Forging Ploughshares

Paul Axton Preaches - As Christians who believe the peace of Christ is a central teaching of Christianity, how do we read the Old Testament depiction of God as if he is a warrior deity, promoting genocide and killing? The New Testament teaches us how to read these sections of scripture as applying spiritually. 

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In this continuing PBI course discussion on Romans Matt, Tim, Austin and Paul discuss how it is that death is obscured or denied in the salvation systems of this world which deal in death.

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In this PBI course discussion Tim, Austin, Matt, and Paul discuss Romans 5 and I Corinthians 15:56 and the universal tendency to transpose sin and death. The universal mistake is definitive of sin and recognizing it is an opening to rightly understanding salvation.

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In this first in a series of talks on Romans, Paul Axton introduces the theme of Romans - the human predicament and its resolution - as it revolves around the problem of shame and death and as it is resolved in righteousness. This is contrasted to the typical Augustinian approach that misappropriates this language.

In the PBI course discussion Tyler, Matt, Trenton, Jason, Tim, & Paul, discuss how the image of God in humans is simultaneously an ontological reality for all people but one completed or corrupted by being joined to either the the work of Christ (resurrection life) or a destructive story like redemptive violence.

Jon, Megan, and Paul discuss the post-apocalyptic science fiction novel A Canticle for Leibowitz by American writer Walter M. Miller Jr. Set in a Catholic monastery in the desert of the southwestern United States after a devastating nuclear war, the book spans thousands of years as civilization rebuilds itself.  The topic turns to this present moment and the nature of hope in the midst of dystopia.

Paul Axton Preaches - Christ directly contradicts elements of the Law, along with the Old Testament portrayals of God as violent. The defenders of this mistaken understanding were those who killed him, so that he died in exposing and correcting this difference.

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In this PBI course discussion Tim, Austin, David, and Paul discuss the practical ways to engage both church and culture with the non-violent peaceable Gospel. 

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Paul Axton Preaches - James 3 describes the characteristics constituting wisdom and presumes a capacity to achieve righteousness characterized by peace and love are among the key ingredients of this wisdom.

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In this PBI discussion Alan, Matt, and Paul discuss the real world revelation of the immanent Trinity in Jesus, who is the Cosmic Christ. The definitive sign of having encountered Christ is the passage from violence to Peace. To miss this is to potentially mistake the devil for God.

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