The Lord of Spirits Quotes

“Repentance is an existential change that helps one become more like God,”
― Andrew Stephen Damick, The Lord of Spirits: An Orthodox Christian Framework for the Unseen World and Spiritual Warfare

“Even if he or she does not consciously worship demons, every sinful thing a person does puts him or her into union with demonic forces. Likewise, whenever he or she does a work that belongs to God—not just “good deeds” or “religious acts” like prayer or fasting but every creative act of beauty, order, love, humility, kindness, and justice—it puts him or her into union with God. Every good thing we do is a pledge or renewal of allegiance to Yahweh our God. We may therefore understand the life of Christian faithfulness as an extended exorcism, banishing away all that is evil and uniting us with all that is good.”
― Andrew Stephen Damick, The Lord of Spirits: An Orthodox Christian Framework for the Unseen World and Spiritual Warfare

“Justin Martyr in the second century makes this same argument, saying that these truths come via the prophets: For Moses is more ancient than all the Greek writers. And whatever both philosophers and poets have said concerning the immortality of the soul, or punishments after death, or contemplation of things heavenly, or doctrines of the like kind, they have received such suggestions from the prophets as have enabled them to understand and interpret these things. And hence there seem to be seeds of truth [spermatikos logos] among all men; but they are charged with not accurately understanding [the truth] when they assert contradictories.”
― Andrew Stephen Damick, The Lord of Spirits: An Orthodox Christian Framework for the Unseen World and Spiritual Warfare

“More often, belief falls away after participation falls away, showing that conviction flows from conditioning.”
― Andrew Stephen Damick, The Lord of Spirits: An Orthodox Christian Framework for the Unseen World and Spiritual Warfare