Sermons from St. Jonah Orthodox Church in Spring, Texas
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The Counterflow Podcast is a weekly show featuring discussions and interviews with people who are outside of and critical toward mainstream liberal and conservative politics. Counterflow challenges the conventional narratives sold to us as truth. The show features thinkers from all backgrounds, who do not fit into the narrow framework of fashionable opinion. The show addresses cultural, spiritual and lifestyle issues as well as philosophy and geo-politics. Host Buck Johnson (formerly of the ...
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Ep. 359 - Questioning Heresies and Looking for Truth, with Jay Dyer
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1:19:21My guest this week needs no introduction. Jay Dyer is back with us to discuss what eventually led him to Orthodoxy. This discussion allows us to look at heresies within Protestantism and Catholicism which Jay encountered during his time in each. We get into dispensationalism, John Hagee, Judaism, John Nelson Darby, Papism, the value of Jay's online…
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Ep. 358 - An Orthodox Look at Christian Nationalism, with Ben Dixon
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1:02:13Ben Dixon is back with us this week, and we are discussing Christian Nationalism. Ben is the Editor-in-Chief of the North American branch of the Union of Orthodox Journalists as well as the author of the "Where the Wasteland Ends" Substack. Ben contrasts what he calls Christian Patriotism with Christian Nationalism and what he sees as the Orthodox …
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Fr. John Whiteford's sermon for April 6, 2025.By Fr. John Whiteford
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Ep. 357 - Scofield, Darby, Dispensationalism, and Bad Theology, with Father John Whiteford
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1:11:32Father John Whiteford is back with us this week to discuss C.I. Scofield, J.N. Darby, and their incorrect theology. The Scofield Reference Bible is a very common Bible found in homes and churches all across America. It is where the very modern ideas of dispensationalism, the pre-tribulation rapture, and a few other incorrect theological issues come…
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Ep. 356 - Hermeticism, TikTok Spirituality, and the Truth, with Mano Elia
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1:22:05My guest this week is Mano Elia from the Study of Stuff Podcast and the Bored No More Network. Mano was born into an Orthodox Christian family and strayed from the faith as he ventured into Hermeticism and the Dark Arts. He has now returned to the Orthodox faith, is well versed in the occult, and is here to warn folks against it. Hermeticism is the…
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Fr. John Whiteford's sermon for March 16, 2025.By Fr. John Whiteford
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Ep. 355 - A Sinner in the Hands of a Loving God, with Joseph Beard
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1:22:12This week, my guest is Joseph Beard. Joseph is a catechumen and soon-to-be baptized Orthodox Christian. He grew up the son of a Baptist preacher, and his family moved from town to town as various controversies followed his father. Along the way, he got into various subculture scenes and was able to maintain his faith as God sprinkled breadcrumbs al…
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Ep. 354 - The Death of the Legacy Media, with Charlie Robinson
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1:16:20Charlie Robinson is back with us this week. Charlie runs the MacroAggressions podcast, is an author, and owns the Activist Post and Natural Blaze. Today we are covering a very happy and beautiful topic: the death of the legacy media. This is a very well deserved and self-inflicted death. Charlie goes over stats and ratings with us as well, and it i…
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Ep. 353 - The Growth of Orthodoxy and Truth, with Fr Joshua Genig
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1:11:48Fr. Joshua Genig is the rector of St. Innocent of Irkutsk Russian Orthodox Church & Chapel of St. John the Wonderworker in Redford, MI. They have seen a massive growth in the number of parishioners in the last five years. With this can come many important challenges, including proper catechesis, baptism, teaching, and more. There has been an age of…
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Fr. John Whiteford's sermon for March 9, 2025.By Fr. John Whiteford
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Fr. John Whiteford's sermon from March 2, 2025.By Fr. John Whiteford
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Fr. John Whiteford's sermon for February 23, 2025.By Fr. John Whiteford
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Ep. 352 - Unseen Warfare and the Inner Self, with Father John Valadez
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1:05:49My guest this week is the priest at https://www.sttimothy.net and the head man at https://deathtotheworld.com. We are discussing the battleground where unseen and spiritual warfare takes place. We also talk about the weapons the Church gives us in this battle. Fr. John gets into the soul after death, Fr. Seraphim Rose, the Saints, Great Lent, and t…
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Ep. 351 - The New Political Reality, with Charles Haywood
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59:05My guest this week is Maximum Leader over at , Charles Haywood. I still enjoy chatting about politics, and this current moment we are in is like no other in my lifetime. Charles is here to help break it all down, from the massive defeat of the Left, to Trump, Elon, Vance, Gabbard, and the whole new facelift of the political power elite. Sponsors: T…
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Fr. John Whiteford's sermon for February 16, 2025.By Fr. John Whiteford
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Ep. 350 - Should Christians Resist Evil? with Father Zechariah Lynch
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1:18:13My guest this week writes at and is a priest in the Orthodox Church. He is Father Zechariah Lynch. Fr. Zechariah and I get into the issue of Christians resisting evil... or not. If we call out something as wrong, evil, or dangerous, some are quick to tell us that we are being judgmental and not very Christian. Are we to be pacifists and let people …
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Ep. 349 - Channeling Occult Knowledge and Seeking Truth, with Kara Mosher
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1:19:00Kara Mosher is our guest this week, and we are discussing her wild journeys that ultimately led her to the Orthodox Church. Her new book, "Here Comes Trouble", is a very good read filled with interesting stories, some of which we cover in this episode. Kara was deep into the occult as well as being a psychic medium. Once she discovered the reality …
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Fr. John Whiteford's sermon for February 2, 2025.By Fr. John Whiteford
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Ep. 348 - The Sons of God, Nephilim, and Genesis 6, with George Michalopulos
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53:51Today, my friend George Michalopulos is back on the show to discuss the themes in his new book, "For Fear of the Angels: Who Were the Sons of God in Genesis 6 1-4?" We get into the main theories regarding this question. We discuss how angels have come and interacted with humans, what these angels were about, the Nephalim, the giants, Cain, The Book…
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Ep. 347 - Answering Protestant Critiques of Orthodox Christianity, with Jim Jatras and Fr. John Whiteford
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1:42:04Today, I have Fr. John Whiteford and Jim Jatras back on the show. We are breaking down and answering critiques that were presented by Pastor Joel Webbon, Pastor J. Chase Davis, and others in a podcast from Right Response Ministries called "Why Young Men Are Flocking To Eastern Orthodoxy" (). Right Response Ministries is a Protestant group, and they…
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Fr. John Whiteford's sermon from January 19, 2025.By Fr. John Whiteford
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Ep. 346 - We Confess One Baptism, with Father Peter Heers
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1:11:30Father Peter Heers is back on the show, and we are discussing the themes in the book, "On the Reception of the Heterodox Into the Orthodox Church", published by Uncut Mountain Press. There are some converts to Orthodoxy who want to be baptized into the Church, yet they are told their previous baptism was just fine, so they only need Chrismation. Is…
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Fr. John Whiteford's sermon from January 5, 2025.By Fr. John Whiteford
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Ep. 345 - The Myth of Judeo-Christianity, with Bailey Mullins from Unto Ages
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1:03:18My guest this week runs the fantastic YouTube channel, Unto Ages. We are discussing a much used term that is based in an obvious contradiction: Judeo-Christianity. Why are these two words combined to mean something coherent when they aren't at all the same? It may seem trivial to some, but it's having very negative effects on geopolitics. It's also…
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Ep. 344 - This Culture of Narcissism, with Joe Gillespie
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58:02Happy new year! I'm happy to bring you the first episode of 2025, and I'm glad to have Joe Gillespie joining me. Joe is the writer over at . We are discussing a theme that runs through a few of his pieces there ( and ), and that is the culture of narcissism that is rampant in our modern society. Because of social media, we see it much more often th…
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Fr. John Whiteford's sermon for December 29, 2024.By Fr. John Whiteford
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Fr. John Whiteford's sermon for December 22, 2024.By Fr. John Whiteford
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Ep. 343 - Explaining the Nicene Creed, with Clark Carlton
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1:28:28Clark Carlton discusses the concept of creeds and their importance, breaks down the Nicene Creed point by point through all 12 articles, discusses whether or not Protestants can *actually* believe the Nicene Creed, even if they think they do, and more! Donate to the show here: Visit my website: Audio Production by Podsworth Media: Leave us a review…
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Fr. John Whiteford's sermon for December 15, 2024.By Fr. John Whiteford
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Ep. 342 - The Protestant to Orthodox Pipeline, with Monique Mathiesen
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1:02:52This week, I've got Monique Mathiesen on the show to discuss her journey as a devout Protestant (of a few various forms) to an Orthodox Christian, wife, and mother. Monique has a similar story to some and a very unique one in its own right. We discuss the burning questions that nobody in her church upbringing could answer, the doubts she had with O…
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Fr. John Whiteford's sermon for December 8, 2024.By Fr. John Whiteford
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Fr. John Whiteford's sermon for December 1, 2024.By Fr. John Whiteford
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