Paul Axton

Forging Ploughshares

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Cultivating the Peaceable Kingdom

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Paul Axton

Episodes

The Psychotheology of Violence – Part II 22.04.2017 34:58

Paul explains the psychotheology of violence. Part 2 of 2 If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound

The Psychotheology of Violence – Part I 19.04.2017 41:03

Paul explains the psychotheology of violence. Part 1 of 2 If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound

Conversation with John – Is Peaceful non-violence at the Heart of the Unity of the Restoration Movement? 17.04.2017 22:55

Jonathan Totty makes the case that nonviolence is at the heart of the central ideal of unity in the Restoration Idea. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound

Galatians 2 – Justification and Authority 15.04.2017 32:31

Paul traces how authority works in relation to the Gospel and what this has to do with Justification. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound

Preserving the Fellowship – The Purpose of Galatians and the New Testament 13.04.2017 33:15

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

The Difference Christ Makes 10.04.2017 37:29

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. (Talk given at Lane Christian Church for the area men’s meeting.) If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound

God Is Making Things Right in the Face of Sin and Death – A Summary of the Book of Romans 08.04.2017 40:24

In this sermon, Paul summarizes the book of Romans. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound

I John 5:1-5 – Tests or Proofs of Christianity 05.04.2017 40:46

Paul continues his study of I John. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound

Narrative Ethics 03.04.2017 51:26

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 community of the church in which to ground our ethics. The picture, then, of a Christianity that does not take into account [being enculturated] is the failure of Christianity in Nazi Germany—I think it’s the...

I John 4:17ff – Passing from Fear of Judgment to Agape 01.04.2017 47:48

Paul continues his study in I John, emphasizing that a Christianity which is focused on punishment is inadequate and falls short of love. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound

Concluding Unscientific Postscript 29.03.2017 56:12

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 psychological realm back into theology. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound

I John 4:7ff – Seeing God Precludes Agape Love 27.03.2017 1:13:37

Paul continues his study in I John. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound

Anselm’s Ontological Argument and the Need for the Death of Christ 25.03.2017 52:01

Paul explains the logic of Anselm’s ontological argument, what it does, and connects it to the death of Christ. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound

I John 4:1-6 – Testing the Spirits 20.03.2017 55:31

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 between the man and the divinity, the incarnation, then, is God in the flesh. If you do a little church history it’s amazing how this same thing comes up again and again. I kind of like Luther’s phrase that...

Apologetics as Witness 18.03.2017 36:40

Paul presents a reconstituted, holistic form of apologetics that may provide effective witness. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound

The Story of Matt Welch and 91four 15.03.2017 1:05:56

Paul invites Matt Welch to share his story and talk about his current work with the 91four ministry. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound

Why Did Christ Die 13.03.2017 1:01:31

Paul lays out his understanding of why Christ died and how His death can be described in terms of a change of subjectivity. I think what we see God getting satisfaction out of, we do, too. In a very perverse way. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound

Rediscovering Communion – Part III 11.03.2017 1:09:30

Paul and Frank continue their discussion on communion. This episode covers “real presence” and the meaning of “eating” and “drinking” the flesh and blood of Jesus. Rather than dwelling on the theoretical, they dive right into a big-picture view of the Gospel of John by going through the whole story to understand what Jesus meant when He gave that strange commandment. Sources Cited: Scott Hahn’s ta...

I John 3:13ff – Assurance in Christ as Salvation 08.03.2017 49:41

Paul continues his study of I John. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound

The Meaning of the Sacrifice of Christ 06.03.2017 49:43

The universal notion of sacrifice and the biblical departure from this system in the Old Testament and in the sacrifice of Christ. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound

True Faith or Ideology 04.03.2017 28:44

Ethics and belief must be brought together in the ethic of love. To not bring them together results in ideology – a religion without content. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound

I John 3:1-13 – The Characteristics of True Love 01.03.2017 48:52

The equation of hope/love, self-sacrifice/love, righteousness/love, recognizing Jesus/love. All of these are needed to arrive at a notion of agape love. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound

Christian Ethics 27.02.2017 46:15

The Christian ethic begins by putting our security in the hands of God. Evil arises because we would secure ourselves and this is the ground of personal and corporate evil. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound

Moving Beyond Modern Apologetics to a Holistic Witness 25.02.2017 54:50

Modern apologetics would presume to be able to prove God through the traditional arguments for God. Paul proposes holistic witness as an alternative. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound

The God Who Reveals Himself in the Midst of Suffering and Overcoming Evil 22.02.2017 47:16

How we define evil will be determinative of how we understand God. We know God not on the basis of a law or tradition as with the Friends of Job but through Christ. As we confront and challenge evil, that is precisely (in the thinking of Bonhoeffer) where God meets us. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound