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Faithfulness and Abraham’s Two Sons

July 25, 2021July 25, 2021 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

Deep within every human person is the desire to be like God—to be immortal, to achieve and experience the fullest possible potential, to see reality as it truly is, to be elevated above the mundanity and struggle of this earthly existence.

Does the Book of Joshua Justify Abortion?

June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

Sometimes, God makes decisions that really are for the good of everyone involved that, if we made them, would almost certainly not be. But we’re not God, and we don’t know jack.

Are There Wrong Reasons to Become Orthodox? Yes.

June 7, 2021 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

Someone who comes to the door of the Church is indeed asked to give everything up in order to become one with Christ. It is not expected of him that he will instantly be able to shed all of his baggage of sin and worldly attachments. But it is expected that he will commit to repentance.

Arise, O God! Great and Holy Saturday

May 1, 2021May 1, 2021 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

Why put these resurrectional themes into a psalm about judging the gods, about putting the fallen angels in their place and working justice upon them? It is because the whole cosmic narrative of the Scripture is about the war begun by these fallen ones against God.

Exorcism, Faithfulness, Prayer and Fasting

April 12, 2021April 12, 2021 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

The targeted demonic attacks we experience especially in this holy season are real, and we can spot them because of how they are so specifically designed to pull us away from participating in it. But these things do indeed come out by prayer and fasting.

Faithfulness and Abraham’s Two Sons

Does the Book of Joshua Justify Abortion?

Are There Wrong Reasons to Become Orthodox? Yes.

Arise, O God! Great and Holy Saturday

Exorcism, Faithfulness, Prayer and Fasting

Eating With (and Without) the Prodigal

Myth, Mythology, Fakelore and Whether Fairies Exist