Forging Ploughshares
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Ep 314Hebrews 6 - Theosis
Chapter 6 of Hebrews can be compared to II Peter in its description of "partaking" in deity. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 313Hebrews 10:32 - Salvation is a Practice
Salvation is an embodied, practical salvation which is inclusive of practicing virtue. The way to virtue is by practice. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 312How Was Jesus Delivered from Death - Hebrews 5:7
The counter to liberalism and fundamentalism is a proper appreciation of bodily resurrection and ascension. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 311Resurrection as Perfection - Hebrews 5
The resurrection and ascension is the point of perfection which is then what is mediated to us. This accords more with theosis than Western notions of atonement. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 310Atonement and Forgiveness - Hebrews 10:19ff
Frank Dugan makes a distinction between various metaphors and the telos of God's creative and restorative work, in particular forgiveness as an accounting metaphor. Paul Axton then leads the study on Hebrews 10:19ff. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 309The Two Goat Theology of Hebrews 9-10
The two goats - YHWH and Azazel - of Yom Kippur are both referenced in 9:28. Paul explains how this shapes Heb 9-10. Keeping the goats straight will bring clarity to the meaning of how Christ saves. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 308Temple Theology as an Understanding of the Nature of God - Hebrews 10
The temple as microcosmos and mirror of heaven stand in tension, but the resolution of this tension is to be found in a properly worked-out Christology. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 307Modernity and the Secular - The Problem of Evil (Part 3)
Jonathan Totty and Paul Axton discuss the problem of evil as it relates to modernity and the secular. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 306Finding Rest in Faithfulness - Hebrews 4:1-11
Paul preaches on the Sabbath rest. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 305Cleansing from Death - Hebrews 9:23
An explanation of the pollution of death surrounding the temple and its rites. With this in mind it would be impossible to think of God needing or requiring the death of Christ. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 304Modernity and the Secular - Nihilism of Modernity, Milbank and Taylor (Part 2)
Jonathan Totty and Paul Axton discuss the secular nature of belief in modern forms of faith. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 303Messianic Time - Hebrews 3
Paul preaches on the concept of Sabbath, Today, Now, or of Messianic time in Hebrews. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 302Hebrews 3:1-13 - Overcoming Alienation through an Indestructible Human Life
Christ's bodily ascension overcomes dualism. Dualism is defined as the universal structure of sinful alienation - it is a false dualism. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 301Hebrews 9:11 - The Alternative to Penal Substitution
Penal substitution is often derived - Paul offers an alternative reading. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 300Re-imagining the World - Hebrews 2:1-4
Paul preaches on entering in to a different concept of time - Messianic time. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 299Introducing Modernity and the Secular - A Theological Narrative (Part 1)
Paul Axton and Jonathan Totty discuss the The Genealogy of Modern Theology. Under this title we cover several topics: The Medieval Renaissance: Aquinas and the Classical Synthesis The Late Middle Ages: Nominalism and Voluntarism, The Renaissance and the Reformation, The Enlightenment and Pietism, German Idealism, The notion of the secular. The goal in this first podcast is to get a clear image of the shift which occurs between the premodern and the modern. There is an introductory blog post for this series. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 298Hebrews 9:1-10 - The Meaning of the Earthly Tent
The body of Christ is the cosmic temple toward which the earthly tent pointed. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 297Escape from the Covenant with Death - Hebrews 2
Paul lays out an alternative understanding of sin and salvation while exploring Hebrews 2. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 296The Point of What we are Saying - Hebrews 8
Paul continues his study in Hebrews. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 295Hebrews 1:1-3 - All Things Being Brought into Subjection
Using John Howard Yoder this sermon demonstrates five instances of how Jesus interacts with existing world-views and cosmologies. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 148Conversation with Jonathan Totty about Eastern Orthodox Theology
Paul and Jonathan Totty have a conversation about Eastern Orthodox Theology. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 149A Priest in the Order of Melchizedek
The implication of Christ’s Priesthood in Hebrews 7 will be worked out such that we are also priests. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 150A Sure Promise
Paul continues his study in Hebrews 6:9. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 151Hebrews 6:1-8 – Press On
Paul continues his study in Hebrews. Be forewarned: Toddlers are toddling and vocalizing their opinion throughout the discussion! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 152Introduction to Hebrews (Sermon)
Paul begins a sermon series on Hebrews. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 153Righteousness of God
Jonathan Totty preaches on the righteousness of God. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 154Keep Yourselves From Idols
Paul concludes his sermon series on I John. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 155Hebrews 5:7 – Resurrection As The Answer To The Prayer of Jesus
The answer to the question of what would constitute the answer to Jesus prayer in 5:7 is resurrection, and resurrection faith is taken to be the kind of faith we have to combat sin. Sin is equated with the faithlessness of not trusting God for life – resurrection life. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 156Interview with Jonathan Totty about Gregory Palamas
Gregory Palamas was a monk of Mount Athos in Greece and later the archbishop of Thessaloniki, known as a preeminent theologian of Hesychasm. Paul and Jonathan discuss the significance of Palamas as a point of departure from the Latin tradition. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 157John 5 – That You May Know That You Have Eternal Life!
Paul continues his sermon series on I John. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 158Hebrews 5:1-10 – A Perfect High Priest
Paul continues his study in Hebrews. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 159Breaking Bread Together
Jonathan Totty preaches a sermon on breaking bread together. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 160I John 5:5-8 – Blood and Water
Blood-humanity and water-deity are forever fused in and through the person and work of Christ. A simple idea that requires a revised understanding of blood as it is used in the OT and as it is understood in the NT. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 161The Mirror of the Word
Jonathan Totty preaches on The Mirror of the Word. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 162Gaining Confidence and Overcoming Anxiety – I John 3:16
Paul continues his sermon series on I John. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 163I John 3:10 – Characteristics of love
Paul continues his sermon series on I John. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 164Hebrews 4:12-16 – A Priest Beyond the Heavens
Christ is high priest after the death and resurrection which impacts how we understand his significance and the nature of our faith. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 165Discussion with Jonathan Totty About “That Hideous Strength”
Paul and Jonathan Totty discuss C.S. Lewis’ That Hideous Strength. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 166I John 2:28 – Resisting a Disincarnate Christianity Through Abiding
Paul continues his sermons series of I John. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 167Hebrews 4:1-10 – Rest in Faith
Paul continues his study of Hebrews. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 168Interview with Tom Evans and Matt Welch on Peace and its Practical Implications – Part 2
Paul continues a conversation with Tom Evans and Matt Welch about their personal journey into nonviolence. Part 2 of 2. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 169Interview with Tom Evans and Matt Welch on Peace and its Practical Implications – Part 1
Paul begins a conversation with Tom Evans and Matt Welch about their personal journey into nonviolence. Part 1 of 2. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 170Hebrews 3:7-19 – Entering Sabbath Rest
Paul continues his Bible study of Hebrews. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 171I John 2 – Three Proofs of Christianity
Obedience, love, and belief, are not simply tests of faith but proofs of the truth of Christianity. Postmodern definitions of incommensurateness set the stage for the argument that these are proofs inasmuch as they constitute the coherence of Christianity. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 172Hebrews 3 – Jesus Bodily Ascension Defeats Dualism
Paul continues his Bible study of Hebrews. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 173Discussion with Jonathan Totty about C.S. Lewis’ Perelandra
Paul and Jonathan Totty have a conversation about C.S. Lewis’ Perelandra. The nature of evil, the atonement, God’s creative purposes, are all part of this discussion about the second book in Lewis’ Space Trilogy. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 174I John – Introduction
Paul begins a series of sermons on I John. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 175Conclusion to Galatians – Israel of God
Paul concludes his sermon series on Galatians. The cross demonstrates not the wrath of God to be undone, but the virtue of Christ to be imitated. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 176Hebrews 2:6ff – Delivered from Slavery to Fear of Death
Paul shows that Christ delivers from slavery to fear of death as the work of the atonement. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound
Ep 177Galatians 5:17ff – Escaping the Perversion of the Law of Sin and Death
Paul pictures the law as having a perverse underside which can become oppressive. It is the antagonism between the spirit and the flesh and not this categories per se that is definitive of sin. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound