The Virtual Vicar

In 1976, a professor of economic history at the University of California, Berkeley published an essay outlining the fundamental laws of a force he perceived as humanity’s greatest existential threat: Idiocy. We see strange decisions abounding - is it because there are just so many many stupid stupid idiots? Mark and Pete have the answers.Buy the idiot by FyA MARK AND PETE PODCAST EPISODE: markandpete.com...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK25kCXM9gA

What a mess. Ministers are under immense pressure over the botched handling of A-level results. There are serious concerns about hew the A level results are being calculated leading to an A-level results fiasco. The universities minister was writing urgently to vice-chancellors, asking them to be lenient with their offers and keep places open for pupils pursuing appeals amid fears that this year’s results will not truly reflect pupils’ abilities. Mark and Pete have the answers.A MARK AND PETE PODCAST EPISODE....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpEDtMsrKbk

An extract from "Pint of #Praise", full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfTxaEi2HFw and on the Virtual Vicar Facebook Page. #Positivethinking is not enough: we need hope in order to never give up. Visualisation is a technique used in sport. Compare the mens 1972 Olympic 800m final with Jesus' resurrection and you will see what I mean - and watch this video. Bible verse quoted:Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade - kept in #heaven for you.(1 Peter 1:3, the #Bible)...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgMmAIqtenw

If there is one thing everyone living through the Covid-19 emergency agrees, it is that it is unprecedented. Everyone is surely right about that. But what follows in politics, economics and social behaviour from that recognition? Will President Trump still be president by the end of the year, or will he lose by a landslide in November.? What will happen over the next six months, will it be more shocking than the first half of 2020? Mark and Pete have the answers, and some of them may surprise you....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJKvGyrrekQ

A MARK AND PETE PODCAST EPISODE. “#thenewnormall” may well not be normal at all. So we need to change, to know your place means to change because everything has changed. Epidemics or pandemics such as the Spanish flu or swine flu provide us with important lessons: history has a habit of repeating itself. There will be less demand for high-rise living because people are so troubled by higher densities and sharing lifts and other communal facilities. There will be less demand for high-rise living because people are so troubled by higher densities and sharing lifts and other communal facilities. Life will not be business as usual post-COVID. Is this a generational catastrophe? We will learn from this pandemic and we will create a new normal. We will need to make cities and country towns more resilient in the future. As an urban and regional planner and former chief commissioner of the Victorian Building Authority, I am certain there needs to be change in the way in which our cities and country areas function and how we can properly plan to build resilience in our communities. That will mean different things will happen to make our cities and towns great places to live, work and play; social distancing will remain a practice and we will notice people (including children) will have a heightened awareness of personal hygiene. Church, work, homelife - how are you going to fit in and work it out post Covid-19? Mark and Pete have the answers....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3w_DrMCqhU

A video about making money. The risks to investing on the stock market are great, but only if you don't know who you are! This episode of the episode has Mark the businessman giving some valuable tips. A MARK AND PETE PODCAST EPISODE. Mark and Pete podcast home: https://www.spreaker.com/show/mark-and-pete Is the stock market gambling? Should people consider trading in the stock market to be a form of gambling? The answers to these questions are an unequivocal. Investing in the stock market is not gambling, and novice investors should not think of it in that way claim creators of new easy to use apps designed to get you into stocks and shares. Mark and Pete have the answers....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMGnuq2Oy3Q

There's an old Yiddish witticism "To make God laugh, tell him your plans." Perhaps we’re accustomed to thinking of Jesus only as “a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief” (Isa 53:3). His crucifixion is certainly no laughing matter. Or maybe the image of a laughing Jesus offends simply because it makes him too human. Yet Hebrews 4:15 tells us that Jesus is able to sympathize with us because he is exactly like us (minus the sinning). God has gifted us with a sense of humour; it stands to reason that Jesus had one, too. Mark and Pete look at the Bible and find plenty of laughs. And as Christians we also find lots to laugh about within Christianity today. What about religion makes you laugh?...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCp82L7GYhw

Whether it be enjoying a day out with the kids or getting some peace and quiet with the sea by your side - most of us love the coast. Rubbish, including plastic, food wrappers, paper plates and beer bottles were left strewn across the #beaches in the UK, leaving people furious at the disgusting state of them. What is to be done about this outrageous behaviour and breeching of #socialdistancing? Mark and Pete have the answers. Source:https://www.spreaker.com/user/withpetercooper/littering-our-beaches-is-unacceptable...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRyy7YDKjjY

A few musings on how UFO's keep cropping up in the area in which I live. On the morning of Tuesday 3 May 1977 at around 1am, what must surely rank as the largest UFO ever reported was allegedly seen over Wirral.A cabby working for CC Taxis was parked up on Wallasey’s Penkett Road, waiting for a woman to pay her fare. The moon was full and Penkett Road was bathed in its silvery light. A shadow fell across the neighbourhood and the cabby looked up to see an immense black disc-shaped object blotting out the moon as it slowly moved east towards the river. The woman the cabby had been waiting for came out of her house to pay her fare and also saw the gigantic object overhead. A man walking his dog on nearby Caithness Drive saw the gigantic UFO and at the exact same time on the other side of Wirral, a young courting couple who had been sitting in a parked car on Caldy Road also witnessed the eclipse of the full moon by the UFO. As more and more sightings of the giant in the sky came in, it was established that the craft must have been around ten miles in diameter. It was seen by people in Liverpool, Chester, Flint and Ellesmere Port. What are we to make of this?This video is also part of the show TGIF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLI6W16AHZg&t=1s...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--QvzPshPAE

This vlog was part of a longer live video magazine program earlier today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D11mc7mj0tU&fbclid=IwAR3HCpBQQ7wm--CCYSSdrAeWA_wiIuzXgnxJdGK5WeB7L3VIl8Zseb25BhM. Since 1984 the River Mersey on the banks of Liverpool has been a safer place thanks to a professional rescue service that patrols the waters 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The Mersey Inshore Rescue team is the only full time unit working in the UK, not even the Thames has such a service.Established in 1984 their principal reason for being is to be able to respond to an air disaster at Liverpool Airport. The main runway of the airport points towards the river and the local emergency planning authorities have long considered the possibility of an airliner having to ditch into the water. Their base, at Liverpool's pier head, is some 8 miles down river from the airport and the crew must be able to respond to a crash scene from anywhere within 14 minutes. To enable them to do this they have one of the most powerful launches ever seen on the Mersey, a twin engine 175 hp rib boat....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mslpz0Ar_6o

The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse are on the way, it seems. What does it all mean? In this video on the book of Revelation I draw on other Biblical passages to answer that question as it relates to the rider on the white horse on of the The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Controversy exists over the identity of the first horseman, who rides a white horse. Some say that the rider represents Jesus Christ preaching the Gospel, others believe that the first horseman represents the antichrist, who will oppose Christ at His return. Greg Laurie's recent sermon gives a popular view of the identity of the first horseman. Who is he? When will the apocalypse be. What did Jesus say about all this? The answers I give may surprise you. Listen right the way through, and let me know your thoughts.Greg Laurie's full video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oipdXKshLp8Billy Graham's book https://www.amazon.co.uk/Approaching-Hoofbeats-Horsemen-Apocalypse-1984-01-01/dp/B01FIWK6R6/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=hoofbeats+billy+graham&qid=1598049122&sr=8-1Subscribe to The Virtual Vicar channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGwCncsQ8nl59ElDWQuKP7g...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpi0eM4Nv9U

We look at John chapter 3 and its enduring importance in bringing people out of a path to destruction into ultimate salvation. Full episode here: https://www.spreaker.com/user/withpetercooper/john-3-al “If we were asked to read to a dying man who did not know the gospel, we should probably select this chapter as the most suitable one for such an occasion; and what is good for dying men is good for us all, for that is what we are; and how soon we may be actually at the gates of death, none of us can tell.” (Spurgeon)...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r34bnjisLpc

The number of the beast is 666, six hundred and sixty six. But what does this mean. And who is this diabolical creature? What is the name of the beast. I believe that that there is a very specific and definitive answer, what do you think? Is it a contemporary of John, the author of Revelation, or someone from today? This is based on Revelation 13:18 (quotation from the Bible, English Standard Version): "This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666."I am grateful to the work of the scholar Kenneth Gentry on this topic, especially on the dating of Revelation. For more: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Before-Jerusalem-Fell-Dating-Revelation-ebook/dp/B076HJ5F5H/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=kenneth+gentry+the+number+of+the+beast&qid=1598651700&sr=8-2In depth treatment in a long video by Kenneth Gentry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy7cEW4MJac...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-9Eh8P0rKU

How can we get to Heaven? Fortunately, the answer is surprisingly simple. The “Gospel” that the Bible talks about literally means, “the Good News,” and the news is good indeed! This is a brief explanation that if applied, could change anybody's life. First, we have to start at the beginning...Comment below if you would like to know more or to leave a helpful prayer.Please share this video or buy some booklets to give away: https://amzn.to/3gSmjUjAdapted from the classic tract by Navigators https://www.navigators.org/...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItPuVnVzDec

Tea comes from India, but why. It's time for a story, a story of how the Holy Man of Assam and his devotion to prayer changed our beverage drinking habits forever. This is the story of tea.May I suggest trying some genuine Assam Tea using my affiliate link? Click it to get some tea (it is not necessary to be a Holy Man to drink it) : https://www.assamicaagro.in/?ref=1v9ekol7xeol...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv3RB0CvwmU