Forging Ploughshares

Sermon: The Cosmic Christ

Paul Axton preaches - Certainly, salvation is the overcoming of sin but the fullness of redemption is the completion of creation’s purpose. Paul has moved our understanding of God’s plan beyond the earth and the human race to its cosmic impact as part of the outworking of the love (the very essence) of God. The whole point of who God is and what God is doing in creation is summed up in the incarnate Christ (1:10). 

 

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Part II: The Experiential Reality of the Modern and its Impact on Theology

In the conclusion to a discussion on modern experiential reality Jon, Matt, and Paul, describe the peculiar role of Eastern Orthodoxy in contrast to Protestantism and Roman Catholic thought impacted by nominalism and the rise of the peculiarities of the secular in the West.

 

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Sermon: Experience of God

Ephesians describes a different experiential reality. To get at this understanding we need to redo the deep grammar from which our experience flows. This will include a reworking of the category of eternity and our relationship to that category.

 

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Part I: The Experiential Reality of the Modern and its Impact on Theology

In this introduction to describing this place we have come to in modernity Jon, Matt, and Paul discuss the role of nominalism in Protestantism and Roman Catholic thought and the rise of the secular in modernity.

 

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Sermon - Ephesians as a Development of the Theology of Heaven Come to Earth

The heart of the New Testament is a theology of new creation through resurrection: God affirms the goodness of the created order, and affirms he is makeing itanew, starting with the physical body of Jesus Himself.

 

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Defeating the Death Dealing Desire of Religion

In this lecture Paul Axton describes the formation of desire from a biblical and Lacanian perspective and links this to idolatrous religion and human angst, both of which are defeated in putting on the image of Christ. This piece is part of the larger picture of religion being put together in the upcoming class for which you can register here at the bottom of the page - https://pbi.forgingploughshares.org/lm/offerings

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A Discussion About the Upcoming Module on Culture and Religion

In this conversation Jason and Paul touch upon the issues of religious sacrifice, nationalism, orientalism, and the primary role that violence and peace play in the confrontation between the kingdom of Christ and the principalities and powers. The upcoming course World Culture and Religion will take up these issues in depth.

 

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Part 2 - Discussion of the Two Popes Leads to an Attempt to Describe the Present Political Moment

Jason, Vangie, and Paul discuss how Christian's are to perceive this present political moment in which a vast number of Christians have aligned themselves with a particular political party. 

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Part I: Discussion of "The Two Popes"

Part I - Jason and Vangie Rodenbeck and Paul Axton discuss the significance of the Netflix portrayal of the election of Pope Francis and the resignation of Pope Benedict.

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Sermon: What is the Proper Christian Response to War

Paul Axton Preaches - The way of peace can be equated with the Gospel while the way of violence is that taken by the enemies of the cross of Christ. It should be oxymoronic to speak of “violent Christianity” or “Christian warfare.” Peace is the Christian way established by the Cross and instituted in God's Kingdom, the Church.

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