The Vicar Will Kill You Now

Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs

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In this episode Church of England vicars Thomas Pelham, Daniel French and Jamie Franklin get together to offer a spiritual perspective on current events, this week taking our Scriptural reflection from John 3:16-21: God's offer of the light of truth to the world. In current events: Elon Musk buys Twitter to promote free speech, why are people unhappy? The government want to send migrants to Rwanda, is it such a bad place after all? "Yes" says the Archbishop of Canterbury! Rev Rich Coles retires early because the Church isn't friendly to gay people. Canada wants to euthanise the mentally ill and a Church in the true north has begun its own priest-assisted in-house death service: come through dear, the vicar will kill you now!
Links:
GB News, Gary Lineker speaks out over Elon Musk Twitter takeover - https://www.gbnews.uk/news/gary-lineker-speaks-out-on-elon-musks-twitter-takeover-branding-it-a-cesspit/280955
Telegraph, "Refugee plan is ungodly", says Archbishop - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/04/16/rwanda-refugee-plan-ungodly-says-justin-welby/
Allison Pearson, Judge yourself first, Justin Welby, before preaching to the rest of us - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2022/04/20/judge-first-justin-welbybefore-preaching-rest-us/
Telegraph, Rev Richard Coles: Church is increasingly excluding gay people - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/04/17/rev-richard-coles-gay-people-not-welcome-church-england/
National Post, Which mentally ill people should be eligible for euthanasia in Canada? - https://nationalpost.com/health/canada-mental-illness-maid-medical-aid-in-dying
Life News - Woman kills herself in assisted suicide in church in Canada - https://nationalpost.com/health/canada-mental-illness-maid-medical-aid-in-dying
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