Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick — Page 4 of 61 — Neither polemic nor compromise, but engagement

Don’t Feed Yourself to the Water Dragons

January 8, 2020 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

Let’s not feed ourselves to the water dragons. Let’s enter with Jesus into the waters to crush the heads of the dragons who lurk there.

16 Realistic Observations about Orthodoxy Online

January 1, 2020January 2, 2020 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

Since I’ve been online for over 25 years now, and around Orthodoxy online for more than 22 of them, I thought I would mention some things I’ve noticed over the years.

Moral Revisionism is Irrational and Anti-Christian

December 17, 2019December 17, 2019 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

If we are to believe the moral revisionists, it's possible that what brings you death today might instead bring you life tomorrow. This is nonsense, and this is anti-Christian nonsense.

Moral Revisionism is Just Bad Protestantism

December 16, 2019December 17, 2019 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

The claim that dogma is absolute but morality can be revised is a repackaging of a sixteenth-century Protestant dilemma, conditioned by a seventeenth-century German Protestant movement.

Morality is the Original Dogma

December 15, 2019December 17, 2019 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

When you see people claiming that dogma is non-negotiable but morality can be revised, you can remind them that the original dogma was about morality and also about idolatry. And since those two things are always linked in Scripture, you can also use your discernment to figure out what they’re worshiping instead of the one true God.

Exorcism is Central to the Gospel

December 11, 2019 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

This world has many dimensions that we do not see. And they would be frightening if the Lord opened our eyes fully to their reality.

The Reintegration of the Christian

November 15, 2019 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

We are fragmented. We are compartmentalized. If we will seek to reintegrate our lives by prayer being in everything and by everything being in prayer, then I believe that we will find new joy, a new song, new vitality in each of our lives and in our common life both as a parish and as the whole Orthodox Church.

What Would Happen If God Just Showed Up?

November 4, 2019 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

Imagine God jumped onto the world stage in an obvious manner. By what measure would we know beyond a doubt that that is God? How do we know that most people wouldn’t think we were being visited by an alien from another world? What about a mass hallucination? What about a massive government conspiracy? How would we know what God would look like such that we could be sure it was really Him? That presupposes some prior knowledge of what to look for when God shows up. If God showed up, would we even know or believe it was really Him?