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 complete this two-part series with a biblical look at the throne of God.

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. Stephen and Fr. Andrew look into the Scriptures to see what they say about humanity’s home.

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 they make.

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? Tune in and see if the Podfathers can solve this Old Testament mystery.

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 New Agers and Freudians.

For years, the Podfathers have been rumored to be merely re-presenting warmed-over material from a prominent biblical scholar. In this episode, the depth of the theft will finally be revealed.

Father Stephen discusses our alienation from our humanity, and how the Orthodox Church is positioned. Live Q&A with Fr. Stephen and Fr. Andrew follows. Recorded at the 2026 Parish Life Conference of the Antiochian Diocese of Miami and the Southeast, June 10-13, 2026 in Springdale, AR.

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 follows. Recorded at the 2026 Parish Life Conference of the Antiochian Diocese of Miami and the Southeast, June 10-13 in Springdale, AR.

The strangest and most mysterious of the texts in the ancient Christian collection known as the Apostolic Fathers is the Shepherd of Hermas. How should this apocryphal text be read, and what does it mean?

The Podfathers reach down into the audio mailbag to answer your questions. You never quite know what people are willing to say into voicemail, so here we go!