Lord of Spirits - A Land of Giants [Ep. 7]

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Lord of Spirits from November 26, 2020. There are giants in the Bible. Many Christians have tried to explain them away, ignore them, or treat them as mere metaphors. But the Orthodox Church takes giants seriously. Join Fr. Stephen De Young and Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick as they venture into the ancient Land of Giants and discuss why the Book of Joshua is probably not what you thought it was.

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Lord of Spirits - A Land of Giants [Ep. 7]

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All Comments (21)
  • @G.TheGreek79
    All Glory to God for allowing me to find this podcast, and this episode specifically!!! This was an absolutely gem of an episode!! Thank you so much Fathers for all the hard work that you put into teaching the faithful! May The Lord shine His face brightly upon you and your families now & always!☦️
  • @easymentality
    About my 7th listen through of this video, I finally stopped being entirely stupid, and started taking notes. Easily my favorite episode so far. 👌
  • @atmalewis1768
    I've learned so much about the history of Abraham's decendents. The Golan Heights are the area of Bashan and the demonic Baal worshipers, NOW I understand a lot more about the fighting going on there.
  • @zita-lein
    Probably my fifth time through this one. So much here. Well done! ❤️💙
  • @jimhellenic9643
    Yes, that verse from Macabees where it says that the Spartans and the Hebrews we’re descendants of Abraham had always confused me.
  • @JohnGojcaj
    This makes all the slaughter make sense
  • @rigavitch
    Thank you for this episode. Thoroughly enjoyed every second. Rivetting 3 hours but can't get my head around how much was so right and how much was ignored. There is a lot of archeological evidence for physically large giants etc...
  • @profeh3346
    The wiping out of giant (thug) clans makes me think of Israel taking out Hana’s; Bukele’s war on gangs.
  • @johndale1694
    I know that feeling When you nail it Awesome podcast 😊 Smile 👍
  • @europos4541
    Great, thank you - any idea what specific Egyptian and Ugaritic ritual texts are referred to here?
  • @johndale1694
    The grace of the lord Jesus Christ Be with all the saints Amen Come lord Jesus
  • @GuitarTunings33
    When the Israelites were scouting out the Nephilim Canaanites and came back with news about their being giant's, and the Israelites were as grasshoppers: this is presumably the general population they were seeing, they could see all these people were specifically born from some god king ritual and were all tyrants, and does grasshoppers refer to something other than size?
  • @stuckmannen3876
    The modern use of 'nation' is not right. A nation cannot be reduced to only dna... ALLTHOUGH the right old understanding of 'a nation' does include a heritage by blood; so race is not "nothing" and tribes and nations do historically share a common heritage. The exception does not disprove the rule. 10 or 20 prosent of a nation beeing mixed does not negate the fact that that pertucular nation has a common heritage. Cats have 4 legs, some cats have 3 legs. But the statement "cats have 3 legs" is clearly wrong.
  • @paulkelly2701
    So might we say that the spiritual descendants of Aleister Crowley and Anton LeVey and Madame Blavatski are 'giants' in the sense this episode discusses?
  • So how tall where Giants? The Giant Spirits i know Fr. Stephen stared were 15 ft. Tall, but where humans very tall?
  • @annchovey2089
    How did someone come up with Sons of God and women producing Nephilim if according to Genesis, the Nephilim were already amongst us before the Sons of God came down?
  • @Jim-Mc
    So are Europeans descendants of giants ? There's a lot here to suggest it.
  • At 1:31:59 I was alarmed to hear an instance of the worrying argument for killing prospective enemies before they are able to do harm, even before they are able to desire it. Murder is presented as merciful because the victims might come to a worse end, and is considered comparable to an early death by natural causes. Did I misunderstand what was said? If, as Fr. says, the purpose of life is repentance, does he believe killing a prospective sinner causes the completion of repentance? Is it our place to do that? I hope there is a better way to reconcile the biblical account with the modern conscience; this one is not sufficient.