Forging Ploughshares

James Alison On Shame and the Sexual Crisis in the Church

Brad and Paul interview the Girardian theologian James Alison concerning the pastoral and practical application of Girard, and how this relates to the sexual crisis in Catholicism.

If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work.

Become a Patron!

Sermon: Beyond Now and Not Yet to the Fullness of Life in Christ

Paul Axton preaches on the inadequacy of now and not yet as a characterization of the Christian life. Victory in Christ holds out a fullness of truth, a complete adoption, and the reality of escaping evil. 

If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work.

Become a Patron!

Part 2 Anselm Versus Hegel on the Ontological Argument

Anselm's deployment of the ontological argument leads directly to the closed whole of his atonement theory in divine satisfaction, all of which depends upon the reification of language resisted and corrected in Hegel, and noted by Paul.

If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work.

Become a Patron!

Sermon: Personal Relationship and Betrayal as Definitive of Salvation and Sin

In the story of the Good Samaritan Jesus sets love above custom, law, and religious institutions but the corruption of this very best also poses the possibility of the very worst, in the words of Ivan Illich, in the institutionalization of the Church. 

If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work.

Become a Patron!

Wounded Ministers Project

John Pearson describes his work with the homeless and in sustainable farming leading to his work with wounded ministers through Ministry Support Services International https://www.mssint.org/ 

If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work.

Become a Patron!

Sermon: Incarnation as Universal Salvation

The fundamental lesson of the incarnation is that embodiment in general is the carrier of meaning a meaning for death or life, and that His embodiment is the fullness of meaning, life, extended universally. 

If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work.

Become a Patron!

Part II. The Meaning of David Bentley Hart's Confession for His Work

In Part 2 of this 2 part conversation, Jon, Matt, and Paul, discuss the possible meanings and impact of David Bentley Hart's recent confession and discuss various alternative interpretations. 

If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work.

Become a Patron!

Sermon: Personalism as Universal and Infinite Versus Foundationalism

Personhood is definitive of God and humanity, meaning the relational, the infinite, and the universal, are inherent to truth, rather than the foundational, the propositional, the doctrinal, or the institutional, which reduce to the impersonal. Personal truth and knowledge overcomes the reductionistic, finite, and limited systems of this world.

If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work.

Become a Patron!

The Meaning of David Bentley Hart's Confession for His Work

In Part 1 of this 2 part conversation, Jon, Matt, and Paul, discuss the positive impact of the work of David Bentley Hart and consider what his recent confession might mean in understanding his work.

If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work.

Become a Patron!

Sermon: The Faithfulness of Christ as Resolution to Doubt and Evil

The focus on Christ's faithfulness rather than merely our faith in Christ, creates a more holistic understanding of faith than an interior intensity of belief, focused on Christ as object. Faithfulness is Christocentric rather than anthropocentric, incorporating ethics and embodiment of the living out of faith in Christ.

If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work.

Become a Patron!