April 10, 2022

Our Father - Conclusion
Sunday Sermon

- Fr. Gregory Edwards Ph.D - Dean -


Today Father Gregory concludes his series on the Lord's Prayer by contemplating the line "But deliver us from evil." The previous sermon in this series reflected on different types of temptations. Temptations that bring pleasure are voluntary, and those that bring pain are involuntary. Temptations are a benefit for Christians and necessary to work out their salvation. The devil is the source of temptations and seeks the destruction of a man wanting to separate him from God. There is a battle waging in our hearts between good and evil. The evil we pray for deliverance from is the devil himself. Evil does not come from God but is the result of free will. An Orthodox Christian is called to know the enemy fighting the devil or the evil one. 



The Rev. Fr. Gregory Edwards, Ph.D., was raised in Virginia and eastern Pennsylvania, and became a member of the Orthodox Church while studying for his Bachelor's degree

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The Rev. Fr. Gregory Edwards, Ph.D., was raised in Virginia and eastern Pennsylvania, and became a member of the Orthodox Church while studying for his Bachelor's degree in Religious Studies at Brown University. After completing a Master's Degree in the New Testament and early Christianity at Florida State University, he conducted doctoral studies in Greece at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, graduating summa cum laude in 2012. Ordained in 2007, he served parishes in Thessaloniki and Volos for 9 years. He and his wife Presvytera Pelagia lived in Greece from 2006-2016, where their four children were born. He has served as Assistant Professor of Missiology at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary in New York since 2014. Before coming to Birmingham in March 2019, Fr. Gregory served St. George Greek Orthodox Church in New Port Richey, FL from 2016-2019.