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A Faith that is More Than Thinking and Feeling (Sermon Oct. 12, 2014)

With the coincidence of the commemorations of the Seventh Ecumenical Council and Symeon the New Theologian, Fr. Andrew reflects on how these two feasts together reveal a crucial component of spiritual life.




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Will You Be Left Behind?: The Rapture in Light of Ancient Christianity

Fr. Andrew speaks at Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.




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Healing our Money Problem (Sermon Nov. 16, 2014)

On this feast of the Apostle Matthew the former tax collector, Fr. Andrew discusses how he was healed of his problem with money and how we may be, as well.




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Theophany and Evangelism (Sermon Jan. 4, 2015)

On this Sunday before Theophany, Fr. Andrew speaks of how the feast prepares us to evangelize both ourselves and others.




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Lenten Evangelism #1: The Publican and Pharisee (Sermon Feb. 1, 2015)

On this first Sunday of the Triodion, Fr. Andrew begins his 10-part sermon series on evangelism and the Lenten Triodion, showing how humility is the key to making a good beginning.




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Lenten Evangelism #2: The Prodigal Son (Sermon Feb. 8, 2015)

In the second part of his series on evangelism and Lent, Fr. Andrew shows how the parable of the Prodigal Son is useful for evangelizing both ourselves and others.




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Lenten Evangelism #3: The Last Judgment (Sermon Feb. 15, 2015)

On this Sunday of the Last Judgment, Fr. Andrew continues his series on evangelism by discussing how the Judgment is part of our preaching of the Gospel.




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Lenten Evangelism #4: Forgiveness and the Expulsion from Paradise (Sermon Feb. 22, 2015)

On this Forgiveness Sunday, continuing his series on Lenten evangelism, Fr. Andrew discusses the Expulsion from Paradise as a key element of the Gospel, as well as forgiveness as the path back to Paradise.




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Lenten Evangelism #5: Come and See (Sunday of Orthodoxy) (Sermon Mar. 1, 2015)

On this Sunday of Orthodoxy, Fr. Andrew asks what we really mean when we say 'Come and see' in our evangelism.




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Lenten Evangelism #6: St. Gregory Palamas and the Paralytic (Sermon Mar. 8, 2015)

On this Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas, Fr. Andrew discusses both the saint and the Gospel reading on the healing of the paralytic in terms of evangelism—moving from what is good to what is better.




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Lenten Evangelism #7: The High Priest on the Cross (Sermon Mar. 15, 2015)

On this Sunday of the Adoration of the Cross, Fr. Andrew discusses Christ's sacrificial priesthood and how that integrates into our evangelism of the world.




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Lenten Evangelism #8: Renunciation of the World and Evangelism (Sermon Mar. 22, 2015)

On this Sunday of St. John of the Ladder, Fr. Andrew discusses renunciation of the world as a necessary element of the evangelistic enterprise.




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Lenten Evangelism #9: The Journey of Mary of Egypt to the Cross (Sermon Mar. 29, 2015)

On this Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt, Fr. Andrew discusses how her story and our place in her story relate to Christ's journey to the cross and what this means for our evangelism.




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Lenten Evangelism #10: Palm Sunday and the City of Man (Sermon Apr. 5, 2015)

On this Palm Sunday, Fr. Andrew completes his Lenten series on evangelism with a meditation on our entrance into the City of Man along with our Lord Jesus.




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Thomas Sunday: Death, Resurrection and Daily Life (Sermon Apr. 19, 2015)

On this Thomas Sunday, Fr. Andrew speaks of the pervasiveness of death in human life and how the resurrection undoes its power.




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Taking the Light Ahead: Lessons from Missionary Saints of the Orthodox Church

A talk given at the Orthodox Homeschooling Conference (Apr. 23-26) at the Antiochian Village.




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Why Did God Make Him Blind? (Sermon May 17, 2015)

On this Sunday of the Blind Man, Fr. Andrew discusses how all things are a gift from God meant for salvation—even blindness.




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Not Abolition, But Fulfillment: Reading Everything in the Light of Christ (Sermon July 19, 2015)

On this Sunday of the Fathers, Fr. Andrew discusses Christ's comments on His followers being the light of the world in light of His teaching that He came to fulfill the Law.




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You Bleed Just to Know You're Alive (Sermon Sept. 13, 2015)

On this Sunday before the Elevation of the Cross, Fr. Andrew discusses the 'virtual' worlds we live in and how we seek life in the midst of fakeness.




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What is Orthodox Evangelism?

Fr. Andrew speaks at St. Philip Orthodox Church in Souderton, Pennsylvania.




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The Orthodox Way of Life and the Western Mindset

Fr. Andrew speaks at the clergy conference of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA in South Bound Brook, NJ, on October 21, 2015. The talk addresses the question of how the Orthodox are to encounter the people of the West, especially focusing on the issues of ethnicity in the Orthodox Church and the secular mindset.




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Orthodox Christian Morality in Public:  Reflections on Sexuality and Bioethics

What is a person? Is our culture confused about what a person is? What is morality? What does it mean to be moral? How does sex fit in? What about homosexuality, abortion, euthanasia, stem cell research and assisted suicide? How should we as Orthodox Christians live regarding these matters? How should we talk to our family and friends about them? How should we talk to the wider society about them? Should we engage in political action over them?




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Awake, O Sleeper! Dream Logic and the Spiritual Life (Sermon Nov. 29, 2015)

Fr. Andrew uses St. Paul's language of sin as spiritual sleep to talk about how our lives are distorted in this 'sleep' and what it's like when we 'awake.'




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Rhyming in Scripture: Stephen and the Flight into Egypt (Sermon Dec. 27, 2015)

On this dual feast of the Sunday after the Nativity and the Proto-martyr Stephen, Fr. Andrew draws parallels between the two stories.




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Christianity is Not About Your Spiritual Life (Sermon Jan. 10, 2016)

On this Sunday after Theophany, Fr. Andrew talks about the gift of Christ given at baptism that precludes both pietism and clericalism—Christians are called to be ministers to one another.




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A Failure at Prayer: On the Publican and Pharisee (Sermon Feb. 21, 2016)

On this Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee, Fr. Andrew asks whether it is possible to be a failure at prayer. The answer is yes.




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How Death Unlocks Life (Sermon May 15, 2016)

On this Sunday of the Myrrh-bearers, Fr. Andrew describes how death and other major life transitions present the opportunity to remake our lives, with the loosening up of previously locked relationships and ways of thinking.




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What Did the Resurrection Accomplish? (Sermon May 22, 2016)

On this Sunday of the Paralytic, Fr. Andrew talks about what the resurrection of Jesus did and what we do with that.




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The Blind Man and Lawrence of Arabia (Sermon June 5, 2016)

On the Sunday of the Blind Man, Fr. Andrew marks the 100th anniversary of the Great Arab Revolt and discusses it in terms of spiritual blindness.




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Does Your Life Have a Point? (Sermon July 24, 2016)

In discussing Romans 10:4, Fr. Andrew shows how Christ as the fulfillment of the Law is shown to be the fulfillment of our own stories.




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How Do Christians Survive Times of Political Insanity? (Sermon July 31, 2016)

Reflecting on St. Paul's admonition to 'bless and do not curse,' Fr. Andrew discusses how that applies in our times of heightened political tension.




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Moses and the Stages of Spiritual Life (Sermon Sept. 4, 2016)

With the feast of the Prophet Moses, Fr. Andrew passes on a way of understanding how the stages of spiritual life connect with the prophet's life.




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If You Want to Live, You Have to Die (Sermon Sept. 18, 2016)

On this Sunday after the Elevation of the Cross, Fr. Andrew discusses Gal. 2:20, in which Paul says he's no longer living.




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Children of Abraham or Religious Consumers? (Sermon Dec. 4, 2016)

Discussing the references to being children of Abraham in both the epistle and Gospel for the day, Fr. Andrew contrasts that image with the modern consumerist approach to religion common in American society.




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Heaven is Like Good Company (Sermon Dec. 11, 2016)

Fr. Andrew discusses one image of Heaven—a table of companionship.




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Lent and Priesthood #1: The Priesthood of Humility (Sermon Feb. 5, 2017)

With this first Sunday of the Triodion, Fr. Andrew begins a 10-week sermon series on the priesthood, focusing this Sunday on what is taught by the parable of the Publican and Pharisee.




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Jesus Doesn't Fit Into My Life (Sermon May 21, 2017)

Fr. Andrew discusses the idea of Christianity being an important part of life on this Sunday of the Blind Man.




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Is Faith Like in the Bible Even Possible? (Sermon July 2, 2017)

Using the example of the centurion, who believes that Jesus will heal his servant with just a word, Fr. Andrew asks if that kind of faith is even possible in our own age.




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Holiness How-To: Imitate our Gospel Parents (Sermon Aug. 13, 2017)

Using Paul's exhortation to the Corinthians to imitate him as their father in the Gospel, Fr. Andrew expands this outward to discuss the role of spiritual fathers and mothers in our lives.




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Is Our Giving Worthy of Our Calling? (Nov. 26, 2017)

Connecting both St. Paul's command to 'walk worthy' of the calling we received with the Gospel account of the rich man who asks Jesus about eternal life, Fr. Andrew takes on the question of how we give to God in our churches.




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The Four-Point Spiritual Life (Dec. 31, 2017)

Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick focuses on the four phrases in 2 Tim. 4:5 ('Be watchful in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry') and uses that verse as a summary of what it means to be Christian.




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What Do You Believe In: Reaching for the Transcendent on the Streets of New York

Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick and Steven Christoforou take to the streets of Manhattan and ask people what they believe in. What they hear surprised them and might surprise you, too.




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The Paralysis of Life on the Go (Apr. 29, 2018)

Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick reflects on a major milestone in his own life—finally living in one home for more than 5 1/2 years—and uses that to explore how life on the go can actually be quite paralyzing.




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What Is Your Life, Anyway? (Nov. 17, 2019)

With the parable of the Rich Fool, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick explores where life really comes from and why feeling deep feelings about God is not the same thing as loving Him.




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Morality is the Original Dogma

There are some who say that Christian dogma is unchanging but morality can be revised over time. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick shows from Scripture that the original Apostolic dogmatic statement included moral commands from God and talks about why moral revisionism is anti-Christian.




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Fr. Michael Ellis

Timothy interviews Fr. Michael Ellis, the new North American chaplain of OCF.




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Orthodox Apologetics: Spiritual but Not Religious

Dan and Fr. Brendan discuss exactly what people mean when they say they're "Spiritual but Not Religious," and how to address that without turning into a patronizing nuisance.




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Sacramental Living with Fr. Paul Abernathy

Fr. Paul Abernathy of FOCUS speaks at OCF's College Conference East about what it actually means to lead a sacramental life. He asks what the word "sacrament" even means and shares personal stories from his ministry at FOCUS about the love and mercy of God.




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Come and See the Living Church with Fr. Timothy Hojnicki

Before we begin to talk about the physical buildings, we must first address the living stones. In his keynote address at College Conference East, Fr. Timothy Hojnicki asks what visitors will actually see when they come to an Orthodox parish.




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Taste and See the Living Church with Fr. Timothy Hojnicki

Part 2 of Fr. Timothy's talk at College Conference East addresses what our life in Christ can look like when we participate in the Church and how we can begin the discussion of talking about the Christ and His Church.