Forging Ploughshares

Paul Axton preaches - In Ephesians Paul is describing the principalities and powers as the spirit or personality of a country or group of people which is larger than the sum total of its parts. We ca…

Jason and Vangies interview the innovative artist, Lily Jurskis, on her well thought out approach to artistic creation. You can view her art by following this link: https://youtu.be/n71d0mVxEbY

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Paul Axton Preaches - The implication of the ancient view combined with a New Testament understanding is that the social and political is integrated with the spiritual. Perhaps every business, corpor…

Paul Axton preaches - Christ is enacting a revolution continued in the church, not through domination or taking control, but through a bottom up shift enacted through a disempowering subordination.

Paul Axton preaches - Skipping the particular, "black lives matter," for the universal, "all lives matter," deploys the logic that killed Christ. Christ and God are found in the place of the excluded…

Jon and Paul continue their discussion of Luke Timothy Johnson and in this conversation trace the interaction of Paul's Hebraic, Pharisaical, and Christian approach to reality. Using the example of s…

Paul Axton Preaches - In this sermon on Ephesians 4 the ancient doctrine of salvation as recapitulation is explained.

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Jason and Paul discuss the upcoming class being offered through Ploughshares Bible Institute. The course is dealing with forgiveness and reconciliation in Paul. It will be a practical development of …

In this lecture, Paul Axton, makes the point that Ephesians describes the deconstruction of those categories that divide so as to reconstitute a unified humanity. Not all dualistic categories are the…

Matt, Jon, and Paul discuss various approaches to understanding Paul. In this second part of their conversation they discuss the complications of any biography, systems of dating, or modes of narrowi…

Matt, Jon, and Paul discuss various approaches to the biography of Paul as these fit into understandings of the Canon, appealing to the recent work of Luke Timothy Johnson.

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In this interview with Nathan Hosler, author of Hauerwas the Peacemaker?, the key role and weaknesses of Stanley Hauerwas's theology is considered.

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Matt, Jon, and Paul reflect on highlights, key points, and problems in their discussion with Douglas Campbell.

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In Part II of this discussion, Douglas Campbell answers our questions on his recent work, Pauline Dogmatics, spelling out his understanding of "flesh" and "spirit," and his understanding of how to na…

In Part I of this two part discussion, Douglas Campbell answers some of our key questions on his recent work, Pauline Dogmatics, spelling out his theology. We discuss the shape of his work around res…

Matt, Jon and Paul discuss the biblical notion of election as aimed at theosis. In the next talk we will discuss Douglas Campbell's work with the man himself.

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Matt, Jon and Paul discuss the biblical notion of election as opposed to false understandings.

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In part 2 of this discussion on dualism Matt, Jon, and Paul describe how resurrection defeats apparent dualisms.

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In part 1 of this discussion on dualism Matt, Jon, and Paul attempt to define just how the New Testament interacts with apparent dualisms, or in the words of David Bentley Hart "provisional dualisms.…

Matt, Jon, and Paul discuss how evil is different than sin and how resurrection defeats both categories.

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