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What does the bible say about mass deportations and how can it relate to today's hot-button issues? Mike Slater chats with Father Calvin Robinson about this and more. This is the second part of a two-part series.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does the bible say about mass deportations and how can it relate to today's hot-button issues? Mike Slater chats with Father Calvin Robinson about this and more. This is the second part of a two-part series.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Modern secular Britain has slowly transformed into a soft tyranny that censors speech and persecutes Christians. As Islamic immigrants flood the country, a new religion has come to dominate the public square and challenged the identity of the United Kingdom. Father Calvin Robinson joins me to discuss the political and spiritual future of the U.K. Follow on: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-auron-macintyre-show/id1657770114 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3S6z4LBs8Fi7COupy7YYuM?si=4d9662cb34d148af Substack: https://auronmacintyre.substack.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuronMacintyre Gab: https://gab.com/AuronMacIntyre YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/AuronMacIntyre Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-390155 Odysee: https://odysee.com/@AuronMacIntyre:f Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/auronmacintyre/ Today's sponsors: Follow https://x.com/WillHild Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Priest Booted From Church After Imitating Musk's SaluteThe Daily Beast, By Emell Derra Adolphus, on January 30, 2025https://www.thedailybeast.com/right-wing-catholic-priest-father-calvin-robinson-hits-the-musk-salute-at-pro-life-talk/ Father Calvin Robinson, a right-wing priest with ties to the UK's far-right movement, was removed from his church after performing a salute reminiscent of Elon Musk's controversial gesture at Trump's inauguration rally. Robinson claims it was a joke mocking liberal outrage, but the Anglican Catholic Church took swift action, drawing a clear line between political expression and extremist signaling. The panel discusses the implications of religious leaders engaging in radical rhetoric and contrasts Robinson's actions with Minister Buddy's call for compassion and inclusion. They note the long history of religious institutions aligning with fascism and mock Robinson's complaints that liberals criticizing him are the real fascists. They also find it ironic that he claims victimhood after deliberately provoking outrage. The discussion highlights the hypocrisy of extremists using religion as a shield while pushing hateful ideologies.The Non-Prophets, Episode 24.07.1 featuring Cynthia McDonald, Helen Greene, Eli Slack and Kelley LaughlinBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-non-prophets--3254964/support.

Dive into a compelling discussion with Dan Wootton on the latest episode. We'll tackle Father Calvin Robinson's controversial dismissal, the surge in UK net migration, and its political fallout. We'll also look at U.S. political debates through tweets, and discuss the evolving role of independent media. Join us for insights that challenge the status quo and call for action in your community.   Connect with Dan Wootton. . . 

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link!This episode dives deep into the complexities of humor within faith discussions and its impact on community relationships. Through the examination of Father Calvin Robinson's controversial joke and Father Jason Charron's critique of Michael Lofton, we explore how humor can serve both as a unifying force and a source of division in contemporary discourse.• Humor facing scrutiny in faith discussions• The debate surrounding Father Calvin Robinson's remarks• Father Jason Charron's critique of Michael Lofton sparks introspection• Navigating the challenges of public perception in a digital age• The duality of humor as a tool for connection and division• Reflection on the responsibilities of faith leaders in public spacesSupport the show********************************************************https://www.avoidingbabylon.comMerchandise: https://shop.avoidingbabylon.comLocals Community: https://avoidingbabylon.locals.comRSS Feed for Podcast Apps: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1987412.rssSpiritusTV: https://spiritustv.com/@avoidingbabylonOdysee: https://odysee.com/@AvoidingBabylon

Chris has Father Calvin Robinson to talk on the terror groups who are kidnapping children and raping them with little to know punishment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Father Calvin Robinson joins Michael to talk about the common sense crusade and what it looks like for Christians to have courage.  Links Mentioned: Father Robinson's Oxford debate  UKIP Godisageek.com  Father Robinson's website Father Robinson's Youtube channel To read the show notes, click here.

Are you tired of the winning yet? Justin Barclay fills in for Glenn today and discusses how it feels like the world is heading more toward peace, even though Donald Trump has not yet even been sworn in for his second term as president. An unlikely source for winning is a new Apple ad that will make you think someone is chopping onions, but it signals that we are back, America is back, and we have had enough of the toxic woke ideology. We may have won the first battle, but the war for the future of our country is just beginning. Father Calvin Robinson joins the program. He has been watching what is happening in Europe and what is headed America's way unless we turn the tide here. Democrats are still wondering how they lost so decisively in this year's elections. Pollster Richard Baris joins the program to discuss what he saw in the data that led him to believe that Harris was never ahead of Trump and how Trump's momentum helped swing the congressional races in Republicans' favor. Is the shift in minorities voting for Trump this year something that the Republicans will see going forward? Trump and his Cabinet picks continue to receive threats, as they were either subjected to bomb threats or swatted this week. But that didn't seem to shake the former president. Lara Trump joins the program to discuss Thanksgiving at Mar-a-Lago and the path forward for Trump and his transition team despite all the pushback.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Watch The Extended Uncensored Version Of this Episode in The True North Movement https://www.patrickcoffin.media/the-true-north-movement/ In this to-the-point episode of The Patrick Coffin Show, Father Calvin Robinson, British born broadcaster and author, dives into the state of modern Britain, the role of Christian faith in society, and the impact of global political movements, and the difference Donald Trump's election means overseas. The anti-woke, pro-free speech Robinson relates his experiences watching the "fall of the UK," pointing to the erosion of traditional values, the sidelining of Christianity, and the cultural shifts that have led to a crisis of national identity.  Patrick and Father Robinson discuss how the Christian faith has been challenged by secularism in the West in the form of contemptuous censorship, and what the next right step looks like.   Topics covered in this episode: Why Father Robinson left his homeland and whether it's permanent The roots of the slow decline of the essentially Christian Anglo-American Establishment The plight of freedom fighters and nationalists like Tommy Robinson (no relation) Why the election of Trump will have a ripple effect around the world for conservatism The basic differences in temperament between Americans and the British How Mohammedanism and Marxism work together for the enemy of mankind Robinson's unexpected reaction to meeting Donald Trump Resources mentioned in this episode: Father Calvin's substack: https://www.calvinrobinson.com/  Father Calvin's Common Sense Crusade show on LotusEaters: https://www.lotuseaters.com/author/calvin-robinson-07-02-2024

Sebastian talks to Father Calvin Robinson, host of "Common Sense Crusade" on the Lotus Eaters network, about the future of religion in the West, particularly for young men.Support the show: https://www.sebgorka.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Megyn Kelly is joined by Maureen Callahan, author of "Ask Not," to discuss the media's push to make the Harris-Walz ticket seem “relatable” and “just like the rest of us,” VP Kamala Harris finally agreeing to an interview but with her VP pick Gov. Tim Walz, Harris' new tactic of copying Trump and his policies, Harris' lies about her life story, the media coddling her for now but not forever, her attempt to portray herself as everything to everyone,the damage pro-Hamas and anti-Israel rioters caused in New York City in an attempt to disrupt a Democratic event, the riots likely coming in Chicago at next week's DNC, breaking news about five people charged in Matthew Perry's death, the doctors and assistant that were involved in a Ketamine drug ring, how Perry's fame led to this accountability but so many others don't get it, and more Then Laurence Fox and Father Calvin Robinson join to discuss the riots in the U.K., how Muslim protesters are attacking media and civilians, the false spin that this issue comes from the “far right," the media propaganda about what's happening in the U.K., the immigration patterns in Europe and how the government is handling it, people like Douglas Murray threatened over “dangerous” speech, threats and censorship for speaking the truth, the attacks on masculinity, and more. Callahan- https://www.amazon.com/Ask-Not-Kennedys-Women-Destroyed/dp/0316276170/Fox and Robinson- https://www.youtube.com/c/ReclaimTheMedia_Follow The Megyn Kelly Show on all social platforms:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MegynKellyTwitter: http://Twitter.com/MegynKellyShowInstagram: http://Instagram.com/MegynKellyShowFacebook: http://Facebook.com/MegynKellyShow Find out more information at: https://www.devilmaycaremedia.com/megynkellyshow 

John sits down with Father Calvin Robinson to talks matters of faith, politics, and dogs saluting Hitler.  -------------------------------------------------- Support our show sponsor at:  https://shellshockcbd.com/ https://johnburk.com https://www.1920brand.com/ ------------------------------------------ Follow John's socials at: TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/johnburkofficial LOCALS: https://www.locals.com/member/johnburk RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/JohnBurk Kick app: https://kick.com/johnburk Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@johnburkofficial Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnburk39 Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@JohnBurk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnburkig

Fr Calvin Robinson returns to Hearts of Oak to reflect on recent events in the UK, emphasising the importance of unity and common sense discussions amidst rising anger and protests. Calvin discusses the role of media in shaping narratives and advocates for accurate reporting. He stresses the need for righteous indignation without violence and raises concerns about the government's response to current issues. Fr Calvin highlights patriotism, British identity, challenges of mass immigration, and the role of churches in addressing spiritual needs. Encouraging critical thinking and spiritual awareness, he urges prayer, reflection, and deeper faith connections in facing societal challenges. The Rev'd Fr Calvin Robinson is a political adviser, TV anchor, radio presenter, conservative commentator and parish priest. A priest with Old Catholic orders, serving in an Anglican parish. Founding member of the Anglo-Catholic confraternity, Brotherhood of the Holy Trinity. Connect with Calvin... X/TWITTER         x.com/calvinrobinson SUBSTACK         calvinrobinson.com/ FOX & FATHER   x.com/media_reclaim                             youtube.com/c/ReclaimTheMedia_ Interview recorded  5.8.24 Connect with Hearts of Oak... X/TWITTER        x.com/HeartsofOakUK WEBSITE            heartsofoak.org/ PODCASTS        heartsofoak.podbean.com/ SOCIAL MEDIA  heartsofoak.org/connect/ SHOP                  heartsofoak.org/shop/ Transcript (Hearts of Oak) And hello, hearts of oak. I am delighted to have a good friend of ours, and that is Father Calvin Robinson. Calvin, thank you so much for your time today, as always. (Fr Calvin Robinson) Peter, it is always a pleasure. thanks for having me on. Although, the thing is, we're pre-recording this, so by the time this goes up, the country might not even still be here. It could be, we could be both in the States by then. Who knows what happens by Thursday? Or locked up. But there's literally so much to discuss. And you and I both talked prior to recording this about the interest in the US of what is happening here. And lots of media slots for both of us on the US side as they see what is happening. Happening but over the last week from last Monday from the individual I will get into that actually stabbing three girls killing them and a number of others being severely I think there was about 11 who were injured in that we have seen since last Tuesday a rise of individuals, very angry at what has been happening and there's lots of point of conversation in this. But can I ask you just first generally what have your thoughts been um as a brit living here what is happening over the last week in the UK. That's a big opening question. I don't feel safe. I just today as we're recording this moved out of Cambridge moved over to Oxford and on the way I was thinking I don't feel safe. I don't want to go into London. I don't want to go into the city. I don't want to be around where there are big gatherings of people I don't feel like I'm safe. Now I shouldn't feel like that in my own country. Why do I feel like that? Well, there's a two-pronged approach here. On the one hand the prime minister seems to be stoking the flames he's doing everything he can to make things worse it's bizarre. I've never seen anything like it. Every single press statement he releases or at least has released over the last few days has been: this is all a fault of of the far right and the agitators online, and he's basically pointed fingers at Tommy Robinson, Nigel Farage, you, me, and people who are pointing out the problem. But this has been the problem; these are we're problem a lot here, but the problem all along has been that people who point out the problem are perceived as the problem rather than the problem itself. So, you on the one hand we've got the government saying things like we're going to clamp down on these these far-right thugs. We are the far-right thugs and their online agitators for all that's us. And then on the other hand we've got the Muhammadans out there with the machetes and the planks of wood beating Britain's left right and centre, and so I don't know if I'm going to get arrested by the state or beat to death by a Muhammadan. What, so how do you, because you have a responsibility as someone who is a high profile individual in the media, and I feel I have a responsibility of someone who's less high profile in the media than yourself. But we have responsibility to discuss what is happening and not to throw petrol on the fire, but to have a conversation of what is happening to bring some common sense, but not to ramp up for the sense of clickbait which I think is a danger in the media. So how do you; you've got a a number of different hats. Let's stick your media hat on, how do you see it in terms of media? Well, we do have to report on events, we have to cover the events of course, we don't have to we have to not stoke the events, but my my personal message is be angry. We should be angry. We should have righteous indignation, but we should not be violent. We as brits are not violent we're civilized people and actually we want to protect our country. The reason we're angry is because we feel the establishment is disconnected from us, working against us, and have imported a hostile force who hates us and want to kill us and replace us. And so we're angry on two fronts, but we're angry because the other people are violent, not because we're violent. So, we don't meet violence with violence. And so my message over this past few days has been, do not resort to violence. Because actually, I think we're being stirred up for a reason. I honestly believe the government cannot be this incompetent they must be riling people up in order to clamp down on our freedoms we're already seeing, you know, there was a conflict of interest in the media this week. Where we had former minister Ed Balls on Good Morning Britain interviewing his wife Yvette Cooper who happens to be the home secretary. Having a very cordial conversation about clamping down on Twitter and clearly Twitter is the only free speech platform we have left, you know, we've got rumble in the video space, but in social media space we've only got Twitter. So, if they clamp on twitter they control the narrative and all they have to do to clamp down on Twitter is say; well these these riots are being stirred up by by Peter and Calvin and Tommy and Nigel therefore we've got to stop them talking. The prime minister was lost a question by the media again as we record today should Tommy Robinson and Andrew Tate be allowed on social media. Should they be allowed on social? Should they be allowed to have a voice? It's absolutely crazy the conversations that are being had right now and so of course the far left who think themselves to be reasonable centrists are saying well no of course they shouldn't we should stop all these people. These people are the problem, but they will even if they do manage to censor us they will never realize that we are just highlighting the problem. We are not the problem itself, the problem is still festering. Those people out with the sticks and machetes are not your everyday ordinary common British folk. So, the problem for our war room posse and our US audience who may not get what's happening is that last Monday, three girls were murdered and many others were injured at, I think, a Taylor Swift kind of concert event in a school. And this individual has now been arrested. Details put out. And but it's so that's the situation we find ourselves in to this event, which seems to have been the spark that has angered people. Why have people been angered at that? Is it the event? Is it the response? Is the media? How has that been the spark that set off this anger that we've seen across the UK, even to Northern Ireland, which surprises me? When you have the nationalists and the Republicans, the Protestants and the Catholics, Irish flag and Northern Irish flag together, I don't think I've ever seen that in all my time. So, it's been something that's unified people. What has it been about this event that's actually unified people and got them angry? First of all that unity is great to see. This is... So, God takes bad things and turns them into good. He takes evil events and works them for good. That's what we're seeing here; the Catholics and the Protestants marching arm by arm in arm side by side. I honestly have never thought I'd see the day in Northern Ireland that's amazing, but it's coming from and you're right this this one incident is a spark, but it's almost a catalyst. It didn't start the whole thing. You know, we saw riots in Leeds and in Whitechapel before this incident as well. So, it's been stirring up for a while. And actually, the three girls, Alice, Elsie, and Bebe, were –, It destroys us. It breaks our hearts. As Brits, we take the lives of innocents and the vulnerable seriously, and we believe in the sanctity of life, and we want to protect the vulnerable and the innocent. So, when three girls are murdered viciously for no reason, it's horrible and it destroys us. And so, of course, it's going to be a catalyst. But the problem is that the media and the establishment try to cover it up, as they always do. So, it's not just saying that this is who the perpetrator was, this is what he believed in, this is why he did it. They say well let's talk about this, and that instead, let's talk about this, and that it's like distraction projection, distraction projection, and people see through it people aren't stupid. And when they release pictures of of the perpetrator as a seven-year-old or 11-year-old or something to make him look cutesy and and to make you empathize when... People don't start to empathize with him. They don't start to think: okay the perpetrator is actually the victim. What they think is, why? Why are you peddling this? This was a fully grown 17-year-old chap who killed these girls. He does not look like that. What message are you trying to tell us? That we should feel sorry for the boy over the girls? And so people have had enough of the media manipulating them and the establishment manipulating them, and that the police never release the reports, and not just in this stepping, but continually. We never get the manifestos. We never get the motivations. And so people have said enough is enough. And this is why they're sick and tired of it all. This is why they got out and started protesting. But of course, with any protest, there are always false flags. And there are always people trying to capitalize on these events and try to make it look worse than it is. And so it's been incredibly disappointing to hear our own government try and paint all these ordinary, upset, frustrated Britons as far-right thugs. There's no far-right in this country. We'd know if there was a far-right. We would have seen them long ago when when we're needed, but the problem is just to paint ordinary people as far right, demonizes them and paints paints the frustrated as the bad guys. I'm beginning to get at a loss for words, because it's when the establishment is against you to that degree, when the media and the politicians are colluding together. What outlet do we have other than public civil disorder order and this is why people are out in the streets. Hearts of Oak: Well, it is, because Alice - nine-year-old girl, and Bebe was six year old, Elsie - seven, these are children, they do not choose to be involved in some fight, in some war, that we have in the UK and of course eight other children and sustained knife wounds on that and you're right. The shocking thing was the media putting the picture of Axel, and I can't pronounce his surname, I don't have in front of me, Radha Kubane, his parents from Rwanda. He was born here in Wales so he's Welsh and that whole conversation of the media seemingly trying to hide to say this was a Welsh child, a Welsh boy, Welsh kid had carried this out, but actually there's a wider picture and it's not just on this individual. It's a wider conversation, but it seems to be that at every turn the media have tried to fall over themselves to make sure and give a narrative that fits in with the government narrative, similar to what we've seen in Covid tyranny I guess. For the sake of diversity. Yeah, a rush to follow that so have you seen that kind of the media falling over themselves as someone in the media, someone who was on GB News, now with Lotus Eaters, wonderful Lotus Eaters. But as someone in the media, how do you see that as the media rushing, falling over themselves to hide a story instead of expose a wrongdoing? Well, this is why we started GB News. This is why we got involved in our project to offer an alternative voice. It hasn't worked out. It has become as controlled as the rest. But the problem was we saw everywhere else you looked, there's a controlled narrative. and people, it's not even always controlled, it's that people subscribe to this narrative. So, lots of people who work at the BBC, for example, or The Guardian or The Telegraph, they are on board with we must protect diversity, everything for the sake of diversity. And so when they discover that the perp may be of a different ethnicity maybe of a foreign nationality or his parents maybe with foreign nationality they have to cover it up they have to disguise it, because they want people to think it's because of that. And maybe in this instant it wasn't because of that maybe it wasn't anything to do with his ethnicity or his culture or his parents nationality. Maybe it had maybe had nothing to do with it whatsoever, but the fact that they tried to hide it makes us suspicious, because quite often it does have something to do with it. Quite as often the attacks are because there are Muhammadans in this country who hate us. Hate our way of life. Want would love to have sharia here, would love to have the Islamic law, would love for this to be an Islamic caliphate, and so do want to harm us. Most of our terrorist incidents in this country are from the Mohammedan ideology. And so when they cover it up, what they're doing is they're becoming complicit. We've seen this for years now, decades now, with the Pakistani Muslim rape gangs, where we saw Pakistani Muslims, as part of their culture, not seeing white British girls as the same or as equal or as even a person. In our tradition, we'd see them as made in the image of God. In their tradition they see them as lesser than. And so they've been grooming and raping these young girls for years, but have been covered up by the councillors, by the police, by the MPs, by our government. All for the sake of diversity, and this is exactly this is the same pattern day in day out with anything that involves anyone that may be at least slightly brown. We've got to move past if we truly want to be a multicultural society and I don't, but if people on the left say we want to become a multicultural society, then we have to get to a stage where actually we can have discussions about ethnicity, about culture, about religion, without being shut down or being accused of being a racist, a bigot, or far-right. And we're not there. We are clearly not there. Multiculturalism is not working, and diversity isn't our strength. Diversity is our Achilles heel. Diversity is the thing that is causing a lot of these issues and a lot of this polarisation, these riots that we're seeing, these protests that we're seeing, all for the sake of diversity. And of course, here's the individual who's going to be tried in January. We'll discuss why they don't have 24-hour courts to actually deal with that trial, because I think justice has to be done swiftly and not held over for months and months. And we've seen this delay in the grooming gangs, where some of them take a year to actually carry out, and it's irrespective of that the individual is held in custody. Actually, you need justice to be done, and to be done swiftly. But I'm glad that Keir Starmer suddenly found out that he can deal with these individuals quickly, but the individual Axel is his parents from Rwanda, Christian country, but 55 percent Christian minority, Muslim, but to me that the issue separately is people fitting into this country. That's the first thing, but secondly it is and whether or not this individual will find out, whether or not Axel was caught up in Islamic ideology or Muhammadism. I've talked to many church leaders and they've said they are losing many young people to Islam because it comes across as a strong muscular, confident faith. Where Christianity comes across as weak, pathetic, and liberal. So, young people want to have that confidence as an individual and Islam seems to have that. Christianity doesn't have that, so that's a conversation I want to have with you in a little bit. But that whole thing of people coming from abroad and just fitting in to the country, and what actually means being part of this country. And we don't seem to have that conversation of people when they step here. And that seems to be massively lacking in helping people actually know what it means to be British. That is the key. That's what we've been missing for all these years. At the start of all of this mass immigration, which we have for decades now, that really took off in 1997 under Tony Blair. We should have said, look, if we're going to have people coming here, we've got to understand who we are and what we're about before we take on board anyone else's values or cultures. Us and we should have said, look this is this is what it means to be British: the English language the Christian faith. Faith, hope and love as values and stretched it out from there, but we couldn't even when the Tories got into power they were like, what are British values? Democracy, the rule of law. It's like these secular nonsense, that's not who we are as a people. And so we should have described it and outlined it from the beginning and then said we're going to have assimilation for the people that do come over to Britain. They assimilate into our culture into our faith, into our way of life. And that's how we bring people together. That's how we have unity. That's how you have true diversity, actually, under unity. If we all said, look, this is a monarchy, a constitutional monarchy, a democracy. And so under our flag, under our king or queen at the time, then that's how we unite. But people who do not like that we are a constitutional monarchy, do not like that we're a democracy, do not like our flag, do not like our values they should not be an allowed entry. But it's too late for that they've been allowed in, and so now we have these conflicting ideologies these conflicting cultures that do not get on. And never will get on, because people swear allegiance to to something else or someone else before us, and it's the great test. It always has been the test, now it's the Muhammadans, and now it's the fact that the Islamic faith comes before everything including Great Britain. But even before then, even when we had mass Pakistani immigration; even before that when my family came over, we had the mass Caribbean immigration. It was still, the easy test is when the cricket's on, who do you support? I mean, you laugh, but it's true. That you can tell someone's agenda and someone's allegiances by who they'll support. No, completely. And I was, I mean, today we've seen, or maybe yesterday, today, I mean, the days blur into one, but we've seen Keir Stammer, who sadly, please pray for us, all the war in Posse, we have Keir Stammer as our PM for the next five years. But he was giving his well he was giving a statement and what he would do the far right have nowhere to hide. We will come and find you they'll regret your actions. I think someone posted a video of Keir stammer when making statements on the BLM rats in 2020 after George Floyd had a drugs overdose and the difference in then it didn't seem to be we will come and find you and target you it's seemingly leniency on one side and aggression on the other. I don't know if you've seen that or want to speak into that. Peter, are you suggesting that there's some kind of two tiers to Kier? I love that he's getting known as two-tier Kier now by the way, because it's really exposing him for who he is. You're right. Absolutely, there's a different approach to to different demographics and if anyone brown is involved it's like you know, soft gloves, kiddie gloves. And then if anyone, white or British is involved or Christian is involved, then it's, we will find you and we will get you. It's like, whoa, how did it go from Care Bears to Stormtroopers? Where's the in-between? Where's the policing without fear or favour that we knew and loved? This is, I mean, we introduced policing to the rest of the world, pretty much from our standards. And that's all gone. Our police forces have been corrupted with liberalism as well as this diversity above all. If it's black lives matter, if it's Muhammadansm, if it's something that's seen as approved by the narrative then they get away with it. If it's the default if it's white British Christians then they're stumped down upon. So, what is that is that is that meaning that we treat people differently based on their ethnicity and their religion, if so then that's racist discrimination and that's essentially what our police forces and our government is getting up to. It's racial discrimination and or religious discrimination at the moment. We have the equalities act for that purpose to make sure that everyone is treated say equally under the law and that's always been our way. We strive for equal opportunities not equal outcomes. We profess to live in a meritocracy where anyone can become anything as long as they work hard enough, it doesn't matter your race or your religion in this liberal democracy. I mean it's not the way I would have it that's the way we've been told it's supposed to be and it's notworking anymore. How do you bounce up? Because, I come with this from someone born in Northern Ireland and living in London. So, I've got that Northern Irish mix, which is extremely proud and strong and sectarian, which is good and bad. And then finding myself in London, which isn't England, as Lozza has told us. But you also come from that mixed side of having a Caribbean background, English background. How do you see that diverse? Because I've kind of been in one way perplexed living in England, having a strong identity from Northern Ireland and realizing that English people don't necessarily have that strong identity. How do you kind of see that in a kind of similar mix? Yeah, it's been scrubbed out over the years, it's very bizarre. So, I've always been proud to be British. My father was born here but his father was born in Jamaica and when they came over from Jamaica during Windrush they were very proud to be British too, because they were part of the British Commonwealth of nations they were like coming to the mother country so essentially. They still believed in the empire, they thought it was great. Most Jamaicans still do, according to the last poll taken over there. So, it's really weird when the native English don't. So, I'm only half English, I'm half Caribbean. So I suppose it's my Caribbean half that's more patriotic, that's proud to be British, because the English people have lost some of that. And I think it's been taken out of them on purpose by design. Most people are told these days, you can't be proud to be English, because it's nationalistic. It seems to be something that came out of World War II. It seems to be the lesson we took from World War II too, that to be nationalistic is a bad thing. It leads to Nazism. Of course, that's nonsense, lot a nonsense. National socialism was fascism. It was the extreme end of the political spectrum. Having pride in your nation is something that unites us, not something that divides us. And actually, if it's done right, patriotism is done right, it's a good thing for all of us. And so I feel sorry when I see a lot of English people that feel that the Scots have their identity, the Northern Irish have their identity, the Welsh have their identity. They're like, Like, what are we? We're told we're just British. Well, the thing that unites all of us is that we're British across the whole of the United Kingdom. But the English are still English too. And actually, there is an English, a distinctively English culture that's different to the Welsh culture and the Scottish culture and the Northern Irish culture. But there are things that we share in common as British. And so we've got to be able to take the distinction between the two and celebrate the two and say, yes, yes, I'm English. Yes, I'm British. They are both good things. And of course, when we do that, we'll get called racists and FOB bigots. But we've got to accept that. We've got to take that. Just dust it off. It doesn't matter. The far left hate themselves and they hate us because we don't hate ourselves. So, we've just got to show them love, really, and show them it's okay to love our country. I've read you being called names along with Tommy, along with Lawrence, and I will not get into the personal stuff, but I've seen Majid Nawaz getting involved in that attack and others, so it's not just on that side. But I don't understand the attacks, because it seems to be that you, Tommy, Lawrence, many others are concerned at this erosion of British identity and are concerned at how mass immigration changes this and are concerned of how the government understands the left behind that many communities feel. So, as I've looked online, as I've gone into Twitter, as we all go into that Twitter spiral, and I've been confused at that attack on yourself and others because it doesn't seem to stand up, doesn't seem to have merit. I'm high of, I know for you it's water off a duck's back. I get that, but what how are you targeted as someone who simply wants to stand up for British values and understands the anger that many English people feel. I think it's different from different people. So, Merchant Noah's is a good example of Muhammadan's always put Muhammad first. And so you know he wrote this book radical from from extremist Islamist to secular Muslim. And he's claimed to be a secular Muslim for a while now, but it seems he's reverted back to his extremist ways or he's reverted back to putting Islam above Britain, because the people who are standing up for Britain or at least try to are getting attacked by him. I mean, he called me a globalist Chill. I've literally done everything all my life to fight against globalism. You know, I was in part of vote Leave to fight against the Federalist European Union. I fight against globalism in terms of Islam along trying to take over Britain. And try to fight against the one state, the one nation, the one world government, the one world religion, all that stuff but I think he's he's seeing it from an Islamic point of view rather than the British point of view. That's that's his his downfall. That's his Achilles heel unfortunately, but it's not just him there is there we're getting divided amongst ourselves. So, the people who have been traditionally fighting for freedom and traditionally fighting against you know covid, lockdowns, and vaccine mandates and stuff people who were aligned are being separated now, and it's a great shame, but this is part of the design of the enemy. Whether we're talking about the enemy in terms of the state or in terms of Satan himself, the enemy does not want us working together for good. But during the COVID, I've seen that divide and conquer. I've seen individuals attacking each other. And my line on the COVID tyranny is it doesn't matter if it's taken you a year, two years, three years to catch up. Hey, that's fine. It's important that individuals wake up. And the same on mass immigration, the same on Islam. The same on however you want to tackle this. So, I don't understand this attack from within, because surely we should understand the role of the state to divide people up and therefore control individuals. It seems to me that some of the individuals that attack, surely they should know better. But yeah, maybe they don't. And it kind of you look at people you think surely you should know better how this works. [Yeah, and I mean we have to kind of curate our own side as well, because it gets to the point where, you know we were just talking about my mixed heritage for example. Now, we said certain elements of the right that are edging onto the far right now and saying well we're ethno-nationalists and actually we just think Britain should be entirely white. So, it's like okay well what about those of of us who were born here, and our parents were born here, and we're not 100%, English, like I am half English, half Afro-Caribbean, then where do we go? And where do we fit into all of this? And so, it's become puritanical about all this, because they've been pushed to the extremes. They've been pushed for so long and so hard that their only defence is to fight back and say, we want none of it, and say, we don't just want rid of Islam, we just want rid of brownness. And it's like, of course, that's unrealistic. It does eventually lead to racism, but I can understand where it's coming from. And this is, because we're being divided further and further. And we've got to fight against the division. We've got to come back to unity. And this is why the rallies that we've been holding in London, one on June the 1st and one on July the 27th, were about uniting the kingdom, because we've got to come together. Tell me about that July the 22nd because frustratingly I was away, because I had a wedding anniversary and I was away. I couldn't join you in London and I was so sad to watch the huge demonstration. The tens of thousands, certainly 50,000, some put 100,000, and that coming together and that preceded what we have seen in the outpouring of anger at the stabbings. But there does seem to be a patriotism that's building up in Britain that I haven't seen for quite a while. I mean, how did you see that demonstration back in the 1st of June and then in July? It does seem to be a reinvigorating of what it means to be British and champion that once again, that we haven't seen that patriotism for a while in Britain. It's amazing to see, actually. We talked earlier about how English people tend to lack that sense of patriotism or not be able to display it these days without being castigated. But these rallies have been reuniting people and allowing people, giving people the permission that they feel the need for some reason to be able to be patriotic again. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to make it either because the date was set. And it's not about me, it's not about any individual, so we all just have to... But this has been the great thing about these rallies, It's the thing that Lawrence often says. It's amazing how much you can get done if no one wants the credit. And that's what these rallies have been about. So, I remember seeing you at the organising committee. We all come together to help do what we can and contribute how we can. If we can make it on the day, fantastic. If we can't, so be it. We still put our two pence in. But the people who turn up, they are what it's all about. British people waving that, whether it's the Union flag or St George's Cross or St Patrick's Cross or the Red Fist or the Red Dragon. And this is what it's all about. So it's not a fist, it's a hand. The red hand. Red hand of Ulster with a crown in the middle. That's the howl. But tell me from your point of view as a Christian leader, and we all are called into positions by God. We all, maybe because we want to, because we don't, because our choosing, because of simply calling, but we end up in positions of responsibility. And your position of responsibility is not only a media figure but also a Christian figure a religious figure. A church figure. How do you look on what is happening with that hat if I can ask you to put on that hat of Christianity and how do you see what's happening in terms of the rallies, but in terms of what we've seen over the last week? Over the last week I've felt a darkness come over this country. Now I've spoken to friends who've visited recently of last few weeks and months and they've said it feels like your country has a malaise over it and that malaise I think has turned into maleficence. I think in the last few days in particular there's a spiritual heaviness a spiritual darkness on this country that we can only get through if we pray we can. You know, to get through with him and his help. Unfortunately, I don't think many of us are at that stage yet. Thankfully, people are waking up at a political level. People are getting out and protesting and people are making their voices heard. But people aren't necessarily waking up at a spiritual level yet. And so this is why on Sunday just gone, I started my first online prayer session for the nation, where I'm going to do every Sunday at 5 p.m. People can tune in. We're just going to do evening prayer, just praying together for this country because we need it. We cannot do anything good on our own without him. He is everything that's good. And so, yeah, we're dark, but the darkness helps us see the light. So, we just need to turn to the light and head towards that. And how do you see churches being involved? Because we often see churches not understanding the conversation that's happening in public, because of the desire to protect ourselves with a midweek meeting and a Sunday sermon. And therefore, we are doing our duty as Christians behind our walls. How do you see churches' involvement? The churches have been disappointing, but we've seen this throughout modern history. Actually, we saw this through Covid where they closed their doors and instead of saying we are an essential service and the sacraments are vital there's no health in us without them. And people need to pray together to be to be Christian to come together to worship God and glorify God. Instead of saying that they closed their doors on people and it's been the same ever since to be honest you know Church attendance dropped by a third across the board in this country. So, lots of people have not returned because they haven't felt supported spiritually. Their spiritual well-being hasn't been taken care of. But even the people that are good, even the church leaders that are good, have their heads buried in the sand. So many of them are worried about image and optics. And we can't seem to be saying that. Even if they believe it, they can't seem to be saying it. And so when I talk to people about the church, I'm not talking about that church anymore. The hierarchy, the visible church, I'm not interested. We are the church, and that's what's important. Me, you, everyone tuned in watching, the professors of their faith in Jesus Christ, through our baptism. We are the church, the faithful masses. And so we come together in prayer. We come together in worship of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. And that's what bishops do. Leave the priests, leave the archbishop, do their wokeness and their liberalism. because they are important. He is what's important. As long as we come together with Him on our hearts, we are doing what we're called to do. And it's interesting how God raises people up. And I always want to sit back as a Christian and say and pray, God, who are you going to raise up? What are you going to do in this current climate? What is your will? And see people like me. I watched Elon Musk's interview with Jordan Peterson, and it was intriguing. Speaking not only that Jordan Peterson interviewed himself as opposed to Elon Musk, but that's a whole other conversation, but actually learning a little bit about Elon from that conversation obviously someone having the platform of Twitter someone who is not a Christian and said to Jordan how he's not a Christian. Very different from Jordan Peterson who's someone who seems to be searching for something more. Elon is not necessarily at that, but he is willing to speak out and he sees what's happening in the UK. And even today, he talked about Keir Starmer and said, surely you should be concerned about all communities and not just about one community protecting mosques or attacking far right. Or he sees that as a divide and conquer. How do you see as a media figure, but probably as a Christian, how God kind of raises individuals up to speak common sense and truth whenever the church is not really doing that. Yeah, that was an interesting clip where Keir said: you should not feel attacked because of your faith or the colour of your skin. And he wasn't about white people or Christians. He was talking about brown Mohammedans. And this is what Elon rightly pointed out, that we shouldn't be, you know, and Keir said, we're going to put more money. I think recently they announced £170 million for the protection of mosques, but he said we need more money to protect the mosques. It's like, why is this one particular demographic being put on a pedestal above all the others? What's it about that? But you're writing that God uses people in different ways and calls us to different things, that even when we don't know about it ourselves. And I think Elon Musk and Jordan Peterson are both being called right now to lead people to Christ. Elon Musk recently said he appreciates the cultural Christianity of the West and finds it important, similar to what Richard Dawkins, the chief atheist said recently. But also we know that Jordan Peterson's been on this faith journey for some time now. When you and I saw him in London recently, he had his blazer on with Mary all over it, which I thought was a bit on the nose. But it's like, come on, just come here, just come out. I mean, we all have different barriers in our way when it comes when it comes to faith. So, all we can do is pray for these people to find Christ and hope that he changes their hearts and converts them. Yeah, I mean, lots of people are being called, lots of people are being raised up right now, and it's about separating the weak from the chaff, and it's about finding who's true and not jumping to conclusions. We saw this in America with the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Clearly a miracle, clearly saved. But then people are like, oh, he's the anointed one of God, he is the prophet Trump. It's like, wait a minute, calm down a minute, let's not go too far. You know my personal take on that is that he was he was he was definitely saved it was definitely a miracle but we don't know why. We don't know what god's plan is, you know, it could be that if Donald Trump had been assassinated there'd be civil war in America right now because there are a couple of them would have taken up arms against the democrats who clearly would have killed him. And so maybe in saving his life God has saved the nation it's the nation that's anointed rather than than Donald Trump. So ,I mean it's just speculation but that's all we can do it's not to to jump on bandwagons of making false idols out of people. No, it tells that we see things through what a dark glass or darkly and don't always see things clearly. And we don't know what the mind of God is. And one day we will see that. But the Jordan, I mean, seeing Michaela, his daughter, talk about her faith and of how a number of things lined up within one day. And she said the only thing that could be is God and then Jordan's wife, I think Tammy being very open. I mean it is exciting, because I don't understand why people don't question things. As a Christian I am confused why people how people can look at the complexity of the world and think actually it's just luck and chance and a big bang and here we are and we all die and that's the end. And yet some people are in that elk to not actually question things, people who are questioning by nature. So, it is exciting to see people questioning and questioning. That's, in effect, that's part of your calling under God to actually, and mine is a Christian, but you have a dog collar, I don't. But to actually point people towards, is God in this? What does that mean? Surely this complexity of the universe and life means something more. I think we're having that conversation in the UK separate from maybe the established church. But still, there are those conversations happening one-on-one and online. Yeah, I think it's just a case of encouraging people to think. And the enemy would say, well, thinking is the opposite of religion. You have to not think to be. No, it's not. It's clear. The problem is we live in a world where there's noise constantly, or we're surrounded by distraction 24-7. So, we don't actually take any time out to think. And God is working very actively in our lives, in this world, in his creation. Our living God is a good God who doesn't sit by. So, there are miracles happening in our lives every day if we're open to seeing them. But that means we've got to think about it. You're right, some people will think, oh, it's just a coincidence. They won't even stop to think about it. They'll just continue with the noise and the distraction and keep the blinkers on. But the moment we stop and reflect and pray through what has happened in our day, in fact, it's a good habit to build up in our life to have that at the end of the day to just take time out to things and reflect about what's happened in the day. To repent of any sins we may have committed, but also to thank God for the beauty that we've experience. And that's kind of what we're avoiding, because we're avoiding the silence. And we hear God's voice in the silence. That's where he is. So, that's why we spend all our lives and all our days running away from it. And so I suppose my job is just to encourage people to stop. Stop running. Stop being distracted. And just think. Stop and think. Hearts of Oak: Oh, and I've talked to many people who said, you know, I'm not religious, Peter, but I have prayed more. I have thought more. And I think that's something we're seeing more and more. And certainly I'd encourage our audience, whether you're a watcher listening to, as you see things, to take time and ask God what he means in that. Because what we see around us is often a pointer to something. So, do take a moment and do ask God, are you saying something in that? And he says, call to me and I will answer you. So have a go, have a try, I do ask God. But Cam, how do you, going forward, what is your message to Brits at the moment, to those living on this island in England and over there, the water in Northern Ireland, who've been involved in a lot of these demonstrations? Administrations, I am concerned that a lot of people involved will get sucked up and locked away. The state will try and remove those who are against it. I'm trying to think how we can be smarter and more effective in combating what we see. So, I mean, publicly, what's your message to people in this current environment? My message is to be cautious and to be careful. We've got to make redundancies, make plans. The state could be coming for us. The Mohammedans could be coming for us. We don't know if we're going to be locked up or if we're going to be killed. And so have backup plans, whether that's downloading VPNs, so you've got ways to communicate with people, being in emergency chat groups of people that you can flag that you are safe. Build redundancies into your life, but also build prayer habits at the start of the day, at the end of the day. Build a way of life that is centred around prayer, that is centred around Christ, and not just around the politics. We have to do both. We've got to address the political situation that's going on in this country, and that means not sitting back and just watching. That means being active, whether that's getting out and standing for election, or if that's just forming a local community group to look out for each other. But also, on the other side, we've got to look after our spiritual wellbeing, which means going to church every single Sunday without exception. I mean, starting and ending your day in prayer of thanksgiving for the one true God. I'll be doing that, going to church on Sunday, starting my day in prayer. I think it's essential. Calvin, it's a perfect end to the conversation. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom on what is happening on not only the political understanding, but also the spiritual element which is what we so need to today. So, thank you for your time today. Thank you Peter.

Father Calvin Robinson joins Chris to talk on the stabbing attacks in England and how that is affecting the political climate. Find him on social media @calvinrobinsonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Luke Smallbone joins to talk about his role in the new film Unsung Hero and Father Calvin Robinson discusses his coming to faith story. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Megyn Kelly is joined by Laurence Fox and Father Calvin Robinson, hosts of "Fox and Father,” to discuss the Pope coming out against gender surgery for minors, new guidance in the U.K. warning against that practice but it continuing in the U.S., the new Scottish hate speech law, how it affects free speech in the media, the effects of enabling the "thought police" in Scotland, interest in the U.K. about Trump vs. Biden in 2024, the disturbing divide between Christians and Jews on the left and right, the “Christ is King” debate happening in culture now, Jews being targeted by the left and Muslims, the double standard in policing and speech, how each were fired by GB News, the toll of standing strong by your convictions, and more. Fox and Robinson- https://www.youtube.com/c/ReclaimTheMedia_ Follow The Megyn Kelly Show on all social platforms: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MegynKellyTwitter: http://Twitter.com/MegynKellyShowInstagram: http://Instagram.com/MegynKellyShowFacebook: http://Facebook.com/MegynKellyShow Find out more information at: https://www.devilmaycaremedia.com/megynkellyshow

UPDATE [1/23/2024]: The Rev. Jeffrey S. Miller has posted a note of clarification on the conference Facebook page: “For the concluding panel discussion of the 2024 Mere Anglicanism Conference, Father Calvin Robinson was pulled from participating not because of his views on women's ordination, but because he failed to address in his plenary presentation the topic that was assigned to him. Father Robinson was not asked to leave the conference, but remained through its conclusion and was paid his full honorarium.” Here are two links for the show notes: Mere Anglicanism Conference Website: Mere AnglicanismCalvin Robinson: “Cancelled from Mere Anglicanism”: Cancelled from Mere Anglicanism - Fr Calvin Robinson (substack.com) 

Let's discuss free speech in the age of censorship. We are having another live event with Reclaim Party leader Laurence Fox and Father Calvin Robinson on Friday 1st March in Central London.   Laurence and Calvin were both cancelled in 2023 yet they command substantial social media presence and are very important voices in the public square.  Revd. Fr Calvin Robinson is a political adviser, TV/radio presenter, and conservative commentator. His fearless common sense earned him a slot on GB News and before long he had his own weekly show “Calvin's Common Sense Crusade”. When GB News bosses suspended Laurence Fox (and the host for that slot Dan Wootton) for his views on a female journalist, Calvin showed his loyalty to his fellow journalists and was promptly sacked. Calvin was ordained at the end of 2023 and splits his time between preaching Good News from his pulpit on Sunday and on social media during the week. Laurence Fox was known to many of us for his role in the ITV drama Lewis which ran for 9 seasons from 2006 to 2015. He has also appeared in many films and stage productions. In January 2020 Laurence appeared on the BBC's political debate programme Question Time challenging the woke narrative and his forthright common sense views have now become a mainstay in the British psyche. Later that year he set up the Reclaim Party to challenge the uni-party system in the UK. His forthright views gained him a slot on GB News only to be sacked for those very same forthright views that got him hired in the first place. TICKETS  https://www.tickettailor.com/events/davidpeterevents/1115546 Interview recorded 31.1.24 Connect with David Vance... X                         https://x.com/DVATW?s=20 WEBSITE            https://davidvance.net/ Connect with Hearts of Oak... WEBSITE            https://heartsofoak.org/ PODCASTS        https://heartsofoak.podbean.com/ SOCIAL MEDIA  https://heartsofoak.org/connect/ Support Hearts of Oak by purchasing one of our fancy T-Shirts....  SHOP                  https://heartsofoak.org/shop/ *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on X https://twitter.com/TheBoschFawstin?s=20 

Support our work here - https://urbanscoop.news/supportus/Calvin Robinson is a British Old Catholic cleric, conservative political commentator, writer and broadcaster.Since 2023, he has been a priest in the Nordic Catholic Church, an Old Catholic denomination.He is a regular contributor to The Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail, Spiked, and First Things. Calvin also featured as a commentator on talkRADIO and formerly presented a regular show on GB News.Previously, Robinson had worked as a computer science teacher in a secondary school and as a video games journalist.He has witnessed the woke culture within the educational system and received much criticism for his open opinions.

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Today's guest, Ann Wyse, knows what it's like to wrestle with the significance of her work in completely different seasons of life and to come out on the other side recognizing that nothing God calls us to is insignificant. Listen in to hear Ann's story of being a solo missionary in Tibet, transitioning from the adventure of missions to the adventure of raising children stateside, and learning to trust that God places us where we are for a purpose. You'll be reminded that your calling—whether it's outwardly spectacular or seemingly mundane—matters to God.    Download your free Strong Women Advent resource guide! Advent began Sunday, December 3rd. Explore “Prepare the Way of the Lord-Advent 2023” for books, devotional, music, and art that tunes your heart to worship in preparation for the coming King this Christmas season. Landed.Colsoncenter.org/advent    Paperback Chasing Faith Among Yaks and Nomads, a Memoir by Ann Wyse  Kindle Chasing Faith Among Yaks and Nomads, a Memoir by Ann Wyse  Things That Matter: Overcoming Distraction to Pursue a More Meaningful Life by Joshua Becker   The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom    Strong Women is partnering with our amazing friends at Drinklings to offer a special Flannery O'Connor mug and Strong Women coffee blend just in time for Christmas! Check out these products here and get yours today. These also make great Christmas gifts for the other Strong Women on your list!    Today, Christians face mounting pressure to conform to harmful secular ideologies about race, sexuality, human identity, and more. In response, the Colson Center seeks to equip believers with a Christian worldview on all these things, so they can know, live, and speak the truth in love. As we reach the end of the year, would you consider donating to support the ongoing work of the Colson Center? You can make your donation at colsoncenter.org/swyearend.  How do we remain faithful to Christ when our faith clashes with this cultural moment, or when we have to choose between conscience and career? We need courage, and courage must be cultivated. Join us at CCNC 2024 to find answers and tools to cultivate courageous faith for the specific challenges you face in this cultural moment. Speakers include Dr. Al Mohler, Father Calvin Robinson, Riley Gaines, Katy Faust, and more. For full speaker lineup and registration, go to colsonconference.org.     The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what's happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them.  Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/   Visit our website and sign up for our email list so that you can stay up to date on what we are doing here and also receive our monthly journal: https://www.colsoncenter.org/strong-women  Join Strong Women on Social Media:   https://www.facebook.com/StrongWomenCC  https://www.facebook.com/groups/strongwomencommunitycc/  https://www.instagram.com/strongwomencc/ 

Christmastime is a season of festivity—carols, parties, decorations, food. But do we understand the true meaning of festivity and its divine origins? Haley Stewart—mom, author, and editor at Word on Fire Spark—joins us this week to give us a true vision of festivity, one that begins with encountering God and responds with an overflow of joy for who He is and what He has done. Listen in for a rich conversation on true Christmas joy and finding echoes of festivity in our favorite Christmas stories. We also talk about how the countercultural practice of Advent prepares us to celebrate Christmas with greater joy.    Download your free Strong Women Advent resource guide! Advent begins Sunday, December 3rd. Explore “Prepare the Way of the Lord-Advent 2023” for books, devotional, music, and art that tunes your heart to worship in preparation for the coming King this Christmas season. Landed.Colsoncenter.org/advent   Mouse Nuns series by Haley Stewart and Elizabeth Wallin: The Pursuit of the Pilfered Cheese   The Curious Christmas Trail, and Strange Sound by the Sea  “The Sham Practice of Christmas” article by Haley Stewart on the University of Notre Dame's Journal of Church Life  In Tune with the World, a Theory of Festivity by Joseph Peeper  A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens  The Reed of God by Caryll Houselander  Advent Hymns: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, O Come Divine Messiah, People, Look East, Handel's Messiah  Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson  Silas Marner by George Elliot  Lord of the World by Robert Hugh Benson  Works of Mercy by Sally Thomas  Strong Women is partnering with our amazing friends at Drinklings to offer a special Flannery O'Connor mug and Strong Women coffee blend just in time for Christmas! Check out these products here and get yours today. These also make great Christmas gifts for the other Strong Women on your list!  Today, Christians face mounting pressure to conform to harmful secular ideologies about race, sexuality, human identity, and more. In response, the Colson Center seeks to equip believers with a Christian worldview on all these things, so they can know, live, and speak the truth in love. As we reach the end of the year, would you consider donating to support the ongoing work of the Colson Center? You can make your donation at colsoncenter.org/swyearend.  How do we remain faithful to Christ when our faith clashes with this cultural moment, or when we have to choose between conscience and career? We need courage, and courage must be cultivated. Join us at CCNC 2024 to find answers and tools to cultivate courageous faith for the specific challenges you face in this cultural moment. Speakers include Dr. Al Mohler, Father Calvin Robinson, Riley Gaines, Katy Faust, and more. For full speaker lineup and registration, go to colsonconference.org.    The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what's happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them.  Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/   Visit our website and sign up for our email list so that you can stay up to date on what we are doing here and also receive our monthly book list: https://www.colsoncenter.org/strong-women  Join Strong Women on Social Media:   https://www.facebook.com/StrongWomenCC  https://www.facebook.com/groups/strongwomencommunitycc/  https://www.instagram.com/strongwomencc/   

It's time to put back the original Christian foundation of Western culture. In the second installment with Father Calvin Robinson, he joins host Joseph Backholm to discuss the decline of Western civilization and the steps that need to be taken in order to preserve it. Throughout history, we see the rise and fall of civilizations. When a moral compass is removed, there is no telling how long a civilization will last. Father Robinson believes that the West can still be saved, but changes need to be made. It starts with the church and needs to be centered around Christ. He urges Christians to speak truth in a culture plagued by the sin of convenience. Resources Ep. 50: Pt. 1: The Changing of Culture Read ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Washington Stand⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, featuring news and commentary from a biblical worldview. Published by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Family Research Council⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

For this episode of The Manhood Hour, Sebastian talks to Father Calvin Robinson, a priest of the Nordic Catholic Church, about the crucial role that Christianity plays in our society, and why the United Kingdom and the United States are both inherently Christian nations.Support the show: https://www.sebgorka.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Culture and society seem to constant state of flux. Father Calvin Robinson, who serves as an Anglican priest in London, joins host Joseph Backholm to discuss his journey into priesthood and the culture war happening right now. Once a teacher, Father Calvin reflects on his time in education, how the educational system has changed, and how it impacted his decision to become a priest. He emphasizes the importance of speaking biblical truth, even when it is unpopular. Read ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Washington Stand⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, featuring news and commentary from a biblical worldview. Published by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Family Research Council⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

What are women made for and what are they capable of? What makes them valuable? What is “women's work”? One of the most culturally influential women in American history used her life's work to answer these questions and affirm women in both society and the home—yet many people have never even heard of her. Sarah Josepha Hale was a mother, writer, activist, and editor of the popular nineteenth-century women's magazine Godey's Lady's Book. Her work contributed to a robust and holistic view of womanhood that validated women as image bearers, dignified their many spheres of work—both domestic and professional—and advocated for their access to education and advancement. Take a listen to this best-of episode with journalist Melanie Kirkpatrick and be encouraged by this remarkable woman from American history.     The Strong Women Podcast 81. The Woman Who Influenced a Nation with Melanie Kirkpatrick    The Hudson Institute: https://www.hudson.org/  Lady Editor by Melanie Kirkpatrick  Thanksgiving by Melanie Kirkpatrick  Escape from North Korea by Melanie Kirkpatrick  Godey's Lady's Book January 1864 by Sarah Josepha Hale and Louis A. Godey   Early American Cookery: "The Good Housekeeper," 1841 by Sarah Josepha Hale  Northwood by Sarah Josepha Hale  Little Women by Louisa May Alcott  Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe    Strong Women is partnering with our friends at Drinklings to offer a special Flannery O'Connor mug and Strong Women coffee blend just in time for Christmas! Check out these products here and get yours today. These also make great Christmas gifts for the other Strong Women on your list!  I'm so excited to introduce a new Advent resource for you just in time for the Christmas season: “Prepare the Way of the Lord”! Christmas is on its way, and you and I have a sweet opportunity to know Jesus better this season. To help you observe Advent in a meaningful and doable way, I've put together a curated collection of Advent recommendations. These are designed to help you prepare your heart for the Lord this season. “Prepare the Way of the Lord – Advent 2023” includes recommendations for Advent reading, music, art, learning, books and activities for kids, and more. Whether you're new to Advent or have observed it for years, these lists are designed to cut through the fluff and excess and help you tune your heart to Jesus. Advent starts on Sunday, December 3, 2023. You can access your free copy of “Prepare the Way of the Lord” by clicking here.   Today, Christians face mounting pressure to conform to harmful secular ideologies about race, sexuality, human identity, and more. In response, the Colson Center seeks to equip believers with a Christian worldview on all these things, so they can know, live, and speak the truth in love. As we reach the end of the year, would you consider donating to support the ongoing work of the Colson Center? You can make your donation at colsoncenter.org/swyearend.  How do we remain faithful to Christ when our faith clashes with this cultural moment, or when we have to choose between conscience and career? We need courage, and courage must be cultivated. Join us at CCNC 2024 to find answers and tools to cultivate courageous faith for the specific challenges you face in this cultural moment. Speakers include Dr. Al Mohler, Father Calvin Robinson, Riley Gaines, Katy Faust, and more. For full speaker lineup and registration, go to colsonconference.org.    The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what's happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them.  Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/   Visit our website and sign up for our email list so that you can stay up to date on what we are doing here and also receive our monthly book list: https://www.colsoncenter.org/strong-women  Join Strong Women on Social Media:   https://www.facebook.com/StrongWomenCC  https://www.facebook.com/groups/strongwomencommunitycc/  https://www.instagram.com/strongwomencc/   

What is education for? How does the Christian worldview shape our approach to it? If you ask this week's guest, she'll tell you that it's for the flourishing of children, parents, and communities. Lynn Swaner is the Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI). She joins us to talk about a Christian ethic of education and discipleship, the unique landscape of schools today, as well as the exciting innovations happening in Christian education across the country. We discuss what it looks like to approach education Christianly (whether you're in a Christian school context or not) and to live out Jesus' call toward love and discipleship as parents, students, and teachers—all for the advance of God's kingdom and the flourishing of culture.     Association of Christian Schools International  Mystery and Manners by Flannery O'Connor  Colson Educators  Future Ready by Lynn Swaner, Jon Eckert, Erik Ellefsen, and Matthew H. Lee  Culture Map by Erin Meyer  A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene Peterson  Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietze   American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin  Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts     Today, Christians face mounting pressure to conform to harmful secular ideologies about race, sexuality, human identity, and more. In response, the Colson Center seeks to equip believers with a Christian worldview on all these things, so they can know, live, and speak the truth in love. As we reach the end of the year, would you consider donating to support the ongoing work of the Colson Center? You can make your donation at colsoncenter.org/swyearend.  How do we remain faithful to Christ when our faith clashes with this cultural moment, or when we have to choose between conscience and career? We need courage, and courage must be cultivated. Join us at CCNC 2024 to find answers and tools to cultivate courageous faith for the specific challenges you face in this cultural moment. Speakers include Dr. Al Mohler, Father Calvin Robinson, Riley Gaines, Katy Faust, and more. For full speaker lineup and registration, go to colsonconference.org.    The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what's happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them.  Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/   Visit our website and sign up for our email list so that you can stay up to date on what we are doing here and also receive our monthly book list: https://www.colsoncenter.org/strong-women  Join Strong Women on Social Media:   https://www.facebook.com/StrongWomenCC  https://www.facebook.com/groups/strongwomencommunitycc/  https://www.instagram.com/strongwomencc/   

Rep. Chip Roy joins Glenn to discuss the upcoming vote for House speaker and the path necessary for Rep. Jim Jordan. Glenn tells the story of Irena Sandler and her unrelenting efforts to save children during World War 2. Anglican deacon Father Calvin Robinson joins to discuss the same-sex blessing happening within the Church of England. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Glenn struggles to understand how anybody can be on the side of a terroristic group attacking Israel. For peace to be possible, Hamas must be eliminated. Rep. Chip Roy joins Glenn to discuss the upcoming vote for House speaker and the path necessary for Rep. Jim Jordan. Glenn tells the story of Irena Sandler and her unrelenting efforts to save children during World War 2. Glenn's chief researcher and head writer, Jason Buttrill, joins to give an update on the war in the Middle East and lays out why Hamas must be eradicated. Anglican deacon Father Calvin Robinson joins to discuss the same-sex blessing happening within the Church of England. Glenn and Stu discuss the GOP's lack of a plan following the ousting of Kevin McCarthy as House speaker.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Given our need for courage, this year, we've centered the entire Colson Center National Conference around the theme of Courageous Faith.  Please plan by saving the date and registering today.  The conference is May 30-June 2 at the Loews Hotel in Arlington, Texas. To learn more, go to colsonconference.org.  ______ In 2020, January Littlejohn's daughter came home confused about her sexual identity after three of her close friends at school began identifying as transgender. Littlejohn, herself a licensed mental health counselor, did her best to support her daughter, opening the door to conversation and seeking out a mental health counselor. But as she relates, the real surprise came later:   "When school started, my daughter got into the car and said, “Mom, I had a meeting today at school and they asked me which restroom I wanted to use.” … What we learned that the school had done was socially transitioned our daughter without our notification or consent. And then they did something particularly nefarious: They asked our daughter what name they should call her when speaking to her parents, and that was to effectively deceive parents that these gender support transition plans had ever taken place."   Along with thousands of parents across the U.S. and Europe, Littlejohn found herself in a battle for her child's life. Parents of kids struggling with gender dysphoria are often completely alone, braving attacks from schools, counselors, medical professionals, and other parents. They even face the possibility of being legally separated from their kids unless they go along. Too many acquiesce. But Littlejohn chose a different path. In her words,   "We know and love our children more than anyone in the world. We would die for our children 10 times over. So, the school has no right to then make critical decisions with minor children without parental involvement."  In 2021, Littlejohn and her husband filed a lawsuit against her county's school board for encouraging their daughter's transition without parental permission. She is now a parental advocate at Do No Harm, a nonprofit that aims to return healthcare to evidence-based practices and medicine to its original purpose of healing, ensuring to not isolate parents in the process. You can listen to her full story on their website, donoharmmedicine.org.   This story is just one of many reminders of the kind of courage Christians will need.  As C.S. Lewis said, “Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.” I think we've hit a cultural moment where many of us will face that testing point at a new level. It's where the rubber hits the road in finding out where our faith really is. Given our need for courage, this year, we've centered the entire Colson Center National Conference around the theme of Courageous Faith.   Too many Christians have a privatized understanding of faith, believing it is enough to keep our heads down and avoid controversy at all costs. In some circles, controversy itself is a sign that we're doing something wrong. But this is not the life or kind of opposition that Jesus warned us about.   We need to remember that doing the right thing is seldom popular and never easy. From William Wilberforce and the Clapham Sect to Egyptian Coptic martyrs kneeling on a Libyan beach, the commitment to a Gospel faith that impacts every part of life is going to cost us something. Courage is the commitment to both speak and live the truth about God, the world, people, and His plan for redemption—no matter what the consequences are for us. Without it, we'll end up with a shriveled and ineffective faith, one that has no power to impact the wider world.  Most importantly, courage doesn't just happen. Courage is a virtue, and virtues have to be cultivated. Our next annual conference is all about what it takes to cultivate courage. You'll be connected with likeminded believers who, just like you, are committed to living out their faith courageously in our time and place. Together, we can step into that same trajectory as that list of heroes in the book of Hebrews. We will be able to, as the author of Hebrews describes, spur one another on to “love and good works.”   The lineup of speakers this year shows the same courage in the public square. From palliative care physician Dr. Margaret Cottle to apologist Sean McDowell to U.K. Anglican deacon Father Calvin Robinson, each of these individuals has demonstrated living out their faith in the public square while still treating others with decency and respect.   We will host an optional Worldview Intensive Thursday night on courageous citizenship, an important emphasis for the coming election year. On Saturday night, we'll present the 2024 Wilberforce Award to someone who exemplifies the same courage, principles, and passion exemplified by the great William Wilberforce.   Please plan by saving the date and registering today.  The conference is May 30-June 2 at the Loews Hotel in Arlington, Texas. To learn more, go to colsonconference.org.  For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, go to breakpoint.org. 

I dreamt of being a pilot as a child and grew up watching The A-Team and my favourite character was 'Howling Mad Murdock' played by Dwight Schultz. I was obsessed with aircraft so he was the one I wanted to be as his character could fly any plane or helicopter that he had to. Years later I saw him with Jamie Glazov and Anni Cyrus on 'The Glazov Gang' and was intrigued at his strong Conservative Christian stance while delivering common sense commentary. This is the first interview he has done for many years so it truly is an honour to have Dwight join Hearts of Oak on this audio only discussion. (he is the voice king) We talk about those early days treading the boards in the theatre and as a star in Hollywood, working on the biggest TV programme in the world and Dwight shares some stories of how his strong conservative stance got him into much hot water. He truly is a breath of fresh air in an increasingly demonic industry that opposes truth at every turn and mocks all who have a Christian Faith or Conservative Values. (*Peter takes to the skies regularly and has held a pilots licence for many years) A respected performer on Broadway, Dwight Schultz found everlasting fame by playing the certifiable "Howling Mad" Murdock on the action series "The A-Team" (1983-86). A living, breathing cartoon with a seemingly endless selection of voices and accents at his command, Murdock provided the air power for the A-Team's clandestine adventures, provided that his compatriots could break him out of the mental hospital where he resided. One of the show's most popular and memorable figures, Murdock ensured Schultz steady work on television and on the big screen playing Reginald Barclay in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" An accomplished voice actor, Dwight can be heard in numerous hit computer games and in countless animated shows. Interview recorded 21.3.23 *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstin and Twitter https://twitter.com/TheBoschFawstin?s=20  To sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestreaming platforms and more... https://heartsofoak.org/connect/ Please subscribe, like and share! TRANSCRIPT [0:22] Hello Hearts of Oak, and welcome to another interview coming up with Dwight Schultz, Howling Mad Murdock from the A-Team. He came in on a audio. Dwight hasn't done interviews for years. I was absolutely delighted to have him on when you talk to one of your childhood heroes who you grew up watching him in A-Team. And he was my favourite simply because he was a pilot. And I always wanted to grow up and that's what I wanted to grow up to be. But I'm talking to him about being a conservative, being a Christian in the industry, in Hollywood, in the movie industry. And actually we delve more deeply into his Christian faith, Roman Catholic background, and what it means for him to be a Christian in that industry where you're pulled every way and where your faith is ridiculed, mocked, and everything stands against that. So great conversation about some of his experiences and what it is to be a Christian and to be a conservative in the industry. We talk about his voiceovers, I mean his voice is legendary. Talk about that and why he stepped away from doing kind of in front of a camera in 2001, why that was, and all the voiceover and then I think 100 video games, his voice is in a whole other world, a whole other industry. So, I know you will enjoy listening to Dwight as much as I enjoyed speaking with him. [1:48] It is wonderful to have Dwight Schultz with us today. Dwight, thank you so much for joining us. [1:54] Oh, it's my pleasure, Peter, for my reintroduction to the world of podcasting, radio, television.   Well, this is something I've only been doing three years, So I know you have much more experience back in the day, but we'll get into some of that. And obviously I... Remember you fondly growing up. I think I was six when The A Team first came out, which is now 40 years ago. I'm sure I didn't want it when I was six. But your role obviously is as Howling Mad Murdock. So we can take just a little bit memory lane before we go into and talk about actually being a conservative in the industry and what that is like. But I mean, it ran for five seasons, 83 to think 87. Do you just want to let us know how you actually ended up in that role? Well, actually, it actually only went four seasons, real seasons, so it's not technically considered a success. That's true. I ended up in that role because I made a comedy tape at the Williamstown Theatre Festival around 1979, 1980. [3:18] Somewhere in there. And the comedy tape, and for two years, I didn't hear anything. And then suddenly I started getting calls from my agent to audition and to go to Los Angeles to audition. and it was because of this comedy tape. And I found out it had been making the rounds for two years and eventually Steve Cannell and Frank Lupo, his co-writer saw it and requested me to come. Joel Thurm, who was the vice president of NBC at the time, however, he had different ideas about this character. And anyway, I went in and they flew me out to Los Angeles. [4:03] And my wife was out here. She wasn't my wife at the time, but I had been dating her since 79. And she was out here living in Los Angeles, which was difficult. I mean, I was glad to come out here for any reason. And I had never. It was a joy, but I came in and I auditioned and it was a total flop. It was a bomb. I mean, you walk into a small room with 25 people, 30 people, and there was not a single laugh. There was nothing. There was no... And then they sent me out and they sent the director, Rod Holcomb, out with me to talk to me. I came back in, I did the same audition, And everybody was laughing and I had no idea why they were laughing now. And they weren't laughing before, unless someone said laugh when he comes back. You know, that's the way it was. It was just an astonishing thing. And they said, you got the part. [5:02] And then, uh, and this is the, really, this is the nub, right? So, uh, I, they shoot in Mexico and I went down to Mexico. And when we were down there, I was fired. I was fired. I was fired. Rod Holcomb came into my little room and he said, I'm afraid it's not going to work out. And I said, oh, what? He said, it's not Steven. It's not Frank. It's the would-be's at NBC. They just don't think you're quite right for it. And so they took me out of my little room and they put me in with a stuntman who I loved. I just loved him. I mean, it was incredible to work with these guys. And so there I was with the stuntmen for the rest of the shoot down in Mexico. And when we came back to the States, they were editing it and putting it together as we were shooting it, right? [5:58] I got a call from my agent said your dials were great. I said, what are you talking about? I had no idea what they were talking about. This is 82, right? This is 1980. I don't know what you're talking about. He said the dials, the dials, the testing. The audience loved you. You're the best dials that anybody had. So I was written back in. I was rehired before I was fired. And so you can't make this stuff up in life. You can't. So it just turns out that they had a different view of what this character should be like. And I had another view. And Stephen Cannell and Frank Lupo were in my camp. And so they had to write me back into the first five episodes, which they had kind of written me out of. And that's the way it started. And I was, [7:04] as anybody would be, you know, I got to work with some of the finest old actors [7:12] that I had grown up with in the 50s and 60s. And it was a thrill. The four years were a thrill. I mean, it was an absolute thrill. And I got along beautifully with everybody. And Stephen J. Cannell [7:24] was a conservative. I mean, I'm lucky. I'm fortunate there. I was fortunate because some of my other experiences were not so fortunate, working with people who knew I was a conservative and weren't going to have a conservative on their show. That was the way it started back then. But anyway, so it was four years of, we didn't really have a studio. We were working on locations and I got along famously with everybody. And it was a joy. It was four, believe me, it changed my life completely and totally. I never thought I would end up in Los Angeles and never leave. Well, what was I mean, it's intense, I guess, that you're living and breathing it. And most people, I have no idea what that's like. Most people go to a job and they go home, but you're there nonstop. What's that kind of intensity, especially for years with it's the same people? It's the same people. But listen, as an actor, I mean, I've been working I've been working professionally since nineteen sixty nine. This gig, it's over 50 years. Right. So I had, I have before the 18, I never knew what my next job was ever. I never knew what I was doing next. And after the 18, I never have known [8:50] what I'm going to do next. I've never had a consistent job other than those four years. And I thank God for them every night. I hoped it would go longer, but this was not the intention, nor the background of Stephen J Cannell. His shows were two years, three years. And then they name of every single writer that we had in the first year moved on to their own series. They all became producers. And this is not the way you have a successful series for an, actor, which is selfish, right? You want to go at least five years, seven years. But they all, you have to have somebody there who is consistently behind it, pushing it, making sure everything is the way it's supposed to be. But that was not the way it was. But I did everything that you can possibly imagine, I think, on that show. And as the 14-hour days, 15-hour day, I loved it because I knew that there was going to be an ending. I knew the day I started that there was going to be a last day. And so and I think that's the way life is, actually. [10:02] And so take advantage of what you have and enjoy it and hope for the best. But I savour it every minute and I look back very fondly. When you say it wasn't a success, I remember thinking this is the biggest thing ever. This is phenomenal. I watched it as a kid growing up. So it did seem to be the kind of TV show that you would watch. I mean, the only other one I remember at the same time was I think Knight Rider at the same time, but they were the shows to watch.   Yes, they were. But you see, we were on NBC, Grant Tinker and Brandon Tartikoff, and their moniker was quality programming. And Grant Tinker, and well, Tartikoff gave an interview for the New York Times, right? This is not an example of our quality program, right? Really, this is it. That's what he said. You know, their ideas was Hill Street Blues, which they had on. This was their idea of quality programming, not this schlock that's number one. [11:12] This is not it. And I sent Grant Tinker a telegram and George Peppard said, don't do it, pal. Don't do it. Don't do it, Peppard said to me. I sent it to him and I said, this is third rate executive ship. I said, we do the best work we can and we're number one, why are you doing this to us? And then he sent me a telegram back, which I have kept, saying, well, you're assuming that that was true, what you read. And I said, well, I checked with the writer, the journalist, quote unquote, who he said, he talked to you and this is what you said. And indeed he did. And this is a tag to all of this. He, after the show was over, it was cancelled, several years afterwards, I have received a phone call from his assistant saying [12:13] Brandon wants to talk to you. And I said, sure, I'll talk to him. And I met with him in this basement office, 20th Century Fox. And I walked in and there was nobody there but Brandon Tartikoff sitting at a table and he apologized to me. [12:31] His daughter had been in a very serious accident and it changed his life. It was one of these things. And he apologized to me. I'll never forget it. And this does not happen in show business. It does not happen. And I said, thank you. Thank you so much for that. I said, and then I went into my spiel about being an actor. And that I, you know, you do the best job you can, whether you're doing Shakespeare, whether you're doing a show, or whether you're doing The A-Team. You do the best job you can. It is the same job if you're good and you love your work. It doesn't matter. You do the best thing, the best you put. You're not walking through it. I said, that's what we were doing. And we happened to be number one. And why did you rain on the parade? You know, I asked him and he gave me some explanations as to the the exigencies at the top of a TV network. And I, so at any rate, that that that's the experience. That's the beginning and end of that experience, really.[13:43] And I carry with me.   How did you cope with that fame? And you were what, 30, 32, so you weren't young, young. But still, when you're thrust into that level of publicity, how did that affect you personally and how did you cope with that? Well, you know, I was fortunate that I was working since I had been working since 69. I spent 13 years in regional theatre. I spent years in New York, three Broadway plays. I had a lot of experience. [14:17] Really, they walk in the boards, doing all the grunt work, getting there. And I, fame was not a, I was known and all my interests in theatre were to be, this is a joke actually, but never the same actor twice. I mean, that's it. You didn't want to do the same thing. And here I was, and I forced the idea that this actor, this character would be different in each episode, which the vice president of NBC said, that's the way you comb your hair differently. You should be the same. We want you to be polite on this. And I said, no, no, no, no, no, I don't wanna do that. I wanna be different in every show. And so I maintained, I think, because of the work that I had had. When you do the classics, when you're in, and I don't mean this, when you have the great opportunity to play a Shakespearean role. [15:22] You understand something about talent, about what goes into writing, brilliant writing, and then schlock writing. I mean, you see it all. And when you've been given that opportunity, There's a humility that hits you. So fame was never something that I wanted. I wanted to be able to – and I've had this ability. I've been able to go to a department store or take my daughter to a mall and not be recognized, which is – I'm telling you, I have worked with – I mean, I worked with Paul Newman and Paul Newman was, it was not a, he, he told me he couldn't go anywhere. He was a prisoner of his fame. [16:12] George Peppard was a prisoner of his fame. I mean, the closest I think I've ever gotten was somebody said, your voice sounds familiar, do you know my brother? I'll say, no, I don't know your brother. Then every once in a while, somebody recognizes you, but it's a curse. [16:33] It is a curse, really. If you have a family, if you want a family life, if you want privacy, which I think is necessary for survival in this business. I mean, I've seen a lot of actors drop to their knees and open cardboard tubes and pull drugs out. You know, and that's fame. And you ask them, that's it, it's driven. You know, you gotta have that fame, you gotta have that fame, you gotta. And it's not what I wanted. I really am a repertory actor, that's it. I'm a repertory actor. I spent one year in Houston, at the Alley Theatre in Houston, and it was one of the greatest years I've ever had. And I never wanted to leave. And someone told me, that's why you have to leave. I would have stayed there. I could have stayed there. But my agents all told me, you have to leave. You can't stay here, or your career will be over. And I said, but I love this. And they said, you won't love it when it dries up there. You know, you have to go to a bigger, a bigger yard in essence. But I'm really a repertory actor. That's it. [17:47] Your last I think your last TV role was 2001. I will get into the voice side later, but your last 2001. Why did, why did it end there? Was a personal experience? Was it just choice? Oh, yeah. No, it was a really a personal experience. It was CIA. 2001 was... [18:17] I went in for wardrobe fitting, and we were at the Memorial Cemetery, Veterans Cemetery down in Wilshire Boulevard, and that's where it was being shot. And I walked in, and this is nothing, I won't mention the name, I shouldn't have even said what the show was. Just someone in the wardrobe room. We were talking about 9-11. We were talking about what had happened in New York. I had a lot of friends in New York, of course, obviously. And she said, I don't have any connection to that. I don't know why everybody – I just don't have any connection to it, you know? She still connects? And she rubbed it off, you know? And I said, I mean, life was – rules were at that point not easy to come by, actually. And I said I can't do this, you know, I can't work. This to me was a sign, a sign from God. I'm not joking. You look for these things. This was a sign that this was the wave of the future. There was going to be a lot of denial and there was going to be, and it's complicated. I mean, I'm not judging anybody. [19:43] But for me, I had an opportunity to move into another direction, and I decided to do the other direction because I could be anybody, anything in voiceover work. Video games were just becoming big at the time, and the whole business was very big. And voice work was something that, as an actor in the theatre, I always did. If I couldn't find the voice of the character, I couldn't find the character. And so that was it. I mean, the fates came together at that time. And I was doing radio at the time on a fairly regular basis with a friend named Don Ecker. And I just moved in that direction. [20:36] I mean, there were opportunities there, but I knew things had changed at that point. Yeah, well, we'll get into that. I want to pick on being a conservative in the, the movie and TV industry, and that seems to be opposites. We've seen more and more, and I think it probably gets worse. And you're Roman Catholic, you're conservative. And what has been your experiences having a faith and also having a conservative belief? How does that fit into the showbiz industry? What has it been like for you? Well, going back, if you look at, [21:23] if you look at the world that we're in today, the Judeo-Christian world, which is, and I have to say if I have one criticism of modern Christianity prior to today, and I mean going back, because there's a lot of things I could say about today, which we will, I'm sure. But one of the things which always struck me me was about Christians, was their antipathy for the Old Testament, the Torah. It is Judeo-Christianity, and if a Christian doesn't understand that the Old Testament is their testament, there's, a problem. And they don't, indeed. In Bible study, the number of times that I heard Christians say oh, that's not my God. I want to get out of this. I want to get to my God. Well, that's two gods. [22:24] I mean, there is the Trinity, which is three gods in one, right? I mean, we do have that mystery, but we are monotheistic. And Christ's Old Testament was his Old Testament. He was here to fulfil the Old Testament. This is what he said, that it is the Father. You're speaking of your father. This is Christ's father and the Torah, the law as it was laid down is your law. It went on to the New Testament. [22:58] You know, and Catholics, I mean, I was raised a Catholic, and when I found out that it wasn't, thou shalt not kill, but thou shalt not murder, you know, the wheels begin to turn, and you try to think as best you can about these things. But there was a disconnect between the Old Testament in the New Testament. But that has to do with my criticism of my own faith. In motion pictures in the film industry, it was under attack, as it is today. Christianity is—and Judeo-Christian ethic, the West, everything that has been built through the Judeo-Christian ethic is under attack and they want to destroy it. [23:55] And basically at the very front of that is the communist wagon, and it always has been. And you can go back to 1918 or whatever and read about it, and they tried every which way from Sunday to do it, and they always failed, and now they've found another way of doing it. And they have succeeded by going after our children when we didn't know they were going after our children. But as Christians, we're pretending that it wasn't important to be mothers and fathers and the nuclear family really wasn't that important. Well, then why were they trying to destroy it? And why has it been number one? [24:35] Because and I'm going to say something else here in a second, which I'm pointing to, there's a quote. This is the technique that they have used, and you didn't know it, but you felt it all along. You felt this, but you didn't know it. [24:57] A quote by, it's attributed to Oscar Wilde. And I think it is his, I don't think, I don't think, I think it is his quote. And it is pithy and accurate and brilliant and beyond belief descriptive of everything. Everything in the world is about sex, except sex. Sex is about power. And boy, when I read that, I said, is this, did he really say this? Is it? And it hit me from every direction. The entertainment business in every which way is about sex. Novels, books, television, commercials, life itself, clothes, it's all about sex. And it goes back to God's edict to humanity. [25:56] Go forth and multiply. This is the power of procreation, is sharing in the power of creation. That power was given to all of us. We don't know, I mean, people have talked about it, but you don't, we don't know where that came from, except from God. And it is something to, what do we do with these gifts? Do we throw them away? Or do we say these are precious? [26:30] And you see by the people that you meet, those who recognize the gift and those who don't recognize the gift. And you are asked not to recognize it on a daily basis. And as a child, if you think back to your childhood when sexual urges, whether you're—and of course, I can't tell you what a woman goes through, but I can only tell you what a kid goes through—boy, when you're going through puberty, the whistles and gongs are going off, and you're you're having dreams at night and you can't stop it. [27:03] Everything is at the wrong moment and you're not purposefully thinking about it, but it's a force to be reckoned with. And you understand it as you grow older that this force is to bring you to someone else, to love, to have a family and to create the next generation and then everything changes after that. If you can contemplate that greatness, that extraordinary thing, and realize that the world seems to want to distort it, well, you realize the powers that are set up against Judeo-Christianity. And who say, we don't want the Ten Commandments, we don't want that Old Testament rag, we want freedom, free, and of course I went through that in the 60s and 70s in school, and I saw it. I mean, I was part of it in that it bounced off of me at every moment. And being a Christian, you stay in it. [28:10] I stayed in my Christianity. This is another tale. When I got to school, to college, I mean, I had 12 years of Christian education, right? I wanted to be an actor and I went to Towson University, which had a great theatre program. And it was the first time that I was in a purely secular environment. The thing that killed me was that everybody hated their parents. Everybody hated their parents. I mean, nobody wanted to, nobody had a good thing, I loved my parents. And I used to say, I used to have a long bus ride home and I used to sit in the bus looking out the window saying, why do I love my parents and I can't find somebody who loves their parents? What is that? Well, I can't say that I answered the question, but the answer was in the destruction of the family. [29:10] It was in the destruction, and it had started then. Not my mother and father. And then here's the next aspect, and I think that this plays a very big part in all the trouble we're having today. I never wanted to do something that shamed my parents, that they would be ashamed of. I felt shame. I still do. I feel shame. It was given to me by my mother and my father. Now, none of us are perfect. I know my mother wasn't perfect, my father wasn't perfect. I'm not perfect, but I feel shame and shame is rare. Now, look, I was listening to your podcast [29:58] with Father Calvin Robinson. Right.   Goodness, you make me blush. No, no. And no, but he said something. He said he said something about drag queens in the sanctuary. [30:19] I mean, we're talking about there's no shame if you do that. Before, shortly after, I guess we communicated, I went to here in Los Angeles, I went to the Church of the Nazarene in Pasadena, and I saw two, I don't know if you know these individuals, Dennis Prager, do you know Dennis Prager? Dennis is a Jewish scholar. I've been following him since since 1982, when I came to Los Angeles. He had a program called Religion on the Line, one of the great minds and thinkers of all time. In fact, many times after listening to him, I would say to myself, I'm a Jew. That's what I am, I'm a Jew. [31:05] And then there's Eric Metaxas, who is a Christian writer, thinker, and these two were in a program, an evening called ask a Gentile, Ask a Jew. And it was a great evening, two hours of just two brilliant people talking about the state of religion. What was the final outcome, sad outcome of the evening? Metaxas and Prager both came to the conclusion that we, organized religion, has failed us. It has failed us. The churches and the synagogues have failed us. They have not stepped up to defend their own dogma, their own beliefs. And we are left flailing, individuals almost. And we are struggling to connect, which is what you and I are doing right now. [32:08] I was dumbfounded by that, but at the same time, that's what I'm thinking. That's what I've been thinking for quite some time. And all of these things, you know, we are under attack from every direction. And in your own mind, what do you do? Do you throw it away? Do you say, well maybe I'm thinking the wrong thing. No, no, no, that is not the case. Because when you think about why our children, [32:47] and if you've seen this now, why our children are being told that they don't know what their sex is, Metaxas brought this up in the evening that this is one of those key cardinal points. You can see. This is a perversion of reality, because you know what the truth is. If you have a Supreme Court justice, as we do in the United States, who says, I can't define a woman, and that children, 10 year old children, 11 and 12 year old children, secretly, don't tell your parents the hallmark of a lie. Keep it secret. Don't tell anybody. Don't even tell yourself. [33:26] You know the hallmark of concealment, consciousness of guilt, everything that you know is, they are trying to tell you you know nothing and everything you know is not to be believed, but they are to be believed. That children, there are not boys and girls, that men can give birth, that there are, you know, these things that we, it's incomprehensible what's going on and it's all to destroy right from wrong. Well, that's because it's kind of, I look at it a different way. One is the difficulty of living in a society where evil is slightly different, where it's a slippery slope and it may be difficult to distinguish what you believe with something that's slightly different. But we see such a chasm now between what is true, what is right, and the collapse and degradation of society. So in theory, that means it is easier to be a Christian because it's easy to be distinct, because what you face is the opposite of what you believe. And and that's why it's curious and interesting to see churches going down this line whenever there's, [34:38] there's no question of what we see is the opposite of what is written in scripture. Oh, there's no question. You know what you're saying? You can be crushed. You know, you can be crushed at the same time. You have to deny so many things to accept what's going on. And yet you say to yourself, how do I stop it? The war that's going on in Europe at this moment. And this is why I love Bannon. I mean, I just, I adore him. I never got to, I would not, and I'll say this, Andrew Breitbart brought me out of the closet politically, really politically. I was doing a lot of things, but saying a lot of things that were in the basket, but he truly brought me out.   When was this? When was this? . This is a through also through Gary Sinise and friends of Abe. [35:48] Boy, this is this is in the, I have to say nine. I'd say 2000 to 2005, 2006. By 2008, yeah, I have to say around 2005, 2006. [36:09] I was like a Jew wandering in the desert alone and wondering where God was. And a friend of mine who I worked with on Fat Man and Little Boy, a film about making the atomic bomb, called me up, his wife was a casting director, and he said, you know there are conservatives just like yourself who get together on a regular basis. I said, no, I did not know that. He said, would you like to go to a meeting? I said, I would love to go to a meeting of other people. I went and it was Gary Sinise and Andrew Breitbart, and a lot of other extraordinary people who were all, and this is it, seeking, trying to make connections. And so Andrew said, you have to become public. He had big Hollywood and big, you know, all of, he had all of these big websites. And he asked me to write an article. [37:09] He heard me in private describe a situation that I was in, in which I was at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. I had just come back from working with Charlton Heston and I had a long discussion, which was just a wonderful discussion in the hallway at the Amundsen Theatre about Ronald Reagan becoming president, right? And this individual who was a big producer in Hollywood overheard me talking about Ronald Reagan, and he said, Oh, so you're a Reagan a-hole, you know? [37:58] And yeah, that's right. That's right. And I was, I got to tell you, I mean, this was a big guy at the theatre too, that I was working, and I went cold. I went cold. I said, yes. I said, you know, not as a, you know, and I pulled back. I was, you know, he was attacking me, obviously, with his language. And I was shocked. I was totally numbed. And I didn't want to continue with this discussion, because otherwise there would have been a blowout. But that was how in 78, 80, I understood that there was this chasm there. And [38:51] it only got worse as time went on. As I said, fortunate, it is not a zero-sum game. Fortunate there was for me, and I did have an audition for this producer. There was a writer there and a brilliant writer. We had a fallout, but he's just an extraordinary writer. His name is Tom Fontana. He wrote some very, it was St. Elsewhere, producer, writer for St. Elsewhere, The Wire, many wonderful programs. And he did not know about this problem that I had and invited me to read for a part called Fiscus in St. Elsewhere. And I walked in and there was this producer [39:37] who has passed away since now. And Breitbart wanted me to write about him. And I did, and I regretted it, but I don't regret it. But anyway, so I walked in and he was there and he said, oh, what are you doing here? And to this audition, and I said, I'm here to read for the part of Fiskars. He said, it's not gonna be a Reagan blank hole on my show. So you know what that audition was like, right? You know, I mean, and I walked out and I just, I said, God, is this going to be it? You know, is this the way it's gonna be? And at any rate, so, but I finally did write this article about him and I lost a lot of friends for writing it. And then at the same time, and I was one of the first actors for Breitbart to use my name. This was what he wanted because a lot of pseudonyms, writing for Big Hollywood, And which I understand, please, I did not do this, I did this [40:40] for personal reasons, but not because I'm brave or anything of that nature. I just was at the point where I was going to tell the truth. This is the way it's done. And you are excluded on a cocktail napkin. And that cocktail napkin is sent around to other producers and you're excluded. It is not a zero sum game because there was Stephen J Cannell and he hired me. [41:03] But the majority of people will not, unless, of course, you bring in 30 or 40 million dollars over a weekend. And then they'll hire you. But the attack on Judeo-Christianity, the attack on conservatism, which is a hallmark of Judeo-Christianity, is now at its height. It's never been greater than it is today. Well can I, you're obviously being a Christian, being a conservative within an industry within the workplace, but then you had your podcast, then you're doing, you mentioned Breitbart on the Glazov Gang, that's something different. You're stepping outside and actually you're much more public. I mean was that a conscious decision to actually begin to use radio, use the internet, use TV and speak of these issues as a Christian and conservative. Yes, absolutely. And the reason for that was I, you know, if you're, [42:13] make a point, like I would not, as Murdock from The A-Team, go out and evangelize. I wouldn't go out as Murdock from The A-Team, vote for. Right? [42:34] You're taking something that is not related and you're trying to use it to get somewhere. Where it's not as, to me, as honest as separating yourself out, creating a podcast, creating another world. This is where I talk politics. This is where I talk my personal life, my personal beliefs. This is where I do it. And so you come to me and then we go out from there. And I associate with people who talk about religion, and I associate with people who talk about politics, and I talk it there in that realm. [43:19] There's obviously a mixture. You can't divorce yourself from who you are and what you've done, and I don't. But I've never hidden my religion. I've never hidden my Christianity, as some people do. That's not the way to do it either. Yes, I am a Christian. I'm a Judeo-Christian. I believe in the Old Testament and the New Testament. And it's, for me, not a contradiction in terms. And so I express it that way. I express it here on my own podcast when I had it. And if ever anybody wanted to talk about it, I was willing to do it. And I attended every event, and with Jamie and [44:10] the lovely Anni Cyrus, that was just wonderful. That was absolutely wonderful. I went to a David Horowitz retreat, where I met Jamie. I had the great fortune, an opportunity to speak at a Freedom Concert event. Many of my public heroes were there from various political websites. And I got to meet them. And that's where I met Jamie. And he invited me on to engage with him on his program, the Glazov Gang. It's so funny. But, you know, and I met just so many fabulous people. And there are so many things right now, which I see things now and can talk about things that I couldn't prior to coming out with Andrew. And that, of course, is Bannon's big thing, Andrew. Andrew, I mean, he's – and Andrew changed – just brought the world together. I mean, his vision, his understanding of what was really going on was unique. And he was right into – he was dead on about everything. And I still don't agree with most of his friends. [45:38] I have very dark feelings about what happened to Andrew, even though I know he had a heart problem. But when the, I mean, you know what I'm talking about. I don't want to get into that aside, but I know the darkness that's out there and a voice like his had to be stopped. And they don't stop at anything. They don't. And we have now been witness to it in the United States for five or six years. Nothing stops them. Nothing. And they will lie to your face. They do not care because they are the voice of something that is dark. [46:20] That's not a knife you feel in your back. That's me scratching it. Oh, but I feel blood. No, that's not blood. You know, that's it. That's it. Can I finish off with your voice? Now, it is always wonderful to have a guest coming on and the sound is absolutely beautiful, crystal clear. You're coming through. Obviously, your voice is your how you make your your living now. And you've you've moved away from being kind of front of the camera to doing voice. Tell us what that is like, because it means you talked about fame and that means you're not recognized. It is your voice. And I remember watching, you were the one who, again, using your voice in all different ways, even back as in The A Team. But tell us about, how that works in the industry.   Well, in the industry, it doesn't. You have to be very fortunate. One of the first casting directors I ever met was Sylvia Gold, was her name. And she met with me, my first agent introduced me to her, and she said. [47:36] Oh, darling, she said, you don't understand. No one wants to hear that stuff. That's in the theatre. They want to hear you. They want to hear your voice. It's your voice that's important. And I said, no, it's not. I said, that's not what it's not. You know, I'm a vampire. I'm a thief. I listen to other people. I'm a mathematical idiot. And God gave me this ability to hear people's voices. And I said, I remember being seven years old. I was about seven years old, and I remember the first impression I ever did, which was, James Mason in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, he had a line, it was, I am dying now, and the Nautilus is dying with me, present as him. And I said this out loud to myself, I am dying now, and the Nautilus is dying with me. And the more I did it, the closer I got. And I would spend time, and I became an Anglophile, and I started listening to Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole, and I found that if I put headphones on, their voice came from the middle of my head, and I could steal from them. I could do impressions of their voice, and even if it wasn't perfect. [48:52] It became another voice, another character. And I began to identify with my relatives that way. I started doing impressions of my relatives and they did not like it. And I started doing impressions of my teachers at school and the kids liked it, but the teachers didn't like it if they heard it. And that's how it started. And I just had an ear for people's voices and dialects in the United States. And that's it. And in terms of, well, if I'm coming across crystal clear, That's because somebody recommended this microphone, the Heil PR-40, which is a dynamic microphone. Most people are wedded to very expensive condenser mics. But this is a rejection, it's a cardioid. People can open the door and come into the room and you won't hear it, you'll just hear me. Art Bell used this mic and he was always extolling the virtues of this mic, and I listened to him. And so, you know, and it's inexpensive, comparatively speaking, so it's available. [50:04] And so I, but I have spent years studying and recording people's voices and listening to them and trying to reproduce them. And one of the great thrills in my life was, I was, I knew somebody who was intimately involved with Laurence Olivier. [50:29] Peter Shaffer, and he wrote Amadeus, right? And he was just an absolutely spectacular man. And he gave me the play Amadeus to read before it was on Broadway and in Great Britain. And he was just a sweetheart of all sweethearts anyway. So I went into a bathroom and I did my impression of Olivier doing the Othello chamber scene. And I gave it to someone who was with Peter and asked them to listen to it to see if I caught any of it. And he said, this friend said, Shaffer listened to it and said, well, he said if Larry was very, very sick. But it was, you know, it was one of those, I, God, to have, you know, I, I, I think I listened, I don't know, I can't, I can't repeat anything that I've ever done myself, but I, I think I listened to the chamber scene from Othello, Olivier's Othello a thousand times. And that's how you learn when you're a young kid. That's how you learn. And you say, oh, my God, every comma. I followed it along, and he followed the text. [51:49] Amazingly, he followed the text and was dead on. And those are the kinds of things that I became very attuned to people's voices, and recorded them. And I have a lot of recordings and sometimes I still listen to Burton's Hamlet. And Gielgud, of course, directed it. [52:21] And it was considered a disaster on Broadway, but there's some great, there's just to capture, it is a miracle that I can sit here and listen to people who have passed away as if they're in my room. It is, it is a miracle, a technical miracle, but a miracle, or listening to the great choruses, motion picture choruses from 1958 and 60, and I listen to these grand voices, and I say, most of these people are not here now, But I'm listening to them and I get emotional about it. So anyway...   You've also embraced just finally about. I think I looked through and you've done the voice for like 100 video games. Well, yeah, I guess that's just if you're you're good at something, then that can be used across different, different industries. Oh, exactly. and video games are bigger than motion pictures now. And the hardest thing I was ever asked to do, and we were asked to do this periodically, you know, these great actors, right? [53:31] Sir Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, right? Those two individuals. Do impressions of both of them, to do them in the same thing. They were in X-Men, right? So I can't do them because they're so close. And you just do. You're asked to do it. They can't make it to do a pickup, right? So they ask an actor to come in and do a line, half a line. That's it. I can't do Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart at the same time. But I can't. I can't do it because they're too close. And yet they're different. But I have not been able to. I mean, you know, you in Ian McKellen with Bilbo Baggins, you know, he's called the essence. [54:19] Patrick is done it. Patrick is down there, too. But I can't do them together. I cannot do them together. I have to do them separately. And Patrick is he was a delight, by the way. Very liberal, very liberal. But one of the great things about Star Trek is my greatest experience that I've had in Hollywood, because there was little to no politics on that set, and everybody was a delight to work with. Everyone, absolutely everyone. And walking around on the great Paramount lot was a thrill. Anyway, sorry, I'm getting side-lined. I loved all those people. I did. I really did. Dwight, I so appreciate you coming on. It's absolutely wonderful to speak with you and hear about your experiences in the industry. So we really do appreciate your time today.   Well, it's my pleasure and I am very grateful. It's been a long time since I've done anything like this.   Oh, maybe it'll become more regular. Well, thank you, Peter.   Thank you so much, Dwight. Thank you.   Bye-bye.

“If the world is against the truth, then I am against the world.” The words of Athanasius remain relevant even in modern times, as society continues to pressure the church to abandon Christian orthodoxy. In a video that has now gone viral, Father Calvin Robinson shared this quote from Athanasius during his 12-minute long debate speech at the Oxford Union. When bishops within his own church made the decision to “bless same-sex unions”, Robinson chose to defend the sanctity of marriage in response. Listen as Frank highlights numerous “truth bombs” that were dropped in the debate and explores some of the questions posed by Father Robinson, including: What is God's purpose for marriage? How does the Bible define love? Do we know more about human sexuality today than God did in ancient biblical times? Why does society pressure Christians to change our views but not other religions? If same-sex marriage is allowed, what other sexual proclivities will be endorsed by the church?   Most of us will never go viral for defending the faith, but we will undoubtedly encounter this issue within our own communities. This podcast episode is guaranteed to help Christians and conservatives address this sensitive topic. In the words of G.K. Chesterton, “We do not want a church that will move with the world. We want a church that will move the world.” To view the entire VIDEO PODCAST, join our CrossExamined private community. It's the perfect place to jump into great discussions with like-minded Christians while providing financial support for our ministry. 5-minute version of the speech: https://youtu.be/TfgTPTS5Aa8 Full lecture at the Oxford Union: https://youtu.be/ymbTb2HS5Rc Full transcript of speech: https://t.co/c2Y1TpSbfe Fr Calvin Robinson's website: https://www.calvinrobinson.com/ If you would like to submit a question to be answered on the show, please email your question to Hello@Crossexamined.org. Subscribe on Apple Podcast: http://bit.ly/CrossExamined_Podcast Rate and review! Thanks!!! Subscribe on Google Play: https://cutt.ly/0E2eua9 Subscribe on Spotify: http://bit.ly/CrossExaminedOfficial_Podcast Subscribe on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/CE_Podcast_Stitcher  

Here in the UK we have had the Church of England announce they will bless same-sex unions while over in the US the so called 'Asbury Revival' has been making headlines. To understand these two diametric concepts of revival and woke-ism we asked Fr Calvin Robinson to join us. Calvin speaks out strongly on how the Church is England is losing its message of Christ as it embraces 'new' values and concepts of the world. He has also been keeping a keen eye on the unusual events at the church in Asbury University in Kentucky, where a service of worship just went on and on. Can the Church of England return to truth and is what is happening in Asbury the beginning of a renewal in Christendom? The Reverend Calvin Robinson is a popular British political advisor, presenter and commentator. Fr Robinson is Minister-in-Charge of Christ Church in London and has been published widely in the media, including GB News, Talk radio, the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, the Spectator, and the Daily Express among others. He is a former assistant principal and has consulted for the Department for Education, supporting school leaders across the South East. Born and bred in the East Midlands, England, Calvin is on a crusade to reclaim our country from the woke using truth and common sense while standing up for family, conservative, Christian and British values. Catch Calvin every Sunday at 3pm for the 'Common Sense Crusade' on GB News. Follow and support Calvin.... GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/calvinrobinson Twitter: https://twitter.com/calvinrobinson?s=20&t=46rqU2zEtSYZDNs2huAI7A Telegram: https://t.me/calvinrobinson Substack: https://calvinrobinson.substack.com/ Website: https://www.calvinrobinson.com/ Interview recorded 13.3.23 *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstin To sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestreaming platforms and more... https://heartsofoak.org/connect/ Please subscribe, like and share! [0:22] Hello, Hearts of Oak. Thank you for joining us on another interview coming up with Calvin Robinson. We've had on numerous times before, and we're looking at the state of the church, where the church fit into a 21st century society. We go through a number of the issues which Calvin has spoken about regularly on GB News and on his social media platforms. The whole issue of marriage and the Church of England recognizing LGBT unions, whatever alphabet mix you want, it is now recognized and blessed, although they don't actually carry out a ceremony, so it seems to be a fudge on the issue. So we discuss that and some of the other issues. I know Calvin has talked a lot about the buffer zones and the prayer being illegal outside abortion centres. And then we look at, actually looking ahead, why a revived church, a church which is on fire, a church which is speaking truth, why that is important for, if you're not a Christian, actually for all society, not just Christians, because that has a positive effect on society, speaking truth and bringing, [1:31] looking at issues of right and wrong, I guess, in a time where there's a lot of confusion about what actually is right, what actually is wrong. And the church, I think, can be a moral guidance, a framework once again for our society. And I think many of us would see that there is a place to be had, even if we are not regular churchgoers or don't call ourselves Christians. There is a positive impact and element to our society from that. So I know you'll enjoy Calvin, as much as I enjoyed chatting with them. [2:05] Calvin Robinson, Father Calvin Robinson. It is wonderful to have you back with us. Thank you so much for your time once again.   Anytime Peter, how are you? Absolutely wonderful. All the better for seeing you and hopefully you'll shed some light on a lot of the chaos has been happening, but we'll get into that. @CalvinRobinson, obviously, is your handle across all platforms. People can also sign up to your sub-stack and get your regular e-mails giving your thoughts. Of course, Calvin can be found every Sunday on GB News at 3pm. Or you can see him in the flesh at his church in the morning. So you can get him twice in the day. Your church isn't live streamed as yet, Calvin, no? No, it's rooted in place. People have got to be there.   I do like that. Personal contact is good. Don't go down that, because then people just stay at home. So stick with the one-on-one contact. Calvin, initially when we had talked a couple weeks ago, we wanted to look at what was happening, I guess, termed as the Asbury Revival over in the States and talk about, I guess, renewal in general. [3:15] But maybe before that we could go back and start with maybe where the Church is at in the UK. And one thing which certainly has struck out with me was what happened back in February. The Guardian's headline. We'll use the Guardian because that's, I think, what the Church of England like to support and promote, and are more worried about column inches in the Guardian. But anyway, it's the Church of England votes in favour of blessing for same-sex unions. Passing of motion at General Synod represents profound shift in Church's stance on homosexuality. Do you want to give us your thoughts on, kind of, that event and that quite a large departure from traditional Church of England Anglican teaching.   Yeah, well, the Church is saying it's not a departure in teaching. They've said they're not changing doctrine, which is fluffy to say the least because we in the [4:13] Church of England tend to believe lex horrende, lex credendi, like you are what you believe, you practice what you believe and you believe what you practice. And so if the Church of England is essentially saying that you can bless same-sex unions, some of which will be sexual in nature, the Church of England is now saying you can bless sin, which is an oxymoron, you can't ask God to bless something he has said is sinful. But at Synod it was voted in favour with a majority, that the Church of England can now, priests within the Church of England can now bless couples that come to them that may be in a civil partnership or may be in a secular gay marriage and those individuals within that relationship can now be blessed. So basically people will go to the registry office, they'll get their same-sex marriage under law and then they'll go to church and have that marriage blessed. That is wrong. It is not in line with Christian teaching. It's [5:10] causing the Church of England to enter apostasy essentially because these bishops are heretics, and it's a problem for even the very good sound priests in the Church of England who do want to remain orthodox because we are, as Anglicans, we're an apostolic faith so we believe that each congregation serves a bishop and each, well the bishop serves each congregation, so you can't separate one from the other. You can't say well I'll be a good priest in my little parish because that's congregationalism. That means you're not respecting obedience to your bishop and not seeing him as your servant leader. So if the bishop is a heretic, it makes you a heretic. That's the problem people are facing. So many parishes are going to have to consider now do they want to leave the Church of England because the Church of England has already left them.   And we'll get into that schism in a little bit but I mean marriage has... always been, traditionally, been a lifelong union between one man and one woman. And it does seem, I know, I know, Calvin I'm only following you, so that's bad. [6:19] I've seen your show, Calvin, much worse. But how can they say that's not a change? Because if the church is saying basically we're not actually carrying out a ceremony between two men or two women but we will still bless it. There isn't much, it seems to be just semantics really. It is semantics. That is exactly the right word for it. They think they're being clever because they're trying to please everybody. You know you can't please everybody because what you end up doing is upsetting everybody. But worse than that you can't compromise on the truth. And the truth sometimes is black and white. Most things in life are quite nuanced but the truth, isn't always, because we believe as Christians that the truth is universal and Jesus Christ is the truth himself, right? It's not this case of what we see in modernity where everyone has their own perspective and everyone owns their individual truth. That doesn't play out in Christianity. So what the Church is doing is saying, well societal norms have changed, they've adjusted over time and the world around us has become liberal progressive and the faith is rooted in time and place and is very static and traditionalist and [7:33] old-fashioned, how do we marry the two? Well, we can't institute gay marriages because that's an oxymoron, but what about if we bless same-sex marriages that have been done elsewhere? That's good compromise, right? And of course it's all misguided. It might be well-intentioned, might not be, but it's just impossible. It's an impossibility.   Because up to this point, Church's teaching would would have been that there are areas of sin. You can read your Bible and you can make whole lists of them. [8:05] I've just been sitting in a series with Jay John going through the 10 commandments and those are a list of rules which are for our own good really for society. But the church seems to have kind of completely abandoned that. And I know internally the church has had this the hierarchy, I guess, this struggle of where they go on this issue, and I guess that maybe Justin Welby and others would have liked to kick this even further into the long grass. So I'm wondering what kind of pushed them to actually make a decision, because often the church of England are very good at not actually making decisions.   Yeah, they're really good at fluff, you know, Anglican fudge they call it, but this had to happen because the living in love and faith process is what they called it over the last six or seven years they've been discussing how to be more inclusive to the LGBTQ plus IAA plus plus plus community and just that just that sentence alone is problematic because the church of course is inclusive it's you know the church is welcoming to everyone because we are all sinners and they keep forgetting this that well how can we be more welcoming to this particular community and it doesn't make sense like that it's a false premise. They need to focus on talking about sin more and you're right the commandments are rules by which we should be living our lives. The [9:32] Commandments are set down by God as any father would to his children to say this is how, these are the boundaries, you may play within these boundaries, if you leave these boundaries you will get hurt. That is what sin is, it's separation of us from God, and that's hurtful for us as well as for God right? So we, should be trying not to do that, we should be trying not to sin. But we don't talk about sin because it's seen as derogatory. Every time I bring it up on my own, well I won't talk about specifics, but whenever we talk about sin people say silly things like, you can't call that sin. It's legal. It's like, what? That sentence again doesn't make any sense. By saying it's a sin isn't me saying it should be illegal or it shouldn't be legal. It's me saying that it's something that is harmful for us and we should avoid it if possible. But we are all sinners because we are fallen individuals and we should acknowledge that we all do sin. And that is that's not okay but we can repent and we can change our ways. But people these days don't want to repent and they don't want to change their ways, they want to live in sin. It is interesting that people pick and choose how sin or legality work because you look back at things which are, were illegal, you look back at slavery and we see that as abhorrent and yet it was accepted legally. So it's interesting how often people pick and choose what is accepted or not accepted. [10:56] That's a very good point. I'm going to use that one in the future, actually. That's a very good point. Because it's so annoying when people say, you can't say that homosexual marriage is a sin, or that homosexual sex is a sin. First of all, I'm not saying anything about homosexuals in particular. Usually I'm talking about fornication. I'm labelling the sin. I'm using the name of the sin. It's sex outside of marriage, which is sinful. [11:15] And that is the same for heterosexuals as it is for homosexuals. But they really get hung up on that word sin. So we need to talk about it more so that people understand it and realise that it's not us judging other people, it's not us pointing a finger that way, it's us doing this and saying yes we are sinners too, we're all sinners, let's help each other sin less. I guess a conversation the church doesn't really have is the whole issue of the stability that a lifelong marriage between a man and woman brings to not only to small areas of culture but to society in general. To me it would be, if they're looking for popularity I guess, it is an open goal to talk about the benefits that a male and female bring to that lifelong and then in regards to raising children and that structure and the benefit to society if not, to me that would be a open goal if the church wants to kind of be more political I guess with the public and engage with them and that would be a good policy. Well it's right there, so it doesn't matter which church we're talking about. If we're talking about the Church of England it's in the Book of Common Prayer, if we're talking about the Catholic faith it's in the Catechism of the Catholic faith, in that marriage is between one man and one woman, it's heterosexual and monogamous for the reasons of procreation, for the begetting of children, so that God can bless you with offspring. [12:44] That is a good thing. For the purposes of fornication without sin, so that you can have sex without it being sinful, so that you receive that grace. [12:55] And for the betterment of the community, for society as a whole, like we all benefit when people raise families because that's how our society is built upon. First community we all belong to is the family and then we have the wider community and then we have our nationhood and these things are all good things, good things in the eyes of God, like objectively good. And so you know marriage is for a reason. God hasn't said it must be one man and one woman because I'm bigoted and I want human beings to be bigoted. He said this is good, this is ordered, this is a way for you to live your lives for the benefit of yourselves, the people around you and me. You mentioned inclusivity a bit earlier and that term, it seems to be that we are misunderstanding terms. I hear inclusivity a lot. You hear love being put out as well. Love is love and God is love and we can all love each other as seemingly a green light to whatever you want. Is there a way that we can kind of reclaim some of these terms, so to understand once again what they truly mean? Yeah, of course, because this is what the left does, isn't it? They twist language. They never actually outright lie. They use half-truths to make a lie seem real. And so [14:12] when they talk about love, quite often, they're talking about lust. And it's the Hollywood version of love, right? That you're getting into a relationship with someone, and then have sex and that's it, that's the epitome of love and that's the pinnacle right there that we're all striving towards. Actually no, love doesn't mean that in a Christian context. Agape is the term used quite often but there are [14:32] actually multiple terms for love in the Bible and it means it's something that's sacrificial, it's self-giving, it's willing the good of the other. It's not about you and people forget that quite often in this individualistic societies. But I love him or I love her therefore I should be able to, I have a right to. No you're putting yourself first and foremost that's not love that's something else that's your own desire and desires often lead us to sin and love is completely the opposite of sin and when we say love is love it's a free for all isn't it because well if love is love it doesn't matter what the terms are there are no boundaries but of course there are boundaries on everything in life including love. And for me love should be in terms of marriage at least between a man and a woman. But that's not to say there aren't different types of love. I love you as a brother, I love you know my friends in a different way to how I would expect to love my wife right. And likewise you love your children in a different way to how you love your spouse. So there are lots of different levels of love but even then there are boundaries on those different relationships and what I really struggle with at the moment in the LGBTQ plus III community is that they want to say that a sexual love, a desire, a lustful [15:53] relationship is appropriate for anyone without boundaries and we all know where that heads if it's fine for two men or three men or four men or two men and eight women, whatever. [16:04] Why is it not fine for a man and a child? And that's where it's all heading. That's where liberalism ends up. That's where the devil is pushing from. It's paedophilia is what they're aiming for. And people say, that's homophobic. You're saying you're conflating homosexuality with paedophilia. I'm not at all. I'm not in any way, shape, or form conflating the two. I'm saying this liberal progressive movement, this work movement of love is love, of boundaryless, borderless love, results in paedophilia. And that's very different. Well, picking up on that term and what we've seen with the drag shows, and you were highlighting one of them recently, but that whole, I mean I'm surprised, although I maybe shouldn't be, but I still try and be surprised at the lack of response from churches, that was Turning Point UK, so it is a secular organization. You've got you and Lozza and others [17:01] actually standing up and opposing this, getting a report on GB News. It's kind of, you're looking around thinking, well, I'm just waiting for the local church to come in and actually get involved, but that's not happening. What has that been like as you've kind of campaigned on some of these issues without, probably with silence from the church. Tell us about that. Even worse than silence, the church is getting involved, but on the other end. St James's Piccadilly hosted a drag queen in their sanctuary, like a sacred space, and they're putting a scantily dressed bloke, dressed as a woman, which is an affront to women in the first place, but they're putting them there where Christ should be, by the altar essentially. And it's just, I don't want to use hyperbole, but it's demonic is what's happening here. And the church is on the wrong side of this argument. And even this week, over the last couple of days, my Easter special got cancelled, right? And I do Easter specials and Christmas specials every year. I think it's a time when I'm able to use the platform that I've been gifted to proclaim the gospel, to promote the message of salvation and redemption and to talk about Jesus Christ explicitly without having to talk about other political issues that I have to do on my normal show. It's just a show entirely about Christ. [18:19] And it got cancelled by a church because a gay member of the secular choir in the church said to the priest, we can no longer sing here if Calvin Robinson is coming here, he's a homophobe. Now, rather than the priest using that as a teaching opportunity to say, no, Calvin's not a homophobe, the things he says there, you're misunderstanding. He's a Christian. He adheres to the Christian values on sex and sexuality. And let me talk to you about them." Instead of doing that, he said, "'Oh, let me talk to my bishop or his ordinary.'" He spoke to his ordinary. Between them, they decided it would be too much hassle to have our Easter special film there. So essentially they said, "'Look, you cannot proclaim the gospel this Easter because a gay member of a secular choir got upset.'" And that's how the woke mob works, isn't it? [19:02] I think, was it one of the Christmases you were in there? Was it the Oratory and, where is it, South Kent, isn't it? But tell me about those experiences, because you're bringing something quite different and quite fresh to the TV screens, to a news organization that wouldn't traditionally, or may have, songs of praise, which kind of ticks that religious box. But what you're doing with those kind of specials seems to be more intentional. And tell us about you personally, why you want to do that and [19:39] maybe some of the positive and negative responses you've had. Yeah, I mean, this is what I'm called to do, right? So the whole reason I'm on television is because I see it as a platform for public ministry. And the reason I'm not on TV full time is because it's not a career for me, it's not an ambition. However, I do feel like I've been gifted the platform of television and social media and all these things where I have a following is so that I can proclaim the truth. I can talk about our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ for his benefit and for theirs, right? And so for me these specials are well they're special, they are the reason I do the rest of the stuff that I do on TV because it gives me the opportunity to do these things and the response is, mostly positive. It really is. People are happy to see Jesus in the mainstream again and to see the Christian faith normalized and for someone to be unashamedly Christian and not embarrassed about their faith, that helps people in their faith and it also brings people to the faith. So we're evangelizing as well as encouraging. That is, you know, that's why I'm here, that's why I'm doing what I'm doing. Of course there are a minority of negative responses and they tend to be the ones that stick in my head because as human beings, as flawed human beings, that's what happens isn't it? You can have a hundred positive responses that one negative is what you remember but, You know, the [21:01] Catholics, for my last special, the one you mentioned at the oratory, the most beautiful, I think it's one of the most beautiful churches in the country, the Catholics were saying, why have you let this Protestant in your sanctuary? Firstly, I'm an Anglican, not a Protestant [21:13] And then the Protestants were saying, how dare he pray to a saint that he's invoking the saints? This is not scriptural. And so the Protestants on one side, the Catholics on the other side, and I'm like, look, I'm here using a national platform to try and proclaim the gospel and and spread the message of Jesus Christ. And you guys, the Christians, call it demon-pleased. How do you think we're going to get this message out to the rest of the world? It's like we fight and bicker amongst ourselves endlessly. It's tiresome. We should be united in Christ. [21:45] There's another issue that you've touched on on GB News as well, which is the sanctity of life and the buffer zones around, which probably is more a free speech issue than a pro-life issue. And I know you've interviewed the lady who was arrested and arrested once again. And that's just gone through parliament last week where they rejected any thought that prayer should be legal. No, no way, we'll defeat that amendment, kick it out. I mean, how, again, you're bringing that and it's interesting where maybe if you look at the States, the debate is a lively public debate where in the UK it seems to be a very lacklustre, extremely private debate. And I'm wondering why it's been so, I guess, marginalizing conversation. [22:39] I think because people are conflating those two issues, free speech and abortion, right? So I can address this from a free speech perspective and say that no thought should ever be a crime. And that Isabel Vaughan Spruce, who is a fantastic lady, who I've had on my show a couple of times, She's been arrested twice for praying silently within the vicinity of one of these abortion centres when it was closed, when there were no other people around. So people can't say well she's harassing people or she's intimidating people because that's a lie. She's literally stood there silently minding her own business, praying in her head because she thoroughly believes in the power of prayer and she believes what's going on in the centres is evil and should be stopped and therefore she's praying to God for support for these women who think it's their only option. Of course it isn't. Now she could be actively protesting, she could be stood outside the abortion centre with a placard saying don't go in. She could be preventing people, she could be intimidating people. She's not doing any of that. She could even be there handing out literature offering these women alternative options. We know that's been successful in the past. [23:42] And that women have been so grateful for the opportunity to discover another option that hasn't been presented to them up until that point, and they've gone on to raise children that they're very happy to have in their lives. She's not doing any of that, she's just silently praying in her I had. So I can address it saying look this is an issue of freedom of thought, freedom of religion, freedom of expression, even freedom of association. But then the naysayers on the other side will say no, this is about intimidation, harassment, this is about her impeding on someone else's right to abortion. And it always comes down to what they're actually protecting is the killing of unborn children. They don't care about the other freedoms and they want to balance that one. And it's not a balance, there's no balance there because, no one's preventing these women from abortion. As abhorrent as it is, it's [24:29] about their feelings as they go to initiate this abortion. That's what this is all about. It's about someone's freedom of religion versus someone's taking offense to someone's religion. And religion is losing.   I mean I had this conversation with a church leader and I should have just walked away quickly, but I wanted to delve a bit deeper and at the end of the conversation, a very pleasant conversation, but he said you're probably would be like one of those right-wing American Christians who would be shouting and abusing the women going in. And that made me think kind of how far do you go in doing what's right? If you see something wrong happening then do you actually intervene and with the case talked about it was just silent prayer, which is again free speech, thought's been legal. But actually I thought well as a Christian how kind of how far do you go in making a stand against what's wrong? I don't know what I'm not calling for aggression or violence, absolutely not, I'm just trying to work that out as we change in society and move further and further away from what is true. How do you see the response of those of us who are Christians? Well the fact that that [25:58] minister said that to you, that you'd probably be one of those right-wing Americans. It just shows, how far the faith has shifted, doesn't it? Like he should be, as a minister of the faith, he should be doing anything he can to save human life because all human life is sacred. And that's the message of the gospel. I despair at these people. I lost my train of thought on the question because I'm so annoyed at these so-called ministers. But I mean, it's not even happening in this country. In the UK we've never had harassment outside abortion centres. I have seen it in America, granted, but we're not American and harassment in this country is already illegal. Therefore, what is this legislation for? You rightly pointed out that the amendment to remove prayer, to remove silent prayer from this bill, was rejected. So they explicitly want outlaw prayer. Is it because these dark forces are playing and they understand the power of prayer and they don't, don't want Christians praying. Because it is about Christians as well. We see that, Muslims in this country are supported in a way that Christians are not. You can just scuff the corner of a page on a Quran and your child is receiving death threats, the mother is apologizing in front of the imams, backed up by the police, and the child is suspended from school. Yet a Christian cannot silently pray. This is a direct attack on God, is what this is. And our parliamentarians are a part of the problem. [27:20] It's curious that you have a platform on a news channel, just like BBC or Sky, and then you've got GB News, and it's not a Christian channel in any shape or form, and yet GB News seems to have a greater understanding of right and wrong than many of our churches. I mean, how have you found, because you're given license to speak, I'm sure GB News is not perfect, nothing is, but you're given leeway and freedom to address these issues where probably the church maybe down the road would ban even any conversation about it. What does that feel like, that platform that you have? That's an interesting way to put it, because I'm a pessimist, so I tend to think I'm held back, I'm restricted all the time. I'm constantly fighting to talk about things that people don't want me to talk about, and to get guests on that people don't want me to have on. It's a battle every single day. So I think it's nice of you to put it that way in that it is important for me to recognize that I do get a lot of conversations out there that wouldn't be had elsewhere and wouldn't be had otherwise. [28:37] I try to at least be on the side of God, right? I wouldn't say it the other way around, I would say God's on my side. I think that's arrogant. I try to be on the side of God. And if we're on God's side, it's the old adage, isn't it? If God is with us, who can be against us? So as long as we are doing what we're doing for the greater glory of God, then we can't go wrong. [28:56] Exactly, but no, I think you maybe see things differently when you're in the mix and you realize the difficulties possibly in putting something out, the public get to see what goes out and they see that positive message where you're maybe thinking actually that could have been more in that or we could have an extra but I mean God takes what goes out and uses for his purpose, doesn't affect people and if that's the only place they're seeing it then that's extremely positive. Yeah, I think you're right there. Thank you for that. I needed to hear that. Going on to just we, I started on mentioning Asbury and I was blown away actually by watching Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon, programs that are not Christian actually having whole pieces on it. And I think War Room had like a four minute beginning intro of just Asbury Church service, I thought this is really curious watching the secular media promoting what is happening in churches. And I mean what were your thoughts as a Christian and as a journalist looking at, [30:07] I guess that phenomenon, and many of our viewers will not be Christian and they may have different thoughts on it, but it was something new, refreshing, seeing the church packed, seeing the, miles long of traffic of people wanting to get there, because something special was happening there. Yeah, what were your thoughts looking at it?   It did look special, that's a good word for it. It looked important, it looked significant somehow. They were all very young and it wasn't liturgical in any way, shape or form and it wasn't organized, it was just organic. It felt to me like the Holy Spirit was present, I'm sure it was. And I think, I hope that's the start of something bigger, a bigger movement in the States because we need a revival, especially Generation Z which is a generation, and I'm generalizing here, that is wrapped up in itself, an entitled generation of individualists. They need a reminder of something transcendental that is bigger than themselves, they need to be reconnected with God and whatever shape that takes I don't think it really matters. [31:16] There's also a growing traditionalist movement, especially amongst Catholics, so that's entirely on the opposite end of the spectrum to Asbury, but if what's going on in Asbury, that charismatic movement, if that does something and connects people to Christ, then great! Because I guess renewals throughout history never, are always different from previous and I guess if we were sitting planning one, it could be so different. But it's interesting to see that, how they can often be so different when you read through church history and see how God has moved at different times in special ways. They always seem to meet a hunger for something above, something greater than us and to give hope. [32:06] But yeah, I've just been interested and I've gone back and been reading some of the great revivalist evangelists I guess and been excited by what God has done in past generations and how it changes society.   Absolutely and society needs changing right now. I talked quite a bit about how the Christian faith thrives under persecution. I think in the West now we're seeing intolerance verging on persecution but once it reaches there something will happen. At the same time we're seeing the churches in the West crumbling. The big C church will never fall because Christ won't let it but the institutions can. That's the Church of England, that's the Episcopal Church in America, these churches are fallen because they're made up of fallen individuals who seem to be at the moment trying to appease the liberal progressive secular norms around them. And so as these western churches die and as we become secularized and then persecuted. [33:11] We will start to see more of these revival movements because there is a god-shaped hole in people's hearts that needs to be filled and people are latching on wherever they can to things that just don't fill, can't fill that hole. The only thing that can fill it is God. So eventually it all comes back round to him. What are your thoughts there? Probably people have seen what's happened over there and thought, well, I'm not a Christian, I don't go to church, it's absolutely nothing to do with me, I don't care what happens. How does a revival or renewal, a church being vibrant on fire, speaking truth, how does that affect or fit into society? Well, I mean, this is it, this is it, right? right? People talk about the cultural wars but this is a spiritual war. I don't think people can truly understand what's going on unless they have the faith and there's no way to describe, there's no way to talk about it. It's like the matrix, right? You take the blue pill or the red pill and people who take the blue pill just they're ignorant and they cannot get it and I'm not saying that as an insult, it's just there's a wall there whereas people who take the red pill, people who have faith in Christ can see what's going on and it is it's wicked, it's evil, it's demonic and we need to fight against it. And it's not just about diversity, inclusion, equality, it's about [34:27] replacing what's good, what's beautiful, what's true, replacing God with falsehoods, with a false narrative, with the devil, essentially. And so, to the non-Christians who are watching, I suppose I'm praying for you, is the message I would say. And I don't mean that in a patronizing way, I mean that in a way that I hope your eyes are opened and your ears are opened to Christ, just as people who watch your show, who consider themselves awake to what's going on around them and have problems, struggle talking to normies or NPCs, about COVID or Brexit or lockdowns or vaccines, whatever. [35:08] Or the Ukraine. It's difficult to have conversations with people whose eyes and ears are closed. And that's how I feel at the moment about people who are not Christian, because this is the biggest spiritual war of a long, long time, and we're all in the middle of it. [35:25] And I guess when you were saying you're a pessimist, I get that, but then from my point of view as a Christian, that's when it gets quite exciting because there isn't a step-by-step plan because it's so bad. And you're thinking, where do we go from here as a society? And I think that's why something, what happened in Asbury was exciting because you kind of look at our politicians and I remember growing up and seeing so many Christian politicians, strong leaders, and we don't have that anymore. So you look at wet Welby, you're thinking, well, that's not gonna provide much direction and guidance. So you're thinking, well, actually, the only way this can happen is God. And I think that's why being in a difficult, dark situation is exciting. Yeah, and there's two sides to this. So on the one side, people want to defend Western culture, and rightly so, because it's a great thing, because it was built on Christianity. However, it isn't Christianity. It is separate, and Western society can, and probably will fall, but that's okay, because another society will rise in its wake. [36:37] But the thing we have to fight for isn't Western society, it's the Christian faith. We have to fight for our Christian values, Because when society does fall, they are what will sustain us. Christ in the mass will sustain us, and our faith in him will sustain us. So we have to get past the idea of clinging onto the worldly goods that we see around us. [36:59] What, it's, it's, it's sorry, I've lost my train of thought... When you look at-   Sorry, just to add to that before we move on. Because the great thing about that is, because even if we do lose this battle, We might not, we could still turn it around and woke could become a thing of the past and Western society could become strong again and the British empire could be revived. You know, we can dream, but even if it doesn't, even if all this stuff crumbles like Rome fell. [37:26] We're only losing the battle. The war has already been won. Christ defeated the devil. Christ conquered evil for us and he died for our sins and was resurrected for our salvation. So that is the good news, that it doesn't really matter.   Yeah, my God said I will build my church and the gates that will not prevail. So that's what happens in the end, irrelevant to the efforts of the enemy. I've talked to many people in, I guess, the conservative movement, and many of them would talk about, well, they're a Christian, they're a cultural Christian, and they believe certain truths. Obviously, as a commentator, that's probably something you've come across a lot. Do you want to compare that, a cultural Christian, whether that's a Christian at all, and actually a personal faith and what that means. Yeah, I don't really think there is such a thing as a cultural Christian, it's just a Brit, right, because British values are built on Christian values and they are aligned but they're not identical, just as Western society was built on Christianity. [38:36] You're either a Christian or you're not, right, so you either believe that Jesus Christ was truly man and truly God and died on the cross for us. Or you don't. You either believe in the resurrection and we'll have eternal life in him or you don't. There is no cultural element to it. [38:52] I mean you can turn up to church and enjoy the hymns as much as you like but if you don't believe what the songs are about it doesn't really matter.   Can I ask you about the split you touched on at the beginning, maybe it's something to end on, the split we have seen within the church where parts of the worldwide Anglican community have basically said, oh this is not biblical, enough is enough, and have drawn the line. There is a tension there between, I guess, the liberal, progressive, woke, Western church and the more traditional church of Africa, of Latin America, Asia. Tell us about that tension because I think often we can see what's happening in the Synod or the Church of England and think, well, it's all going to pot, but there are those bright sparks of tension desiring truth. Oh yeah, absolutely. The majority of people in the Church are faithful and the majority of churches are orthodox. It's just this minority in the West, England, Wales, Scotland, America, Canada, and Australia that are falling more rapidly because they've left behind their orthodoxy. [40:09] So in Anglicanism for example, the Church of England has entered apostasy now, it is promoting heresy as acceptable. So the Church of England has left the wider Anglican communion and we see this manifesting itself in several ways, but GAFCON, which represents 80% of Anglicans around the world, has said, well you guys have left us, therefore we now renounce you. So we don't see the Archbishop of Canterbury as the first among equals, he's no longer our leader. So now we're entering a period where conversations are being had with primates, bishops and church leaders around the world, saying do we need to elect a new leader? Do we need a leader at all? How is this all going to work? And there's a meeting next month, the next GAFCON, which is the fourth global meeting in Rwanda. I'm going to head out there and see what's what and see what they decide. But it's going to be very interesting and very exciting. Though it's not just the Anglican Church, you know, the German Catholic bishops are trying to copy with their same-sex blessings and heretical views and the the Pope needs to have a strong firm hand and say, no, this is, This is you're excommunicated, be gone with you. [41:16] Because there is an outcome of punishment that does come on. I mean even when it talks about the Lord's Supper, communion, remembering Jesus' death, and it talks about judgment upon the church, judgment upon yourself, if you enter into that without reverence and without recognizing your sin. So I guess at some point there is that punishment. [41:48] And not that I want you to end on full fire and brimstone, but I'm curious kind of how that plans out because as British living here, this is our country. We've grown up with churches and seen them slide into, I guess, depravity often. But I guess there is a line where God says, enough is enough.   Yeah absolutely and false teachers and false prophets will be punished more than everyone else because they're leading people astray and that's the issue there. Our shepherds were supposed to lead our sheep right and if you lead people the wrong way that's gonna upset God because he wants everyone to love him and he wants to love everyone. So I mean I'm trying not to put a negative spin on it but I'm trying to see what's the positive of that in that we are called to be good Christians and good shepherds and good sheep and we all have a responsibility. So if we see that our deacons, priests and bishops are leading people astray, we can hold them to account because they are servant leaders and we can remind them to be rooted in the scriptures and rooted in the tradition and the doctrines of the church and not to be chasing societal norms. And you know, none of us can do this on our own. Calvin, thank you for your time. It's always good to talk to you. [43:13] Im sure you get, was it GB views or GB news? That you get responses from viewers and I'd encourage the viewers to certainly tune in and give their responses because I'm sure part of you being on GB news, part of the enjoyment of it is having that interaction with the viewers. I do love the engagement with the viewers. It's fantastic. One thing I miss about radio actually, being able to have them live on the show, that kind of thing is brilliant. But yes, thank you. It's always a pleasure talking to you. Not all. Thank you, Calvin.

Support The Becket Cook Show on Patreon! In today's episode, Becket talks with Anglican deacon about his recent speech at Oxford Union regarding homosexuality. In his stunning 12-minute speech, he lays out the biblical sexual ethic and condemns the Church of England for her recent decision to “bless same-sex couples.” We talk about the powerful points he makes in his speech and its fallout, and why the Church of England is careening toward apostasy. We also look at the response from the Anglican Global South Communion and its statement that they are “no longer able to recognize the present Archbishop of Canterbury as the first among equals leader of the global communion. Father Calvin Robinson's Oxford Union Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymbTb2HS5Rc&ab_channel=OxfordUnion Father Calvin Robinson's website: https://www.calvinrobinson.com/ The Becket Cook Show Ep. 113This Episode of The Becket Cook Show is available on YouTubeJoin the Patreon! Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

The Reverend Calvin Robinson is a popular British political advisor, presenter and commentator. Fr Robinson is Minister-in-Charge of Christ Church in London and has been published widely in the media, including GB News, Talk radio, the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, the Spectator, and the Daily Express among others. He is a former assistant principal and has consulted for the Department for Education, supporting school leaders across the South East. Born and bred in the East Midlands, England, Calvin is on a crusade to reclaim our country from the woke using truth and common sense while standing up for family, conservative, Christian and British values. Follow and support Father Calvin.... GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/calvinrobinson Twitter: https://twitter.com/calvinrobinson?s=20&t=46rqU2zEtSYZDNs2huAI7A Telegram: https://t.me/calvinrobinson Substack: https://calvinrobinson.substack.com/ Website: https://www.calvinrobinson.com/   *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstin Originally broadcast live 9.1.23

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Wildman and Steve interview Father Calvin Robinson. They discuss the spiritual condition of the world, the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and the importance of the gospel. Music this week from ApologetiX and Bloodgood Bumper music: Messengermetal.com Podcast edited by Jay Smith jayalansmith.com

First, a powerful and emotional interview with Texas State Senator Brian Birdwell and his riveting description of what he went through at the Pentagon on 9/11 and in the days, weeks and months afterwards. Next is Julie Kelly, with the latest on the documents taken from Trump's home, and what's going on with the January 6th clown show. Then Dan Horowitz, with incredible news on how you've been misled on vaccine information and he has the studies to prove it. Next is Dr. Oz talking about the extremely important Senate race in Pennsylvania. Whatever your opinion of him, please listen, I think you might have a different perspective. Finally we talked with a great conservative, Father Calvin Robinson about the future of the monarchy, and also if conservativism can win the day in the UK again, among other things. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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We begin today with breaking news on the unprecedented news of the Queen's dire health, and her death that occurred toward the end of the taping of this episode. Megyn Kelly is joined by Father Calvin Robinson, Anglican deacon and GB News presenter, to discuss the Queen's legacy, her health, news that family members are rushing to her bedside, what happens next with the Royals, and more. Then David Limbaugh and Christen Limbaugh, authors of "The Resurrected Jesus: The Church in the New Testament," join the show to talk about the left dividing the country and their exclusionary tactics, Biden's dark and divisive speech, Gavin Newsom's energy hypocrisy, growing up Limbaugh, keeping faith in our culture today, Jesus and Paul, our culture of decadence, what Rush Limbaugh would think of today's culture, and more. Then Dr. Nicholas Kardaras, author of "Digital Madness," joins to discuss technology and social media addiction, our current crisis of emptiness, who our "influencers" are today, social contagion, and more.Follow The Megyn Kelly Show on all social platforms: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MegynKellyTwitter: http://Twitter.com/MegynKellyShowInstagram: http://Instagram.com/MegynKellyShowFacebook: http://Facebook.com/MegynKellyShow Find out more information at: https://www.devilmaycaremedia.com/megynkellyshow