The Cautious Hope of Spring, Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs

Jan 2022 • Church of England Revs Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin get together to talk Scripture, news, the Church and pretty much everything else! Featuring this week more Boris partying during lockdown, NHS vaccine mandates, the Ukraine-Russian tension, the Bishop of London's comments on the end of Covid and the Church of England's mission to have ten global majority heritage bishops appointed to the House of Bishops. Topics Covered and Timings 00:00 Banter/Notices 06:19 Revelation 2: 18-29, The Letter to the Church in Thyatira 23:46 Question the Rev: Would you swim the Tiber? and Is the priority of the experiential an opening for the supernatural ministry of the Church? 33:12 Birthday Cake-Gate: More Boris Party Antics 38:49 NHS Vaccine Mandate Update 41:18 Tension in Russia-Ukraine 46:21 "Your sacrifices have saved lives" - Bishop thanks parishes and public as Covid-19 measures lift (https://www.churchofengland.org/media...) 58:54 The Church of England's Aspiration to have Ten Global Majority Heritage Bishops in the House of Bishops Andrew Tettenborn, "The Church of England's diversity mission has gone too far" (https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/t...) 1:10:45 Email of the Week - How do we move beyond the Covid crisis in a spiritually productive way? Notices: Thanks to our Patreons! Support us from £1.50 plus VAT per month: https://patreon.com/irreverend Jamie's Good Things Substack blog/newsletter: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com Irreverend Weekly Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzspr... Twitter: https://twitter.com/IrreverendPod Telegram: https://t.me/irreverendpod Email: irreverendpod@gmail.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMAc... Odysee: https://odysee.com/@irreverend:5 Audio Podcast: https://irreverend.buzzsprout.com