The Sapphire Throne
Where is heaven? Is it the same as the sky? Is it a god? And what about the heavens of heavens or the seventh heaven? The Podfathers complet...
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The Lord of Spirits
The Seen and Unseen World in Orthodox Christian Tradition - The modern world does not acknowledge but is nevertheless haunted by spirits - angels, demons and saints. Fathers Andrew Stephen D...
Episodes
20 of 151 episodesThe Footstool of His Feet
Ancient peoples worshiped the earth as a goddess, but how does the Christian tradition see it? In the first of a two-part series, Fr. Stephe...
Pantheon and Pandemonium XXI: Asynchronous Q&A Sept 2026
The ol' mailbox is starting to get full, so the Podfathers are dumping all your voices out on the floor just to see what kinds of vibrations...
I Remember Running Through The Wet Grass
Ezra, Esdras - how do you even spell that name? Who is this person, and just how many E[z/d]ra[s] books are there? What is going on in them?...
Whenever I Want You
What is the meaning of dreams in the Scriptures? The Bible takes dreams pretty seriously, but in our time, this seems to be the domain of Ne...
Apostolic Apocalypse
For years, the Podfathers have been rumored to be merely re-presenting warmed-over material from a prominent biblical scholar. In this episo...
We Are the Aliens
Father Stephen discusses our alienation from our humanity, and how the Orthodox Church is positioned. Live Q&A with Fr. Stephen and Fr. Andr...
Convert Surge: The Wise Welcome
Father Andrew presents on the current Orthodox convert surge. How do we understand and address it? Live Q&A with Fr. Andrew and Fr. Stephen...
Commander Shepherd
The strangest and most mysterious of the texts in the ancient Christian collection known as the Apostolic Fathers is the Shepherd of Hermas....
Pantheon and Pandemonium XXI: Asynchronous Q&A June 2026
The Podfathers reach down into the audio mailbag to answer your questions. You never quite know what people are willing to say into voicemai...
The Gods of Gerizim
When the Assyrians carried off the 10 northern Israelite tribes, they imported pagans into Samaria. What is the nature of the religion these...
Let Me Acts You Something
What happened to the Apostles after the events of Acts? Traditions regarding them are preserved in apocryphal texts from the early Church, b...
From Abel to Zechariah
Martyrdom runs throughout the whole Scriptures, memorably referenced by Christ in His phrase "from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechari...
He Suffered and Was Buried
What is going on with the Gospel accounts of the passion of Jesus? Why do the Gospel writers describe it as they do? Join us for a close loo...
What Must I Do to Be Saved?
Is "salvation" a technical term in Christianity? How is it used in the Bible? And what does it mean to be faithful to the calling of salvati...
Pantheon and Pandemonium XX: Live Q&A March 2026
"If you were ever turned away for being too off-topic, this is your moment. The lines are open. Jam them up with your calls. No question is...
Pantheon and Pandemonium XIX: Asynchronous Q&A Feb 2026
The voicemail is full. Doom. Doom. Doom. The system is down. Join the Podfathers for a pre-recorded SpeakPipepalooza.
East End Boys, West End Girls
Why is the Western theology of salvation, both Catholic and Protestant, different from Orthodoxy? Where did the Latin "treasury of merit" co...
Stole Something? Kill a Goat!
Old Testament sacrifices were offered for sins, but was it only accidental ones? What happens if you sin on purpose? Does Jesus' sacrifice c...
Bring Out Your Dead
What do you do with a dead human body? The ancient world had strong opinions about this, and they showed up not only in their cemeteries and...