Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs

Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to talk about the biggest issues in Church and State. This time: PM Keir Starmer humiliated in Trump's visit to Britain. Bishop Jonathan Baker rages in dressing gown in front of audience of concert-goers. Clergy response to migrant unrest in Epping. And more on why young people are returning to church. All that and a little more...

Church of England vicars with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest events in church and state. This time: Danny Kruger and his address on Christianity to an empty House of Commons.  Woke and Islam are the religions poised to take over, but is there anything that can be done about it? Protests and counter-protests in Epping over migrant hotel flash point. An...

Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This time:  Theological reflections on the horrendous Texas flooding. 12-year-old school girl sent home for celebrating Britain in Culture Celebration Day.  Update from Church of England's General Synod: Gay Marriage on the rocks; clergy pension boost; no discussion of Israe...

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: Lily Allen jokes that she can't remember how many abortions she's had. Justin Welby at the Cambridge Union says he was being "thick" about gay marriage. Government announces employment benefit for women who have had miscarriages befor...

Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sat down to talk with scholar and author of  God is an Englishman: Christianity and the Creation of England  Bijan Omrani in a special live interview. In a wide-ranging conversation, topics covered included the following: English national identity and its interplay with the Church of England. The aesthetic of English spirituality and its impor...

Church of England Revs with a difference Jamie Franklin, Thomas Pelham and Daniel French are back to talk about the biggest issues in church and state. This time: More on the Bishop of London's statement that women should not be criminalised for terminating their pregnancies at any point. Lib Dem MP denied Holy Communion by Roman Catholic priest Fr Ian Vale for voting for state euthanasia. An...

Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to talk about the biggest stories of the week. On the agenda this time can only be the passing of laws in Britain decriminalising abortion up to birth and legalising state-sponsored suicide. We also look at the Bishop of Manchester's denial that so-called "grooming gangs" had anything to do with race, ethnicity or reli...

In this classic episodes, Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin talk to author and journalist Louise Perry about her groundbreaking work The Case Against The Sexual Revolution.  Louise discussed her increasing openness and sympathy toward the Christian outlook on family, motherhood, and sexual relationships, the challenges to contemporary society posed by pornog...

Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest events in church and state. This time: England football fans chant completely unacceptable things at Keir Starmer. Riots in L.A. and Northern Ireland. Is civil war on the horizon for Western nations? Labour performs an inevitable U-turn on winter fuel allowance. The Church Commissioners fin...

Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This time we ask if blasphemy laws have been reintroduced in Britain since the prosecution of protestor Hamit Coskun for burning a Koran and criticising Islam in public. Would such a thing happen to someone burning the Bible? And does the secular state have any defences against t...

In a very special conversation episode, Rev Jamie Franklin sits down with Christine Padgham, former host of the Coronastories podcast, leader of Inform Scotland, mother, Covid sceptic, and friend of the Irreverend podcast. It's about five years now since all the Covid madness kicked off. And a lot has happened in that time. In a wide-ranging conversation, we took a look back at it all as Chri...

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: Lucy Connolly back in the slammer: But is this an example of political imprisonment and two-tier justice? Why have the Liverpool vehicle attack suspect's ethnic details been released? And Sadiq Khan says cannabis should be decriminalised because i...

Church of England rev with a difference Daniel French sits down to talk with author Jared Brock. In his new book A Devil Named Lucifer , Jared seeks to elucidate the controversial subject of the Devil from a Biblical perspective whilst debunking popular misconceptions. Together, he and Daniel explore the themes of the book and speak about the new demographic in Western Society who are recently mor...

Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to talk about the big stories in church and state. This time: "Assisted Dying" Bill delayed as Commons debate overruns and MPs turn sceptical. "Faith Leaders" question Starmer's hard-right rhetoric on immigration. Gary Lineker sacked from the BBC over antisemitism controversy. And Starmer surrenders to EU in...

Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin talk about the biggest issues in church and state. This time: - Enoch Starmer goes hard in on immigration in the UK. Nothing to do with Reform surging in the polls of course! - Romans rejoice as the first American Pope is elected! World leaders pledge their cooperation and what relevance does this have to the Anglican sphere...

Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to talk about the big stories in church and state. This time: The Papal Conclave and how an Anglican might respond to the election of a new pope. Major world survey says that the Bible remains relevant in Western nations.  Local elections: Reform triumph and are on track to win the next General Election. And Labour Minister Lucy Powe...

In this special interview, CofE rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to talk with pastor, Old Testament scholar and author Benjamin Giffone about his new book A House Divided: Technology, Worship, and Healing the Church After COVID . Topics discussed: - The downsides of online worship and why church leaders were wrong to embrace it so uncritically. - Elitism in the church hierarchy which...

Rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to review the big events in church and state. This time: the death of Pope Francis, experiments to dim the sun in the name of climate change, the King's slightly woke Easter Message, and further reports of a Christian revival in Britain.  All this interspersed with a very special feature-length interview with pastor and Old Testament scholar, the...

Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham, Jamie Franklin and Daniel French sit down to talk about the biggest news in church and state. This time, we look at the biggest "Holy Week Fails" on social media and discuss a recent report by the Bible Society which appears to indicate that Christianity is growing in the UK, particularly among young men. The Bible Society are calli...

With reason, argument and inconvenient facts, Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin EXPLODES historian David Starkey's recent assault on Christianity which he gave on Andrew Gold's Heretics podcast. ORDER NOW JAMIE'S NEW BOOK THE GREAT RETURN ! Please Support the Podcast! You make Irreverend possible. You can now support us on Substack! https://irreverendpod.substac...

Join rev with a difference Jamie Franklin, as he comments on Justin Welby's most recent public appearance alongside Laura Kuenssberg and notes the surprising influence of the hit Netflix show Adolescence within the Church of England! ORDER NOW JAMIE'S NEW BOOK THE GREAT RETURN ! Please Support the Podcast! You make Irreverend possible. You can now support us on Substack! https://irrevere...

Join Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This time: The hit TV show Adolescence takes the UK by storm. But is this hard-hitting social realism or manipulative propaganda? The persecution of Christians in Syria and why we hear so little about it from the established church. Assisted Suicide Watch as the Bil...

Rev with a difference Jamie Franklin tackles the Diocese of Norwich's anti-racism toolkit debacle and Giles Cohen's piece on giving up atheism for Lent. Then a special interview with home education activist Randall Hardy on the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill and the concerns that it presents to home educators. All that and more as always. Enjoy! ORDER NOW JAMIE'S NEW BOO...

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 we talk about the Church of England comms team's strange decision to release a video about Climate Change on Shrove Tuesday after which we get our teeth into the major geopolitical events of the week: Starmer's visit to the White House; the apoc...

The three Church of England revs with a difference are back to talk about the biggest issues in church and state. This time: Trump's recent IVF order Proposed change to assisted suicide law extending eligibility to twelve months from six Did anything interesting happen at General Synod?  Our next pick for Archbishop of Canterbury And the mysterious withdrawal of the anonymous appointee to the...