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A podcast about the encounter of historic Christianity with other religious traditions.

Fr. Andrew Damick, Michael Landsman, and Ancient Faith Radio


    • Jun 3, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 41m AVG DURATION
    • 241 EPISODES

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    The Areopagus podcast is a gem among post-pandemic podcasts, offering a refreshing and unique perspective on Christian traditions. Unlike many other shows, this podcast embraces diversity and showcases the friendship between hosts Fr. Andrew and Pastor Mike, who engage in banter-filled discussions that are both fun and thought-provoking. The topics discussed vary widely, providing depth and value to listeners of all backgrounds. With its great content and regular release schedule, this podcast is definitely worth a listen.

    One of the best aspects of The Areopagus podcast is its ability to foster dialogue between different Christian traditions. Fr. Andrew and Pastor Mike offer pastoral wisdom and theological concepts while maintaining a humorous tone filled with nerdy references. The guests on the show are also interesting, providing insight into Christian experiences outside of Orthodoxy for those who may be less familiar with other traditions. Whether you are Orthodox or not, there is something for everyone open to being exposed to different Christian perspectives.

    The worst aspect of this podcast may be subjective, but some listeners may find the banter at the beginning a little impatiently long before getting into the meatier discussions. However, once you get past that initial stage, you will find yourself engrossed in meaningful conversations that tackle important topics with reverence and respect.

    In conclusion, The Areopagus is currently one of the best podcasts available. It offers meaningful discussions that challenge listeners' beliefs while deepening their faith. Fr. Andrew and Pastor Mike maintain an authentic rapport with each other and their guests, demonstrating how denominations can reach out to one another despite doctrinal differences. The podcast succeeds at providing both engaging content and valuable insights into various aspects of Christianity.



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    Latest episodes from The Areopagus

    'Awkward' Saturday?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025


    What's the deal with Holy Saturday? Is it a time of doubt and awkward waiting? The Areopagites reference a Christianity Today article about Holy Saturday to talk about what's going on and how disconnection from tradition and scripture lead to psychologizing Biblical texts.

    Load-Bearing Myths

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025


    What myths are holding up the roofs of society? Our sense of religiosity? What happens when those pillars get knocked out and the roof caves in? The Areopagites discuss all this and give some updates of their last few months' adventures.

    That Time of Year Thou Mayst in Me Behold

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024


    The Areopagites take a look back on their 2024, giving lightning reviews of (among other things) books they've read, movies they've seen, places they've been, and songs that are tugging at their hearts.

    Postmodern Idolatries

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024


    What hath Taylor Swift to do with Ganesh and the two-party American political system? The Areopagites take on some (metaphorical) idolatries of our time -- political, ecclesial, and cultural.

    Have We Been Misreading St. Paul?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024


    The Areopagites welcome Fr. Stephen De Young to talk about the foundations of the Reformation in a now centuries-old misreading of St. Paul and how his new book 'Saint Paul the Pharisee' aims to bring us back to the apostle's original context. Get the book here: https://store.ancientfaith.com/saint-paul-the-pharisee-jewish-apostle-to-all-nations/

    ...And We're Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024


    A lot has happened since our last episode, and we're going to tell you all of it. Okay, some of it. But it will be the good stuff.

    No Creed but the Bible?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2024


    Richard Rohlin joins the Areopagites again to talk about the remarkable news that Southern Baptists are considering adopting the Nicene Creed. How can that even be possible within Baptist history and tradition? Richard takes us on a whirlwind tour of the Baptist tradition, including the infamous Trail of Blood.

    No Creed but the Bible?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2024


    Richard Rohlin joins the Areopagites again to talk about the remarkable news that Southern Baptists are considering adopting the Nicene Creed. How can that even be possible within Baptist history and tradition? Richard takes us on a whirlwind tour of the Baptist tradition, including the infamous Trail of Blood.

    Visions of Beauty

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2024


    The Areopagites welcome Fr. Brandon LeTourneau, an Anglican priest at a parish in California, to talk about the role of beauty in worship: What does beauty accomplish? Is it a hindrance or aid? How does one beautify worship spaces with the resources one has on hand? What is the specific character of the beauty of Christian art?

    Visions of Beauty

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2024


    The Areopagites welcome Fr. Brandon LeTourneau, an Anglican priest at a parish in California, to talk about the role of beauty in worship: What does beauty accomplish? Is it a hindrance or aid? How does one beautify worship spaces with the resources one has on hand? What is the specific character of the beauty of Christian art?

    Conversion without Convincing

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2024


    How are people meeting Christ? What part can apologetics play? Is it always necessary? Is a non-intellectual conversion an honest one? The Areopagites are once again joined by Richard Rohlin, and together they wrestle with these questions and more.

    Conversion without Convincing

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2024


    How are people meeting Christ? What part can apologetics play? Is it always necessary? Is a non-intellectual conversion an honest one? The Areopagites are once again joined by Richard Rohlin, and together they wrestle with these questions and more.

    Appropriating Spiritual Discipline

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2024


    The Areopagites talk about Lenten devotional practices, especially focusing on non-liturgical traditions that adopt practices from liturgical traditions. How does that work, and how does it transform those practices when they are re-contextualized?

    Appropriating Spiritual Discipline

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2024


    The Areopagites talk about Lenten devotional practices, especially focusing on non-liturgical traditions that adopt practices from liturgical traditions. How does that work, and how does it transform those practices when they are re-contextualized?

    A Perilous Jenkins

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024


    Dr. Cyril Gary Jenkins makes his triumphant return to the Areopagus, and this time he's got a book. The Areopagites chat with him about his newly-published “A Perilous Realm: Confronting Dragons, Angels, and Saints in the Ordering of the Soul.”

    A Perilous Jenkins

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024


    Dr. Cyril Gary Jenkins makes his triumphant return to the Areopagus, and this time he's got a book. The Areopagites chat with him about his newly-published “A Perilous Realm: Confronting Dragons, Angels, and Saints in the Ordering of the Soul.”

    A Perilous Jenkins

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024 121:52


    Dr. Cyril Gary Jenkins makes his triumphant return to the Areopagus, and this time he's got a book. The Areopagites chat with him about his newly-published “A Perilous Realm: Confronting Dragons, Angels, and Saints in the Ordering of the Soul.”

    It's Been a Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023 121:35


    The Areopagites do their year-in-review episode, discussing things they've accomplished, books they've read, places they've been, people they've lost and things they've learned.

    It's Been a Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023


    The Areopagites do their year-in-review episode, discussing things they've accomplished, books they've read, places they've been, people they've lost and things they've learned.

    It's Been a Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023


    The Areopagites do their year-in-review episode, discussing things they've accomplished, books they've read, places they've been, people they've lost and things they've learned.

    An Areopagitic Miscellany

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2023


    The Areopagites take email and voice questions from listeners, discussing issues such as whether social media is worth using, how to talk to Evangelical friends about Orthodox services, the true nature of schism, and the rotating Guamanian pope statue.

    An Areopagitic Miscellany

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2023


    The Areopagites take email and voice questions from listeners, discussing issues such as whether social media is worth using, how to talk to Evangelical friends about Orthodox services, the true nature of schism, and the rotating Guamanian pope statue.

    An Areopagitic Miscellany

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2023 124:36


    The Areopagites take email and voice questions from listeners, discussing issues such as whether social media is worth using, how to talk to Evangelical friends about Orthodox services, the true nature of schism, and the rotating Guamanian pope statue.

    An Evangelical on the Camino

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2023


    Podcaster and musician Jim Lovelady of Serge (formerly World Harvest Mission) joins the Areopagites to talk about his pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain as well as the work he does with missionaries and pastors.

    An Evangelical on the Camino

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2023


    Podcaster and musician Jim Lovelady of Serge (formerly World Harvest Mission) joins the Areopagites to talk about his pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain as well as the work he does with missionaries and pastors.

    An Evangelical on the Camino

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2023 126:59


    Podcaster and musician Jim Lovelady of Serge (formerly World Harvest Mission) joins the Areopagites to talk about his pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain as well as the work he does with missionaries and pastors.

    Death and Pilgrimage

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2023 121:46


    Fr. Andrew and Pastor Mike talk about their two very different experiences this summer as Fr. Andrew details his return to Lithuania and Pastor Mike walks through his father's passing.

    Death and Pilgrimage

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2023


    Fr. Andrew and Pastor Mike talk about their two very different experiences this summer as Fr. Andrew details his return to Lithuania and Pastor Mike walks through his father's passing.

    Death and Pilgrimage

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2023


    Fr. Andrew and Pastor Mike talk about their two very different experiences this summer as Fr. Andrew details his return to Lithuania and Pastor Mike walks through his father's passing.

    Into All the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2023


    The Areopagites welcome Fr. Christopher Rowe, the Assistant Director of Development for the Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC), talking about the foreign missionary work of the Orthodox Church as well as Christian mission in general – why, how, and how not to do foreign and local evangelism.

    Into All the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2023


    The Areopagites welcome Fr. Christopher Rowe, the Assistant Director of Development for the Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC), talking about the foreign missionary work of the Orthodox Church as well as Christian mission in general – why, how, and how not to do foreign and local evangelism.

    Into All the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2023 98:59


    The Areopagites welcome Fr. Christopher Rowe, the Assistant Director of Development for the Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC), talking about the foreign missionary work of the Orthodox Church as well as Christian mission in general – why, how, and how not to do foreign and local evangelism.

    The Pan-Heresy of Ecumenism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2023 132:11


    Discussing the confusing, conflicting definitions in play for “ecumenism,” the Areopagites talk about ecumenical history, what the Church Fathers say about relations with other Christians, and finally reveal their own true feelings about the Pan-Heresy of Ecumenism.

    The Pan-Heresy of Ecumenism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2023


    Discussing the confusing, conflicting definitions in play for “ecumenism,” the Areopagites talk about ecumenical history, what the Church Fathers say about relations with other Christians, and finally reveal their own true feelings about the Pan-Heresy of Ecumenism.

    The Pan-Heresy of Ecumenism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2023


    Discussing the confusing, conflicting definitions in play for “ecumenism,” the Areopagites talk about ecumenical history, what the Church Fathers say about relations with other Christians, and finally reveal their own true feelings about the Pan-Heresy of Ecumenism.

    Thrones

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023


    The Areopagites talk about the good side of church leadership, basing their discussion on the enthronement speech of Metropolitan Saba, the new leader of the North American Antiochian Archdiocese. Jack Chick and Joel Osteen also make appearances.

    Thrones

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023


    The Areopagites talk about the good side of church leadership, basing their discussion on the enthronement speech of Metropolitan Saba, the new leader of the North American Antiochian Archdiocese. Jack Chick and Joel Osteen also make appearances.

    Thrones

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023 87:23


    The Areopagites talk about the good side of church leadership, basing their discussion on the enthronement speech of Metropolitan Saba, the new leader of the North American Antiochian Archdiocese. Jack Chick and Joel Osteen also make appearances.

    Paschal Problematizing

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023


    The Areopagites greet each other (and you) with the resurrection of Christ and then delight in commenting on incoherent and heretical takes on the feast.

    Paschal Problematizing

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023


    The Areopagites greet each other (and you) with the resurrection of Christ and then delight in commenting on incoherent and heretical takes on the feast.

    Paschal Problematizing

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023 70:47


    The Areopagites greet each other (and you) with the resurrection of Christ and then delight in commenting on incoherent and heretical takes on the feast.

    Asbury: Revival, Repentance and the Real

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2023


    In February 2023, tens of thousands participated in a religious revival at Asbury University in Kentucky. What is the context of the Asbury revival? How can people outside the Wesleyan/Methodist tradition understand the Asbury revival? Can revival outside our boundaries even be a real thing? The Areopagites welcome Fr. Symeon Kees, an Orthodox priest from Appalachia with a Wesleyan background who studied at Asbury Theological Seminary – right across the street from the university.

    Asbury: Revival, Repentance and the Real

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2023


    In February 2023, tens of thousands participated in a religious revival at Asbury University in Kentucky. What is the context of the Asbury revival? How can people outside the Wesleyan/Methodist tradition understand the Asbury revival? Can revival outside our boundaries even be a real thing? The Areopagites welcome Fr. Symeon Kees, an Orthodox priest from Appalachia with a Wesleyan background who studied at Asbury Theological Seminary – right across the street from the university.

    Asbury: Revival, Repentance and the Real

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2023 98:50


    In February 2023, tens of thousands participated in a religious revival at Asbury University in Kentucky. What is the context of the Asbury revival? How can people outside the Wesleyan/Methodist tradition understand the Asbury revival? Can revival outside our boundaries even be a real thing? The Areopagites welcome Fr. Symeon Kees, an Orthodox priest from Appalachia with a Wesleyan background who studied at Asbury Theological Seminary – right across the street from the university.

    Men's Ministry: From Chaos to Cultivation

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2023 101:20


    Are in men in crisis? How did that happen? What does authentic men's ministry look like? What are good and bad ways to do it? What does all this have to do with priesthood? The Areopagites welcome Michael Baclig, president of the Antiochian Men of the Diocese of Miami and the Southeast, to talk about ministry to men. Meanwhile, Fr. Andrew fills us in on wacky Lithuanian pre-Lenten rituals.

    Men's Ministry: From Chaos to Cultivation

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2023


    Are in men in crisis? How did that happen? What does authentic men's ministry look like? What are good and bad ways to do it? What does all this have to do with priesthood? The Areopagites welcome Michael Baclig, president of the Antiochian Men of the Diocese of Miami and the Southeast, to talk about ministry to men. Meanwhile, Fr. Andrew fills us in on wacky Lithuanian pre-Lenten rituals.

    Men's Ministry: From Chaos to Cultivation

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2023


    Are in men in crisis? How did that happen? What does authentic men's ministry look like? What are good and bad ways to do it? What does all this have to do with priesthood? The Areopagites welcome Michael Baclig, president of the Antiochian Men of the Diocese of Miami and the Southeast, to talk about ministry to men. Meanwhile, Fr. Andrew fills us in on wacky Lithuanian pre-Lenten rituals.

    Jack Chick and the End of the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2023


    The Areopagites embark on an epic journey into the strange, millenarian world of Jack Chick.

    Jack Chick and the End of the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2023


    The Areopagites embark on an epic journey into the strange, millenarian world of Jack Chick.

    Jack Chick and the End of the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2023 101:38


    The Areopagites embark on an epic journey into the strange, millenarian world of Jack Chick.

    The Stories We're Telling (Pop Culture Coffee Hour Crossover)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2022


    Christian Gonzalez and Steven Christoforou show up for one last Pop Culture Coffee Hour crossover with the Areopagus. They talk about the origins of PCCH, what they hoped to accomplish when they started in 2015, and how they feel about its 200 episodes. They and the Areopagites also share the stories they're into lately in a bald-faced attempt by the Areopagites to commandeer all 13 of PCCH's listeners.

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