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Forging Ploughshares

Paul Axton

Cultivating the Peaceable Kingdom

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56:07

Practicing Peace with Michael Wood

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2022/12/10

In this interview with Australian Pastor and Peace Activist Michael Wood, Michael describes how the struggle of being a peaceful Rector (head - the one in charge) led him to realize the depth of violence by which we are surrounded and the need to implement and practice peace structurally and strategically in church and throughout life. (You can find Practicing Peace at https://www.amazon.com/dp/1666792241?ie=UTF8&n=133140011 Become a Patron! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to

24:36

Sermon: The Christocentric Principle

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2022/12/05

Paul Axton preaches - the anthropic principle may accord or point to a Christian understanding, but Paul goes far beyond this in describing Christ as the motive force - the means and reason - for creation and creation's completion in redemption. Become a Patron! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work.

49:11

My Missionary Journey

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2022/12/03

Catherine Totty interviews Paul in regard to his story in missions and his journey and experience in Japan. They discuss the role of mission organizations, the notion of contextualization, mission strategy, and training leadership. Become a Patron! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work.

25:50

Sermon: Christ as an Alternative Order of Truth

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2022/11/28

Paul Axton preaches - Christ as the truth resolves the trouble of dialectic through identity and difference. Maximus the Confessor describes Christ, based on the Chalcedonian formula, as a new form of rationality, bringing together absolute transcendence and immanence in the person of Christ - redefining all of these categories in the process. Become a Patron! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work.

01:19:19

A Summary of Salvation in the Gospel of John

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2022/11/26

In this final podcast on the book of John, Jim, Matt, Brian, Tim, David and Paul, discuss the atonement theory of John - and whether atonement is the right word - and the meaning of dying with Christ or being inflicted with the sickness unto death (or the incapacity to die with Christ). Become a Patron! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work.

28:23

Sermon: Maximus versus Luther - God as Hidden or...

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2022/11/21

Paul Axton preaches - "God became man that man might become God." Maximus takes Athanasius' formula as summing up God's purposes for creation. The Christian becomes Christ, who is God. Rather than Luther's imputed righteousness Maximus holds to an unfolding deification in which "creation is incarnation."

01:03:21

The Cosmic Trial in John and the Confrontation with Evil

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2022/11/19

Jim, Matt, David, Janice and Paul discuss the trial motif in the Gospel of John and the trial of Jesus as it directly confronts the problem of evil. The focus of discussion becomes the question of the nature of evil and its defeat in Christ. Become a Patron! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work.

28:33

Sermon: The Lost World of Origen’s Gospel Metaphysics

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2022/10/31

Paul Axton preaches - Origen, following Paul, held that the relation between the Father and the Son found in the incarnation is the eternal truth about God and creation. There is no other biography of God than that found in Jesus Christ, yet this simple Gospel understanding has been obscured in part due to the condemnation of Origen's development of it. Become a Patron! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work.

01:01:53

The Cosmic Trial and Universal Redemption

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2022/10/29

Matthew, Jim, Brian, Matt, Tim, Janice, and Paul, consider the book of John in terms of a cosmic trial in which Judas and all who hand Jesus over are witnesses for the prosecution and Jesus and all those who witness on his behalf throughout the book are witnesses for the defense. The verdict has cosmic implications. Become a Patron! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work.

26:06

Sermon: Recapitulation: The Hermeneutic that Saves

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2022/10/24

Paul Axton preaches - Paul, in Ephesians, says all things are summed up in Christ. This doctrine of summing up or recapitulation, according to the church father Irenaeus, is at once the salvation and hermeneutic that constitutes the Gospel. Become a Patron! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work.

57:49

An Apocalyptic Reordering: Life Displacing Death

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2022/10/22

Jim, Matt, and Paul discuss the apocalyptic shift of Christ as truth and life. The tomb of Christ becomes the true ark of the covenant collapsing hades and sheol. The lamb who takes away the sin of the world, John's theological summary, is focused on the power of life as inherently defeating death, and this is the meaning of the two goats of the day of atonement. Become a Patron! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work.

32:32

Sermon: Who Do You Say That I Am?

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2022/10/17

Paul Axton preaches - The identity of Christ (the Gospel), is inclusive of the presence of Christ in the one answering the question of identity. The identity of Christ is the primary authority, not the authority of history, Scripture, or Church, which derive their authority in his identity. Like early heresies, missing the identity of Christ, is to miss his presence in the inner person answering the question. Become a Patron! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our

01:14:50

The Experience of Abiding in Christ

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2022/10/15

Matt, Brian, Jim, Janice and Paul discuss our after death experiences and the experience of abiding in the peace and presence of Christ, and how this ties in to the doctrine of salvation in John, and the picture of Christ as true Temple and true abiding place. Become a Patron! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work.

01:02:44

John’s Theology of Salvation: The Fusion of Passover...

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2022/10/10

Tim, Matthew, Janice, Brian, Matt, and Paul discuss John the Baptists phrase "Behold, the lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world" as an interpretive frame for understanding the nature of salvation, the meaning of the cross, and the problem of darkness as presented in John's Gospel. Become a Patron! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work.

27:50

Sermon: The Analogy of Faith as a Rule of Peace

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2022/10/08

Paul Axton preaches - The rule of faith refers to apostolic authority, the canon or rule determining scripture, the rule which the apostles applied to one another and the Hebrew Scriptures, and the ethic and mindset the Christian. The Christian is to put on as the mind of Christ and the mode and goal of this rule or mindset is peace - the unity of the faith. Become a Patron! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work.

51:31

The Scandal of the Cross as Hermeneutic Key

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2022/10/03

Mathew, Jim, David, Matt, Brian, and Paul examine how the Jewish and Greek worldview and sensibility is undone in the crucifixion of Christ. The return to a premodern understanding allows for Christ as foundation. Specifically, crucifixion was the destiny of Haman, the curse of the wicked, the annihilation of personhood and Christ's crucifixion and harrowing of hell empties out Jewish and Greek absolutes and establishes an alternative frame of understanding (escaping the modern dilemma). Become a

32:52

Sermon: The Peaceful Hermeneutic of Martyrdom

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2022/10/01

Paul Axton preaches - A key part of the rule of faith is the peace that can resist the violence of torture, a type of the violent regime of "truth," which the peace of Christ deposes. Christ's peace is an interpretive rule for reading scripture and the world which is included in the mind of Christ the believer puts on. Become a Patron! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work.

30:23

Sermon: The Rule of Faith as Putting on the Mind of...

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2022/09/26

Paul Axton preaches - The Apostle Paul uses the picture of the "analogy of faith" or the "rule of faith" and pictures it as part of having the mind of Christ. This rule is the measure of the canon of scripture, so that we go from Gospel to scripture both historically (in the formation of the canon) and in our interpretation of scripture. (To register for our next class “Reading the Bible in Community” starting the week of September 26th and running through November 18th register at

56:11

Reading the Old Testament through the Peace of Christ

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2022/09/24

In this interview with Old Testament scholar Eric Seibert, Paul and Eric discuss his most recent book Enjoying the Old Testament (https://www.amazon.com/Enjoying-Old-Testament-Encountering-Scripture). Eric explains the value of the Old Testament as a pointer to Christ, and as training in righteousness and maybe even a counterexample to the teaching of Christ. (To register for our next class “Reading the Bible in Community” starting the week of September 26th and running through November 18th

01:01:24

The Violence of the Law and The Peace of Christ

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2022/09/19

Jim, Brian, Matthew, Janice, David, Matt, and Paul discuss how it is the force of human law that explains the source of evil which Christ encountered and defeated. The work of Walter Benjamin, critical race theory, and natural and positive law are discussed in their connection to forms of violence exposed by Christ. (To register for our next class “Reading the Bible in Community” starting the week of September 26th and running through November 18th register at

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