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Diving into God
by Michael Fierro
A podcast about theological themes from a Catholic perspective. Explore the depths of the Trinity, Grace, moral theology, sacramental theology, ecclesiology, and scripture.Deepen your love of God with us. Brought to you by Servus Dei.
Episodes
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The King and the Cross: Redefining Power Through Pain
In this episode of Diving into God, hosts David and Liz conduct a deep dive into the theological work of Michael Fiero, specifically his exploration of the "King who suffers". They challenge the universal human instinct to view suffering as a sign of divine abandonment, proposing instead a...
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Emotions and Motions: How the Soul Discerns Beyond Feeling
Explores the critical distinction between emotions and deeper spiritual motions for effective discernment, particularly within a Catholic framework. It highlights the imprecision of the term "I feel" and how confusing emotional states with divine promptings can hinder spiritual understanding.
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The Lie of Knowing: What the Serpent Didn't Say
Examines the Genesis account of Adam and Eve's fall, focusing on the misinterpretation of the serpent's promise to "know good and evil."
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The True Cost of Discipleship
Explores the demanding nature of true Christian discipleship. It highlights Jesus's teachings that even the deepest human relationships and one's own life must be secondary to devotion to Him.
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Galatians 5-6: Walk by the Spirit, Not the Flesh
Galatians chapters 5 and 6, focusing on the concept of Christian freedom. Explains that true liberty in Christ is not an excuse for sin, but rather a call to live by the Spirit and love one another, emphasizing that righteousness comes through faith and not by adherence to the law.
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Galatians 3 & 4 Faith, Freedom, and the Children of Promise
Explores Galatians chapters 3 and 4, focusing on Paul's argument that salvation comes through faith in Christ, not adherence to the law. It emphasizes that Abraham's righteousness was credited to him through faith, establishing a covenant of promise that predates the law.
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Galatians 1 & 2 Crucified with Christ
A Catholic look at Paul's Letter to the Galatians, focusing on its urgent tone and Paul's impassioned defense of the Gospel. It highlights the letter's central themes: justification by grace through faith rather than works of the law, Christian freedom as life in the Spirit, and the…
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The Civilization That Chose Not to Continue
Argues that modern societies are facing a global demographic crisis not due to catastrophe, but by choice. Asserts that declining fertility rates worldwide stem from a philosophical and moral shift, where children are increasingly perceived as burdens rather than blessings
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The Humility That Leads to Glory
Emphasizes the Christian virtue of humility as a pathway to divine honor and an essential component of faith. It explains that human pride often leads to self-reliance, which goes against Jesus' teachings to take the lowest place and not seek self-exaltation.
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The Human Person Is Not a Commodity
Discusses a concerning trend in organ donation, particularly in Kentucky, where organ harvesting allegedly occurred from patients showing signs of consciousness before being declared legally or morally dead.
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The Cost of Doing the Right Thing
Explores the challenging nature of upholding truth and integrity when it leads to negative consequences rather than popular acclaim. It highlights that while humans naturally desire affirmation for good deeds, true courage often goes unrecognized or even provokes opposition.
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The Canvas of Faith: Trusting the Divine Artist
Uses an extended metaphor to explain the human experience of suffering and its relationship to faith. It suggests that life is like a massive painting where individuals only see small, seemingly meaningless "splotches" up close, preventing them from understanding the greater design.
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Spiritual Parenthood: Love Beyond Biology
Argues that parenthood extends beyond biological ties, encompassing a deeper spiritual dimension. It emphasizes that true parenthood involves loving, forming, guiding, and sacrificing for others, a role fulfilled by individuals like priests, teachers, and mentors, who share the burden and beauty…
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Strive for the Narrow Gate
Explores the Christian concept of salvation and the challenges associated with achieving it. Explains that the "narrow gate" represents a difficult path requiring divine love and grace, contrasting it with an easy road leading to destruction. True love, characterized by self-sacrifice and...
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Parenthood as the School of the Cross
Argues that parenthood is a sacred path to holiness, directly contrasting modern societal views that often portray children as burdens or obstacles to personal freedom. Asserts that parenting profoundly transforms individuals, teaching invaluable lessons in selfless love, patience, and sacrifice...
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The Quest for Belonging
Argues that modern society has fostered a sense of dislocation by encouraging individuals to detach from traditional structures like family, religion, and community in pursuit of absolute freedom. Posits that this abandonment of commitment has led to a pervasive feeling of isolation and a longing...
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Diversity Without Unity Is Just Noise
Examines the modern cultural emphasis on diversity. While acknowledging the inherent good in celebrating individual uniqueness, it argues that diversity without an overarching sense of unity leads to fragmentation and discord.
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Covenant, Sacrifice, and Christian Summit
Explores the Eucharist as a central pillar of Christian faith. It explains the Eucharist through three primary lenses: as a new covenant sealed by Christ's blood, as a sacrifice that re-presents Christ's singular offering on Calvary, and as a fulfillment of the priesthood of Melchizedek,...
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When the World Prefers Lies
Explores the challenges of following God's will in a world often resistant to truth. It draws parallels between the experiences of the prophet Jeremiah and Jesus Christ, both of whom faced rejection and suffering for proclaiming truth.
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Christ and the Christian Life: A Transformative Relationship
Explains that Christianity is fundamentally a personal connection with Jesus Christ, rather than merely a set of beliefs or rules. It emphasizes that this relationship involves active participation, where Christ lives within believers and they are united with Him through sacraments like baptism…
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Christ and the Church: An Extension of Himself
Explains the nature and mission of the Church from a Christian theological perspective. It asserts that the Church is not merely an organization but the "Body of Christ," an extension of Jesus Himself, animated by the Holy Spirit, through which He continues His work in the world.
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The Resurrection and Christ's Lordship
Explains the Christian theological significance of Jesus' resurrection. It emphasizes that the resurrection is not merely a miracle but the central, historical event that validates Jesus' divinity, teachings, and sacrifice, establishing him as the victorious Lord over sin and death.
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The Meaning of Christ's Passion and Death
Explores the theological significance of Jesus's crucifixion within Christianity. It explains why a crucified Messiah, seemingly a sign of failure in the ancient world, is central to Christian belief, emphasizing that His death was a divine plan of love for human salvation.
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Faith, Hope, and the Mercy of Delay
Explores the theological virtues of faith and hope within a Christian context, drawing heavily from the Letter to the Hebrews. It explains that faith is the confident assurance of what is hoped for and not yet seen, while Christian hope is a steadfast expectation of eternal life with God, rooted…
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The Unfolding Mission of Christ
Explores the multifaceted purpose of Jesus Christ, emphasizing His eternal nature and new presence on Earth. It explains Christ's role as the "new Adam," who, through obedience, restores humanity from the sin of the first Adam
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The Incarnation: God Becomes Man
Explains a core concept in Christian theology: the Incarnation. Defines this term as God becoming flesh, specifically referring to Jesus Christ as one person with two natures—divine and human.
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The Case for Christ's Divinity
Christianity's foundation rests on Jesus Christ's divine nature, asserting there is no middle ground: either He is God, or the religion collapses.
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Who is Jesus?
Explores the central question of Jesus Christ's identity beyond merely his teachings or historical impact. It emphasizes the Christian claim that Jesus is not just a wise man or prophet, but God incarnate, highlighting this as the cornerstone of Christian faith and a unique assertion compared to...
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The Only Wealth That Lasts
Explores the Christian perspective on material possessions and true value. It references a parable from the Gospel of Luke where a rich man's focus on earthly wealth proves futile upon his death, drawing a parallel to the Book of Ecclesiastes's message about the transience of toil.
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God Is Dead Because I Wanted to Be Free
Explores the consequences of modern society's rejection of God. Argues that humanity dismissed God not due to logical disproof, but out of a desire for unfettered self-determination and freedom from moral obligation. This pursuit of total autonomy has led to moral and spiritual disintegration,...
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The Illusion of Total Bodily Autonomy
Argues against the popular notion that individuals possess complete control over their own bodies. Asserts that true bodily autonomy is a myth, as humans are inherently limited by genetics, illness, and mortality, demonstrating that we are stewards rather than sovereigns of our physical selves.
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Matthew Part 10 The Cross, the Empty Tomb, and the Great Commission
Focuses on Matthew chapters 26-28, which narrate the Passion, death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Emphasizes that these events are the climax of Matthew's Gospel and the center of salvation history, fulfilling Old Testament prophecies. Key moments discussed include Jesus' anointing at…
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Matthew Part 9 Jesus: Authority, Judgment, and Readiness
Analyzes chapters 21-25 of Matthew's Gospel, focusing on Jesus's final public teachings and actions before his crucifixion. Explains Jesus's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, his cleansing of the Temple, and his subsequent confrontations with religious leaders. It highlights parables of judgment…
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Ask, Seek, Knock: The Love That Still Comes for Us
Explores the concept of sin as a failure of love that disrupts our relationships with God, others, and the world. It emphasizes that humanity cannot remedy this brokenness independently, leading to the necessity of Christ's intervention.
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Matthew Part 8 Humility, Mercy, and the Kingdom of Heaven
Focuses on Matthew chapters 18-20, offering profound insights into Jesus' most challenging teachings. Unpacks themes such as humility, forgiveness, and the sacredness of marriage and celibacy, emphasizing that greatness in God's kingdom stems from childlike dependence and selfless service. The...
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Matthew Part 7 Glory in the Chaos
Explores key passages from Matthew's Gospel, chapters 14 through 17. It examines Jesus's ministry following John the Baptist's death, emphasizing paradoxical themes of glory amidst suffering, and divine power alongside human weakness.
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Matthew Part 6: The Parables (13)
Primarily explores Jesus's use of parables in Matthew 13 as a pivotal shift in his public teaching. It highlights how parables served to reveal truth to the open-hearted while concealing it from the resistant, acting as a form of "spiritual division." The discussion elaborates on various…
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Matthew Part 5 Identity, Conflict, and Family
Analyzes Matthew Chapters 11 and 12, exploring pivotal moments in Jesus's ministry. It focuses on Jesus's identity as revealed through his interactions, teachings, and miracles, such as his response to John the Baptist's questioning, his pronouncements of "woe" on unrepentant towns, and his...
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Like Abraham, Like Mary
Explores the relationship between active service and mindful presence through biblical narratives. It contrasts Abraham's hospitable encounter with divine messengers, who he both served and remained present with, and the distinct approaches of Mary and Martha when Jesus visited their home. Mary...
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Matthew Part 4: Miracles, Mission, and the Cost of Following
Focuses on Jesus's transition from teaching to demonstrating the kingdom of heaven through miracles. It examines ten specific miracles, highlighting Jesus's authority over sickness, nature, demons, and death, alongside his profound compassion for the suffering and outcast.
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Matthew Part 3 : Living the Kingdom
Discusses the Gospel of Matthew, specifically chapters 5-7, which encompass the Sermon on the Mount. It emphasizes Jesus's teachings on inner transformation rather than outward performance, focusing on the motives behind actions like giving, praying, and fasting.
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Matthew Part 2: The Sermon on the Mount
Offers a comprehensive exploration of Matthew, Chapter 5, focusing on Jesus's Sermon on the Mount. It begins by introducing the sermon as foundational teaching, contrasting it with worldly kingdoms and highlighting its symbolic setting on a mountain like Sinai.
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Matthew: Kingdom of Heaven
Explores the Gospel of Matthew, the first book of the New Testament, offering an in-depth Catholic perspective. It discusses the authorship of Matthew the Apostle, examining both traditional and scholarly views, and highlights the gospel's original audience, primarily Jewish Christians, while…
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Go and Do Likewise
Explores the essence of biblical law as illuminated by Jesus. It explains that while the old law served as a guide, it was ultimately fulfilled by Christ's teaching on love for God and neighbor.
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Why Our Culture Feels So Immature
Argues that modern society exhibits signs of emotional immaturity despite advancements in wealth and freedom. Suggests that true maturity involves taking responsibility, accepting limits, and prioritizing something greater than oneself, contrasting this with a cultural emphasis on…
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Freedom: The Power to Love Rightly
Argues against the modern notion of freedom as the absence of constraint or the power to do anything one desires. Instead, it proposes that genuine freedom lies in the ability to choose what is good and to love rightly. This perspective emphasizes that true freedom requires formation and involves...
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Sentience, Sapience, and Moral Responsibility
Explains that sentience is the capacity to feel, leading to moral consideration for beings like animals, who are termed moral patients. In contrast, sapience is the ability to reason and make free choices, which defines moral agency and true personhood.
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You Cannot Create Justice Through Injustice
True justice cannot be achieved through unjust means. This principle applies across various aspects of life, from theology to politics and interpersonal relationships.
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Living Stones in the New Jerusalem
Explores the Christian understanding of the Church as the fulfillment of biblical prophecy regarding Jerusalem. It explains how the Old Testament's symbolic city transforms into the spiritual reality of the Church, which is composed of believers as "living stones."
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Recovering the Human Person in a Disordered World
Examines a foundational problem in modern society: the misunderstanding and devaluation of the human person. It argues that contemporary culture often misdirects compassion, elevating animals to the status of persons while simultaneously treating human beings as expendable objects.
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A podcast about theological themes from a Catholic perspective. Explore the depths of the Trinity, Grace, moral theology, sacramental theology, ecclesiology, and scripture.Deepen your love of God with us. Brought to you by Servus Dei.
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Michael Fierro
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A podcast about theological themes from a Catholic perspective. Explore the depths of the Trinity, Grace, moral theology, sacramental theology, ecclesiology, and scripture.Deepen your love of God with us. Brought to you by Servus Dei.
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