Cloud of Witnesses Radio
Cloud of Witnesses Radio is an audio drama podcast that retells the stories of Christian saints. It also features panel discussions, cast commentary, reaction videos, and segments like 'Screwtape Returns'. The show explores the lives and faith of saints through dramatic storytelling and conversation.
Episodes
Secular Christianity: We Lost the Sacred - Now What? - Witness Weekly #7
Has modern Christianity become too secular? In this episode of Witness Weekly, we examine how secular culture has reshaped Christian attitudes toward marriage, dating, worship, masculinity, femininity, and even the way we understand the spiritual world. Plus, we ask a harder question: Is being doctrinally correct enough if it doesn't produce repentance, humility, and love?*****Music: @neffex
A Litigator’s Case For Eastern Orthodoxy In A Censored Age - (Special Episode) (Extended)
Canada is starting to feel like a real-time argument about who gets to define “hate,” who controls information, and whether Christian moral speech can survive the next wave of regulation. We sit down with Alex Sorin, known online as the Eastern Orthodox Lawyer, to talk about why his courtroom mindset cuts through the noise: build the case, show the evidence, drop the jargon, and respect the listen
He Spoke In Tongues & "Slain In The Spirit" Until He Found This - Conversation with Morrison Reid
Morrison Reid @SufferWellYT shares his remarkable journey from charismatic Christianity to the Orthodox Church. After years of speaking in tongues, being “slain in the Spirit,” and pursuing increasingly intense spiritual experiences, Morrison began asking whether emotional experiences were really the same thing as communion with God. His search eventually led him to the Church Fathers, ancien
Stop Looking for a Wife. Become a Husband. This will Change How You See Dating.
Modern dating is leaving many Christian men confused, anxious, and afraid to act. Jacob Sadan (https://jacobsadan.com/) and Deacon Anthony (https://st-anthony.org/) discuss how young men can approach dating differently by developing character, confidence, purpose, spiritual discipline, and ultimately becoming the kind of Christian man prepared for marriage.*****Questions about Orthodoxy? Please ch
The Culture of Death vs Christianity - "The Life Episode" - Witness Weekly #6
What does Christianity say to a culture increasingly uncomfortable with life itself? Witness Weekly tackles life issues like assisted dying, antinatalism, motherhood, family, the Theotokos, and why the historic Christian faith offers something radically different: life in Christ.*****Witness Weekly Team:Jeremy JeremiahMario Andrew "Andrew St Mercy" @Orthobigbro James St Simon @jamessa
Post Christian America? The Orthodox Lawyer (Alex Sorin) Explains Canada & America's Decline
Alex Sorin joins Cloud of Witnesses to examine Canada’s changing legal and cultural landscape, from religious speech and education to MAID and government power, and asks whether a post-Christian West is inadvertently pushing a new generation toward Orthodox Christianity. Questions about Orthodoxy? Please check out our friends at Ghost of Byzantium Discord server: https://discord.gg/jRXxRaqK9Pleas
What Christians Get Wrong About Russia - Witness Weekly #5
What does Russia’s history teach Christians about faith, persecution, secularism, and cultural renewal? The Witness Weekly crew explores the persecution of Russian Orthodoxy under communism, Russia’s Christian resurgence, its complicated relationship with the West, and what American Christians might learn from a nation rediscovering its ancient faith. *****Questions about Orthodoxy? Please check o
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey | A Christian Roundtable Review | (Uncut) (Unedited) (Special Edition)
A three-and-a-half-hour epic can be gorgeous and still leave you arguing in the parking lot. That’s exactly what happened after we watched Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, so we sat down for a full roundtable review with Jeremy, Michael, Mario Andrew, and James St. Simon to sort out what we loved, what we questioned, and what the film might be saying underneath the spectacle.[CONTAINS SPOILERS]• q
“Weed Brings Me Closer to God” | An Orthodox Priest & Addiction Specialist Respond
Addiction is more than a bad habit, and recovery takes more than willpower. Dr. Daniel Ageze and Fr. Timothy Curren explore with Jeremy Jeremiah of Cloud of Witnesses addiction through medical, psychological, and Orthodox Christian lenses, discussing marijuana, psychedelics, spiritual deception, recovery, repentance, community, and the hope of genuine healing in Christ.*****Fr. Timothy Curren: @fr
Sola Scriptura And Other Choose Your Own Adventures - Witness Weekly - "Authority?" Episode | (Uncut) (Unedited)
This version of this episode has been available to Cloud of Witnesses Patreons since July 11th, 2026. We dig into what “authority” really means, starting with current events and ending with the uncomfortable question behind so many hot takes: who gave you the right to define Christianity. We push back on DIY faith, argue that real authority looks like service and sacrifice, and trace why the Orth
The Great Orthodox Surge Continues | Witness Weekly 004
Something unusual is happening across American Christianity: more people are walking into Orthodox parishes, signing up as catechumens, and staying long enough to be reshaped by the Divine Liturgy. We zoom in on what that “Orthodox surge” looks like on the ground, from standing-room-only Sundays to communities talking seriously about planting multiple missions because their current buildings canno
Attorney Turned Orthodox Apologist - with Alex Sorin
He “blew up overnight” but the real story is years of research, catechesis, and court-tested thinking. Why does a trial lawyer’s mindset work so well for Orthodox apologetics?Cloud of Witnesses Mario Andrew, Jeremy Jeremiah, Michael, and James St Simon talk with online Orthodox Christian apologist Alex Sorin (https://www.youtube.com/@Alex_Ortodoxie/videos) and we wrestle with a challenging line fr
No More Torah Observance: Finding True Christianity Through Trial & Trauma | Voice of Taylor Speaks (Uncut) (Unedited) - (Special Edition)
This edition was available to Cloud of Witnesses Patreons since July 6, 2026.Her dad died by suicide when she was 9 and it rewired everything. Years later, a hunger for truth pulled her from non-denominational church to Hebrew Roots, then to Orthodox liturgy.A faith crisis rarely starts with an abstract argument. Sometimes it starts with a funeral, a silent house, and a kid trying to understand wh
What's the Point of Christopher Nolan's Film The Odyssey?
We wrestle with the moral cost of war through a modern Odyssey lens, especially what it means to see the divine image in people you might be ordered to kill. We ask whether “necessary” violence can ever be clean, and why the ones who protect everyone else often carry scars the rest of us never have to bear. • Athena’s beheading as a symbol of desecration and conscience • war as ugly even when defe
Ancient Christian Faith Against The Modern Secular Drift | Witness Weekly 004 "That" Episode
We connect headlines, books, and everyday dating talk to one repeating theme: we blame the world to avoid looking at our own hearts. We argue that Orthodoxy answers secular modern habits by restoring a sacramental view of worship, marriage, and repentance. • praying for peace while discussing the damaged Dormition Cathedral in Kyiv • Metropolitan Saba on secularism shaping prayer, fasting, marriag
The Odyssey's Best Moments: Yes It Might Surprise You (There Are Many)
The movie many are hating on for the wrong reasons! This is not the movie they think it is.Cloud of Witnesses, Jeremy Jeremiah, James St Simon, Michael, and Mario Andrew, break down the most unforgettable moments from Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and why the homecoming story hits harder when the music, visuals, and symbols keep pointing back to love and loss. We wrestle with the film’s biggest
Christians Built Their Own Netflix? The Future of Christian Media & Content with Logos Cinema
Deplatforming is real. So two Orthodox filmmakers built their own infrastructure: “an Orthodox Netflix” designed to outlast trends and serve truth, goodness, and beauty. You can feel it the moment you walk into an Orthodox church: beauty isn’t decoration, it’s a doorway. That’s the thread we pull with Logos Cinema (https://www.logoscinema.com/) founders Zachary Delaney and Andrew Stokich as they e
Christian Authority: Orthodox vs Protestant | Witness Weekly | WW003
The Authority Crisis Inside Christianity: If the Bible Is the Answer... Who Interprets It?Who decides?“Jesus is Lord + baptized in the Spirit = you’re set.” Sounds simple… but who gets to define those words? We dig into authority, sola scriptura, and why interpretation without a Church fractures faith. Listen and tell us: who’s your authority?Authority shapes everything, from how we read the Bible
What Every Christian Should Know About Spiritual Warfare: You're Fighting the Wrong (Daily) Battle
Most Christians Misunderstand Spiritual WarfareTarot, “spiritual but not religious,” self-medication, therapy culture. Why are people chasing spiritual answers everywhere except the Church? We dig into the hunger underneath it all.Spiritual warfare gets weird fast if we only talk about the most extreme cases. We wanted to bring it back to real life: the battle you feel in temptation, shame, anxiet
Goodbye Hebrew Roots Movement Hello Orthodoxy: What Finally Led Me to the Ancient Faith | Taylor Biss
Her dad died by suicide when she was 9 and it rewired everything. Years later, a hunger for truth pulled her from non-denominational church to Hebrew Roots, then to Orthodox liturgy.A faith crisis rarely starts with an abstract argument. Sometimes it starts with a funeral, a silent house, and a kid trying to understand why a father is suddenly gone. Our guest Taylor Biss (Voice of Taylor on Instag
The Unity Crisis in Christianity: Christian News Church Unity & the Future of the Faith | WW Ep.02
If “Bible alone” is the one thing thousands of denominations share, why so many interpretations? We dig into humility, Church fathers, and who decides what’s “faithful.”Unity sounds like a warm word until you try to live it with real people, real history, and real politics. Witness Weekly hosts Mario Andrew, Jeremy Jeremiah, James St Simon, and Michael start with Orthodox news that instantly raise
Who Gets To Define What A Man Is? | Extended Conversation with Christian Deacon and LMFT
Why Men Feel Lost (And How to Find Direction) Masculinity has become a moving target. One day you’re told male strength is the problem, the next you’re told you’re failing unless you look like a superhero and never show emotion. We sit down with licensed marriage and family therapist Jacob Sedan and Deacon Anthony from St. Anthony the Great Antiochian Orthodox Church to clear the fog and name what
The Ancient Faith Making Modern Christians Rethink Everything | Witness Weekly Kickoff Episode WW001
Witness Weekly | WW001 | Kickoff Episode!0:00 Intro0:15 Mario Andrew – News6:26 Discussion of the Week21:05 James St Simon – Book & Film Recommendations / Review26:28 Michael – Redlines (Philosophy & Politics)30:25 Jeremy Jeremiah – Viewer Comments & Questions“Smells and bells” vs “bare walls” misses the point. We debate beauty, Scripture, continuity, and why people say they met God at
Girls Gone Bible Goes Orthodox: Fr Josiah Trenham Just Explained the Eucharist to 150K Protestants
A host admits taking communion at home daily, then asks what the Eucharist really is. The reactions are priceless, but the pastoral wisdom is the point.A priest goes on a massive Protestant podcast and a slice of Orthodox internet melts down. We don’t. We ask the harder question: if we won’t talk to people outside the Orthodox Church, how will anyone ever hear what Orthodoxy actually teaches, beli
Nobody Taught Men This: The Masculinity Advice That's Failing Men & Why it Matters More Than Ever
Men are tired, and it’s not just work and bills, it’s the mental pressure of trying to decode what “being a man” is supposed to mean now. One voice says masculinity is toxic. Another says you have to be an always-on, hyper-disciplined “uber man.” Jeremy Jeremiah and Mario Andrew of Cloud of Witnesses sit down with special guests Deacon Anthony (https://st-anthony.org/) and Jacob Sadan (LMFT) (http
"Eat Your Bible" Obtain the Power of God: This is Not A Joke (But Should Be) | React to Protestants
A pastor rips a page from the Bible and tells a young man to eat it. What does that reveal about authority, emotion, and bad theology?A pastor tells someone to open Proverbs for him, rips out a page, and orders a young man to eat it while the music swells. The clip is hard to watch, but it’s also clarifying: when church turns into a stage and “holy things” become props, people get pressured, confu
“I Walked In and Started Crying” My First Orthodox Liturgy: Why Ancient Christianity Hit Harder
“I walked in and started to cry.” What happens when an Orthodox Divine Liturgy feels more real than anything you’ve known?One visit to an Orthodox Divine Liturgy can expose a hunger you did not know you had. Hannah describes walking into the church, catching the smell of incense, hearing the choir, seeing the priest with the censer, and suddenly fighting tears. It is not just emotion for its own s
Satanism Rebranded | Dark Side of Modern Spirituality: She Left the Occult for Ancient Christianity
She chased “healing” through mushrooms, moon rituals, and mediumship then saw Jesus while channeling a client. That one moment changed everything. Money showed up fast, love felt uncertain, and the noise in Kara Mosher’s (https://www.instagram.com/herecomestroublexo) mind kept getting louder. We talk with Kara, author of Here Comes Trouble, about growing up in a family that went from motorhome liv
Challenge: Try Living Like an Orthodox Christian for 30 Days | When Church History Hits Heart & Home
“If the church compiled the Bible, what was the authority before the Bible?” A candid journey from Protestant certainty to Eastern Orthodoxy, sparked by a friend’s conversion and a history problem you can’t ignore.A friend you trust changes everything. Brian tells us how years of Protestant assumptions started cracking when his friend James, a man he respects as clearly regenerated and serious abo
Orthodox Priest Who Left Orthodoxy: A Response to Dr. Gavin Ortlund and Joshua Schooping
Two Protestants can sound airtight when they critique Eastern Orthodoxy together, until you ask a simple question: do they even agree on what a church is? Jeremy Jeremiah of Cloud of Witnesses pulls apart a popular interview between Dr. Gavin Ortlund and Joshua Schooping, author of Disillusioned, a former Orthodox priest who is now a Lutheran pastor, and we respond point by point from an Orthodox
The Spiritual Crisis Behind Modern Music: How Faith Should Shape Music | Graham Sparkman Our Guest
What counts as real music now? We talk faith, artistry, and the blurry line between authentic and fake.AI is rewriting the rules of music in real time and it’s forcing all of us to ask a blunt question: can you still tell what’s real? Jeremy Jeremiah of Cloud of Witnesses sits down with recording artist and producer Graham Sparkman (https://www.grahamsparkman.com/) to talk about how AI-generated v
Re-Thinking Protestantism Through the Fathers: He's Leaving Protestant Evangelicalism Now What?
“If 10 people say the Holy Spirit told them 10 different meanings, how do I know who’s right?” A raw conversation on Protestantism, Catholicism, Orthodoxy, and the early Church.He tried to quit porn for the millionth time, sat down in silence, and opened the Bible at random. Proverbs 5 stared back like a warning with his name on it and that was the moment Tremayne Collins (https://www.instagram.co
From Pentecostal Roots To Orthodox Faith: Tony’s Journey Through Schism, Doctrine, And Healing (Uncut Edition)
Orthodoxy Ended Church Shopping: When Church History Won My Heart. Special Uncut Edition.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
"America Will Become Orthodox!" Saintly Prophecy or How To Read the Church Fathers in Context?
A single sentence from a saint can inspire a whole generation, or mislead it. We open with the line many Orthodox Christians have heard, “Saint Paisios said America will become Orthodox,” then slow the story down to ask the question most of us skip: what was actually said, to whom, through what translation, and with what intent? That one case becomes a clear window into how patristic quotes and sa
One Mind, One Heart: Reading From Fr. Lawrence Farley's Book "Universal Truth" 1 Peter, Chapter 3 and Following - (Special Episode)
What if the bravest response to hostility is blessing, not backlash? We walk through 1 Peter’s charged call to unity of mind, tender hearts, and humble courage, then push into what it looks like to resist the urge to retaliate when words cut and reputations get dragged. With Psalm 34 as a compass, we map how seeking peace and refusing guile aren’t naïve ideals but battle-tested disciplines that dr
Sola Scriptura on Trial: Who Has the Right Interpretation? | Response to Anglican Priest | U Decide?
“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 c
Thinking About Visiting an Orthodox Church? Start Here: Why People Are Leaving Modern Churches
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 questio
Can You Read the Church Fathers & Stay Protestant? Worldview Is Changing How You Read Christianity
“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
Why Lent Endures in the Orthodox Church - Fr. John Kent Reimann - (Special Episode)
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
Orthodoxy is Growing but the Real Battle is Basic: Prayer Humility Obedience | Why Many Get It Wrong
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, praye
Why We Matter - Rev. Dn. Anthony Turjman - (Special Episode)
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
How Ancient Christianity Understands Salvation: Why Orthodoxy Is Drawing Christians Seeking Depth
“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
LDS to Christian: When Feelings Collide with Truth | He Had a Testimony… Until He Met the Real Jesus
“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 t
From Solo Scriptura (Bible Alone) to the Ancient Church: His Story Will Challenge All Protestants
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 gre
Who Do You Think You Are: Guilt vs. Shame: How God Heals the Human Person Through the Church Today
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
Your Church Should Be Older Than Your Mom | Orthodoxy Preserves While Protestants Still Cannot Agree
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: Scr
Bold Christian Claim: What If The Church Never Paused for 1500 Years? From Pentecostal Cult to Jesus
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 broth
After the Shot: Leaving Mormonism & Witnessing Tragedy: What Happened to Charlie Kirk at UVU
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 per
The LDS Problem: When Prophets Teach And Doctrines Shift Where Does Truth Live? Baylie Response Vid
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
REACTION: Why Catholics Should Not Become Orthodox Video: Why Some Catholics Are Still Looking East
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 d
The Sin Episode: Christian Guilt vs Shame Temptation vs Consent | Every Christian Has This Problem!
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 inspi
5 Minutes On Communion (Lord's Supper) & How Protestants Cannot Agree! | Response to Dillon Baker
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 p
Why Mormonism Is Still Not Christian: LDS Teachings From Their Sources - Many LDS Don't Know?
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
Weed Worship And Waking Up: I Dab Before Church & Other Passions To Overcome - An Orthodox Reaction
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
Are The Churches of Christ the Church of Christ? Beyond Proof-Texts: A Man's Leaving Restorationism
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, tit
After The Occult: From Tarot To Finding Tradition | One Woman's Battle with Demons Until Jesus Saves
Conversion stories often get reduced to neat headlines, but the road from New Age spirituality to historic Christianity is usually messy, humbling, and deeply human. In this conversation, Michaela Nikolaenko @MichaelaNikolaenko lays out a candid record of life inside tarot, yoga, psychedelics, and an adulterous relationship that spiraled into a series of demonic encounters. The scenes are visce
First Encounter With Orthodoxy: Christianity Meets Hardcore Culture | Life Transformed Through Death
From Megachurch Disillusionment To Hope.Josiah the inquirer sits down with Cloud of Witnesses, Mario Andrew and Jeremy Jeremiah.A skull on a thumbnail, bells in the background, and a monk’s voice quoting Saint Isaac changed everything. Josiah didn’t set out to find ancient Christianity; he just needed something more honest than a forced smile and a quick fix. What he discovered was not an edgy aes
Leaving Pantheism For A Personal God: From Restless To Rooted | Jesus and Me Just Doesn't Work!
From Restless to Rooted: Joshua Williams on Calling, Repentance, and a Faith That Endures.What happens when the map you drew for your life no longer fits the road God is actually giving you? In this continuation of our conversation with Joshua Williams, we trace a candid journey through disappointment, redirection, and the quiet practices that turn belief into a way of life. This isn’t highlight-r
Modern Protestants or Ancient Faith: Who Owns the Story? | Sola Scriptura vs Historic Christianity
Can you be “just Christian” and still wear a team jersey? In this episode, Cloud of Witnesses team members Jeremy Jeremiah, Mario Andrew, and James St Simon sit down to react to a Reformed Protestant defense of labels, movements, and sola scriptura, and then press into the deeper questions underneath it all: unity, authority, and what it really means to be catholic in the sense of a complete, hist
Is Protestant Unity Possible or Should Evangelicals & Mainline Christians Seek the Historic Church?
Unity sounds simple until you try to build it without a shared center. We take listeners inside the lived tension of modern Protestant life: a movement born from reform that still reforms itself into new churches, new brands, and new streams whenever conviction collides with leadership and local control. From the Reformers’ early disagreements to today’s non-denominational megachurches, hosts Jere
Take a Look inside a Church of the Latter Day Saints | Mormonism Compared to Christianity Reaction
Step past the beige sparse walls and into a Sunday that sparks big questions about worship, history, and truth. Jeremy Jeremiah reacts to the video that walks you through an LDS sacrament meeting—from the first hymn to the closing prayer—and hold its practices up against the standards of historic Christianity. Along the way, we unpack why a service that looks like a college lecture can feel famili
What Is It To Be Human: Body & Soul In Christ | Orthodoxy & the Whole Person | Dcn Anthony Part 1
What is a human—dust and breath, body and spirit—without tearing ourselves in two? Deacon Anthony (St. Anthony the Great Orthodox Church, San Diego) joins Cloud of Witnesses with hosts Mario Andrew, Jeremy Jeremiah, and John for a rich, practical conversation on an Orthodox vision of the whole person and the mind (phronema) of the Church.We trace a path away from the twin traps of indulgence (livi
Foundations of Your Faith: Would The Early Church Fathers Recognize Your Form of Christianity?
What if reverence isn’t a feeling you chase, but a reality you enter?This episode follows a grateful former Protestant named Michael from his upbringing all the way to a first Divine Liturgy in a small Orthodox chapel on a military base in Okinawa—and the quiet discoveries that happened along the way. Join Cloud of Witnesses hosts Jeremy Jeremiah and Mario Andrew as we move through warm family mem
Is the Non-Denominational Church Even A Church? Reaction to Gospel Simplicity Video Answering!
Is the Non-Denominational Church Even A Church? What do you think?If you love Jesus and hunger for something older, deeper, and steadier than the non-denominational scene, this conversation is for you.Cloud of Witnesses hosts Jeremy Jeremiah, Mario Andrew, and first time, special guest host Michael, weigh the spectacle of modern worship against the historic shape of the church and ask a hard ques
Marriage, Mission, Myth, and Meaning in The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy | Book Discussion!
A man climbs a ladder to hang drapes and slips into a lifetime’s truth: he’s been decorating emptiness. We sat with Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich and asked hard questions about status, ritual, and the kind of love that only shows up when it costs.Quick story snapshot (Tolstoy): Ivan Ilyich, a successful judge with a “proper” life, suffers a fatal illness after a trivial accident. As pain stri
Megachurch Burnout: Why The Protestant Gentleman is Leaving the Non-Denominational Church | Reaction
Jeremy Jeremiah, Orthodox Christian, and host of today's Cloud of Witnesses episode, reacts and responds to Dillon Baker of The Protestant Gentleman podcast (https://www.youtube.com/@theprotestantgentleman) testimony that he, Dillon, is leaving the Non-Denominational church, and why.What if the Sunday you know has drifted far from the church you need? We follow a thoughtful journey out of a n
From Restless Protestant To Orthodox Believer: A Journey Of Belonging Mystery & Healing | Kyle David
What if the church you’ve been searching for all along is the one you didn’t know existed? Kyle David shares how a lifetime of sincere belief still left him split between Sunday performance and weekday drift—until a medical collapse forced brutal honesty about faith, pride, and the limits of self-reliance. The story begins with restless church-hopping across megachurch stages and traditional pews,
The Most Loving Thing: Telling the Ugliest Truth | Cat On A Hot Tin Roof Story & Film Exploration
Truth That Burns, Love That Heals (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)What if the most loving thing you can do is tell the ugliest truth? We gather the crew: Jeremy Jeremiah, Bri, James St. Simon, and Mario Andrew, to sit with Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and pull apart the mendacity that keeps a family polished on the outside and starved on the inside. With literature professor James St. Simon and the team, we unpac
How Sacred Images Drew Me Into Orthodoxy | When Art Looks Back: Seeing Love Through Holy Eyes
Icons, Conversion, And A Life ReframedWe trace Sdn Michael Roeder’s path from ministry and publishing to iconographer and the deaconate, exploring how a single purchase grew into a collection, a craft, and a new spiritual home. Along the way we unpack technique, tradition, and why icons feel like windows that also watch.Join us for this Cloud of Witnesses exclusive, a presentation on an iconograph
What Leo Tolstoy's Death of Ivan Ilyich Teaches Us About Faith Friends and Family | Ladder to Nowhere
A man on a shaky ladder, a fall that leaves a bruise, and a life that suddenly tastes bitter—Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich gives us one of literature’s clearest X-rays of modern emptiness. We gather with friends to unpack why a story written in 1886 speaks uncomfortably well to status-chasing, curated lives, and the quiet neglect of the people closest to us. Along the way, we ask hard questio
Ordained Christian Deacon Warns About Self-Deception | An Honest Look at Our Need for Humility
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