John, Matt, and Paul, inspired by articles by C. J. Dull, discuss the baptist vision set forth by Stanley Hauerwas and James McClendon, and discuss how this provides for a first order unity in the person and work of Christ. Sign up for the upcoming class, "Lonergan & the Problem of Theological Method." The course will run from the weeks of February…

Hey everyone. A big welcome to new patrons: Becky and Molly, thanks to Helen for being patient and a massive Bristol big-up to Louise for the membership upgrade. Further thanks to Mr Snodes for his inspired title idea on Bluesky. Aside from that, we're in serious mode this week, no silly ads or giggles about poop, oh no, absolutely not. I think we'…

In this sermon, the witness of Scripture to Christ and Christ as interpretive key to Scripture is spelled out, using the Gospel of John and Paul's illustration in Corinthians concerning Moses. Sign up for the upcoming class, "Lonergan & the Problem of Theological Method." The course will run from the weeks of February 16th to April 11th. Register h…

Learning that one’s job might soon be eliminated by the emergence of an overhyped new technology puts one in good company.Kirjoittanut Plough

In this first podcast on Imaginary Apologetics, it is noted that Anselm's ontological and cosmological arguments pose a logic developed in his atonement theory, focused on a foundational logic, and this is contrasted with Hegel's understanding that the ontological argument is dependent on Christianity and the Person of Christ. Hegel is working from…

Join Keri and Matthew at the crease this week as they attempt to win the toss. Batting order as follows: Googly-eyed: Lawrence is in for his maiden over. Swine Clue : Hannah hogs Chris's attention at the pub quiz. Isosceles Love Triangle : Brad, Ben and Zainab just don't add up. Produced by Matthew Weir Become a beautiful patron of The Cider Shed a…

Philippians 3:13 describes a stretching forth, in which the past (failures and achievements) are forgotten as part of the focus on the goal of attaining to likeness of Christ. Gregory of Nyssa portrays this Pauline understanding as the eternal dynamic of life in Christ which offers true stability and peace. Sign up for the upcoming class, "Lonergan…

A priest joins her local volunteer fire department.Kirjoittanut Plough

The transformative power in conversion and salvation flows backward, redeeming all of our life, so that the end is in the beginning. Our finite lives make sense as they are stretched out in the beginning and end that is Christ. This self-transcendence is realized in being woken up religiously to the love of God, morally to others, intellectually to…

Matthew comforts Keri as they piece together the criminal reconstruction of a week that felt like curtains for The Archers. A big thank you and welcome to our nine new patrons : Julie, Cushla, Benedict, Lizzie, Lisa, Linda, Charlotte, Jenny and Lorraine. Further thanks to all of you who listen and support us. Entering stage left: Button It : Mick g…

Here is part 2 of the 2 part discussion of the upcoming course Sin and Salvation. John, Matt, and Paul, discuss their theological journey as a journey of friendship. (Sorry, the previous podcast was duplicated but here corrected.) Sign up for the upcoming class, "Lonergan & the Problem of Theological Method." The course will run from the weeks of F…

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Matt, John and Paul discuss the upcoming course with PBI, Sin and Salvation, which focuses on the peace of Christ, and which pictures the theological journey as only cohering as a continuing journey, in which the beginning is in the end, as with Christ. Sign up for the upcoming class, "Lonergan & the Problem of Theological Method." The course will …

Join Keri and Matthew this week as they sabotage the roof of Felperham Arts Centre. A huge welcome to new patrons : James, Mark, Diana, Mary and John. Props to Rutherian for the title of this week's episode. On the physical menu list: Casey Meat-up : Vince gets romantic. Thai The Knot : Ben and Zainab pad it out. Gen Sex : Brian can do whatever the…

In part 2 of discussion of Flannery O'Connor, David, Jonathan, and Paul discuss how her depiction is an explicit defeat of liberal and pietistic notions which believe in the natural competency of the soul. Only an acknowledgement of judgment, evil, and purgation, even as part of a universal salvation, is adequate for the reality of the human condit…

Peter Mommsen asks whether our society has lost sight of how to raise young humans.Kirjoittanut Plough

In this discussion Jonathan Heaps, Head of the Lonergan Institute at Seton Hall University, Editor of the Lonergan Review, and author of The Ambiguity of Being: Bernard Lonergan and the Problems of the Supernatural, describes his upcoming class with PBI on Bernard Lonergan. Jonathan describes the resolution that Lonergan brings to the modern theolo…

Hey everyone, A huge welcome to new Patrons: Sian, Heather, Budleigh Belle and Allan. Thanks so much for supporting us. Join us this week for the following: Visit Borsetshire's latest theme park. Try dating in the Borsetshire dairy community. Slip into the world's first Prog Rock Hot Tub. Get to know your onions with the beloved Tom Archer. Keri qu…

Colossians 1:15-20 stands at the center of the logic of the New Testament, taken up by Origen, the Cappadocian Fathers, Maximus, and in the modern period is recovered by Robert Jenson (among others). Apart from this understanding, that Christ is the realization of the eternality of God, Christianity becomes unintelligible. (Sign up for the upcoming…

Pan Youngguang describes how his persecuted house church chooses to flee together as a community.Kirjoittanut Plough

Jordan Wood brings his series on Maximus to a conclusion, summing up his views on nature, hierarchy, and the possibility of annihilation. (Sign up for the upcoming class, "Lonergan & the Problem of Theological Method." The course will run from the weeks of February 16th to April 11th. Also sign up for Sin and Salvation: An in-depth study of the mea…

Hello everyone! A big welcome and massive thanks to new Patrons Yvette and Penny. Join us this week as we hear more about the David Archer movie franchise, Matthew manifests scenes in The Archers and we hear how Harrison gets on undercover up north. The dips this week are: Dam it : Khalil puts David in the gnaw about rewilding's beaver plans. Wotsi…

David, Jonathan, and Paul in part 1 of this 2 part podcast discuss the novels and short stories of Flannery O'Connor and their challenge to a modern liberal worldview, with their portrayal of inexplicable evil and love. (Sign up for the upcoming class, "Lonergan & the Problem of Theological Method." The course will run from the weeks of February 16…

Santiago Ramos points out that in a dictatorship, literature nurtures freedom. In a democracy, does it matter?Kirjoittanut Plough

Jordan Wood describes key texts in patristics and philosophy and then describes the similarities between Hegel and Maximus. (Sign up for the upcoming class, "Lonergan & the Problem of Theological Method." The course will run from the weeks of February 16th to April 11th. Register here https://pbi.forgingploughshares.org/offerings) If you enjoyed th…

Hello everyone. Join Keri and Matthew returning from their Christmas break with 14 (count 'em!) new Patrons along for the ride. Massive thanks to Catherine, Aimee, Julian, Robert, Jennifer, Angus, Douglas, Suzanne, William, Elizabeth, Kate, Kath and both Paulas for signing up as well as a huge thank you to all our existing patrons too for their hel…

Herod lied to the wisemen about his intent, pretending to want to worship Jesus, but slaughtered the innocent children of Bethlehem in an attempt to kill any rival. This provides a working principle for understanding the facade of piety among rulers and the powerful and how to understand the continued slaughter of the innocent in Palestine and else…

Maureen Swinger describes an old school bus’s transformation into a space for coffee and camaraderie.Kirjoittanut Plough

Jordan Wood leads a discussion on Maximus' view of the all-embracing and unbelievable love of God as the work being accomplished through the Trinity, in synthesis, personhood, and divine humility. (Sign up for the upcoming class, "Lonergan & the Problem of Theological Method." The course will run from the weeks of February 16th to April 11th. Regis…

Mary consented to the formation of Christ within her womb, and Paul calls all people to consent to Christ being formed within. The other choice is bearing the subpersonal image. (Sign up for the upcoming class, "Lonergan & the Problem of Theological Method": "Bernard Lonergan, SJ (1904 - 1984) came to see the development of a modern scholarly metho…

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Jordan Wood explains Maximus' understanding of the limited role of nature in universal salvation, which unlike in David Hart's theology in which nature contains the full potential of deification and salvation, there is the necessity of realization in time and history of the actual working out of salvation and the defeat of evil beyond nature in per…