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Irreverend 278 (opens the original)
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Dear Friends,With hopes that everyone is doing well. This is the new episode once again with all three revs. Hope you enjoy and thank you as always for supporting.JamieJesus Is Trans? Viral Sermon Torn Apart + St Helen’s Breaks With BishopsIn this episode of Irreverend Faith and Current Affairs, Jamie, Tom and Daniel take on three stories that reveal how far parts of the Church have drifted from historic Christianity.First: a viral sermon by Episcopal priest Flourish Klink claiming God is non-bi
Uncollared #144 (opens the original)
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Dear Friends,With hope you are all well, here is the new episode of Irreverend me at first and followed by Tom and Daniel joining in the course of things.We discussed:Apostolic succession and the ReformationThe monarch’s authority over the ChurchAnglican orders and Apostolicae CuraeSola scriptura and the canon of ScriptureThe Church’s role in recognising and interpreting the BibleWhether extra-biblical doctrines can be required for salvationRecommended listen: Howerton and Mitchell on Islam<
Uncollared #143 - Yoga, Constructs & True Prophets (opens the original)
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Uncollared #143 is live for supporters!Jamie and Tom settle in for another unfiltered session. After the usual warm-up (sore muscles from weights, Tom tapering for the Nottingham Marathon, and some pointed thoughts on QI, Have I Got News For You, and BBC panel-show comedy), we turn to your questions:Should Christians practise yoga? Secular stretching is one thing; the spiritual/Hindu roots and occult-adjacent versions are another.Why is Christianity routinely called a “construct” while liberalis
Archbishop Awards Bin Laden Fan on 9/11 and Aslan becomes "Translan" (opens the original)
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In this episode of Irreverend Faith and Current Affairs, Revs Jamie Franklin, Thomas Pelham and Daniel French take on several stories that capture the moment.First: on 11 September the Archbishop of Canterbury handed an interfaith award to Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi — a cleric who honoured Osama bin Laden as a “Muslim warrior,” backed suicide bombings, and supported blasphemy laws that carry the death penalty. Lambeth Palace published the photo: Mullally grinning beside women in niqab. The award was la
Uncollared #141 Bamboozle the Rev (opens the original)
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Rev Jamie takes two heavyweight subscriber questions head-on.First: Anglican Marian theology. How far can (and should) an Anglican go with Mary? From the shared confession of Theotokos, through perpetual virginity, the Immaculate Conception, the Assumption, the invocation of the saints, all the way to Mediatrix and Queen of Heaven. Jamie walks the spectrum, explains why some of the later dogmas leave him unconvinced, and describes his own shift from evangelical indifference (and suspicion) to a
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