Cloud of Witnesses Radio

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Audio drama retellings of the stories of the Christian Saints, Panel Discussions, Cast Commentary, Reaction Videos, Screwtape Returns, and more!

  1. Oct 27

    What Russia’s Faith Revival Can Teach The West & What Evangelicals Get Wrong About Russian Faith (Uncut) (Unedited) - (Special Release)

    Russia banned Satanism and we couldn’t ignore the bigger question behind it: is moral clarity from the state a safeguard, or a loaded weapon that can swing the other way the moment power changes hands? We kick things off by debating religious freedom, church and state, and why a policy that sounds satisfying can also create deeper long term risks, especially when you remember how quickly governments can become anti Christian.  From there we get personal and cultural. A lot of us grew up with movies that trained us to see Russians as automatic villains, and we unpack what that did to our imagination. Then we pivot to what often gets left out of the story: the Russian people were also victims, and under the Soviet Union the Orthodox Church was a primary target. We talk through the scale of the persecution, why many Western Christians have a blind spot about it, and how that changes the way we read Russian spiritual giants like Dostoevsky and the wider tradition of Orthodox Christianity.  We also bring in Russian literature as a warning flare for modern life, highlighting Turgenev’s Fathers and Sons and its critique of nihilism, pride, and generational backlash. Finally, we look at the re Christianization of Russia with concrete statistics: explosive growth in parishes, monasteries, and seminaries, major social shifts like reduced abortion, and the honest reality that cultural healing after decades of atheistic communism takes time. The thread running through everything is trajectory: where a culture is heading matters as much as where it is today.  If you found this conversation challenging or clarifying, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the show. What do you think the West gets most wrong about Russian Orthodoxy? ***** Questions about Orthodoxy? Please check out our friends at Ghost of Byzantium Discord server: https://discord.gg/jRXxRaqK9 Please prayerfully consider supporting Cloud of Witnesses: https://www.patreon.com/c/CloudofWitnesses Find Cloud of Witnesses on Instagram, X.com, Facebook, and TikTok. Audio: https://cloudofwitnessesradio.buzzsprout.com ***** Please leave a comment with your thoughts!

  2. Sep 20

    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 listener like a jury that deserves the truth. From there we move into the headlines and the deeper story underneath them. We unpack Canada’s growing censorship and platform control through laws like Bill C-16, Bill C-11, Bill C-18, and the current Bill C-9 hate speech debate, plus the chilling example of bank account freezes during the Freedom Convoy. We also talk about education and parental trust, the public pressure against homeschooling, and why language games like “MAID” and “dignity in dying” matter when euthanasia expands from terminal illness into mental health categories. The thread tying it all together is spiritual realism. When people feel the emptiness of consumerism, pharmaceuticals, and false promises of transcendence, they go searching for something that can actually heal. Alex explains why Eastern Orthodox Christianity is drawing converts right now, not as an online identity, but as a lived Church with confession, worship, and continuity that can be tested in real life. If you’re curious, don’t take our word for it. Listen, then visit a local Orthodox parish, share this with a friend who is searching, and subscribe and leave a review so more people can find the conversation. ***** Questions about Orthodoxy? Please check out our friends at Ghost of Byzantium Discord server: https://discord.gg/jRXxRaqK9 Please prayerfully consider supporting Cloud of Witnesses: https://www.patreon.com/c/CloudofWitnesses Find Cloud of Witnesses on Instagram, X.com, Facebook, and TikTok. Audio: https://cloudofwitnessesradio.buzzsprout.com ***** Please leave a comment with your thoughts!

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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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