Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick — Page 4 of 62 — Neither polemic nor compromise, but engagement

Is God Behind COVID-19?

March 14, 2020March 14, 2020 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

I am going to go ahead and say yes. But stick with me here, okay?

COVID-19, Wilderness and Man

March 12, 2020March 12, 2020 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

Things will settle out in this crisis and competing authorities will finally converge on a consensus. But our problem with the hostile wilderness will remain.

Icons and Idols: Was God Invisible Before the Incarnation?

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

The argument against iconography breaks down because those who reject icons do not understand what idolatrous images were actually used for. They were not merely religious art. They are a kind of religious technology designed to trap and control a god.

The Revelation of Forgiveness

March 5, 2020 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

When the gospel began to be preached, forgiveness from God was a revelation, something new that was outside of anyone’s expectation of how a god should operate.

The Sin That Corrupts From Within

February 16, 2020February 16, 2020 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

Sexual immorality is a kind of evil that introduces corruption into a person and his community in a way that is deep and damaging like almost nothing else is.

The Idolatry of the Pharisee

February 11, 2020 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

If we read the parable of the Publican and Pharisee merely as a morality tale about being humble rather than prideful, we miss how it is placed in the larger narrative of the Scripture and all the revelation of God.

The First-Born

February 11, 2020 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

As co-heirs with Christ, today we are offered in His holy temple along with Him. Today we share in His place as the first-born, both receiving and distributing the inheritance of God to all our siblings. And today we do so as a royal priesthood, both priests and kings, bringing God’s presence even to the nations.

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.