Counterflow with Buck Johnson

My guest today was raised wonderfully by a loving family in the Protestant Calvinist church. He grew to become so involved in the church that he was giving sermons and leading youth groups, Bible studies, veterans groups, and so on. One day his sister, previous Counterflow guest Monique Mathiesen, introduced him to the Orthodox faith. This challenged Ambrose to confront the possible wrongs of Calvinism, which he had been believing and teaching for years. Join us in this great story, as you'll find Ambrose to be humble, smart, and able to deal with uncomfortable truths. Please support Monique Mathiesen's children's book: "Who Can Cleanse Me Of My Sin?"   Sponsor: Sheath Underwear:    Code: Counterflow Get the new Counterflow T-shirt before it sells out! Visit or send $30 via PayPal to buck@counterflowpodcast.com with your size and shipping address! Donate to the show here:   Visit my website:   Audio Production by Podsworth Media:   Leave us a review and rating on Apple Podcasts! Thanks!

Anthony of Westgate from the Reversion Substack joins us this week. Anthony writes and speaks about a number of issues including Judiasim, Zionism, Kabbalah, the Reformation and Chrisitianity. Today, we get into several of those issues. How did Kabbalah play a role in the founding of the US? Why did it impact Protestantism and the reformation? What does Zionism have to do with American Christianity? We get into all of this and more. Follow his work here:   Sponsors: Fox n Sons Coffee:   Code: BUCK15 Perfect Spiral Capital: Get the new Counterflow T-shirt before it sells out! Visit or send $30 via PayPal to buck@counterflowpodcast.com with your size and shipping address! Donate to the show here:   Visit my website:   Audio Production by Podsworth Media:   Leave us a review and rating on Apple Podcasts! Thanks!

Reverend Father Emmanuel Lemelson is a force of nature—a Greek Orthodox priest, activist investor, and social commentator who fearlessly confronts the collision of faith, finance, and power. In this episode, we get into a discussion on the issue of Papal infallibility and the structures of power within the Catholic Church. It has led to many coverups and abuses throughout the decades. Fr. Emmanuel has also been brave enough to challenge another source of corrupt power: the United States Federal Government and big pharma. He tells his wild tales of this ongoing battle, how it started, and where he's at with it now. For more from Fr. Emmanuel, please go here:   ...and here:   Sponsor: Perfect Spiral Capital:  Get the new Counterflow T-shirt before it sells out! Visit or send $30 via PayPal to buck@counterflowpodcast.com with your size and shipping address! Donate to the show here:   Visit my website:   Audio Production by Podsworth Media:   Leave us a review and rating on Apple Podcasts! Thanks!

My guest this week is author of "The Athos Diet" and director of the emergency department at UPMC, Dr. Peter Patitsas. Informed by his Greek Orthodox heritage, he has discovered a method to stay healthy with high energy to meet the daily grind. Dr. Pete visited Greece many times as a youth and lived there after graduating college. He was forever impacted by his journey to Mt. Athos and has spent countless weeks living at monasteries across the globe: a place where time stops and meaning is the highest good. It is no coincidence that within a place of the True, the Good, and the Beautiful, there would be found something that can bring a salve to suffering. We discuss the spiritual and physical benefits that the diet governed by the liturgical calendar of the Orthodox Church can give to us. For more on Dr. Pete Patitsas and his work, go here:   Sponsors: Fox n Sons Coffee:   Code: BUCK15 Perfect Spiral Capital: Get the new Counterflow T-shirt before it sells out! Visit or send $30 via PayPal to buck@counterflowpodcast.com with your size and shipping address! Donate to the show here:   Visit my website:   Audio Production by Podsworth Media:   Leave us a review and rating on Apple Podcasts! Thanks!

This week, I have an ex-Mormon on the show. For the sake of anonymity, he will go by Erick K. Erick and I have been talking a lot about Mormonism offline, so I wanted to bring him on because, if you knew as little about the LDS as I did, this is definitely worth the education. Are Mormons Christian? Who was Joseph Smith? How do they differ from the Orthodox Church? We get into some fascinating details. I think you'll enjoy this episode. Sponsors: Perfect Spiral Capital: Sheath Underwear: Code: Counterflow Get the new Counterflow T-shirt before it sells out! Visit or send $30 via PayPal to buck@counterflowpodcast.com with your size and shipping address! Donate to the show here:   Visit my website:   Audio Production by Podsworth Media:   Leave us a review and rating on Apple Podcasts! Thanks!

Stevie Rudko joins me this week to discuss the ups and downs of the wild adventure that has been his life. Born to a Pentecostal preacher and loving mother, Stevie grew up in the Protestant faith. After a painful heel shattering incident, he slowly became addicted to pain pills. After that, predictably came a heroin addiction. Fast forward and he's a loving husband and father who's about to be baptized into the Orthodox Church. I think you'll enjoy Stevie and his tales of this life. Sponsors: Fox n Sons Coffee:   Code: BUCK15 Sheath Underwear:   Code: Counterflow For the official CounterFlow T-shirt, send $30 via PayPal to buck@counterflowpodcast.com with your size and shipping address, or order online:   Donate to the show here:   Visit my website:   Audio Production by Podsworth Media:   Leave us a review and rating on Apple Podcasts! Thanks!

Conrad Fraz is back with us this week. Conrad is one of the two excellent hosts of the World War Now podcast. Conrad and I discuss the kinetic conflicts going on in several hot spots around the globe as viewed from an Orthodox lens. We discuss what happened in Syria as well. Why is Israel always pushing for war and conflict around the globe? Many Orthodox Christian Saints have prophecies they've made regarding these issues. We discuss those and more on this episode of Counterflow. For Conrad's work, go here: Sponsor: Perfect Spiral Capital: Get the new Counterflow T-shirt before it sells out!   Donate to the show here:   Visit my website:   Audio Production by Podsworth Media:   Leave us a review and rating on Apple Podcasts! Thanks!

My 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 debates, and lots more. For all of Jay's work, go here:   Sponsors: Fox N Sons Coffee: Use code BUCK15 for 15% off your order of $35 or more at  Tiger Fitness:   Sheath Underwear:   Code: Counterflow Donate to the show here:   Visit my website:   Audio Production by Podsworth Media:   Leave us a review and rating on Apple Podcasts! Thanks!

Ben 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 view of each. We get into Ukraine/Russia, Trump, conservatism, Protestantism, Orthodoxy, and more. For Ben's work go here:     Sponsors: Tiger Fitness:   Sheath Underwear:   Code: Counterflow Donate to the show here:   Visit my website:   Audio Production by Podsworth Media:   Leave us a review and rating on Apple Podcasts! Thanks!

Father 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 from. We discuss who invented these ideas, how Zionists have used them to further dangerous policies, and why no Christian ever believed these ideas before the 19th century. Fr. John Whiteford is the pastor of St. Jonah Orthodox Church (ROCOR) in Spring, Texas. He is the author of Sola Scriptura: An Orthodox Analysis of the Cornerstone of Reformation Theology, published by Conciliar Press, and the general editor of the St. Innocent Liturgical Calendar.   Sponsors: Tiger Fitness:   Sheath Underwear:   Code: Counterflow Donate to the show here:   Visit my website:   Audio Production by Podsworth Media:   Leave us a review and rating on Apple Podcasts! Thanks!