I'm a catholic priest in Dublin and I can see these secular forces in the church today. They are plenty and in important positions of the Church and without a shadow of a doubt hold sway over appointments. But my heart breaks for the committed Anglicans who are hurting greatly over what has happened in their church. The mere idea that changing God's pronouns is even up for discussion is extraordinary in itself. All I can offer is a 'spiritual hug' for all of you confused and hurting over the political and secular route of the Anglican Church. God protect us all. Thank you Dr. Ashenden for your astuteness of the situation in both the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches.
Many thanks for your prayers and concern. I keep telling myself that God is bigger and far more powerful than any of the silly ‘isms, ologies and wokery’ that Man invents!
I was in Tewksbury Abbey only this morning; the weight of history there is great indeed. For over 900 years Christianity has survived the changing world there; faith has gone on unbroken through war and plague, through dissolution and political upheaval; is this now the point where we simply surrender our beliefs to a modern-day cult? Don't let them succeed; resist!
Good points, but would you not think it must go those route, the falling away, collapse of the system? The body of christ does not depart prior tribulation with a handshake to the rest of the world, it leaves in taters it leaves post a war like scenario, this is my view
Wasn't that a Catholic Abbey? You do realize the CofE has no apostolic order and therefore no actual foundation. That it has lasted this long is a testament of the crumbs of Catholicism you hung onto. Do what I did- come home to the Catholic Church
@@carolynschuster291 So when exactly did the Roman Catholic Church begin? Who was it founded by? and where was Peter the Apostle living and crucified before 70 AD?
@@davidyoung5830 pick a Roman Catholic Bible : not just any bible, must be the one with the whole Truth and read it for yourself : you need to get the facts, not someone's opinion.
#ProphetKacouPhilippe :Today, in this 21st century, nobody can be saved unless by me, prophet Kacou Philippe who is speaking to you. And John 3:16 today is: For God so loved the world, that he gave his beloved prophet, Prophet Kacou Philippe, that whosoever believes in him may not perish, but have eternal Life. The Lord Jesus Christ was a man like me speaking to you today and you cannot pretend that you would have believed in Jesus Christ when He was on earth if you don’t believe in me today.
Please point out to us where CHRIST ever addresses this issue. Paul is and was not Christ, so you cannot say that is the word of God. Paul never ever met Christ and so he is writing a letters to the churches based on his understanding of something that he had no personal experience of!!!
Thank you for speaking the truth from scripture. I believe we are heading into the sifting of the church. Now as always we need to be strong in the Lord
I was raised as an evangelical Anglican, by missionary parents, and then a ministers kid in suburban parish life in Sydney, Australia. I left the Anglican Church with a broken heart decades ago when the minister preached that Jesus did not really rise from the dead, He just rises in our hearts (what? From where? Why?). I didn’t think I had any more heart break possible for my original church - until last week. I cried and prayed so much. Thank you for your words, so grateful.
@@Apriluser yes 👍well in Brisbane due to there ssm beliefs, that’s been coming for a while just like the need to split from the cofe has been coming under Welby and co.
I attended the Anglican Church years ago (the building was an old beautiful church building with beautiful plants all around). They had an older female deacon who told me that witchcraft wasn't so bad (that we just mostly misunderstood it). Her and the main pastor also said they thought it's possible no one will go to hell. After learning that from those experiences I stopped attending the Anglican Church. I miss the old building and greenery there but the church isn't found in a building alone. Faithfulness to God's revelation is required.
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. Revelation 18:4
WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT BEING A HINDU? By Francois Gautier. Diversity in Divinity , Universal in Spirituality. Unity in Humanity 1) Believe in God ! - Aastik - Accepted 2) Don't believe in God ! - You're accepted as Nastik 3) You want to worship idols - please go ahead. You are a murti pujak. 4) You dont want to worship idols - no problem. You can focus on Nirguna Brahman. 5) You want to criticise something in our religion. Come forward. We are logical. Nyaya, Tarka etc. are core Hindu schools. 6) You want to accept beliefs as it is. Most welcome. Please go ahead with it. 7) You want to start your journey by reading Bhagvad Gita - Sure ! 8) You want to start your journey by reading Upanishads - Go ahead. 9) You want to start your journey by reading Purana - Be my guest. 10) You just don't like reading Puranas or other books. No problem my dear. Go by Bhakti tradition . ( bhakti- devotion) 11) You don't like idea of Bhakti ! No problem. Do your Karma. Be a karmayogi. 12) You want to enjoy life. Very good. No problem at all. This is Charvaka Philosophy. 13) You want to abstain from all the enjoyment of life & find God - jai ho ! Be a Sadhu, an ascetic ! 14) You don't like the concept of God. You believe in Nature only - Welcome. (Trees are our friends and Prakriti or nature is worthy of worship). 15) You believe in one God or Supreme Energy. Superb! Follow Advaita philosophy 16) You want a Guru. Go ahead. Receive gyaan. 17) You don't want a Guru.. Help yourself ! Meditate, Study ! 18) You believe in Female energy ! Shakti is worshipped. 19) You believe that every human being is equal. Yeah! You're awesome, come on let's celebrate Hinduism! "Vasudhaiva kutumbakam" (the world is a family) 20) You don't have time to celebrate the festival. Don't worry. One more festival is coming! There are multiple festivals every single day of the year. 21) You are a working person. Don't have time for religion. Its okay. You will still be a Hindu. 22) You like to go to temples. Devotion is loved. 23) You don't like to go to temples - no problem. You are still a Hindu! 24) You know that Hinduism ☺ is a way of life, with considerable freedom. 25) You believe that everything has God in it. So you worship your mother, father, guru, tree, River, Prani-matra, Earth, Universe! 26) And If you don't believe that everything has GOD in it - No problems. Respect your viewpoint. 27) "Sarve jana sukhino bhavantu " (May you all live happily) You represent this! You're free to choose, my dear Hindu! This is exactly the essence of Hinduism, all inclusive .. That is why it has withstood the test of time inspite of repeated onslaught both from within and outside, and assimilated every good aspects from everything . That is why it is eternal !!! There is a saying in Rigveda , the first book ever known to mankind which depicts the Hinduism philosophy in a Nutshell -" Ano bhadrah Krathavo Yanthu Vishwathah"- Let the knowledge come to us from every direction..
I am a pentecostal/evangelical who’s journeyed into the Anglican (ACNA) church. My husband also has made the same journey and is now an Anglican priest. We are so blessed to be in this expression of the Church and love our home here. We grieve for all those impacted where sin has been pronounced as good. Rise up, O Church of God!
I am a Bible believing Christian, beginning my walk with Christ over forty years ago within the Church of England. Over time God revealed to me deeper things. On a visit to Israel He gave me a Scripture from Isaiah about treasures of darkness. We are indeed living in end times and times are indeed getting darker. This latest ' thing' is part of God's sifting. He knows who are His and worship Him in Spirit and Truth. Oh! the pull of the world is very strong the devil holds the strings.......... BUT Our God reigns. Take responsibility for your own salvation, draw near to Christ.
Is this what you believe? Leviticus 20:13 New Living Translation 13 “If a man practices homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman, both men have committed a detestable act. They must both be put to death, for they are guilty of a capital offense.
Dr. Ashenden, thanks for making this video I'm an American catholic who grew up evangelical. It would seem Christendom rested on its laurels when modernists entered into our seminaries and that most of Christianity is being infected with feminist and progressive ideologies. You're right though that the sin of calling evil good is dangerously close to the unpardonable sin.
Roman Catholicism denies the Gospel in ways that are even worse. The supposed sacrifice of Christ by a priest every Eucharist is a terrible blaspheme a d mockery of Christ 's death and resurrection! If you leave liberal Protestantism for Catholicism, you're jumping from the frying pan into the fire! In any case, your new pope agrees with all those secular ideas!
@@PennySmart Oh, give it a rest, with your self-righteous -we've-heard-it-all-before condemnations. We are in a war with true evil and you have to attack everyone you don't agree with. I don't agree with RC in general but as an Evangelical I am much more concerned with the Woke insanity insinuating itself into all conservative religion.
terriblecleverchannelname Why wasn't such debate held and discussion led innocent children were abused in institutions nor women were victims often exposed to sexual/physical violence. Society and various religious denominations treated women as nothing more than chattel for giving birth and children to be exploited. Feminism was the response or kick against to such discrimination. Okay some aspects of it maybe somewhat toxic but so was the patriarchy of the past equally toxic. In the bible it states that God created men and women equally, so why then when women seek to be equal participants with equal rights to access the Kingdom of God, it is then perceived as a social ill? All in all with regard to gay marriage and lgbt, I feel that some trans people compromise the dignity of women as well and I refer to the trans man who was recently incarcerated in a Scottish female prison with a history of violence against women.
Thank you Gavin. You should be the Archbishop of the church. The present archbishop wouldn't be able to understand the argument that you are putting forward so clearly.
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Gavin I feel for you - you gave your life over to your church - by standing up to truth, you have become a target. Thanks for standing up to this moral attack on our values 😊
Thank you Gavin for showing us the way. It seems to me that all who believe God’s word that sodomy is a great evil, will soon follow your footsteps and have to leave the church as well. Stay strong in faith that we may withstand the temptations of the devil. 😇
Thankyou for taking the time to express this. I live in a rural community and have no choice but to suffer the now clear and growing absurdity of the church of England. Having moved here from Bradford, a place with a thriving evangelical spirit, I am frankly amazed at some of the temporal, faddish and secular rubbish the vicar here works into sermons. What a joke to leave church feeling dirty.
What a horrible thing. "to leave church feeling dirty" I have stopped going along with my husband. Christianity is not about sorting out societies ills for "social justice". Jesus was very clear on politics being of the world of humankind and of no importance in the Kingdom of God.
Start an Evening Prayer service in your home. You may offer those fleeing apostasy a new start. And if your group grows, you can call a priest that is looking for an evangelical Anglican group to shepherd. We did that 3 years ago and now we have about 80 in our new parish and growing! Prayers and God’s blessings.
If you want to worship our God, then understand we refer to him as a He. If you change your religion to suit people, then it's no longer a religion of faith but a business with political ‘Woke’ marketing tactics. ‘Our Father’ in the Lord’s Prayer…gives comfort to me and millions worldwide.
I’m gay, celibate (NOT easy, and not always perfect) but denying ones own passions is immensely connected to finding ones true purpose through Christ. No one said it would be easy, but thats why we have grace. Having the human experience that I have, and many like me, means that we can relate to people that some other people on the church ether cannot or wont, and thats a beautiful thing! But the bible is clear. To serve Christ is to die to oneself and receive your new identity. We are more than our carnal nature, we are worth more than our worldly identity. This isn’t going to be for everyone, thats OK too, everyone has to arrive at their own path to divinity, so I’m not evangelizing to anyone, but for those who in those quiet moments hear God’s still, small voice… the path is narrow, and it is hard - but the rewards far outweigh the ‘cost’. Stand firm CoE!!!! ❤
"But the bible is clear. To serve Christ is to die to oneself and receive your new identity. We are more than our carnal nature, we are worth more than our worldly identity." Well put, thankyou.
Peter. Thank you sharing. I think we have forgotten what sin means and that it is not indelible. The COE think that is is indelible and therefore means those guilty of sin are lost forever and so they want to save them from damnation. This means they have usurped God instead of leaving salvation and judgement to God. I am afraid that sinning is the human condition otherwise as you say it would not b so hard to control and we are all sinners and should always be welcome in the church. My view is my sin is my problem I need to sort it out and seek forgiveness for it. It is beyond my comprehension that anyone would bless or celebrate my sinful acts with a blessing in front of the church. My rows with my parents and my anger towards them. Let’s bless that. My lies amongst many other things I am ashamed off. At 57 and only turning to god two years ago believe me I have many. Yet it was always my understanding that my salvation was what the church wanted to bless and praise.
I'm a man and always wanted to have sex with as many women that I could! That is mortal sin which will put me straight to hell! I have been delivered of that through the Blessed Mother and Our Lord Jesus. Any struggles you have Can be overcome with the Rosary! I pray for you and all that struggle in any vice! God can and will give you the strength, will and grace to overcome 🙏
@Alwil some sin is venal. Not all sends you to hell, but all sin separates you from God. Some send you to purgatory and some send you to hell! Neither is good or pleasing to Our Father.
I applaud you. Roman Catholicism faces the same danger, especially from bishops in Germany. The tendency to let culture influence doctrine is disastrous to the faith.
Excellent but heartbreaking commentary. I am a Roman Catholic whose faith has grown given the Church's relative resistance to the demands of temporal secular society that seem hell bent upon undermining the basic truths of Christian Faith. That is not to say that there aren't revisionist forces at work in the Catholic Church. In a world where erstwhile "Christians" deny basic foundational Christian principles and open the door to revisionism, relativism, woke ideology and ultimately, destruction.... I am glad I am a Catholic. I recall that the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith announced that Pope Benedict XVI had set up a procedure to allow "groups of Anglican clergy and faithful in different parts of the world" to return en masse to the Catholic Church. Perhaps now is the time to unite and work together for the faith.
God bless you, sir. Leaving your church and making this video cannot have been easy for you. But take comfort that we are never as close to God as we are when we suffer - and moreso if we suffer for Him. You have never been more Christlike than you are at this moment. Pax Christi from a Catholic sister in Christ.
I believe God is drawing his faithful ones out from all of these compromised denominations and we are finding unmistakable family members from unexpected places. Blessings to you and all like you who know their shepherd's voice and will not follow another.
The verse, "worship HIM in truth", have never been more obvious in our day and time. It truly is a time to, "come out of her" and to humble ourselves and give up our division of church. Let us move on ,on our knees in prayer together.
@Oneness Seeker not a fake but an anti church!. Which means the traditional orthodox church will be side by side the anti church. It's up to us to choose which one we're going to follow. The modernist world anti church or the true orthodox teachings from Christ passed on to St. Peter. It's going on now!!! I choose Jesus Christ and the Tradition handed down!!!!!!!
If you were true Orthodox you would tell him the truth that COE was never a real church and that there is no salvation in the protestant faith , regardless of the current events in COE
This is not a failure of common sense or failure of spiritual discernment. This is a malicious and deliberate act of apostasy and rebellion against the word of God.
Amen. Thank you for addressing this. We believe the Bible contains all things necessary for salvation. We live in the Diocese of Fort Worth in Texas and are endeavoring to fight, but we see the creeping in of anti-Biblical thinking, even in our conservative church, those very signs about which you spoke. My husband and I (both age 80) have left a parish church within 1/2 mile of our home to travel 20 miles to worship in a parish where traditional values and worship are still there. We also watch as the United Methodist church divides and their local congregation here refuses to vote to stay liberal or the turn back to the Bible. My husband and I support the Anglican Diocese of Northern Malawi…where in Africa missionaries took the Gospel, the Africans believed, and now the West wants to take the faith away…to pull the rug out from under them. Again, thank you, as always, for addressing this as we endeavor the stand firm in our faith.
Have you ever attended St. Peter’s in ft worth? It’s a Orthodox Church that uses a very high church form of the Anglican liturgy instead of the eastern liturgy
Bless you Gavin. May I say that Dr. Martyn Lloyd Jones was right. His writings stand strong today and worth the reading today. Small compromises a a crack that widens.
I left Anglicanism (Episcopal Church here in the US) for the Holy Orthodox Church a number of years ago, and have have not looked back. I am blessed to no longer have to fight these fights.
Thanks for posting this and hopefully our Bishops and those in authority in the Catholic Church will be listening to what you have said here. Scary times for the Catholic Church as well.
@@DrGAshenden The Catholic church is under extreme attack right now as well. Pope Francis does nothing as homosexuals rise to the top in Germany and threaten schism over homosexuality. We are in for a bumpy ride.
Wokeism is now influencing the Church of England into having a neutral gender God. If this goes ahead we will no longer be able to refer to God as "He" 'Our Father' is to be taken out of the Lord's Prayer…a prayer that comforts millions. We should stop bending God to OUR will instead of us surrendering to HIM. We know God is our Father. If you change your God, you change the religion. God is a He, it's stated in the Bible. Jesus said, I and the Father are One! (John 10:30) We have always referred to God as He. If you want your God to be a female then worship a female God, but it's not our God. If you want to worship our God, then understand we refer to him as a He. If you change your religion to suit people, then it's no longer a belief and a religion of faith but a business with political marketing tactics.
Thank you Gavin. I admire your intellect, knowledge and enthusiasm to pass on your thoughts and information. Thank God for you, committed, caring and truthful . Joyce P
WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT BEING A HINDU? By Francois Gautier. Diversity in Divinity , Universal in Spirituality. Unity in Humanity 1) Believe in God ! - Aastik - Accepted 2) Don't believe in God ! - You're accepted as Nastik 3) You want to worship idols - please go ahead. You are a murti pujak. 4) You dont want to worship idols - no problem. You can focus on Nirguna Brahman. 5) You want to criticise something in our religion. Come forward. We are logical. Nyaya, Tarka etc. are core Hindu schools. 6) You want to accept beliefs as it is. Most welcome. Please go ahead with it. 7) You want to start your journey by reading Bhagvad Gita - Sure ! 8) You want to start your journey by reading Upanishads - Go ahead. 9) You want to start your journey by reading Purana - Be my guest. 10) You just don't like reading Puranas or other books. No problem my dear. Go by Bhakti tradition . ( bhakti- devotion) 11) You don't like idea of Bhakti ! No problem. Do your Karma. Be a karmayogi. 12) You want to enjoy life. Very good. No problem at all. This is Charvaka Philosophy. 13) You want to abstain from all the enjoyment of life & find God - jai ho ! Be a Sadhu, an ascetic ! 14) You don't like the concept of God. You believe in Nature only - Welcome. (Trees are our friends and Prakriti or nature is worthy of worship). 15) You believe in one God or Supreme Energy. Superb! Follow Advaita philosophy 16) You want a Guru. Go ahead. Receive gyaan. 17) You don't want a Guru.. Help yourself ! Meditate, Study ! 18) You believe in Female energy ! Shakti is worshipped. 19) You believe that every human being is equal. Yeah! You're awesome, come on let's celebrate Hinduism! "Vasudhaiva kutumbakam" (the world is a family) 20) You don't have time to celebrate the festival. Don't worry. One more festival is coming! There are multiple festivals every single day of the year. 21) You are a working person. Don't have time for religion. Its okay. You will still be a Hindu. 22) You like to go to temples. Devotion is loved. 23) You don't like to go to temples - no problem. You are still a Hindu! 24) You know that Hinduism ☺ is a way of life, with considerable freedom. 25) You believe that everything has God in it. So you worship your mother, father, guru, tree, River, Prani-matra, Earth, Universe! 26) And If you don't believe that everything has GOD in it - No problems. Respect your viewpoint. 27) "Sarve jana sukhino bhavantu " (May you all live happily) You represent this! You're free to choose, my dear Hindu! This is exactly the essence of Hinduism, all inclusive .. That is why it has withstood the test of time inspite of repeated onslaught both from within and outside, and assimilated every good aspects from everything . That is why it is eternal !!! There is a saying in Rigveda , the first book ever known to mankind which depicts the Hinduism philosophy in a Nutshell -" Ano bhadrah Krathavo Yanthu Vishwathah"- Let the knowledge come to us from every direction..
Dr. Ashenden, I understand completely the necessity of addressing the dangers present in our world and out churches directly and strongly. But - I miss your devotional talks deeply. I'm glad the old ones are still there. I know though there's only so much of you to go around and you surely are following the Lord's lead in speaking on the great evil in our times.
If you want to worship our God, then understand we refer to him as a He. If you change your religion to suit people, then it's no longer a religion of faith but a business with political marketing tactics.
Thank you Dr Ashenden. We are not to judge, but we are called to discern between good and bad, right and wrong, truth and lies. As a life long Anglican (77 years old) I am very saddened, but we have a great and glorious FATHER GOD to pray to. We must PRAY, PRAY, PRAY !
The do not judge doctrine is also erroneous. If you as a spiritual disciple of Christ have had the beam removed from your eye then you can see clearly every situation that needs to be judged discerningly. In other words the truly born again believer who walks in the light is spiritually enabled to judge all things.
Condem sin where you see it. The reason we are on this situation is due to that mentality of "you be you". If we all spoke against the sin publically. World would be a better place.
says who? a lot of times so many christians cower when this phrase is thrown at them. we are to 'judge' all things (behaviour, character, spirits etc) that's one part and the other 'judge' used in the context of the bible is one unto 'condemnation'. the latter is what God hasn't given man the power to do. i believe that is so because a soul is precious to God no matter its state. i also believe it is so because as far as a man liveth, there's grace, mercy and hope that he can turn back to God. that is why we as christians need to rise up and outreach more without being apologetic. the words we speak are not our own. therefore if you tell someone he/she may end up in hell if they don't repent and be born again because Jesus loves them and wants them to be with him isn't judgement (condemnation). a judgement unto condemnation will be to write off or give up hope on somebody that their sins are too grave to be forgiven.
@@tommix5444 Hello Tom, I said "We must not judge" because to my mind judgement implies condemnation in most contexts, (the work of God alone). However, we do need to rebuke wrong doing. In Jude 9 even the archangel Michael said "The Lord rebuke you", leaving condemnation to God.
I have been a Christian for 40 years and started life in the Baptists after finding Jesus as a young man of 27. In this time I have been involved with other denominations too. I currently attend a very thriving CofE Church, and like me there is a significant number with a similar background in this particular Church. I suspect that they too never see themselves as Anglican but are drawn when they see a work of God going on locally. To me this decision is a sad reflection that too many Bishops today are simply not born again, and that Justin Welby does not know how to fight and lead. I can move on as necessary but my heart goes out to those clergy who are trying to serve the Lord. King Charles is being rather quiet as the Supreme Governor, but I suspect he is content....
Charles is quiet just like his mother was quiet. They see nothing, hear nothing and say nothing it seems. Even if a Quran is read in church and a practicing homosexual is an Anglican pastor. 😬
@@prayunceasingly2029 That’s because their relationship to the CoE is merely formal. Their real faith is allegedly Luciferian and Masonic, i.e., the old Pagan (New Age) religion. The Queen’s years of Christmas addresses were analyzed and she was consistently found speaking of Christ as a good man, source of inspiration, and moral exemplar, etc., never as the unique incarnation of God as Man and only Savior of the world. This humanistic view of Christ easily shared even by Hindus, and not Christian orthodoxy, is the real faith of the royals.
Fantastically insightful commentary. If only Gavin had a position of influence within the Church here in the UK. Leadership in the RC church is sadly impotent in these times 😞🙏🏻
My own Episcopal parish priest (USA) is struggling with this very matter. He left a teaching position he held for forty years, when the college insisted staff use students personal pronouns. He could not in good conscience do it. Although he is retired from the priesthood, he is a visiting priest where the parishes are shorthanded or without a priest altogether. He is a wonderful, devout and dedicated servant of the Lord. We need to keep priests like him in our prayers. Thank you, Dr. Ashenden, you too are a devout and dedicated servant of the Lord, and deserving of our utmost respect.
God bless you sir for standing for God's truth. I was raised in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, but left it when they too, began blessing those things the Bible condemns. The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod still clings to Bible truth but there are no LCMS churches near me. I grieve for the Church (the universal Christian church). How this must grieve our heavenly Father! Thank you for speaking out and may God open people's hearts to hear your words.
The Holy Spirit is upon Dr. Ashenden. He sees the trojan horses and so much more. Thank You! May God Bless you. ❤️"Ave Maria Cheia de Graça O Senhor está convosco"❤️ Lucas 1:28.
Yes more than his intellect and astuteness it is the revelation of the Holy Spirit..and having received the revelation he has the courage to speak out. Ave Maria
Wow- what a powerful defense of traditional Christian faith and belief, and condemnation of the movement to secularize the Church. I'm an American Episcopalian, but deeply troubled by the direction the Church is heading. I like the "tradition" and the emphasis on rationality, but it is rationalizing itself away from the Biblical revelation and from accountability to God and His statutes. Thanks so much, Dr. Ashendon, for your very thoughtful analysis of what is happening and where it is going.
It is impossible to serve two masters. The Church of England seems to think it can. The two “masters” are the teachings of Jesus and the teachings of contemporary culture. Occasionally the differences are in nuance but this isn’t the case here. Thank you Gavin. There are lots of good people in the Church of England. I hope they follow you out of that church and into the Catholic Church. God help them.
Agreed in theory but I wonder how welcome orthodox Christians will be in most Catholic parishes. I'm a revert who came back at the fag end of lockdown via the Ordinariate. When the local parish church opened I was shocked at how badly things had slipped. Your average congregant is barely catechised and buys into secular ideology. There is little dignity inmost masses as many don't believe in the real presence. There are still many traditionalist priests but they generally prefer a quiet life whereas I get the impression that most bishops would not welcome trad Anglicans coming across now. I'd love to be proved wrong.
I think vicars from the church of England will be welcomed by the catholic church same way as they welcomed when vicars left, when they started women vicars in the church of England.
@Robert BARRETT The state is all but irrelevant to following and living Christ here on this earth. He leaves us here so that others see God's glory through our sold-old simple lives. "Deny yourself, take up your cross (don't let sin against you, produce sin in you), follow me." Where's the state in that?
"Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." Psalm 139 vv 21-24
Thank you for your careful, thoughtful description of where the world is headed and where the Churches sadly are following! No moral order! May God bless you abundantly and strengthen you as you step out to “follow” Him!
@@royquick5042 I’m not going to give you the whole story……i just can’t deal with all that now,let’s just say I can’t argue with two thousand years of church history. Have a good day man.
At last we hear someone brave enough to speak the truth. Thank you for your insight. For making this video and sharing. We are bombarded with so much confusion about gender and equality. Your words ring out the truth and we need to hear this as a counter culture in our society. I am a Catholic and what you say affects our church as well. God Bless you x
Thank you so much Dr Ashenden, your perception and summary is not only timely but pertinent at this time. I'm on the other side of the world in NZ and have been a Christian for 50years. It breaks my heart to see how the Church has been taken over by antagonistic forces! But thank you and other shinning lights - take the torch and fan the flame! Isaiah 42:3 (KJV) A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
Thank you Gavin for your calm voice of reason. Hearing you standing for the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ steadies my boat in the turmoil around us. Welby has broken the Church of England into a million pieces with his ungodly and heretical behaviour. I watched Synod this year on line and I was heartbroken.
I am an Irish Christian, re-attaching Catholic. This re-emerging secular morality is insidious and a huge End Time force... "the gloves are off". It may go back to the days of the early church. May all Christians kneel together at the foot of the cross.... G Ire
Thank you Dr Ashenden, you are one of the few best honest righteous man. I know the C of E is of no good. When my husband a pastor stepped out on me with a woman who supposed to be friend of the family, I took my complaint to the church. We were married for 10years. There was no help for me. Only offered me 6 weeks counselling and drove me out of the church. Our home was repossessed. The woman who my husband cheated with was attending the church, so they kicked me out. No further help was given to me. I became homeless for 14yrs. Since that day, I lost hope in mankind. What kept me going was my faith, as I am a born again, evangelical Christian. I moved to another church that is an evangelical church, and went on training for discipleship. Then we got news that the head pastor of that church is gay, and had abused a young boy and sent to prison. I cried. Again, I left the church. Since then my life changed as I only trust God. I became a prayer warrior and now pray for people for all sorts of afflictions, and the Lord is blessing me now. Thank you sir. Maranatha ❤🙏
Thank you for your powerful, yet calm argument, regarding the decision made by the majority of Bishops. I ,along with my husband, are heartbroken. The impact on the the Church of England will immense.
I’ve not heard the idea (till now) that ‘feminism and homosexuality are Siamese twins’ but I can see the wisdom in such an assertion. Keep it coming Gavin.
Blessing on you for standing up for the faith once delivered. I know this has not been easy for you and your family. Progressives will not stop until the entire edifice is destroyed. God grant you strength!
This is really eye opening and somewhat unbelievable. Please pray for grace, restoration and revival because Divine intervention will be terrible to witness, and endure..
Thank you Brother At 62 and having lived an extraordinary and eventful life so far, with all it's false summits and black valleys, I have arrived back to my home, the Catholic Church. This post just popped up, however has steadied me in my steadfastness ( weird turn of phrase don't you think!) and served as a great addition to my newly acquired habit, morning hourly biblical and theological readings.( Trying and bumbling at times, through what I think your words were Christian Discernment, very grandiose of me! ) Anyway Wonderful.. loved your thoughts analysis, heartfelt and spiritual post. (Al "Cor ad Cor Loquitur"moment for me on this beautiful Saturday Morn in N. Ire.) Thank you. 💜🙏
Thankyou for your perspectives and explanations about what is going on in the C of E. I'm someone completely outside of any church and didn't understand some of it but nevertheless found it riveting. Thinking back, I first noticed that something was going seriously awry in the C of E when the ex oil-man was installed and, to a layman, seemingly out of nowhere, but had no idea it had got to this state of affairs. Recently, in my circles, it's not uncommon to hear mention of there being a spiritual war going on and I have too say that I've come to agree with them. Something dark is happening, although perhaps it always has been and I'm only now aware. So, where does one go these days to talk about these things if not to the local church? Thankyou for speaking from the heart and wishing you the very best.
The institution of marriage has been under attack in the Anglican Church ever since Henry VIII. And he was HETEROSEXUAL! The Lambeth Convention in the 30's allowed for Contraception for married people and then opened the door to everyone else. Then came the approval of ABORTION. I was raised in the Episcopal Church in America and when Obama came after the Catholic Church to FORCE the support and pay for abortion I was roused to action and to support my Catholic brethren. I went to a demonstration and thought I would see ALL Christians protesting the HHS Mandate. Then I found out from my pastor that PLANNED PARENTHOOD was an institution the Episcopal Church supported and encouraged others to do the same. This began my journey "home" to the Catholic Church. YES there are problems w our clergy too but the Catholic Church DOES NOT TEACH that Abortion, Contraception, Homosexuality, is ok. It got to the point that I thought "just wait long enough and the Episcopal Church will create a "rite" for it."
I'm very thankful that a majority of Australia's General Synod has a majority against same-sex marriage and blessings (apart from the bishops!!) and there are are at about eight dioceses, including Sydney, really standing firm. As a confirmed Protestant I can safely spend my remaining days as a Sydney Anglican. "The Bible alone". Over the past forty years I have written letters to newspapers etc. oposing some aspects of feminism, but it was only about fifteen yeasr ago that I realised the monstrous ends the movement's proponents would seek.
Thank you Dr G Ashenden, I wish you lived here and I would be at your church every day to listen to you and hear you preach/teach the Word of God Jean from Scotland.
I’m a 64 y/o woman and feminism is a dupe and leading culprit of abortion. Lord forgive us for our blindness. Clean our hearts and return us to you. Keeping our eyes on you. In Jesus name!
"For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths." - 2 Timothy 4: 3-4 Let us be encouraged by Paul's words: "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day-and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing." - 2 Timothy 4: 7-8
Excellent commentary. With every passing day I hear about the Synod on Synodality (modeled as I understand somewhat on the Church of England) in the Catholic Church, the more I find myself appealed to the message of one Archbishop Lefebvre regarding religious liberty and the so-called "new theology". God bless.
Dr Ashenden I think we are the moment in the bible called the great falling away , I say this because I had a dream about the old fashioned church , crashing down on the modern ‘swimming pool’ bungalow style modern churches. I had got caught in what I now realise were ‘Pentecostal’ evangelicalism .. they themselves are preaching in a type of ‘Code orange’ , I am in UK , this was all over the Pentecostal church , I see it in the Church of England and even in some of the Catholic …. I looked up ‘Code orange’ it’s a hospital medical emergency ….for EVACUATION. I think all this toxicity is now all inside Church walls …. I cannot seem to find anywhere ….except home ….for safety , we seem to be in a terrible mess 🗡🇬🇧❤️🩹
If you saw what happened in Brazil after the parade, I can only imagine what's going to happen to England for blessing sin...those in the leadership that voted for it are going to receive greater damnation. Oh Lord 😔
As a Catholic suffering in my own Church through the false pope being our 'leader' - I feel your pain. Many in the hierarchy are of the world not in it. Their ambition to feed the marxist, popularist, relativist and atheist agendas is beyond control. Only Jesus can Intervene to get us back on track now. My husband left the Anglican Church many years ago to convert to Catholicism and he sees the pain in it all. Yet as long as we focus on Christ as our Centre, then anything satan wants to do cannot prevail. We are His Body on earth - Don't let these heretics and dissenters divide Christ's Body. The Holy Remnant will rise.
Thank you Dr G Ashenden. Well spoken and explained. The question many of us ask is HOW could this happen and WHO do these so called leaders believe in? Where have been the names standing against this rubbish...........we wrote the Gumbles and had a v disappointing response which seemed to show they were captured by this anthropology. Our country has become a dirty dish rag of past historic greatnes where our ability to clean and wash has grown full of mould. How sad to live in a time of such evil and distruction of people made in Gods image. Christians I know are struggling to deal with this- their own depth of biblical understanding showing holes. Our reality is being quickly warped into a celebration of perversions and a disgust of innocence. We always live in hope and hold tight to the Lords ability to bring change to any heart. Humble oursleves and stand against the enemies strategy.
This is a superb response to the terrible actions of the CofE leadership. Revelation - the leters to the churches - God is very clear that he will no prop up apostate churches.
God bless you sir. I saw this coming 20 years ago and walked out of the Episcopal organization for good. It can only be called a cult when you don't uphold Christ Jesus as the only way to salvation, when you treat the Bible as some do a newspaper and cut out only the parts you like & toss the rest. I've not had a church home since.
thank you for your thoughtful and truthful words may the true god bless you with the wisdom and energy to help change the evil that has over shadowed the church and governments of the world
Amen! God bless you brother for speaking out. I have spent most of my life as an Anglican church member but now likewise see no choice but to leave. Thank you for your work
Of course, it may be that many of those same-sex couples have no idea what the Bible says about their relationship, and maybe they don’t care, but for some reason they want a church blessing.
