Forging Ploughshares

In part two of this interview, Megan Kenyon describes the blossoming of art in its relation to the renaissance and reformation, and then the fragmenting of thought and theology as reflected in modern art. Part 2 of 3 If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music:  Bensound

Paul Axton quotes two poets, Woodie Guthrie and Jason Rodenbeck, to make the point that bad theology fused with capitalism enslaves. We are to be about the work of redemptive creation care in all of our labors. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music:  Bensound

In part one of this interview, Megan Kenyon and Paul Axton discuss the role of art in the life of the Christian and the theology of art. Part 1 of 3 If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music:  Bensound

Paul Axton preaches: Is slavery a metaphor for sin and not itself sin or is slavery a type of sin? How we answer this question not only determines our reading of Philemon but determines if we recognize that economics and socio-political forces are part of what enslaves us and constitute a part of what Christ frees us from. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work....

Paul Axton explains Zizek and the core of Lacanian theory as it overlaps with the apostle Paul. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music:  Bensound

In this sermon, Paul Axton suggests that the manner in which slavery is subverted by Paul is the mode in which the Kingdom is made a reality. Radical subordination enacts the subversion of the City of Man and marks the City of God. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music:  Bensound

Paul Axton preches: Christendom held out the promise of an enduring social structure impacted by Christ. Christendom failed and every form of this faith is bound to fail. So what are we left with? If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music:  Bensound

Paul Axton preaches by depicting engagement with the truth of Christ and contrasting it with the detachment of the alternative understanding characterized by idolatry but also by any focus on religious experience. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music:  Bensound

Paul Axton preaches: An examination of biblical idolatry as an example of the problematic nature of the pursuit of religion on the basis of an uncritical desire and experience. Christ exposes the misdirected religious pursuit of human religion. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music:  Bensound

Paul Axton interviews Eric Miller, who stands in the unique position of forming an Anabaptist like communion from within the Restoration movement. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music:  Bensound

Paul Axton preaches: Our tendency is to fly free from the mortal condition but in doing so we isolate ourselves from human relationships. The question we are asked each Sunday, "Are you one of Us?" grounds us in the fellowship of the crucified. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music:  Bensound

Paul Axton preaches: Christian belief intervenes in a passive, disconnected orientation to the law and to the world so as to overcome the gap between mind and will. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music:  Bensound

Paul Axton interviews Nathan Hosler of Office Peace Building and Policy: A key Anabaptist engagement with the powers in an attempt to foster peace. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music:  Bensound

"The Price of Everything": With unprecedented access to pivotal artists and the white-hot market surrounding them, this film dives deep into the contemporary art world, holding a fun-house mirror up to our values and our times -- where everything can be bought and sold. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound

Paul Axton invties Bryan Gallant to discuss recovering from the worst sort of grief and finding love and a new understanding of God and what is important. Author's book: Undeniable If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music:  Bensound

Paul Axton and David Rosado review the Netflix Documentary "Take Your Pills," which examines the drug of choice, Adderall, launching the conversation into the connection between mind and spirituality. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music:  Bensound

Those disaffected from evangelical Christianity have formed a community which is in many ways quite helpful but it has also strayed into Gnostic notions regarding gender and God. Bret Powell and Paul Axton continue to discuss the Liturgist podcast and its significance. Part 2 of 2 If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music:  Bensound

Those disaffected from evangelical Christianity have formed a community which is in many ways quite helpful but it has also strayed into Gnostic notions regarding gender and God. Bret Powell and Paul Axton discuss the Liturgist podcast and its significance. Part 1 of 2 If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music:  Bensound

This Father's day sermon by Paul Axtno suggests ultimate despair is answered through love of God as Father. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music:  Bensound

Paul Axton interviews congressman Mark Siljander, attacked by Bush and Cheney for attempting to work out a diplomatic solution to the Middle East, spent 4 months doing hard time in a federal prison as a result. His notion that we should give peace a chance has had real-world results and radical personal consequences. THE ALGORITHM Things To Avoid: Are you pushing a personal agenda? Are you asserti...

In John women play key roles as models of service and belief which seems to narrate the theological point that the law is suspended through relinquishing prototypical masculine notions of identity and taking on new (feminine) familial orientation. Paul Axton preaches. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music:  Bensound

Eric Seibert is Professor of Old Testament at Messiah College and his book Disarming the Church is a complete guide to the peaceable kingdom. If Christians follow the Prince of Peace, why do they often behave so violently? What can be done to transform the church so that it looks more like Jesus? In this podcast. Seibert and Paul Axton explore these questions and discuss biblical and practical rea...

Paul Axton preaches on a Christianity which needs to hurt others - children at the border - Christ on the Cross - in which law is privileged over doing right. Through an examination of John 5 the question is raised whether this "law and order" Christianity deserves the name "Christian." If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music:  Bensound

“Theology is the constant attempt of Christians to speak well whether we be laity or clergy.” — Stanley Hauerwas Jonathan Totty interviews Stanley Hauerwas about why being informed about theology is important for all Christians. And, how as Christians we are obligated to engage in theology so as to make sense of our own humanity in relation to God. This is the first of a series of podcasts titled...

Paul Axton preaches on how the Logos overcomes the logos of man in that identity through oppositional difference is undone. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music:  Bensound