True words as ever Fr. Seraphim

Fascinating lesson. East2West Theology has a lot of good information as well.

Blessings to you as well dear brother i n CHRIST. GLORY TO HIS MIGHTY NAME. I was just judging a friend , exactly as you talked about and repented before the LORD because THE HOLY SPIRIT convicted me during my prayer, and here you are sent by GOD confirming. GOD speaks in a mysterious way. I confirmed this message was directed towards me among many sheep. GOD BLSS YOU.

I struggle constantly with feeling like I'm not following Jesus exactly right. Like He's going to reject me because my theology has cracks and I've ingested too many bones of false doctrine. It's like war of mind and heart. Every time I come to a place of peace, that doubt creeps back in and I have to go back to square one: understanding what true and pure love is and understanding that the process of theosis is different for everyone.

What drives me away from church service is the consumer entertainment culture too many of them cling to. Don't waste my time with schmaltzy praise music and get on with the service. Music is a matter of taste, and I get a stomach ache when I'm forced to listen to a genre I despise. Not the subject matter, but the presentation. Jangly acoustic guitars and wheezing vocals? Ick. I pass.

Could someone be kind enough to tell me when Father Stephen De Young new Kindle book on Apostle Paul is due out? Thanks

May God bless your Fr. Seraphim!

I just ordered fr. Steven de Young's Apocrypha book,🎉

Like every time, excellent and educational podcast Thanks for this.

Is there anywhere that Fr. Stephen has written or made a video/podcast about his movement from the Reformed Tradition to the Orthodox Church?

Thank you from the bottom of my broken heart and crushed spirit for this video that was recommended at the darkest time of my whole sinner life.

Dude this is such an awesome episode it’s insane

Inquirer here. Love your pod! Reading your book Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy (Fr. Andrew) and ordering The Religion of Apostles (Fr. Stephen).

This was good actually needed this

James 4:8 Draw near to God he will draw near to you, resist the devil he will flee. Amen Father Thank you

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non of these videos ever really mention with what books to start, how to actually enter christianity and they never quite clearly describe what exact changes a person goes through when they feel god for the first time, they never mention any indication wich leads man deeper into christianity.

Plato's rolling head story seemed a pretty good allegory for how useless the head is without the body. My own head, operating alome, DOES get stuck in ruts, and sometimes the only possible answer is stand up and go outside. I wonder, do the Fathers have any thoughts on Schrödinger's views on what life is in "What Is Life?" He describes an ordering force, responsible for keeping entropy at bay. I think he thought that was something, not somebody, but it's an ordering principle.

Its this version of "Christianity" that puts people off.. it resembles the Pharisees more than Jesus.

Let no one be so foolish as to take these innovators at their word. They all want Female ordination to the priesthood.

I thought it was faith and not works? Just being the devil's advocate. There are certain things that we have to do to show our faith in Christ

Χριστος Ανεστη Love your talks quoting the Fathers. Our faith is the most precious thing on earth. God Bless. Δημήτρης

Amen.

The one thing that concerns me the most from Jordan is he always says as a derogatory/blasphemous/curse word, Jesus Christ a lot a catholic/Christian wouldn’t blaspheme that way

We don't find Christ, He finds us

To be successfull in the material world you need to be motivated by monetary wealth. If Jesus then suddenly appears in your life, your priorities change drastically.

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Peterson has an "Orthodox" worldview (in a Jungian way) for sure, but can he make the leap from reason to faith? I pray he can. Pageau via Peterson is how I found Orthodoxy some years back. As a convert, I'm thankful for Peterson's online voice.

Hmm 🤔

0:01 The World and spirits 1:17 Welcome to Episode 4 Fr Andrew Stephen Damick Fr Stephen De Young 3:27 Theosis, Partaking of The Divine Nature. 5:27 The Elevator Speech way of talking about Theosis “Theos” means God 5:59 How am I Saved? • A Person has a problem • That problem has to be fixed (healed) (other words similar to fixed) 7:59 Justice, Righteousness, Becoming Like God. 11:11 Cultural Individualism. 13:35 The Purpose for which Human Beings were created. 14:42 Fr Stephen De Young is a Biblical Scholar [P.H.D]

My only problem on being a new orthodox, is dealing with prostestants online and stopping myself from laying waste to them because its wrong to do that...but man i could choke some fools....(sigh) Jesus forgive me for being a sinner. Saint Clement prays a lot for me.😮😂😂😂

4:36 let the man talk and stop interrupting when interviewing a guest.

'To read church history is to cease to be a Protestant.' I'm still inquiring, but this is exactly my experience.

Can you post the link to Mother Devora’s webinar talk? Forgive me if I’ve gotten her name wrong..thank you! I’ve purchased the book and eagerly await its arrival. I’m looking for someone Orthodox to possibly help me with my book “Confessions of a Controlaholic: Chasing Healing.”

Thank you Father Philip. Very uplifting message.

It is amazing the journey some of us take through the different denominations. I was baptized in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church but also attended a Southern Baptist school when I was a child which influenced me a lot. As a teenager I often visited Southern Baptist churches. I joined the Church of Christ as a young adult. I then returned back to the Baptist faith, then the Presbyterian PCA, and finally became a Lutheran LCMS. I am still there but I have begun visiting an Orthodox church. I keep thinking I have found the truth, then God shows me more!

1:18 Welcome 🙏🏼

Dr. forgive me, I’m in a horrible divorce. Should I be trying to save my kids with all the terrible, but true things my wife has done? Should I be trying to do whatever I can to buy her out of the house to raise my kids? Or should I just walk away and worship Christ; willing to lose them to save my soul? A great deal of my situation stems from converting to Orthodox. My situation seems contradictory to commandments since the outcome would be a wealthier position, but I could stably raise my kids in the church (who are not baptized). Many dark forces are at work against me with my wife. (I will spare details to preserve others of these sins) thank you for your lecture this evening. Many blessings. Truly He is Risen!

Why do you pray to /thru Blessed Virgin Mary??? We're only to pray to God The Father, in the name Jesus Christ. Living people of church body are the Saints⛪

Father forgive me, I’m in a horrible divorce. Should I be trying to save my kids with all the terrible, but true things my wife has done? Should I be trying to do whatever I can to buy her out of the house to raise my kids? Or should I just walk away and worship Christ? My situation seems contradictory to commandments since the outcome would be a wealthier position, but I could stably raise my kids in the church (who are no baptized). Many dark forces are at work against me with my wife. (I will spare details to preserve others of these sins)

The Hamburgerler is probably on a religious quest. He is, after all, stealing back what must be the heads of his relatives. He may be building an ossuary, which will work because those burgers don't corrupt.

0:01 Holiness, Healing. ❤️‍🩹 1:01 The Problem is with Us. 1:40 Home 🏠 Family 🫂 2:10 Imitate The Life of The Apostles. 2:46 Ancient Faith Radio 📻 2:56 Lord of Spirits intro, 1st Enoch Ch 48, verses 4-5. 4:03 “Welcome back to the World of Spirits Podcast.” 4:47 gods: angels, demons, dead humans. 5:23 The Divine Council 5:57 All-Saints Icon 6:56 Fr Stephen De Young. 9:11 Divine Father, Divine Son, Cananites: El and Bael Babylonians: Ayah and Marduk Greeks: Kronos and Zeus. 9:54 Israelites: YHWH “Most High God” over other divine beings” 10:54 Succession Story. 11:44 YHWH the father, YHWH the son, and no succession. 12:20 the council of gods. 13:25 Earthly King, family government. 13:58 Sons of god 14:43 Begotteness 16:06 Luke 20:36 16:41 Christ’s Throne. 17:33 The Mountain of Assembly. ⛰️ 18:24 Mount Olympus. 19:24 Mt. Sinai, Mt. Zion, Mt. Tabor. God Surrounded by an Angelic Counsel. 20:16 _The Ten Commandments_ movie by Charlton Heston. Incorrect depiction: fire burning words into stones. 21:02 Surrounded by The Heavenly Hosts. 23:19 The Person who Moses saw was YHWH The Son, Jesus Christ. 24:08 Reading the text, Hearing the text, those people understood it from the text. 25:21 Isaiah 14:13 25:53 Rebellion. Judgement. “Nevertheless like men you shall fall.” 26:13 Psalm 82/81 27:39 Psalm 89, verses 5-7 29:58 Psalm 1. “Blessed is The Man…” 30:58 1st Kings 22 31:44 Who will entice Him? 32:20 YHWH has declared disaster for you. 33:30 God sends Micaiah The Prophet to Ahab in order to warn Ahab. 34:32 St Gregory The Diologist aka Gregory The Great. 36:24 _Toolkit for Spiritual Growth_ by Fr. Evan Armitas. 40:20 Saint Dionysius the Arioppagite 41:36 Angels don’t reproduce. 42:00 Angel beings are sort of cosmic intelligences. 42:26 Ranks are Jobs. Angel means Messenger. *Episode 2 Caller - Ashley* 43:35 45:45 Christ approaches, The Demon cries out, because The Demon knows who Christ Is. 48:35 Demonic Spirits are Big Liars. 49:35 Troparion of The Nativity. *The Ranks of Angels* 49:57 Seraphim and Cherubim. Depicted like animals. 51:02 Cheru/Keru = Living Creature. 51:55 Griffons. Associated with Royalty. Throne Guardians. 52:38 God Enthroned on The Cherubim. 54:28 Seraphim are Throne Guardians, related to Egyptian Serpants. 🐍 55:35 Looking at the same reality. 56:38 King Tut’s Tomb, Cobra 🐍 Seraph protects The King. 👑 57:44 Ezekial and The Wheel, Throne. The merkabah, the chariot, mobile, moving in all directions. 59:46 Dominions: angels in charge of judging, restraining other powers. 1:01:48 Virtues: The Spirits who preside over The Sun, The Moon, The Stars, The Four Winds. 1:05:15 Rosh’Hashana, to the angels with the sound of the trumpet blast. 1:06:08 Powers and Principalities: Sheparding, Guiding. Assigned to nations, tribes, peoples. 1:07:33 Archangels, 7, 3 Michael, Gabriel, Raphael. Uriel. 1:10:01 Seven Archangels Not from The Rank of Archangels. 1:11:20 Special ArchAngels fulfilling many roles. 1:12:38 Angels = Messengers 1:13:40 Different Ranks does not mean Different Species of Angels. Rankings differ amongst angels, but they are all angels. 1:16:30 Higher Rank, Higher Participation in The Glory of God. 1:18:48 Ecclesiastical Bishops. 1:19:52 Mother Alexandra ☦️ of Blessed Memory _The Holy Angels_ 1:22:03 Other cultures gods are genetically related to each other. *About Demons* 1:24:13 1:25:02 gods, divine beings, in rebellion. Not desiring to serve God. 1:25:54 John Milton. Puritanism, Protestant narrative battle in heaven. 1:27:53 The Devil Fell Through Envy. 1:29:19 Failing to Fulfill the role to be a certain thing. 1:30:25 Failing, shirking what we’re supposed to be doing. 1:31:57 The Damage that is done when we fail to do what we are supposed to do. 1:35:04 The Swine, The Abyss. 1:35:48 Martin from Pennsylvania asks about Paranormal Experiences. 1:36:57 “We encounter spirits all the time.” 1:38:45 The Tail-end of Christendom. 1:39:57 People are dabbling in spiritual works, but many are opening themselves to demons instead of Christ. 1:41:27 Ouigi Board spiritual demons. 1:42:02 The Horrible Tragedy of taking one’s own life. 1:43:23 Struggling. ☦️ but without anxiety. 1:44:25 Until Next Time. 1:44:47 The Orthodox Church gives us healthy, good ways to open ourselves to The Positive Side, The God Side.

0:01 _Dawn's Gentle Light_ by Renee Riva 4:35 Welcome. 5:43 Father Stephen De Young, pastor at Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church in Lafayette, Louisiana. 6:03 Father Andrew Damick and Stephen De Young are different people. 7:18 Father Andrew Stephen Damick works full-time for Ancient Faith Ministry as their chief content officer, a position he started 5 to 6 weeks ago. 7:44 Both Fr Damick and Fr De Young have been the assistant pastor of St. George Orthodox Cathedral in Charleston, West Virginia. 9:25 Fr Stephen De Young is a Biblical Scholar. He has a Doctorate PH.D. In Biblical Studies. 10:08 Fr Damick is more practical and more professional as a broadcaster, Fr Stephen De Young is more deeply studied in Biblical Studies. 11:21 In a Learning Process together. 11:47 12:07 Spiritual Geography 12:35 A Belief in Orthodox Tradition: St John The Baptist goes to Hades to preach. 13:42 *"Unless you're oriented to paying attention to it, you're probably just going to skip over it."* 14:38 It's important to lay this out at the beginning. 15:06 (It is preserved in the Church, we come to see these connections with experience and help from others.) *Laying The Foundation* 18:28 The Lord of Spirits Podcast goes live Twice a month, on the 2nd and 4th Thursday's of the month. *Materialism* 19:08 Materialism is basically the belief that only matter and energy exist and math and science can explain everything is just bouncing particles. *Immaterial* 20:30 We believe there is an Immaterial Reality. *Being a Materialist not on purpose but by habit* 21:11 Modern Christians are Materialists "Not on purpose, but by habit." 21:32 Ex. Eating pizza and hot wings. Your body lets you know it wasn't right to do that. 22:22 Most of us are materialists by habit. 23:10 Medicine and Prayer. 24:57 How to alter your habits so that you are more human. 25:23 Atheist and Christian worldview switching. [brackets] 27:17 "I just believe in 1 God less than you do." 28:08 The Pandemic. 29:10 The Union of The Seen and The Unseen. 29:54 Fr Stephen De Young has done an Exorcism on a house before. *Lord of Spirits, why is this podcast named Lord of Spirits?* 30:20 31:05 Lord of Spirits is one of several titles ascribed to God in the Enochic Literature. 31:36 It is a title for God that describes his relationship to The Heavenly Hosts. 32:12 The Parallel Title is "Lord of Sabaoth." Lord of Hosts. 33:25 "Holy Holy Holy Lord of Sabaoth, Heaven and Earth are Full of Thy Glory." 34:10 O'Lord of Hosts Be With Us. *The many ways the word **_gods_** is used in the Bible* 35:49 37:41 We're now back. 38:07 Thank you to Stephen Christopher for doing voicework for this podcast. 39:21 The Reality is that there is just some things that are in The Scriptures. 40:29 The Atheist has no qualms about bringing up uncomfortable stuff. 41:26 That's why we are talking about these things. 42:12 Ex. Psalm 82/81 in The Greek Septuigent. "God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods..." 43:56 Ex. Psalm 89/88, "Let the Heavens praise your wonder, O YHWH... who among the sons of God is like YHWH?" 44:59 "O'Lord God of Hosts, who is like You?" 46:00 Exodus 18:11 God Judges The gods of Egypt. 47:10 "They notice that there is lightning in the sky." - says the Atheist. 48:02 God of gods and Lord of lords. 48:41 The Great King above all gods. 49:17 The Fathers "Theos" He Is God, it has to do with His Dominion and His Rule and His Power. 50:22 Spiritual Beings are called gods, little/lowercase g. 51:37 The Fathers talk about Theosis. 52:08 Words, what they mean, how they are used (important). 52:38 Elohim is used to refer to any Spiritual Being. 53:15 1st Samuel/1st Kingdoms, King Saul consults with a witch, asks her to summon up the Spirit of Samuel. The witch starts freaking out, "I see a god coming up out of the earth." *The Controversial Exodus 21:1-6* 54:46 Someone working in indentured servitude wants to stay in their indentured servitude. There was a ritual for this person. 56:12 Exodus 21:5-6. "he will bring them to the gods." 57:16 The Greek says "bring him before the court of God." the counsel of God. 58:21 Referring to Departed Family Members. Take them to the Doorpost. 59:16 3 kinds of beings are described as gods: 1. Angels, 2. Demons [Rebelling Angels], and 3. Dead People. 1:00:15 6-Year Old John Cassian wants to know if Angels can die due to Demons attacks. Good Angels cannot be killed because they don't have mortal bodies. 1:01:29 Evil Angels cannot kill Good Angels, however, Evil Angels can die. 1:01:58 Physical Death = What happens to humans, when a dead human's spirit is separated from the dead human's body. 1:02:45 Death does NOT mean "Non-existence" for us as Orthodox Christians. 1:03:28 A moment of technical difficulties, and they go to break. 1:04:14 _The Shield of Psalmic Prayer_ by Donald Sheehan, Poetic and Personal Journaling, approved of by Stephen Freeman. *Taking Calls* 1:06:04 Aidan From Illinois asks... 1:06:37 Daniel... *The Corinthians* 1:07:03 Stasia in Georgia asks about 1st Corinthians 11. 1:08:07 Why should a woman have her head covered? 1:09:17 Saint Paul is addressing former-pagan, now Christians, in Corinth, to fully separate from their pagan way of life. "That seems obvious to us but it wasn't obvious to a Pagan in Corinth in the 1st-century." *The Paradigmatic Sins of Idolatry and Sexual Immorality* 1:10:25 2 Paradigmatic Sins: Idolatry and Sexual Immorality, the worst is to mix those two together. 1:11:12 A Woman needs to be practicing modesty not just for other people, but because immorality in that way opens the door to all sorts of evils. *Mt. Herman* 1:13:08 Gareth from Louisiana asks about Mt. Herman. The site of The Transfiguration of Christ. 1:14:23 1:15:33 Mt. Herman is on the border of the Golan Heights. A Mountain seen to be the home of the gods. Natural Geographic Features, springs, caves, were the first temples for Pagans. A Shrine to Bael, a Shrine to Paneus, a Shrine to Baneus. 1:16:53 the underworld. 1:17:36 Transfiguration, Christ and Moses and Elijah being atop it. "The Gates of Hell will not prevail against it." 1:18:38 The Spiritual World overlaps with The Physical World. 1:18:58 Michael from Arkansas asks about Polytheism vs Monotheism 1:20:01 Christians are Monotheists, not Polytheists. 1:20:47 Polytheism vs Monotheism was a later notion. The Bible doesn't teach there is only one god, just that there is only One God we Worship. 1:22:17 A Pagan god is a Fallen Angel (a Demon). 1:22:54 There are many gods, but we are only to worship The God. 1:23:39 Monos and Theos are both Greek Words. Polytheos refers to Pagans but not Monotheos. They expressed it as Monarchia. 1:24:22 The Evolutionary Taxonomy View of Religion. 19th Century German Liberal Protestantism. 1:25:24 Some Universities teach that Christianity evolved from Polytheism to Monotheism. 1:26:52 The Plural form of gods is more common in The Dead Sea Scrolls than in The Old Testament. *What do we mean when we say One True God?* 1:27:29 God is The One True God, He Holds All Authority Power and Dominion. 1:28:29 True God. 1:28:57 Raphael about Guardian Angels. 1:29:37 "How can I deepen my relationship with my Guardian Angel?" 1:30:27 How do you interact more with your angel? 1:31:07 "O'Guardian of My Soul and Body" Guard my soul, guard my family, guard my community. 1:32:56 Help Me Today. BE with me. 1:34:25 St. Raphael of Brooklyn. They are assigned to you. 1:35:08 Frank Peretti mentioned. 1:35:58 The angels bring prayers from us to God and messages from God to us. 1:36:53 Thank you for bearing with us in this 1st episode of The Lord of Spirits Podcast.

Thank you for the encouragement, Father.

CHRIST HAS WON AND THE DEVIL HAS ALREADY LOST.

One of my greatest disappointments when joining orthodoxy two years ago was the morals were definitely lower amongst the society than I was used to in my former religion. . I knew the religion was true but the standards of marriage and dating were embarrassing. Most people had no idea premarital relations were even wrong. One woman even told me that I was prudish and judgmental to teach chastity to my kids . Another told me she only has relations with her boyfriend on non fast days. I almost left the religion over it. But now I have to put my head down and endure for truth. I wondered how the true religion of orthodoxy could produce people that were so strict with tradition but not these huge morals . Thank you for addressing this issue for me at least. I don’t want to lose my soul over being judgmental about it either. It is the true faith still.

Baloney, madam. You ignored and failed to quote other early Church fathers who affirmed the very thing you deny. As one example among many is St. Irenaeus of Lyons who was a disciple of Polycarp, who was himself a disiple of the Apostle St. John the Evangelist. In addition, Jesus quotes from Isaiah 22: 15-25 at Matthew 16:18-19. That passage from Isaiah is about the institution of the Prime Minister to the Davidic king. Jesus is making St. Peter his Eliakim with full deputed authority to "bind" and "loose" in His name.

Thank You Father

Since my lifetime confession it's been a endless assault by demonic forces . Nobody can understand unless they experience it. Lord have mercy

Good! Maybe time to be a bit more legalistic...?