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Ep89 Encore: The Real Christmas Story and Its True Meaning

December 14, 2022UncategorizedAdam and Eve, Book of Exodus, Book of Genesis, Catholic Church, Christmas, Incarnation, Jeret “Speedy” Peterson, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Milton, Salvation, Satan, Sin, St Paul, St. Irenaeus, St. Pope John Paul II, the Devilwrestlingwithgodshow

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Father Len reveals the real “reason for the season” is us.

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Highlights, Ideas, and Wisdom

“When I look at the world upside down, that’s when it seems right to me.” – Jeret “Speedy” Peterson
Father Len tells a story about geese to illustrate why God became a human being.
Christmas is a revelation of who we are meant to be.
To be good is to become a true human being.
Our true humanity is to live like Christ.
“Christianity is the attitude of amazement at the dignity of the human person.” – Pope John Paul II
“The glory of God is a human being fully alive.” – Irenaeus
“Paradise Lost” by John Milton
“Faust” by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Sin is the temptation to stop being a true human being.
Evil is the no to human goodness. Evil is the no to all that is good.
Satan is not one who hates God. Satan is one who believes that God can’t love him or us.
The good news of Christmas is that God became one of us to show us how to become true human beings and discover the goodness of being a true human being.
Salvation is not the story of God rescuing us from an evil universe. Salvation is the story of God coming as one like us to teach us what true goodness looks like.
Absolute love will embrace death.
Absolute love cannot be contained by the tomb.
Sin is anything that deprives us of our full humanity.
Christmas is the beginning of the journey to our true humanity to love and to be connected.

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Ep73 Encore: The Real Christmas Story and Its True Meaning

December 6, 2021UncategorizedAdam and Eve, Book of Exodus, Book of Genesis, Catholic Church, Christmas, Incarnation, Jeret “Speedy” Peterson, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Milton, Salvation, Satan, Sin, St Paul, St. Irenaeus, St. Pope John Paul II, the Devilwrestlingwithgodshow

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Father Len reveals the real “reason for the season” is us.

Highlights, Ideas, and Wisdom

“When I look at the world upside down, that’s when it seems right to me.” – Jeret “Speedy” Peterson
Father Len tells a story about geese to illustrate why God became a human being.
Christmas is a revelation of who we are meant to be.
To be good is to become a true human being.
Our true humanity is to live like Christ.
“Christianity is the attitude of amazement at the dignity of the human person.” – Pope John Paul II
“The glory of God is a human being fully alive.” – Irenaeus
“Paradise Lost” by John Milton
“Faust” by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Sin is the temptation to stop being a true human being.
Evil is the no to human goodness. Evil is the no to all that is good.
Satan is not one who hates God. Satan is one who believes that God can’t love him or us.
The good news of Christmas is that God became one of us to show us how to become true human beings and discover the goodness of being a true human being.
Salvation is not the story of God rescuing us from an evil universe. Salvation is the story of God coming as one like us to teach us what true goodness looks like.
Absolute love will embrace death.
Absolute love cannot be contained by the tomb.
Sin is anything that deprives us of our full humanity.
Christmas is the beginning of the journey to our true humanity to love and to be connected.

Ep43 The Satan and the Mission of The Satan

December 29, 2020UncategorizedAngels, Book of Daniel, Book of Job, Cherubim, Garden of Eden, Human Being, Jonah, Lord of the Rings, Noah, Seraphim, Tetra Morphs, the Angel Lucifer, The Bible, the Devil, The Great Chain of Being, The Satanwrestlingwithgodshow

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Father Len reveals the origin of The Satan and why The Satan constantly misrepresents the words of God and tempts us to sin.

Highlights, Ideas, and Wisdom

Father Len Introduces “The Great Chain of Being,” the theory that describes the hierarchy of creation and reveals that heaven is populated by more than human beings.
God created human beings to rule the earth and care for creation.
When God created humanity, God charged the Angels he created with the responsibility to guide humanity.
“The Satan” is a title given to angels who continue to worship God, but defy God and refuse to serve inferior humans.
The word Satan means accuser.
The Satan is bent on misguiding and destroying humanity.
Father Len tells the Garden of Eden story to illustrate how The Satan induced Adam and Eve to commit humanity’s original sin.
Following the sin of Adam and Eve, a recurring prophecy began predicting that a child of a woman would someday become “the snake crusher” to destroy evil and the Satan. That child turned out to be Jesus.
Father Len tells the story of King Nebuchadnezzar from the Bible Book of Daniel to illustrate the sin of pride and how the Satan is always trying to decrease our humanity.
“The Lord of the Rings” by R.R. Tolkien
The Satan, “the accuser,” is constantly pointing out our faults will trying to divide humanity and make us less human.
Father Len relates the story of Job who actually becomes more human and a better human through suffering inflicted by the Satan.
The Satan frequently tempts us to embrace evil in order to acquire power, glory, and the kingdom.
We can’t blame the Satan or the devil for succumbing to evil and becoming less human. We always have a choice.
Evil is present in the world, but a true human being is able to say no to it.

Ep42 Only One Thing Will Unite Us

December 18, 2020Uncategorized10 Commandments, Adam and Eve, Bill of Rights, Catholic Church, Christianity, Christmas, Constitution, Contention, CS Lewis, Declaration of Independence, Division, Self-Sacrificing Love, The Bible, the Devil, The Good Samaritan, The Old Testament, Tower of Babel Story, Unitywrestlingwithgodshow

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Father Len presents the solution to contention and division in our individual lives and in the world around us.

Highlights, Ideas, and Wisdom

“Secretaries rule the world. Never tick off a secretary because they control everything.” – Father Len
Unity comes through Christ.
The word Catholic means universal.
Father Len shares the hope for unity found in the two creation stories in the Bible.
We are meant to live in unity with other people, even when there is great diversity.
The word devil means divider. The devil is constantly tempting us to be divided against each other and God.
Humanity is forever attempting to come up with a source of unity outside of Christ.
We end up more divided when we develop external things to bring us together.
Ego will always tear us apart.
The Bible chronicles humanity’s quest for unity.
Father Len shares the Bible story of the Good Samaritan to reveal God’s most important laws.
We cannot possibly love God without loving one another.
The Catholic Church is the most ethnically diverse movement in human history.
Father Len tells the story of what CS Lewis learned about the effect other people and community have on our personalities.
Father Len explains why private personal relationships with God are not Christian and not spiritual.
God is perfect loving community.
The one thing God desires in the Bible is family; that all of us will look at each other as brothers and sisters.
Unity is not brought about by conformity.
Our relationship with other human beings should be founded on God.
The only path to unity is the self-sacrificing love Christ came into the world to model for us.

Ep41 The Real Christmas Story and Its True Meaning

December 8, 2020UncategorizedAdam and Eve, Book of Exodus, Book of Genesis, Catholic Church, Christmas, Incarnation, Jeret “Speedy” Peterson, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Milton, Salvation, Satan, Sin, St Paul, St. Irenaeus, St. Pope John Paul II, the Devilwrestlingwithgodshow

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Father Len reveals the real “reason for the season” is us.

Highlights, Ideas, and Wisdom

“When I look at the world upside down, that’s when it seems right to me.” – Jeret “Speedy” Peterson
Father Len tells a story about geese to illustrate why God became a human being.
Christmas is a revelation of who we are meant to be.
To be good is to become a true human being.
Our true humanity is to live like Christ.
“Christianity is the attitude of amazement at the dignity of the human person.” – Pope John Paul II
“The glory of God is a human being fully alive.” – Irenaeus
“Paradise Lost” by John Milton
“Faust” by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Sin is the temptation to stop being a true human being.
Evil is the no to human goodness. Evil is the no to all that is good.
Satan is not one who hates God. Satan is one who believes that God can’t love him or us.
The good news of Christmas is that God became one of us to show us how to become true human beings and discover the goodness of being a true human being.
Salvation is not the story of God rescuing us from an evil universe. Salvation is the story of God coming as one like us to teach us what true goodness looks like.
Absolute love will embrace death.
Absolute love cannot be contained by the tomb.
Sin is anything that deprives us of our full humanity.
Christmas is the beginning of the journey to our true humanity to love and to be connected.