Fr. John continues his series on dubious biblical research.

Fr. John shares his homily on Luke 17:20-21.

Fr. John shares his homily on Matthew 1:1-17.

Fr. John shares his homily on Psalm 110.

Fr. John shares his homily from the Sunday of the New Martyrs of Russia.

Fr. John continues his sermon from Psalm 117.

Fr. John shares about godly parenting from Ephesians 5:22-33.

Fr. John talks about Saint Paul's exhortation in 1 Corinthians 14:40, as it relates to traditions in worship.

Fr. John shares about how the Feast of the Meeting of the Lord fits in with the Old Testament and today.

Fr. John talks about the necessity and importance of developing regular disciplines in our lives as we follow Christ.

Fr. John shares about the life of the New-Hieromartyr Vladimir of Kiev to strengthen us for the trials in our lives.

Fr. John speaks about the believing father from Mark 9:17-31.

Fr. John talks about the contrast between Mary (the sister of Lazarus) and Judas, from John 12:1-8; Matthew 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9.

Fr. John shares about the miracle of the healing of the blind men, from Matthew 9:27-35.

Fr. John shares from Matthew 13:44-52.

Fr. John speaks from Revelation 3:7-13.

Fr. John shares from Psalm 25.

Fr. John talks about the importance of living according to the gospel and remaining a part of the Christian race.

Fr. John Whiteford reflects on Luke, Chapter 14, and what it means to follow Christ.

Fr. John Whiteford uses Psalm 2 to speak on the individuality of humanity and the importance of trusting in God.

Fr. John Whiteford tells about St. Mitrophan, the first Chinese priest and martyr of the Boxer Rebellion, and encourages us to stand firm in the Faith.

Fr. John Whiteford comments on the passage from the Psalms (118:113-120).

Fr. John Whiteford discusses 1 Timothy 5:3-16, and notes that "We can’t call ourselves Christians if we don’t care for our own."

Fr. John Whiteford discusses the role of authority throughout the early Church.

Fr. John Whiteford discusses the importance of reading Matthew 1 during the Nativity season.

During this difficult time, Fr. John Whiteford gives a message of hope in God, using the challenges of the life of St. John of Shanghai.

Fr. John Whiteford uses Acts 16 to describe for us the way we should glorify God in the midst of persecution.

Fr. John Whiteford discusses faith, which is defined as the substance of things hoped for, and how we put it in the hands of things less trustworthy than God every day.

Fr. John Whiteford looks at Matthew 6:11, in the third sermon in his series on the Lord's Prayer.

Fr. John Whiteford preaches about the life of St. Philaret of Moscow, on the Synaxis of the Commemoration of the Hierarchs of Moscow.

Fr. John Whiteford uses the challenges of the past year to remind his congregation to focus on blessing the Lord through our words and actions.

Fr. John Whiteford uses Acts, Chapter 2 to remind us of the reality of Pentacost.

Fr. John presents the first of a brief series of homilies on Psalm 67.

Fr. John Whiteford delivers a homily about the life of St.Seraphim of Sarov. August 1 is the anniversary of his birth, according to the Julian Calendar.

Fr. John Whiteford shares the story of Hieromartyr Joachim of Nizhny-Novgorod.

Fr. John Whiteford preaches from Luke 23:32-43.

Fr. John Whiteford shares about the Samaritan Woman, from John 4:5-42.

Fr. John Whiteford preaches on the account of St. Paul's discourse on Mars Hill (Acts 17:18-34).

Fr. John Whiteford calls us to a lifestyle of thanksgiving to God. (Psalm 94)

Fr. John Whiteford shares the story of the holy new martyr Hilarion (Troitsky).

Fr. John Whiteford recounts the significance of the family life in making saints.

Fr. John Whiteford preaches on the Sunday of Orthodoxy.

Fr. John Whiteford considers the costliness of worship in response to the extravagant love of God. (Palm Sunday 2023)

Fr. John Whiteford preaches on the Feast of Holy Pentecost about the seal of the Holy Spirit.

Fr. John Whiteford discusses true and false prophecy and the telling of difficult truths. Passages discussed are Jeremiah 26:11-19 and Matthew 19:16-26.

Fr. John Whiteford tells of the life of St. Moses the Ethiopian.

Fr. John Whiteford's sermon from July 28, 2024.

Fr. John Whiteford's sermon for September 8, 2024.

From the outside, the practice of Orthodoxy seems rigid, complicated and intimidating. In this episode, Angela explores how Orthodoxy cannot be fully understood until it is fully experienced. Like a spiritual Tardis, it’s bigger on the inside.

In this episode of The Wilderness Journal Angela continues her conversation with Summer Kinard, Jamey Bennett and Geoff Thompson about things we wish we had known about Orthodoxy before entering into the faith, including talk of Spiritual Fathers and people made of cheese.