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Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations

Do You Actually Know What the Gospel Is? with Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations

The Christian Research Institute

Education, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 809 Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2021

⏱️ 125 minutes

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Summary

​What must I do to be saved? This is a popular question—and an important one—but it is not the gospel. It is a response to the gospel. For many the gospel has often been reduced to a sales pitch of what Jesus can do for you. But, the gospel isn’t about what Jesus can do for you. The gospel is a declaration of what Jesus has done, solving the three biggest problems facing mankind—defeating death, sin and domination by demons. Hank is joined by Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick to discuss what the true content of the gospel is—and how we are to respond. For more information on Fr. Damick’s books, Arise, O God: The Gospel of Christ’s Defeat of Demons, Sin, and Death and Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy: Finding the Way to Christ in a Complicated Religious Landscape , https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-arise-o-god-the-gospel-of-christs-defeat-of-demons-sin-and-death-and-orthodoxy-and-heterodoxy-finding-the-way-to-christ-in-a-complicated-religious-landscape/

What is the gospel? (2:45); the gospel of Caeser (9:00); The Lord’s Prayer as a declaration of the gospel (11:05); the gospel is all about how Jesus solves the three biggest problems facing mankind—death sin and domination by demons (13:25); the reality of demons and the Harrowing of Hades (23:15); is technology inherently evil? (28:05); Jesus is the Messiah—the Old Testament and the New Testament are not two different religions (34:00); how Christ is Risen summarizes the gospel (39:25); why do people often miss the reality of the Resurrection? (42:00); the role of faithfulness in the theology of Salvation (47:30); the positive significance of repentance in the life of a Christian (1:01:15); what must we do to be saved? (1:05:05); why should we believe in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist? (1:11:50); what happens to those who live and die without ever having heard the name of Jesus Christ? (1:24:15); similarities and differences between Orthodox, Protestant and Catholic Christians (1:28:25); what is Grace and why is it so often misinterpreted or misunderstood? (1:31:15); dogma, doctrine and theology (1:35:00); Sola Scriptura and Holy Tradition (1:41:45); Sola Fide and satisfaction theology (1:49:10); understanding faith and works through the lens of faithfulness (1:51:45); the rise of the Nones and the individualization of religious belief in the world today (1:54:00).


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0:00.0

And welcome to another edition of the Hank Unplugged podcast.

0:26.2

We are committed as a mission statement to bringing the most interesting, informative, and inspirational people on the planet directly to your earbuds.

0:35.3

And we're going to do that very thing today. We have the

0:39.2

opportunity to interview on this podcast, the very reverent archpriest, Andrew Stephen Damik.

0:47.4

Father Andrew is the chief content officer of ancient faith ministries, and that means a lot to me personally. When I became

0:56.6

Orthodox, John Antonia Maddox, who founded ancient faith ministries, they came to my chrismation.

1:05.4

And I will never forget that, and I'll always be grateful for their presence that day.

1:13.4

John and Tonya Maddox, by the way, were responsible for Moody's radio operations until he converted to orthodoxy. And as a result of

1:21.5

becoming orthodox has now developed an incredible media outreach through publications and through podcasts and through

1:29.8

broadcasts, and he's making an incredible difference for time and for eternity in that capacity.

1:38.7

But back to Father Andrew, he is well known throughout the English-speaking Orthodox world, not only for his books and podcasts, but also via his documentaries and online videos.

1:52.8

Father Andrew is the author of some very significant books, and we do make them available through the Ministry of the Christian Research Institute.

2:01.2

You can check out these books online at equip.org.

2:06.2

And for those that stand shoulder to shoulder with us in the Battle for Life and Truth,

2:11.2

happy to send a copy to you of either orthodoxy and heterodoxy or arise, O God,

2:18.5

which is going to be something that we're going to focus in on in this particular podcast.

2:25.2

So he is a great author. These are two of his books.

2:28.9

There are many other books that he has written. We'll list them on the web at equip.org.

2:33.5

But with that short introduction, Father

2:36.2

Andrew, I am so delighted to host you today. Thank you very much. It's great to be here.

2:43.0

Let's get into your book, Ariseo God, the Gospel of Christ's Defeat of Demon, Sin, and Death.

2:49.9

I oftentimes think in this regard of what has been said

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