Rev Dan

The US government is preparing to release classified files on unidentified craft and materials of alleged non-human origin — and before a single file has dropped, pastors are reportedly being warned to prepare their congregations.In this podcast, I want to cut through the noise and ask the question that actually matters: what does Scripture teach Christians to do when something arrives that looks like truth, carries the weight of authority, and is designed to pull people away from Jesus?We look at the biblical category of deception, what the tradition has always said about non-human intelligence, and why the method of manifestation has never changed the test.Not conspiracy. Not panic. Just biblical clarity for an unsettled moment.


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Something is happening across the Church of England — and it is not coming from the institution.
Since this series began, something has been stirring. Not just on this channel. Not just through the work of Save the Parish. But in the comments sections, in PCC meetings, and now in the letters pages of the national press.
Last week the Daily Telegraph published four letters about the state of the Church of England. Four people, from four different counties, writing independently, saying what three videos in this series have been building toward. And two of those letters come from people in my own deanery — two miles from this parish.
In this video I read all four letters and respond to each one honestly. I also address the question that keeps coming up in the comments: if one vicar one church is the answer, where are the vicars going to come from? And I want to tell you something about what is happening here, in Chalfont St Giles, that I think matters for this conversation.The people are speaking. Is the Church of England listening?


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The Church of England is proposing to put 21 churches under 2 priests in one deanery in Cornwall. 167 people have formally objected. A hearing is being held this month to decide whether it goes ahead anyway.This is not a hypothetical. This is Kerrier deanery in the Diocese of Truro. And the diocese's own documents are making the case against this model better than any critic could.This is the third video in a series. If you haven't seen videos one and two, I've linked them below.Videos in this series:Video 1 — The Church Knows What Works... So Why Is Your Vicar Disappearing?
Video 2 — When The Shepherds Go... Is Your Church Still Teaching The Gospel?
The hearing:13 May 2026, Maritime Museum, FalmouthIf your deanery is facing something similar:Your right to object is a statutory right under the Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 — not a courtesy. Objections are called representations and are submitted to the Church Commissioners' Mission, Pastoral and Church Property Committee. Anyone may object, not just directly affected parties. Objections must be considered. If the Commissioners proceed despite objections they must give written reasons to every objector. There is a further right of appeal to the Privy Council on questions of law.The most practical plain-English guide to the process is the Save the Parish how-to-object page:savetheparish.com/how-to-objectAll current Church Commissioners consultation cases are listed here:churchofengland.org/resources/parish-reorganisation-and-closed-church-buildings/mission-pastoral-church-propertySource used in this video:Church Times — Church Commissioners to hold hearing on proposal for 21-church benefice in Truro diocese (1 May 2026) - https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2026/1-may/news/uk/church-commissioners-to-hold-hearing-on-proposal-for-21-church-benefice-in-truro-diocese


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King Charles stood before the United States Congress and called the Christian faith his firm anchor and daily inspiration. He invoked Easter. He spoke of hope and prayer. But this is the same man whose Christmas messages have consistently placed Christianity alongside all the great faiths as one voice in a shared moral chorus.Both speeches were scripted. Both were approved. Both went out in his name.So which one is real and what does the difference reveal, not just about the King, but about all of us?In this podcast, I look carefully at what Charles said in Congress, set it alongside his Christmas 2024 and 2025 messages, unpack the Isaiah passage he quoted and what he left out, and ask what faithful Christian witness actually requires from a monarch, and from us.


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Something fills the space when shepherds go.And the question we’re now facing in the Church of England is whether what replaces them is still the gospel… or something else.
In this podcast, I respond to the conversation many of you have been raising since the last one. The structural crisis is real. But underneath it sits a deeper issue: theological drift, thinning orthodox voices, and a generation of leaders still waiting when they may be needed most.
This isn’t about outrage. It’s about clarity.What does faithfulness look like when the institution is drifting? And who is going to hold the line?


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