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What could bring a person to change his or her mind about sexuality and ordination? What happened in your case?

November 25, 2009

- Jack Rogers … I had often said that I could not change my position on homosexuality unless I was convinced by Scripture. By studying the Bible in its historical and cultural context and through the lens of Jesus’ redeeming life and ministry, I have now been convinced that Scripture does not condemn, as such, the [...]

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From Richmond to Richmond

March 28, 2004

FROM RICHMOND TO RICHMOND A Gathering of the Covenant Network March 28, 2004 Stephen R. Montgomery It’s good to be back home. There’s a part of me that is surprised that I would say that– for two reasons. There’s the “home” part.  Though my formative years were only two blocks away from here, over on [...]

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On Yogi Berra…

November 8, 2003

COVENANT NETWORK CONFERENCE 2003 New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC Plenary – Saturday Morning, November 8, 2003 THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON YOGI BERRA’S “THE FUTURE AIN’T WHAT IT USED TO BE” Patrick Henry Executive Director, Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research, Collegeville, Minnesota “I wish that I had been one of the Seven Sleepers of [...]

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How I Changed My Mind on Homosexuality

October 11, 2003

Address to Covenant Network Northwest Regional Conference Jack B. Rogers October 11, 2003   I appreciate the opportunity to address you this morning. I am going to speak about my change of mind on the question of homosexuality, what I have learned theologically in that process, and some implications for us as a church. I [...]

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The Church We Are Called to Be

November 2, 2001

The Church We Are Called to Be Jack Rogers Moderator, 213th General Assembly Professor of Theology Emeritus, San Francisco Theological Seminary  Address delivered to the 2001 Covenant Conference November 2, 2001 I was in Louisville, at the Presbyterian Center on September 11. If I had to be anywhere at that time of tragedy, except at [...]

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Reading the Bible: The Presbyterian Way

November 6, 1998

by Jack Rogers Vice President and Professor of Theology San Francisco Theological Seminary Paper presented at the 1998 Covenant Conference November 6, 1998  Note: An edited version of this paper appears in Covenant Connections #5. In the mid-seventies, two educational psychologists decided to test their educational theories by observing a master teacher. The teacher they [...]

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