Welcome to this week’s Quantum of Hope 47:
We look at the current situation in Hong Kong and the extraordinary way that a Christian hymn has been in the centre of things.
London is experiencing a spate of stabbings. Meanwhile Christians in Nigeria continue to be slaughtered.
We also look at the lack of forgiveness in modern society – with this incredible discussion about the shaming of the poet Frank Sherlock.
Have you been enjoying the womens world cup? Graham Spiers has mixed feelings.
We then move on to discuss the rather negative view of Fathers given at a somewhat Woke service in Glasgow.
Did you hear the one about the Passion Play that was banned because an ignorant civil servant thought it would be pornographic.
Then we come on to the teacher who expelled a pupil for saying there were only two genders. Another Brick in the Wall – The Threat to Children
Do you know what Black Metal is? A new film gives some interesting insights.
Meanwhile in Scotland another church leaves the Scottish Episcopal Church.
Did you know that Puritans would fine emotionally abusive husbands? Pulitzer Prize winning author and historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich reports a 1677 case where a husband humiliated his wife and was fined by the Salem Quarterly Court for his “abusive carriages and speeches.”
Tweets of the Week….
Finally we sign out with this song…
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