Scripture Archives — Page 2 of 14 — Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

Asceticism, Suffering and the Justice of God

November 1, 2021 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

Faithfulness to justice, to righteousness, is what it means to be Christian and what is required to stay within the kingdom of God, both in this life and into the age to come.

The Ethic of the Sons of God

October 4, 2021 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

To be the sons of God, we do the works of the Father in heaven. If we instead do the works of the devil—which are sin—then he is our father instead. And if we do the works of the Father, then we become equal to the angels, the original “sons of God” who do His works.

Evangelism and Death by Holiness

September 27, 2021 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

Having been given this outpost of Paradise, this place where God’s holiness may be encountered with preparation, where the cherubim with the flaming sword welcome us in instead of turning us away, we are commanded to expand this Paradise into the world.

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, 2021October 15, 2024 · 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.

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.

Eating With (and Without) the Prodigal

February 28, 2021February 28, 2021 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

You will be in communion with something, even pigs, even demons. There is no neutral space. You have to eat.