Rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to review the big events in church and state. This time: the death of Pope Francis, experiments to dim the sun in the name of climate change, the King's slightly woke Easter Message, and further reports of a Christian revival in Britain.

All this interspersed with a very special feature-length interview with pastor and Old Testament scholar, the Rev'd Dr Benjamin Giffone about his new superb book A House Divided: Technology, Worship, & Healing the Church after COVID. Listeners to this podcast will find much interest in what Benj has to say about the failures of the Church during Covid and what the future has to bring.

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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham, Jamie Franklin and Daniel French sit down to talk about the biggest news in church and state. This time, we look at the biggest "Holy Week Fails" on social media and discuss a recent report by the Bible Society which appears to indicate that Christianity is growing in the UK, particularly among young men. The Bible Society are calling this "The Quiet Revival".

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With reason, argument and inconvenient facts, Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin EXPLODES historian David Starkey's recent assault on Christianity which he gave on Andrew Gold's Heretics podcast.

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Join rev with a difference Jamie Franklin, as he comments on Justin Welby's most recent public appearance alongside Laura Kuenssberg and notes the surprising influence of the hit Netflix show Adolescence within the Church of England!

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Join Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This time:

• The hit TV show Adolescence takes the UK by storm. But is this hard-hitting social realism or manipulative propaganda?
• The persecution of Christians in Syria and why we hear so little about it from the established church.
• Assisted Suicide Watch as the Bill is watered down to remove the high court judge safeguard.
• And Easter is cancelled in Eastleigh as local schools keeps Ramadan and Eid, but gives the Christian festival the boot.

All that, your emails, plus much more. Enjoy!

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Rev with a difference Jamie Franklin tackles the Diocese of Norwich's anti-racism toolkit debacle and Giles Cohen's piece on giving up atheism for Lent. Then a special interview with home education activist Randall Hardy on the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill and the concerns that it presents to home educators. All that and more as always. Enjoy!

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No Nationalisation of Our Kids – Taking a stand against Educational Bureaucrats
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The Blob Has Sunk to New Depths in Its Quest to Destroy Educational Freedom – Randall Hardy, The Daily Sceptic
https://dailysceptic.org/2025/02/06/the-blob-has-sunk-to-new-depths-in-its-quest-to-destroy-educational-freedom/
Phillipson is Letting the Blob Run Rings Around Her – Randall Hardy, The Daily Sceptic
https://dailysceptic.org/2025/03/07/phillipson-is-letting-the-blob-run-rings-around-her/
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024 – The HE Byte
https://he-byte.uk/cws-bill-2024-england/
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: more questions than answers | Defend Digital Me
https://defenddigitalme.org/2024/12/17/childrens-wellbeing-and-schools-bill-more-questions-than-answers/
Policy | Defend Digital Me
https://defenddigitalme.org/policy/policy/
Two Dangerous Bills | Reclaim Rights for Children
https://rightsforchildren.uk/two-dangerous-bills/
Educational Freedom
https://educationalfreedom.org.uk/
Ed Yourself
https://edyourself.org

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Church of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This time we talk about the Church of England comms team's strange decision to release a video about Climate Change on Shrove Tuesday after which we get our teeth into the major geopolitical events of the week: Starmer's visit to the White House; the apocalyptic clash between Trump, Zelenskyy and JD Vance; the US pausing of military aid to Ukraine; Zelenskyy coming back to the table with Trump; and Trump's mega address to Congress in which he claimed Lesotho was a place nobody had ever heard of. All that plus much much more as ever!

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The three Church of England revs with a difference are back to talk about the biggest issues in church and state. This time:

• Trump's recent IVF order
• Proposed change to assisted suicide law extending eligibility to twelve months from six
• Did anything interesting happen at General Synod?
• Our next pick for Archbishop of Canterbury
• And the mysterious withdrawal of the anonymous appointee to the See of Durham

All that and much much more as ever. Please enjoy!

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