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Audio drama retellings of the stories of the Christian Saints, Panel Discussions, Cast Commentary, Reaction Videos, Screwtape Returns, and more!
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“Scripture will correct the councils.” It sounds simple, even reassuring. But once you slow down and ask how that correction actually happens, the clarity starts to unravel. This episode follows that question all the way down. The Bible does not speak out loud—it must be read. And reading always means interpretation. So when two sincere Christians, both appealing to Scripture, arrive at different conclusions… who decides what is true? What actually settles doctrine, worship, and practice? W...
A pastor told her to try AA (alcoholics anonymous) when she asked for spiritual help after a miscarriage. That moment pushed her to look for something deeper – see what she found. A lot of people aren’t leaving church because they “don’t believe” anymore. They’re leaving because they feel spiritually hungry, tired of being sold a vibe, and unsure where to take real grief, real sin, and real questions. Cloud of Witnesses talks with Lavender of Lavender & Lanterns (https://www.instagram.com...
“The Fathers are our history too” sounds nice, but can you read St. Ignatius and stay Protestant? We dig into authority, bishops, Eucharist, and why lived liturgy shapes interpretation. We live in a post-Enlightenment world, so we instinctively read everything through modern assumptions about proof, progress, and “what’s real.” That’s why so many Orthodox Christians, converts and cradle alike, feel a jolt when they open the Church Fathers or hear the services: the Church didn’t go through th...
Great and Holy Lent isn’t a gloomy season or a spiritual trend. It’s the Orthodox Church’s tested way of turning back to Christ with clarity, humility, and real practices that reshape the heart. Archpriest Father John Kent Reimann discusses Lent as an honest invitation to pray with King David’s words, “Search my heart, O Lord,” and to bring our lives into conformity with Christ and the life of the Church without losing the uniqueness of who God made us to be. Why are young people walking away...
Orthodoxy grows fast, but the real battle is basic: prayer, humility, obedience. Nikko explains why “hot takes” can harm seekers and why locality matters. Orthodoxy can feel like a tiny world. One unexpected conversation after liturgy proves it, and it sets the tone for a wide-ranging talk with Nikko about what actually sustains Orthodox Christianity when the Church is growing fast: humility, prayer, and the daily work of repentance. We get honest about how social media apologetics can form ...
The Question That Changes Everything: Why Do You Matter? The question that won’t go away is also the one that can change everything: why do we exist, and why do we matter? Rev. Dn. Anthony Turjman starts with the blunt honesty of Solomon’s conclusion after chasing pleasure, wealth, power, and knowledge. Even when life looks “full,” the heart can stay empty. We talk about why that restlessness is a spiritual signal, and why purpose and meaning don’t hold together without God at the...
“What kind of God do we serve if grace can’t overflow?” Father Lawrence unpacks icons, theosis as healing, and why generosity beats gatekeeping. We explore why icons shape the heart, how salvation heals more than it acquits, and why liturgy needs clarity, reverence, and real preaching. We talk about gracious ecumenism, creativity born from humility, and fiction that nourishes Christian hope. • icons as aids to healthy love and memory • salvation as healing of the heart, not only pardon • li...
“I had a testimony…but I didn’t know God.” Hear John’s raw story from LDS worthiness and good works to a born-again faith rooted in grace. A family finds meaning, structure, and visible change inside the Latter-day Saint community—until a quiet conversation about road rage and repentance opens a fault line. John Williford joins us to share how a “testimony” built on belonging and answers gave way to a born-again faith grounded in grace, Scripture, and a holy God who sees the heart. No debate...
Tired of endless denominations and “best” interpretations? Ethan left the Church of Christ after tracing history, worship, and unity back to Orthodoxy. Hear the turning points, the schisms, and his family’s conversion. Listen now—what would convince you? What if the problem isn’t that people disagree with the Bible, but that we cut the Bible loose from the Church that received it? Ethan Brackin grew up in the Church of Christ, where “Bible alone” shaped belief, worship, and identity. He take...
Who do you think you are? Not the mask you wear on a good day, not the collapse you fear on a bad one—but the person whose thoughts shape feelings, whose feelings drive actions, and whose actions can be changed by a wiser rhythm. We trace a clear line from identity to behavior and show why life isn’t as random as it feels: see yourself one way, and the pattern follows; shift the lens, and healing becomes possible. Join Jeremy Jeremiah, Mario Andrew, and Cloud of Witnesses special guests Fath...
Your Church Should Be Older Than Your Mom | Orthodoxy Preserves While Protestants Still Cannot Agree. A restless teenager collides with the Jesus People and catches fire for Christ—but the fire has no hearth. Years later, after Anglican ordination and years of pastoral ministry on the Canadian prairie, Fr. Lawrence Farley (https://nootherfoundation.ca/) names the ache many believers feel today: Scripture untethered from apostolic Tradition slowly dissolves into preferences, platforms, and pe...
What if the ache you feel on Sunday isn’t a lack of passion, but a hunger for roots? Tony Nektarios Vasquez joins us to share how a Pentecostal upbringing, a non-denominational season, and eventually a Calvinist-leaning church plant still left him asking where the first 1,500 years fit in. His story is not a theory lesson—it’s a family saga: a praying father discovering the Desert Fathers, a brother slipping out to Vespers, a wife and children encountering reverence for the first time, and a ...
A packed campus, a live mic, and a question that cut to the bone: is the historicity of the LDS church stronger than Protestant Christianity? Noah Nielsen—born into a deeply LDS family, now a Christian and Division I runner—was there at UVU with his phone out, capturing the exchange about Nephites, Lamanites, witnesses, and the golden plates moments before a single gunshot froze the crowd. His perspective ties together two seismic moments: leaving a faith that shaped his childhood and survivi...
A funeral sermon reconstructed from four sets of notes shouldn’t bear the weight of an entire theology—unless it did, over time. We dive into the King Follett Discourse with clear eyes, tracing how a two-hour address in 1844 became a flashpoint for modern conversations about the nature of God, prophetic authority, and what truly counts as doctrine in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Response to @bayliebelieves Two contrasting claims collide over the King Follett...
Reaction and Response to "Why Roman Catholics Should Not Become Orthodox?" What if the hunger for stability isn’t nostalgia, but a compass? Cloud of Witnesses discussion panel today is made up of John St John, James St Simon, Mario Andrew, and Jeremy Jeremiah. The panel reacts to a pro-Catholic video that warns against becoming Orthodox and use it to surface the deeper questions: where does authority live, how does doctrine truly develop, and what keeps worship both beautiful and trust...
Sin is often reduced to a list of bad behaviors, but this conversation reframed it as a rupture in relationship and a distortion of identity. Join Jeremy Jeremiah, Mario Andrew, and Cloud of Witnesses special guests Father Deacon Anthony, an ordained deacon in the Antiochian Orthodox Church, and associate marriage and family therapist, Jacob Sadan (https://jacobsadan.com/) in this frank and inspiring discussion of sin. Drawing from early Christian teaching and cognitive behavioral thera...
The question seems simple: did Protestants ever agree on the Lord’s Supper? The answer, drawn from history and confessions, is messy. The early church spoke with one voice about a true, real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, a conviction shared across geography and centuries. Then the Reformation fractured that consensus. Luther defended real presence with fire, appealing to Christ’s words as plain and binding; Calvin insisted on a true spiritual presence without a change of substance; Zwi...
Jeremy Jeremiah, Cloud of Witnesses, reacts to and answers the call from: bayliebelieves, Baylie Clarke, (https://www.tiktok.com/@bayliebelieves) viral video. Jeremy quotes directly from 19th Century documents, original source, discourses by Joseph Smith and Brigham Young to demonstrate that the LDS faith is anything but Christian (by any stretch of the imagination). Joseph Smith and Brigham Young taught that God the Father was once finite, and was once "a man" just like you or me. &nb...
A short viral video can carry a heavy lesson. In this conversation, we react to a clip of a man cheerfully taking a dab before heading into worship, then trace why that mindset feels so normal in a culture where access, approval, and algorithmic affirmation are everywhere. Josiah, now over three years sober, speaks from the inside: how weed became a crutch, how he convinced himself it was harmless, and how a vague, individualized faith left him without friction. The quiet part is said out lou...
A quiet shift begins when a lifelong member of the Churches of Christ realizes that his faith life, rich in study and careful exegesis, struggles to move from mind to heart. Brandon Marlow's story traces the Restoration Movement’s ideals—erase denominational lines, do Bible things in Bible ways, and speak where Scripture speaks. Those guiding slogans shaped a culture suspicious of creeds, titles, instruments, and anything not “authorized.” The result formed disciplined habits, robust Bible st...
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