Reverend Bernard Randall

We live in the age of the persecution of Christians from within the churches. From the various denominations and their leadership who reside in the depths of utter darkness going against Scripture to propagate the lies of the Evil One within the church body.

And those within the church body who remain firm and true to the Word of God are now being pursued, punished, persecuted, and pushed out to make way for the unsound doctrine and false teachings passing for Christianity leading hundreds of millions astray worldwide.

And you seek signs and wonders to confirm these are the last of the last days as prophesized in the Word of God?

Really?

Follow what is taking place in the Church of England and to Bible-centered, Bible-teaching men such as Reverand Bernard Russell, not an isolated case.

If burying one’s head in the sand, or otherwise occupied chalking events such as this taking place as not where you live, not in your church, and so on? You are not truly aware and paying attention. The Enemy has crept into every nation, every place, every denomination, and within every church. Do not be deceived or take the stance, It can’t happen here, not where I am!”

It already has happened right where you are.

The following is not merely an account of something that occurred around 2,000 years ago. Impersonal. Irrelevant. Inert. It is as current and close to home as if Jude, the brother of James [both half-brothers of the Lord Jesus Christ] wrote his letter personally to the church you attend, or to you personally, which he has with the Holy Spirit guiding his heart, spirit, and hand;

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James,

To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:

May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.

Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day— just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones. But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.” But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively. Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error and perished in Korah’s rebellion. These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted; wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.

Jude 1:13 — English Standard Version

Ken Pullen, A CROOKED PATH, Sunday, March 5th, 2023

The Church of England and the chaplain who dared to speak the truth

04 March 2023

By Susie Leafe 

Reprinted from Christian Today [in the U.K.]

Sometimes it seems that ‘anything goes’ in the Church of England.

Do you want a drag queen to perform for children in a church to teach them about inclusion? That’s fine – it’s just like a pantomime.

Do you want to install a giant ‘Gaia’ in most of the cathedrals in the country? That’s fine – we can gloss over the reference to the Greek goddess, the ancestral mother of all life, who personified the earth.

But every now and then the Church says, “No!”

The Reverand Bernard Randall is one such case. He was disciplined in his former job as a school chaplain for preaching a sermon that encouraged “a reasoned debate between beliefs”, but gave permission for students to question “the ideologies of lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, transgender, and queer plus activists”. He was later made redundant.

So, he turned to the Church of England, seeking Permission to Officiate at his local church. But the Bishop of Derby apparently refused, on the basis that he might be a safeguarding risk to those who attend a service he is leading or come under his influence.

In a Kafkaesque move, the Bishop of Derby is now reported to be demanding that he undergoes an Independent Safeguarding Assessment before she allows him to preach or preside at the Eucharist in the Diocese of Derby. If this is true, then she has in effect prevented him from serving his community or applying for any role in the Church of England.

So, why would he need to undergo such an assessment?

The Derby Safeguarding team said it is because: “Revd Randall has consistently demonstrated his inability and unwillingness to accept a different viewpoint regarding the central concern in the safeguarding process, same sex relationships.

“Despite his opinion being supported by scripture and elements of canon law it is his apparent opposition to consider or accept a different approach to relationships which is of concern in a twenty first century Church of England. This is a reputational risk to be managed by any parish and Diocese to which Revd Randall is connected.”

The idea that a member of the clergy could be prevented from leading services or preaching because they hold to the Church’s own teaching on marriage and sexual activity seems extraordinary.

As Rev Randall explained, “What they really want me to say to someone who comes to me and says, ‘I think I might be gay,’ is ‘Yes you are gay and God loves you for it – go ahead and do whatever you fancy.’ Or at the very least signpost that person to a church that does affirm same-sex relationships.

“But if I think that a person’s status with God might be affected by their sexual relationships, it would be a gross dereliction of duty just to pat them on the back and say, ‘Yes, you go off and do whatever you want.”

Ironically, it was the need to deal well with the conflict between some of the ‘uncomfortable’ teachings of the Bible (and the Church of England’s official teaching) and the values espoused by the media and the secular world, which was the topic of his supposedly controversial sermon.

Yet, the Bishop of Derby apparently does not see this as a conflict of ‘ideas’ or a question of whether Rev Randall is teaching correct doctrine. Instead, it appears she has chosen to see this as a matter for the Safeguarding Team because by expressing his beliefs, he might cause harm to a vulnerable person.

This despite the minutes of a Case Management Meeting in 2021 stating, “It was confirmed to the group that there is no evidence that BR has ever failed to respond appropriately.”

But this is not just about Rev Randall, there are hundreds of clergy in the Church of England who hold to the Church’s current teaching about sexuality. The idea that they might be disciplined for teaching it or be unable to move to a new post without undergoing an Independent Safeguarding Assessment is chilling.

As Father Bernard said, “If I taught on anything, not just sexuality but say predestination, or something, and a person says, ‘I was harmed by hearing that,’ then they can make complaints and cause trouble. And that’s not a world we want to live in.”

The Diocese of Derby was asked to respond but said it would be “inappropriate” to comment while Dr Randall’s proceedings against the diocese and the Bishop of Derby are ongoing.