

Forging Ploughshares
Paul Axton
Cultivating the Peaceable Kingdom
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Aug 25, 2018 • 29min
Sermon - No Enduring City
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?
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Music: Bensound

Aug 25, 2018 • 28min
Sermon - The Narrative Reality of Christ
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.
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Aug 18, 2018 • 34min
Sermon - Christianity as Salvation from Religion
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.
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Aug 13, 2018 • 54min
Interview with Eric Miller
Paul Axton interviews Eric Miller, who stands in the unique position of forming an Anabaptist like communion from within the Restoration movement.
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Music: Bensound

Aug 11, 2018 • 26min
Sermon - Are You One of Us?
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.
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Aug 6, 2018 • 36min
Sermon - The God Shaped Mind
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.
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Aug 4, 2018 • 55min
Pursuing Peace in Washington with Nathan Hosler
Paul Axton interviews Nathan Hosler of Office Peace Building and Policy: A key Anabaptist engagement with the powers in an attempt to foster peace.
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Jul 30, 2018 • 16min
Film Review - The Price of Everything
"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.
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Jul 28, 2018 • 59min
Undeniable - Interview with Bryan Gallant
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
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Jul 23, 2018 • 15min
Film Review - Take Your Pills
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.
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