From The Platform Podcast

An Exhort from Oxford Nov 2024. Click bait title: The End of the Exhort!? Actually about advocating for a dialogical practice in ecclesia's.

An exhort given at Handsworth. If i were to relate this to the last Circles and Lines Exhort I'd say its an attempt to see how Jesus draws the circle into which he invites people so they might explore the edges and parameters of love from the inside out rather as the law does from the outside in.

I gave this talk at Oxford in April and thought it pulled together a few strands from the podcast material so figured I should upload it.

In this Episode we look at how René Descartes influences a highly rational bottom up approach view of the work and how we in the West have adopted this as a way of attending to the bible. The Death part refers to the ever increasing tide of purposelessness brought on by the dawn of the scientific revolution that started with Galileo and increases with Descartes and Hobbes.

As we get into the 12th and 13 Centuries huge changes take place that effect the western world view not least the protestant reformation. We take a look at what lenses this period in time have become integrated into how we see the world in the West.

This was a tough episode but we go there. We explore the rediscovery of Aristotle and what that means for Christianity in the West. Aquinas' separation of the natural and supernatural and how that creates a ripple effect right up into our community in the present day.

In this episode we continue to look at the lenses we see the world through. This time we see how two big thinkers integrated and synthesised previous ideas to create new coherent ways of seeing the world, God and the Bible.

It was hard to title this one! It looks at ideas that develop in the Middle East, Greece and India out of the Axial Revolution that have embedded in our modern day culture. We look at how they have influenced Christadelphian Culture. Further listening: short version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePk1Ol7ZLwI longer version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF9HeXg65AE&t

We're back with a second series to look at some more frameworks and lenses but this time we're looking at the frameworks we already use but that are "internalised" or unconscious. How can stepping back to see how we view the world help us in our self awarenss? Here is the new video series I mention in the episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hSrgv6w_hw&list=PLO18pafvcP831NZKOndA4_uX4B5xw0Ha5. And here is the 9 dot problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq3ta6SvlTo

Part of David Kantor's Structural Dynamics which suggests there are 4 main speech acts in any conversation.

In this episode we consider aspects of nuance drawing on a recent BBC4 radio series you can find here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qlsk

Continuing with our 4 levels of listening we discuss Generative Listening and how it ties into Iain McGilchrist's findings on the hemispheres of the brain and the attention they bring to the world.

This episode recaps the Levels of Listening from Otto Scharmer's Theory U and looks at where Marshal Rosenburg's Non-Violent Communication fits in.

Continuing our conversation on inclusion we discuss how we can dismiss or gloss over instances of abuse and violence towards women in the Bible when we don't give enough gravity or weight to the female perspective on those stories.

In this two part episode we talk about inclusion with regards to race and gender, part one addresses race, we talk about how a higher level of listening is required in order to connect with others.

In this episode we look at culture and how it changes through history and across church environments and how as we personally develop we find homes in each. This episode probably answers some of the key questions in the very first intro episode of this podcast series

In this episode we look at two frameworks used in couples therapy and see how they apply to church discussions. We talk about this video during this episode and recommend watching the series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKNyFSLJy6o&t=257s For feedback and comments please email fromtheplatformpodcast@gmail.com

In this episode we look at the big 5 character traits and our genetic predisposition to become who we are... For feedback and comments please email fromtheplatformpodcast@gmail.com

In this episode we look at the effect of groups/tribes on how we balance our thinking and our search for truths/facts. For feedback and comments please email fromtheplatformpodcast@gmail.com

This podcast attempts to map the head-coverings passage of 1 Corinthians 11 to the Levels of Abstraction. For feedback and comments please email fromtheplatformpodcast@gmail.com

In this episode, I look at a tool for helping us see what level we are talking at within a debate Micro, Relative, Macro and Meta. For feedback and comments please email fromtheplatformpodcast@gmail.com

In this episode we look at the listening technique and role play it in a CYC/Youth group situation. But whats in place for adults with questions in our community, especially now we are exposed to and have access to far more information online? What do we need to help members filter through these newly presented ideas? For feedback and comments please email fromtheplatformpodcast@gmail.com

Jesus gives us instructions on how to rebuke or correct someone that has wronged you, how do we approach this and does it relate to how we talk about challenging topics? For feedback and comments please email fromtheplatformpodcast@gmail.com

After preparing an exhort on Job for this Sunday - I remembered how much its all about how (not) to be humble when having a discussion. Most of the ideas are from John Pople's work "To Speak Well of God' Audio book and paperback here: www.bit.ly/SpeakWellJob WCB School Talks: http://bit.ly/PopleTalks For feedback and comments please email fromtheplatformpodcast@gmail.com

In this episode we talk about why cultural context can help us out, but also get us in a muddle... do we pick and choose? Ignore all of it? or try and let it inform the conversation? For feedback and comments please email fromtheplatformpodcast@gmail.com

This episode looks at how our innate fears contribute to how we explore the unknowns presented by challenging topics. For feedback and comments please email fromtheplatformpodcast@gmail.com

A new podcast series exploring the future of the Christadelphian community. This intro episode touches on a brief history of Christadelphian origins. For feedback and comments please email fromtheplatformpodcast@gmail.com

Episode one of From The Platform. We consider the appropriateness of defining the spectrum of opinions within a church community and how Moral Foundations Theory is a useful tool in understanding the background to other peoples perspectives on topics where opinions may differ. I get the email wrong in the recording its: fromtheplatformpodcast@gmail.com