The Lord of Spirits - Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick, Fr. Stephen De Young, and Ancient Faith Ministries

Latest Episodes:

Who is Your Demon and What Does He Do? Feb 14, 2025

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Is your house haunted? Do demons still possess people? Can we see the activity of demons in the modern world? How would we recognize it? Join Fr. Stephen and Fr. Andrew as they uncover the darkest of all conspiracies.

Purifications of the Law Jan 24, 2025

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What exactly is ritual impurity? Does it equal sinfulness? How do bodily functions figure in? Did the New Testament abolish the ritual impurity traditions of the Old Testament? And does it have any meaning today?

Is Progress Even a Thing? Jan 10, 2025

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It's another metaphysical head-scratcher! Following up on some episodes from 2024, the podcast looks at what change actually means (if anything?) and what bearing that has on teleology.

Pantheon and Pandemonium XIV: Asynchronous Q&A Dec 2024 Dec 27, 2024

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The Podfathers clear out the voicemail backlogs with this pre-recorded end-of-year episode, covering everything from whether Eglon was fat or handsome to if the Orthodox believe in a kind of Calvinism to the unsettling logismoi of Wham! at Christmastime.

When God Became Man Dec 13, 2024

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At the heart of Christian faith and life is the incarnation of the Son of God. When does that happen, exactly? It seems easy enough to answer, but a close look at Scripture yields a more complex picture.

Pantheon and Pandemonium XIII: Asynchronous Q&A Nov 2024 Nov 29, 2024

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In this pre-recorded episode, Fr. Stephen and Fr. Andrew respond to your voicemail, ranging from whether Jesus could get a speeding ticket to why some canonical texts don't actually get read in church. And Fr. Andrew tries to nail down Fr. Stephen's notorious Nietzsche talk.

Israel, I Choose You! Nov 15, 2024

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It’s Election Day on Lord of Spirits! Who is elected? What are they elected to? How is Israel involved in all this?

Fiend Folio Oct 25, 2024

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What if Guardian Angels had an exact opposite—Guardian Devils? Are some of those demons actually the evil dead? Or what about the ones who come for you while you’re asleep?

Modernism 101 Oct 11, 2024

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"Modernism” is anything bad and not Orthodox, right? Or maybe 20th century? It's said the Church has to confront the modern world or finally enter it, but what does that mean? Join Fr. Stephen and Fr. Andrew as they look at this most unhistorical of historical phenomena.

Mutatis Mutandis (100th Episode!) Sep 27, 2024

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Orthodox Christianity is said to be "unchanging." The Synodikon even says it's the faith that established the universe. Yet if you look at Christian worship centuries ago, it’s not exactly the same as Orthodox worship now. And we don’t see it in Gen. 1. So what's going on?