Orthodoxy & Heterodoxy with Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
On today’s episode, Ruby and Janell sit down with Father Andrew Stephen Damick. Father Andrew Stephen Damick is an Orthodox Christian archpriest and the Chief Content Officer of Ancient Faith Ministries, the world's leading English-language Orthodox Christian media ministry. He is the author of four books and host or co-host of multiple podcasts, including "Lord of Spirits" and "Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy." From 2007 to 2020, he served in pastoral ministry in Orthodox churches in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. He was raised by missionary parents in the Evangelical Protestant tradition
Fr. Andrew shares his journey from an evangelical expression of Christianity to Orthodox Christianity. They discuss the relationship between beauty, truth, and worship. There is also discussion of the gospel, the differences between Christianity and Buddhism, the differences between Orthodox Christian and evangelical worship, and more!
We hope you enjoy this episode!
About Fr. Andrew
The Very Rev. Archpriest Andrew Stephen Damick is Chief Content Officer of Ancient Faith Ministries, the former pastor (2009-2020) of St. Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, and author of Arise, O God (2021), Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy (2011, 2nd ed. 2017), An Introduction to God (2014) and Bearing God (2017), all from Ancient Faith Publishing.
He has been podcasting since 2007 and is host of the Orthodox Engagement, Amon Sûl, Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy and Roads from Emmaus podcasts, and co-host of The Lord of Spirits and The Areopagus Podcast. He speaks frequently at lectures and retreats both in parishes and in other settings, and his work is well-known throughout the English-speaking Orthodox world not only for his books and podcasts, but also via documentaries and online video.
AFP publications include: An Introduction to God: Encountering the Divine in Orthodox Christianity , Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy , Bearing God: The Life and Works of St. Ignatius of Antioch the God-Bearer , and Why Go to Church? .
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Mentioned in this Episode
Fr. Andrew’s Website
The Areopagus
The Lord of Spirits Podcast
Arise, O God - Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
Orthodoxy & Heterodoxy - Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
Seeking Allah Finding Jesus - Nabeel Qureshi
1 Corinthians 11:23-32
23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; 24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” 25 In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it,in remembrance of Me.”26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.27 Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. 30 For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep. 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
1 Peter 3:18-22
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, 19 by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, 20 who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. 21 There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.