Forging Ploughshares

Alec Bussen on Communion Practices

Paul and Alec Bussen have a conversation about communion practices.

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00:48:51 | Mon 01 May 2017

I John 5:6ff – Water and Blood

Paul runs down the meaning of blood and blood sacrifice as it relates back to Abraham and Isaac and is taken up into the Goat of the Lord. From its inception, sacrifice pointed to kenotic love.

If yo…

00:52:23 | Sat 29 Apr 2017

Brad Jersak’s Identification Theology – Part II

Paul and Jason discuss the issue of suffering and evil from the perspective of Jesus’ “Identification” with our suffering and his experience of evil on the cross, as described by theologian Brad Jers…

00:44:38 | Wed 26 Apr 2017

Brad Jersak’s Identification Theology – Part I

Paul and Jason discuss the issue of suffering and evil from the perspective of Jesus’ “Identification” with our suffering and his experience of evil on the cross, as described by theologian Brad Jers…

00:46:33 | Mon 24 Apr 2017

The Psychotheology of Violence – Part II

Paul explains the psychotheology of violence.

Part 2 of 2

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00:34:58 | Sat 22 Apr 2017

The Psychotheology of Violence – Part I

Paul explains the psychotheology of violence.

Part 1 of 2

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00:41:03 | Wed 19 Apr 2017

Conversation with John – Is Peaceful non-violence at the Heart of the Unity of the Restoration Movement?

Jonathan Totty makes the case that nonviolence is at the heart of the central ideal of unity in the Restoration Idea.

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00:22:55 | Mon 17 Apr 2017

Galatians 2 – Justification and Authority

Paul traces how authority works in relation to the Gospel and what this has to do with Justification.

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00:32:31 | Sat 15 Apr 2017

Preserving the Fellowship – The Purpose of Galatians and the New Testament

Galatians and the New Testament are written that, “We might know how to conduct ourselves in the household of God.” The Bible is to be read in the Church so as to preserve an already existing unity.

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00:33:15 | Thu 13 Apr 2017

The Difference Christ Makes

Can we state the concrete personal and psychological difference which Christianity makes? Through a comparison of contemporary psychoanalysis and Ro. 7-8 this difference is layed out.

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00:37:29 | Mon 10 Apr 2017

God Is Making Things Right in the Face of Sin and Death – A Summary of the Book of Romans

In this sermon, Paul summarizes the book of Romans.

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00:40:24 | Sat 08 Apr 2017

I John 5:1-5 – Tests or Proofs of Christianity

Paul continues his study of I John.

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00:40:46 | Wed 05 Apr 2017

Narrative Ethics

Using Scientology and Albert Speer as examples, Paul demonstrates how narrative misdirection or a truncated narrative can result in evil. This points to the need of the alternative narrative communit…

00:51:26 | Mon 03 Apr 2017

I John 4:17ff – Passing from Fear of Judgment to Agape

Paul continues his study in I John, emphasizing that a Christianity which is focused on punishment is inadequate and falls short of love.

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00:47:48 | Sat 01 Apr 2017

Concluding Unscientific Postscript

Paul and Jonathan Totty discus Concluding Unscientific Postscript, Kierkegaard’s key work, and bring to a conclusion his goals in authorship. The significance is the attempt to bring the psychologica…

00:56:12 | Wed 29 Mar 2017

I John 4:7ff – Seeing God Precludes Agape Love

Paul continues his study in I John.

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01:13:37 | Mon 27 Mar 2017

Anselm’s Ontological Argument and the Need for the Death of Christ

Paul explains the logic of Anselm’s ontological argument, what it does, and connects it to the death of Christ.

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00:52:01 | Sat 25 Mar 2017

I John 4:1-6 – Testing the Spirits

Paul continues his study in I John.

And so John gives us the test, “You know the spirit of God—every spirit who confesses Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.” You do not distinguish betw…

00:55:31 | Mon 20 Mar 2017