/ For all of our merchandise: https://irreverendmerch.bss.design Support the Show.
Responding to Ameca the Robot's Christmas Speech 2022
January 04, 2023 07:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MBChurch of England Rev Jamie Franklin gives his instant reaction to Ameca the Robot's Christmas Speech for Channel 4. Did the robot display more humanity than the politicians? Let's see. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/irreverend Support us on Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend For our February live event with Rod Dreher: https://irreverendpod.com/upcoming-events/ For all of our merchandise: https://irreverendmerch.bss.design Support the Show.
Responding to Justin Trudeau's Christmas Speech 2022
January 03, 2023 07:00 - 12 minutes - 8.85 MBCofE Rev Jamie Franklin gives his instant reaction to Canadian politician Justin Trudeau's 2022 Christmas speech. How did he do? Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/irreverend Support us on Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend For our February live event with Rod Dreher: https://irreverendpod.com/upcoming-events/ For all of our merchandise: https://irreverendmerch.bss.design Support the Show.
Responding to Joe Biden's Christmas Speech 2022
January 02, 2023 07:00 - 34 minutes - 24.1 MBCofE Rev Jamie Franklin gives his instant reaction to King Charles III's Christmas Speech 2022. Inspiring oratory or anodyne cliché? Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/irreverend Support us on Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend For our February live event with Rod Dreher: https://irreverendpod.com/upcoming-events/ For all of our merchandise: https://irreverendmerch.bss.design Support the Show.
Responding to King Charles III's Christmas Speech 2022
January 01, 2023 07:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBCofE Rev Jamie Franklin gives his instant reaction to King Charles III's Christmas Speech 2022. Five-star masterclass or one-star dud? This is Part One of a several-part series featuring Rev J responding to some topical Christmas and New Year speeches. To keep up with all the rest please press the subscribe on your chose pod-catcher right now! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/irreverend Support us on Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend For our February...
Happy New Year! - and a couple of notices
December 28, 2022 07:00 - 6 minutes - 3.82 MBFriends, this podcast comes with all our best wishes to all our listeners for the coming year. Book into our live event on February 4th with Rod Dreher: https://irreverendmerch.bss.design For your merchandise needs: https://irreverendmerch.bss.design To support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/irreverend To support us on Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend Support the Show.
God Rest Ye Merry Thought Police
December 23, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBBook in now to our February live event with Rod Dreher: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/irreverend-live-with-rod-dreher-tickets-483820599437 In our (sort of) festive episode, Church of England Revs Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to give a spiritual perspective on the big stories of our time. This week: Tom’s heroic antics in snowy Etchingham, the best World Cup ever in Qatar, God Rest Ye Merry edited for political purposes, reflections upon Andrew Bridgen’s intervention in the V-safet...
Stop the Vaccine Roll-Out - With Andrew Bridgen MP
December 17, 2022 07:00 - 35 minutes - 24.8 MBMP Andrew Bridgen called a debate in the House of Commons this week, stating that he believes that the Covid vaccines are causing significant damage to many people who are taking them. In his view, the risks of damage from the vaccine outweigh significantly any good they might be doing. In this special interview, The Rev'd Dr Jamie Franklin speaks with Andrew about what brought him to this viewpoint, the salient points of his argument and the evidence in its favour, the lack of interest from...
Cold Facts and Empty Churches
December 09, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 68.6 MBChurch 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 disturb...
Trans-substantiation
December 02, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBChurch 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...
Why Machines Will Never Rule the World - With Dr Jobst Landgrebe and Professor Barry Smith
November 30, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBChurch 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 Landg...
Armbands at Dawn
November 25, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 52.4 MBChurch of England vicars Daniel French, Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the most important issues in church and society. This week we begin with some reflection upon the two "beasts" of Revelation 13 and how the imagery of persecution, faith and endurance is relevant to Christians in the twenty-first century, especially pertaining to persecuted Christians in nations such as Qatar, Iran, Tunisia and Morocco who are represented at this year's football World Cup. From th...
Clown Church
November 18, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 69 MBChurch 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 ho...
Eco-Anxiety: A How-To Guide
November 11, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBChurch 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 thi...
"Of course I was right!" - Peter Hitchens on Covid, Ukraine, Climate, Racism, the Church of England and much more!
November 04, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 80.2 MBFor 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 C...
The Markets Elect Our New Prime Minister
October 28, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBChurch 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 alw...
Wednesday Dialogue - Hello, Unknown with Jonathan Wright
October 26, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBIn 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". 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...
Frisking for Soup
October 21, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBJoin 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. A...
Rediscovering Wonder - How and Why the Church Must Re-enchant Itself
October 19, 2022 06:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBIn 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 ...