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Daniel French

J.A. Franklin

T.J. Pelham

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 irreverendpod@gmail.com, 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

Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs

Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to talk about King Charles III's trip to the Sistine Chapel to pray with the Pope, the Wild Card campaign group's plea to the new Archbishop to focus her efforts on "rewilding" church lands, and more in-depth thoughts on the GAFCON/Church of England split at the end of the episode.

He also interviews founder of The School of Contemplative Life Chris Whittington about many topics associated with his new book The Missing Peace: meditation and the Christian life, the spiritual benefits of meditation, how to engage with surface thoughts, how to be more present to others and how to maintain attention during the day.

Thank you for downloading and please enjoy!

Links for Chris:

Buy The Missing Peace! 

The School of Contemplative Life: https://schoolofcontemplativelife.com/

The Missing Peace Book Launch: https://schoolofcontemplativelife.com/product/the-missing-peace-book-launch/

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To make a direct donation or to get in touch with questions or comments please email irreverendpod@gmail.com!

Notices:

Buy Jamie's Book! THE GREAT RETURN
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Irreverend Substack: https://irreverendpod.substack.com
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On Kings and Popes - Plus Special Guest Chris Whittington from The School of Contemplative Life

Church of England Revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the big stories in church and state. This time: the Archbishop of York wishes everyone a Happy Diwali; Cathedral graffiti in Canterbury; the end of the Living in Love and Faith Process?; a split in the Global Anglican Communion; and much more as ever. Enjoy!

You make this podcast possible. Please support us!

On Substack - https://irreverendpod.substack.com/

On Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/irreverend

Buy Me a Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend 

To make a direct donation or to get in touch with questions or comments please email irreverendpod@gmail.com!

Notices:

Buy Jamie's Book! THE GREAT RETURN
Daniel French Substack: https://undergroundchurch.substack.com/
Jamie Franklin's "Good Things" Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com
Irreverend Substack: https://irreverendpod.substack.com
Follow us on Twitter: https://x.com/IrreverendPod
Find me a church: https://irreverendpod.com/church-finder/
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Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and much more https://www.irreverendpod.com!
Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com 

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Happy Diwali! Cathedral Graffiti in Canterbury; the End of LLF; and a Split in the Global Anglican Communion

The Church of England's Church Commissioners are ear-marking £100million (or is it £1billion?) for slavery reparations. Emeritus Professor of Moral Theology and Member of the House of Lords, Nigel Biggar says that this idea is ethically dubious and amounts to thinly-veiled self-flagellation in an effort to appear relevant to a post-Christian society in the face of the Church's dwindling numbers and influence. CofE rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to talk with Lord Biggar about his new book and related issues:

 • The shady world of the Church of England's Project Spire: its methodology, processes and rationale for reparations.
 • Historical arguments for and against reparations by the Church of England.
 • The wider context of the ethical debate around reparations including the ubiquity of slavery, British abolitionism and the suppression of slavery, and the "riotous jungle of history".
 • Why arguments for reparations are based on a lack of understanding of, and sympathy for, our forbears.
 • What is the relationship of Woke orthodoxy to Christianity.
 • The Early Church and slavery.
 • The legality (or not) of reparations.
 • Hopes for the new book and the future Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, vis-a-vis this issue.

Find Lord Biggar's Substack 'The Biggar Picture': https://www.nigelbiggar.co.uk

You make this podcast possible. Please support us!

On Substack - https://irreverendpod.substack.com/

On Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/irreverend

Buy Me a Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend 

To make a direct donation or to get in touch with questions or comments please email irreverendpod@gmail.com!

Notices:

Buy Jamie's Book! THE GREAT RETURN
Daniel French Substack: https://undergroundchurch.substack.com/
Jamie Franklin's "Good Things" Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com
Irreverend Substack: https://irreverendpod.substack.com
Follow us on Twitter: https://x.com/IrreverendPod
Find me a church: https://irreverendpod.com/church-finder/
Join our Irreverend Telegram group: https://t.me/irreverendpod
Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and much more https://www.irreverendpod.com!
Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com 

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The Case AGAINST Slavery Reparations with Nigel Biggar

Church of England vicars with a difference Tom Pelham, Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down down for a special livestream reaction to the selection of Sarah Mullally as the next Archbishop of Canterbury. What are the implications for the global Anglican Communion? What is the role of the Archbishop anyway? Why stay in the Church of England? And what are our hopes for the future?

We also touch on the pope blessing a large ice cube at a climate change conference and Gary Neville going full Gary Lineker as he assaults some Union Jack flags on one of his building sites and makes a video to tell us all about it!

Thanks for listening and please enjoy!

You make this podcast possible. Please support us!

On Substack - https://irreverendpod.substack.com/

On Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/irreverend

Buy Me a Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend 

To make a direct donation or to get in touch with questions or comments please email irreverendpod@gmail.com!

Notices:

Buy Jamie's Book! THE GREAT RETURN
Daniel French Substack: https://undergroundchurch.substack.com/
Jamie Franklin's "Good Things" Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com
Irreverend Substack: https://irreverendpod.substack.com
Follow us on Twitter: https://x.com/IrreverendPod
Find me a church: https://irreverendpod.com/church-finder/
Join our Irreverend Telegram group: https://t.me/irreverendpod
Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and much more https://www.irreverendpod.com!
Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com 

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Emergency Archbishop Livestream

Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin is joined by the Rev'd Dr Duane Miller, missionary to the Islamic world and scholar in contextual theology with a particular focus on Islam. They talked about the challenges with demographic change and Islamic political theology, how Christianity offers a distinct vision for politics than Islam, how to share Christ with Muslims, what Muslim background believers to Christianity should do and Duane's involvement with International Muslim Outreach (https://www.imuslimoutreach.com).

Franklin also gives his thoughts on further pompous ostensibly Christian intervention in the Unite the Kingdom rally debate, digital ID cards, and an interesting article on the theology of climate change activists.

Find Dr Miller!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@drduanemiller

X: https://x.com/DrDuaneMiller

Wordpress: https://duanemiller.wordpress.com/

Amazon: Duane Alexander Miller: books, biography, latest update

International Muslim Outreach YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InternationalMuslimOutreach

You make this podcast possible. Please support us!

On Substack - https://irreverendpod.substack.com/

On Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/irreverend

Buy Me a Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend 

To make a direct donation or to get in touch with questions or comments please email irreverendpod@gmail.com!

Notices:

Buy Jamie's Book! THE GREAT RETURN
Daniel French Substack: https://undergroundchurch.substack.com/
Jamie Franklin's "Good Things" Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com
Irreverend Substack: https://irreverendpod.substack.com
Follow us on Twitter: https://x.com/IrreverendPod
Find me a church: https://irreverendpod.com/church-finder/
Join our Irreverend Telegram group: https://t.me/irreverendpod
Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and much more https://www.irreverendpod.com!
Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com 

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Pompous Church Leaders Opine on Unite the Kingdom; Digital ID; Theology of Climate Change Activism; and reaching the Islamic World with Dr Duane Miller

FULL INTERVIEW HERE: https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/1303861/episodes/17884608-faith-and-politics-with-david-frost

WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/VUTLZbE0Ozg

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David Frost: "Why I Went Back to Church"

Church of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham sit down to talk about the biggest issues in Church and state. This time: 

 • The Charlie Kirk Funeral: Erika Kirk forgives but Trump offers only hatred for his enemies. Is the right in danger of engaging in the politics of hate too?
 • Church leaders condemn the Unite the Kingdom march as "far-right", but is this a fair characterisation?
 • Bishops applaud recognition of Palestinian statehood and call Israel an occupying power.
 • And Malthusians arguments made in the House of Lords for assisted suicide.

All that and a little more as ever. Please enjoy!

Subscribe to Jamie's blog Good Things! 

Buy Jamie's Book! THE GREAT RETURN

You make this podcast possible. Please support us!
On Substack - https://irreverendpod.substack.com/

On Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/irreverend

Buy Me a Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend 

To make a direct donation or to get in touch with questions or comments please email irreverendpod@gmail.com!

Notices:
Daniel French Substack: https://undergroundchurch.substack.com/
Jamie Franklin's "Good Things" Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com
Irreverend Substack: https://irreverendpod.substack.com
Follow us on Twitter: https://x.com/IrreverendPod
Find me a church: https://irreverendpod.com/church-finder/
Join our Irreverend Telegram group: https://t.me/irreverendpod
Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and much more https://www.irreverendpod.com!
Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com 

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Forgiveness and Hate at the Charlie Kirk Funeral

Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down in-person with David (Lord) Frost in a wide-ranging conversation on faith and politics, including never before heard insight into David's conversion to Christianity. Topics include:

 • David's recent conversion to Roman Catholicism and what attracted him to Christianity in the first place.
 • The role of Christianity in the Public Square and Christian Nationalism.
 • Danny Kruger's defection to Reform and whether Lord Frost is planning to leave the Conservative Party too.
 • Brexit: What went wrong and what went right? What happens now and is true legislative reform possible?
 • Assisted Suicide and what David planned to say at the second session of the second reading in the House of Lords.
 • The murder of Charlie Kirk and cancel culture on the right. What is the correct response?

All that plus half an hour of questions from the live audience. Enjoy!

Buy Jamie's Book! THE GREAT RETURN

You make this podcast possible. Please support us!
On Substack - https://irreverendpod.substack.com/

On Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/irreverend

Buy Me a Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend 

To make a direct donation or to get in touch with questions or comments please email irreverendpod@gmail.com!

Notices:
Daniel French Substack: https://undergroundchurch.substack.com/
Jamie Franklin's "Good Things" Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com
Irreverend Substack: https://irreverendpod.substack.com
Follow us on Twitter: https://x.com/IrreverendPod
Find me a church: https://irreverendpod.com/church-finder/
Join our Irreverend Telegram group: https://t.me/irreverendpod
Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and much more https://www.irreverendpod.com!
Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com 

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Faith and Politics with David Frost

Church of England rev with a difference sits down with comedian and commentator Nick Dixon to talk about the murder of Charlie Kirk and some of the responses to his death. This conversation was recorded for Nick's podcast The Current Thing.
We discuss: 
-The appalling response to Charlie Kirk’s murder from Alastair Campbell, Stephen King, and many more 
-The disturbing comments from the Oxford Union 
-How to respond to the new level of evil that has emerged on the Left

Subscribe to Jamie's blog Good Things! 

Buy Jamie's Book! THE GREAT RETURN

You make this podcast possible. Please support us!
On Substack - https://irreverendpod.substack.com/

On Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/irreverend

Buy Me a Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend 

To make a direct donation or to get in touch with questions or comments please email irreverendpod@gmail.com!

Notices:
Daniel French Substack: https://undergroundchurch.substack.com/
Jamie Franklin's "Good Things" Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com
Irreverend Substack: https://irreverendpod.substack.com
Follow us on Twitter: https://x.com/IrreverendPod
Find me a church: https://irreverendpod.com/church-finder/
Join our Irreverend Telegram group: https://t.me/irreverendpod
Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and much more https://www.irreverendpod.com!
Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com 

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With Nick Dixon on Charlie Kirk

Church of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This time:

 • The appalling murders Charlie Kirk and Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska and what this says about American society and identity politics more generally.
 • Angela Rayner resigns from the government over dodgy tax dealings.
 • The arrest of Graham Linehan for hurty posts on X.
 • And, for a little bit of levity, our comments on recent Church of England green energy publicity video 'God is my solar panel'.

All of that and more as ever. Please enjoy!

Book now for the live in-person interview with David Frost! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/irreverend-live-jamie-franklin-interviews-lord-frost-tickets-1536201733739?aff=oddtdtcreator 

Subscribe to Jamie's blog Good Things! 

Buy Jamie's Book! THE GREAT RETURN

You make this podcast possible. Please support us!
On Substack - https://irreverendpod.substack.com/

On Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/irreverend

Buy Me a Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend 

To make a direct donation or to get in touch with questions or comments please email irreverendpod@gmail.com!

Notices:
Daniel French Substack: https://undergroundchurch.substack.com/
Jamie Franklin's "Good Things" Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com
Irreverend Substack: https://irreverendpod.substack.com
Follow us on Twitter: https://x.com/IrreverendPod
Find me a church: https://irreverendpod.com/church-finder/
Join our Irreverend Telegram group: https://t.me/irreverendpod
Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and much more https://www.irreverendpod.com!
Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.com 

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Charlie Kirk: Murder and Aftermath

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/irreverend
Irreverend Weekly Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/IrreverendPod
Telegram: https://t.me/irreverendpod
Email: irreverendpod@gmail.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMAcRZPstCujEN4p8dF_ClQ
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@irreverend:5
Audio Podcast: https://irreverend.buzzsprout.com
Links:
Hans Boersma, Why I am a Conspiracy Theorist
Christ the Redeemer 'wears' mask to raise Covid-19 awareness
NY Governor Kathy Hochul preaches the Gospel of Covid

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Fuel Shortage, Sin Today, Covid-19 as Religious Phenomenon - Revs in Conversation

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