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Difference Between EPC and PCA?

tulipbee

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I believe the bible claims God is in charge, not man nor you.
 
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I believe the bible claims God is in charge, not man nor you.
Correct.

It is a start and a good place to start.

The only question i have is do YOU believe that God is in charge?

If you do that is a fine starting point.

However, it makes me wonder why you would bring up things that presume to contradict the bible.

If the bible is God's word then it is absolute truth, no matter what so-called 'contemporary scholarship' says.
 
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I believe the elects believe God is in charge.

Libral Christianity interprets the bible differently than the conservatives.

Contradition is popular among the blind conservitive fundies.

Those that God chose knows God is in charge at all points, not just the statring point .
 
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I believe the elects believe God is in charge.
i don't think that either Calvinists or non-Calvinists believe that. i expect that one would find quite a few Arminians in heaven, which would make them amongst the elect.

Remember, it is not the purity of our doctrine that saves us...if that was true we'd all be lost...rather it is GOD who saves us.

Libral Christianity interprets the bible differently than the conservatives.
"Liberal Christianity" is by and large a completely different religion. This was demonstrated conclusively by J. Gresham Machen back in 1923. Ever notice that it is the liberals rather than the conservatives who deny what the church has taught and the bible proclaimed since it's inception?

Contradition is popular among the blind conservitive fundies.
Evidence please. You just can't resist flinging mud can you?

Those that God chose knows God is in charge at all points, not just the statring point .
And this statement means...what?
 
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According to billy graham, we may find a Buddhist monk or hindu priest and even the pope in heaven. Inclusivism is liberal Or at least churches are changing there minds whom might be saved. Today, churches allows homosexual pastors or female pastors.

I think you just drew the line in the sand between conservatives and liberalism. That line is defined by you with no biblical reasons. Gresham Machen's line in the sand has been washed away by the sea of humanity. Gresham Machen is as lost as he can be.

You must be a PCA when no women are allowed to preach at the pulpit
 
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I don't wear glasses.

I use fine clear magnifying lens to read my bible, CLOSELY.

They are virtual contact lenses, known as "worldview". We all have a set. You even have them on when you read that bible so CLOSELY.
 
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What's interesting is that exactly the same complaints were made by Catholics against the Reformers in the 16th Cent.

I don't quite call it different religions, since conservatives do serve the same Lord as I do. But there is also some merit to it. Discussions within either conservative Reformed or mainline Christianity can occur with all parties agreeing on how disagreements can be settled. But the differences in approach between conservative and mainline are at a basic enough level that discussions between the two on some topics are nearly impossible. Conversion from one to the other thus looks in some ways like conversion between different religions, even though we do share ideas such as Christ being the incarnation of God and dying for us, and at a day to day lived level conservative Reformed and mainline Christian lives tend to look at lot alike.

That's one reason I try to avoid getting involved in these kinds of arguments, and advise other people to do the same. They almost always generate more heat than light.

[I use mainline rather than liberal, because mainline implies to me the kind of theology that is done in mainline seminaries. Liberal includes that, but can also include more extreme positions such as the Unitarians, and a kind of generic skepticism that truth is possible.]
 
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"Liberal" is a bad choice of words in any context because can mean almost anything, and over the past two centuries has meant just about everything at one time or another.

Progressive theology is a better choice of terms because it draws in the nature of the people who believe in it. Progressive politics are interwoven with Progressive theology because they see the state as a kind of Jesus, healing the sick, turning water into wine, serving the bread and fishes.

Believe it or not, this is not my idea. I had a very Progressive pastor (his description of himself) from 2007-2011 and we were good friends, despite our political differences, and he was the one who explained Progressivism and Progressive theology (aka Social Gospel, Liberation Theology) to me. He believed that the fully-developed socialist state (which he admitted has never been created yet) is the Kingdom of God (as in, "let it be on earth as it is in heaven").

I would ask him why he thinks that we will ever create the perfect socialist state in our sinful state and he would say that the imperfect one has to be created and then man will "progress" towards greatness. As we "perfect" ourselves as guided by the socialist state and in our knowledge of Jesus (who was the "first socialist"), we will build that perfect state.

I explained that Marx said the same thing, but has the state replace Jesus. He would say that this is where Marx was wrong because the state cannot succeed without the people having Jesus as a model of perfect socialism.
 
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I know PCUSA pastors and whole churches who are Progressive in the sense you mean. But people who hold mainline theology hold the whole range of political views. That's true of my current congregation. I used to be a Republican. With the Tea Party's influence I can't be at the moment, but I'm certainly not Progressive. I don't think you should confuse mainline theology with Progressive thought.
 
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Theologically, my father has always been very, very liberal when it comes to Christianity, but when it comes to politics, he's a Tea Party person.
 
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I just wish the mainlines didn't confuse theology with Progressive thought.

Are you an Independent now who votes with the Democrats? Without the Tea Party influence, the GOP would be the Progressive Party, same as the Democrats.
 
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Can someone please explain to me the difference between the EPC and the PCA? From what I can tell, they seem very similar (except for how each denomination started).

Any insights would be greatly appreciated!

-Justin

Hi. Justin. Unfortunately this thread as has been side tracked by some with their own personal agendas. But to sum it up, the "main difference" between the two is that PCA does not ordain women, while the EPC does. God bless you!
 
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Hi. Justin. Unfortunately this thread as has been side tracked by some with their own personal agendas. But to sum it up, the "main difference" between the two is that PCA does not ordain women, while the EPC does. God bless you!

Thanks for this!
 
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