Scripture Archives — Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

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.

The Defeat of Amalek

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

The cosmic war between God and His enemies the fallen angels is going on all around us and even within us. And we have been given the Cross, the very Staff of God, as a weapon against the demons.

The Mustering of the Apostles

June 27, 2020 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

With the calling of these disciples, Christ is building His army. Later in the Gospels, we will see Jesus’ disciples doing what He does in the very next passage after this one—casting out demons, calling people to repentance. And this is not only His army but also His government.

Pentecost and the Ziggurat

June 7, 2020June 7, 2020 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

Mankind is suffocated by his idolatry. If we want to breathe, to breathe again the Holy Spirit, it begins with repentance. It begins with sacrifice. It begins with worship.

Christ is Risen! Shouldn’t Troubles Be Over?

May 5, 2020May 5, 2020 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

I’ve had more than one person say to me over the past couple weeks: “With Pascha here, I feel like COVID-19 should be over.” Shouldn’t this thing be over now? Christ is risen, you know.

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.