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1. All Sins Are Not "Created" Equal
(teaching/Systematic Theology)

One of the most common misconceptions of Christians, including those who describe themselves as evangelicals, is that all sins are equal.  This is an unexamined position on the part of most, in that they ...

2. The Pastor's Green Pastures: Thoughts on Politics and Faith
(community/Niagara Presbyterian Church)

... disciples of Jesus Christ.  We need to seek salvation from Christ and not our nation's leaders. On domestic issues, conservatives have a tendency to stress self-salvation – pull yourself up – and liberals ...

3. The New-Old Paganism (2 Peter 1:15-2:10a)
(sermons/2010 sermons)

2 Peter 1:15-2:10a (for background read Matthew 17:1-8) speaks to the struggle in our denomination.  A priest from the Orthodox Church of Belarus told the General Assembly of the PCUSA that he was seeing ...

4. The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
(reading report/Reformed Reading Report)

... and he would be considered liberal by the culture where Scripture is considered liberal. Therefore, he is in a unique position to reach out in a very liberal city. He does not shirk back from the controversial ...

5. Scripture and Incarnation
(teaching/Systematic Theology)

... has errors would not have been so convinced. One of the problems is that most conservatives and liberals share the same set of modern presuppositions.  That is, they both begin from the same assumptions ...

6. public statement of faith
(FAQs/General)

... issues, this means that I work to promote life for the most vulnerable among us (like the unborn and the elderly) and that I am a conservative on the sexuality issues. Some might say that I am a liberal ...

7. Is the Reformation Over? Absolutely Not.
(teaching/Systematic Theology)

... conservatives were to embrace the incarnational analogy this would go a long ways in helping moderates on Scripture.  When I tell theological liberals that I believe that Scripture is fully the Word of ...

8. Seeking a Better Country: 300 Years of American Presbyterianism
(reading report/Reformed Reading Report)

... as during the twentieth century.  They are also right when they argue that most liberals and conservatives read this history selectively to shore up their own arguments.  We have been seen that lately ...