An Orthodox Bible study podcast from St. Mark Church in London, hosted by Ehab and Mina. Rooted in the timeless teachings of the Church Fathers, this podcast delves deep into Scripture, offering a rich, traditional perspective on God’s Word while uncovering its profound impact on our daily lives through engaging discussions. Whether you're just beginning your journey or seeking to deepen your faith, discover the beauty of God's Word and how it speaks to the heart of our modern world.
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Before God gives a single commandment, He says this: "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage." Grace comes first. They were not freed because they kept the law. They were given the law because they had been freed.
The Ten Commandments are not a system of control. They are a manual for how human beings were designed to live — and a mirror that shows us how far we fall from it. Read at surface level they seem achievable. Read as Christ read them, they are impossible: murder becomes the destruction of a reputation, adultery becomes a look, theft becomes a desire we cannot put down. That is precisely the point. St. Paul calls the law a tutor, given to guard us and to lead us to Christ, because it can tell us what is right without ever being able to change us.
In this episode we walk through all ten commandments and the questions they raise. What does it mean that God is jealous? How do we square visiting the iniquity of fathers upon children with Ezekiel's promise that the soul who sins shall die? What is the Sabbath rest actually for, and why did the Church move it to the day of the Resurrection? And why are icons not a violation of the second commandment?
The chapter ends where it must. The people, terrified, stand far off and beg Moses to speak to God for them. And Moses walks alone into the thick darkness where God was.
Key questions explored:
Why does God recount the deliverance from Egypt before giving a single commandment?
If the commandments cannot be kept, why were they given at all?
What does it mean that God describes Himself as "a jealous God"?
How do we reconcile "visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children" with Ezekiel 18?
Why is making an icon not the same as making a carved image — and what changed at the Incarnation?
What is the significance of the altar of unhewn stone with no steps?
9 Sept 2026
Exodus 19: The Mountain Trembles
Three months to the day since they walked out of Egypt, Israel arrives at the foot of Mount Sinai. They will not leave for a year. Everything that remains of Exodus, the whole of Leviticus, and half of Numbers takes place at this one mountain.And before God says a single commandment, He tells them how to prepare. Consecrate yourselves. Wash your clothes. Be ready on the third day. Do not come near the mountain, or even touch its base. This chapter is not about the law — it is about what it costs to come into the presence of God.In this episode we explore the extraordinary theology of Sinai. God tells Israel He bore them on eagles' wings and brought them to Himself, and calls them a kingdom of priests and a holy nation — words St. Peter will later apply directly to the Church. We look at the thick darkness in which God descends, and why the Fathers, especially St. Gregory of Nyssa, understood that darkness not as absence but as the mark of a God who can never be fully comprehended. We explore the three days of washing as a foreshadowing of baptism, the trumpet blast that no human hand sounded, and the astonishing detail recorded in Hebrews that Moses himself trembled.And underneath all of it: a God who sets boundaries not to keep His people out, but because He is preparing to come and dwell in their midst.Key questions explored:
Why does God tell Israel to consecrate themselves and wait three days before He descends?
What does it mean that God bore them "on eagles' wings" — and how do eagles carry their young?
How can Israel be called "a kingdom of priests" while the priesthood of Aaron is still to come?
Why does God appear in thick darkness rather than in light — and what did St. Gregory of Nyssa see in this?
Why would touching the mountain bring death, and how does this change once we are adopted as sons and daughters?
2 Sept 2026
Exodus 18: The Humility of Moses
Moses leads two million people. He has parted a sea, called down plagues on an empire, and struck water from a rock. And when his father-in-law arrives at the camp, Moses goes out to meet him, bows to the ground, and kisses him.Jethro is a priest of Midian — descended from Abraham through Keturah, outside the covenant line, not of Israel. And yet he knows the true God, blesses Him, and offers sacrifice. The Church Fathers saw in him a portrait of the Gentiles who come to faith on hearing what God has done. Origen calls him a model of those who recognise God's power and join His people; St. Cyril of Alexandria writes that when the Gentiles acknowledge the work of God, they are drawn into His covenant and blessing.In this episode we explore Jethro's visit in full: the reunion of Moses with Zipporah and his two sons, and the meaning hidden in their names. The burnt offering Jethro brings, and the meal shared by Aaron and all the elders of Israel before God — a gathering that looks remarkably like the liturgy. And then the moment Jethro watches Moses judging the people alone from morning until evening and tells him plainly: "The thing that you do is not good. You will surely wear yourself out."The counsel that follows becomes the blueprint for order in the Church — rulers of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens. But the more remarkable thing is that Moses listened.
Key questions explored:
Who is Jethro, and how does a priest of Midian come to know and worship the God of Israel?
What do the names Gershom and Eliezer reveal about Moses' years in exile?
How can Jethro offer sacrifice before God when the priesthood has not yet been established?
Why does Moses bow down to his father-in-law — and how is this different from worship?
What does Jethro's system of delegated leadership reveal about the structure of the Church today?
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