Sons of God, Equal to the Angels

The Lord of Spirits

Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick, Fr. Stephen De Young, and Ancient Faith Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2020

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

Theosis—becoming like God—is perhaps the best-known understanding of salvation in the Orthodox tradition. But what isn't often discussed is what angels have to do with it. Fr. Stephen De Young and Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick discuss how God's divine council is the intended destiny of mankind.

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0:00.0	He will be a staff for the righteous with which for them to stand and not to fall.
0:05.0	And he will be the light of the nations and the hope of those whose hearts are troubled.
0:10.0	All who dwell on the earth will fall down and worship him and they will praise and
0:14.5	bless and celebrate with song the Lord of spirits. First Enoch chapter 48
0:20.0	verses 4 through 5. The modern world doesn't acknowledge but is nevertheless
0:24.9	haunted by spirits, angels, demons, and saints. In our time many yearn to break free of
0:32.0	the prison of a flat secular materialism to see and to
0:36.1	know reality as it truly is. What is this spiritual reality like? How do we engage with it well? How do we permeate everyday life
0:45.1	with spiritual presence? Orthodox Christian priests, Father Andrew Stephen
0:50.0	Damick and Father Stephen DeYoung host this live Colin show focused on enchantment in creation.
0:56.8	The union of the scene and unseen as made by God and experienced by mankind throughout history.
1:03.0	Welcome to the Lord of Spirits.
1:08.0	Good evening everyone and welcome to the Lord of Spirits's podcast. I am Father Andrew Stephen Damick in
1:15.8	Imeas, Pennsylvania and with me from the almost the Gulf Coast is Father Stephen
1:22.1	Young from Lafayette, Louisiana and if you're
1:25.0	listening to us live you can call into this program at 855 AF radio that's
1:30.9	855 237
1:33.0	2346 and we're gonna get to your calls
1:36.5	in the second part of today's show.
1:39.6	So one of the historical movements
1:41.5	that is shaped Christian culture in the West profoundly is the Protestant
1:46.8	Reformation and one of its products was the focus on this question, how am I saved? How am I saved? Now even though this question is the
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