In this weeks Quantum we look at the UK General Election results and what it means – including votes; the rise of Islamist politics; Reform; Kris Kandiah; Farage and the Channel 4 actor; BBC hit job on Miriam Cates; Welsh Parliament to ban lying; Yes Minister; The Blob wins; Biden meltdown; Australian Muslim Senator resigns; Christians massacred in Nigeria; Glastonbury borders; The religious Euros; Malen the Christian; Euthanasia in the Netherlands; SEEK 41 – The Devil and Hell with music from D:Ream, the Who, Coldplay, Rameau, the Rolling Stones and the Scottish Praise Gathering youth choir
Here is the music used in this weeks podcast – https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5cQDrKLTDbd1CRO43ZqhoY?si=87e0efd3e6644acf
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Catch up on last week’s episode Breathless – Quantum 310 – The Dirty Dozen – Farage, Johnson, Biden, Swinney, Denyer, Tennant…and Country of the Week – Iceland.
As far as I’m concerned we have got rid of one lot of corrupt liars, just to be replaced by the same wearing a different colour. I pray the Lord will not turn His back on us.
The Miriam Cates story perhaps illustrates why the Lambeth 1:10 boundary matters so much. An alleged exorcism, to drive out demons, as seems to have been discovered following an examination (or inquiry) into the Matthew Dapper story is surely alarming. The plain terms of Lambeth 1:10 affirmed freedom and personal responsibility, leaving unmarried people (straight or gay) with a clear code of conduct to follow if they pursued leadership and/or ordination. People were historically taken at their word, and simply expected to honour it. Richard Coles is a clever and articulate self-publicist and writer. But might some of his communications on this topic perhaps be profoundly unhelpful? Do cases appear to exist where genuine celibates have been unfairly removed from ministry? Yet have other clerics in sexually active relationships outside marriage remained in Church employment? I deeply regret the shifting away from Lambeth 1:10 and lament the problems which are now going to inevitably follow.
An interesting insight into the growing sectarianism within UK politics (presumably BBC ‘fact checked’!) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3g37mk7vxlo
Hi David, Thanks for your great insights and passion for highlighting the issues we are facing as ‘The Church’. Just a couple of comments on the music you played in this episode – the baroque piece I think is by Rameau, a French composer. It sounded like you were trying to make him Russian, calling him ‘Raminov’ (sic). And, the last piece ‘Is He Worthy’ – a fantastic presentation and recording, but it’s a shame that the composer (Andrew Peterson – USA writer) was not acknowledged.
Great blessings on your ministry in Newie.
Many thanks. You will get a mention this week