"I started to change my md," Peterson says about the rult of iendships wh gay men his church.
Contents:
- EUGENE PETERSON, AUTHOR OF THE MSAGE, COM OUT SUPPORT OF GAY “MARRIAGE”
- BT-SELLG THOR EUGENE PETERSON CHANG HIS MD ON GAY MARRIAGE
- POPULAR THOR EUGENE PETERSON: ACTUALLY, I WOULD NOT PERFORM A GAY MARRIAGE
EUGENE PETERSON, AUTHOR OF THE MSAGE, COM OUT SUPPORT OF GAY “MARRIAGE”
Eugene Peterson, retired pastor and thor of "The Msage," retracted his gay marriage stance, hurtg LGBTQ people more than he may wish * eugene peterson gay *
In an terview wh Relign News Service’s Jonathan Merrt, he was asked whether he would perform a same-sex weddg ceremony for a gay uple his church who were “Christians of good fah, ” and he rpond wh one word: “Y.
I know Peterson r about gay people based on what he’s said publicly, but ’s not clear that he unrstands the gravy of his words on this topic.
But July 2017, I published an terview wh Peterson which he told me homosexualy is “not a right or wrong thg as far as I’m ncerned. Regardg his assertn he would perform a gay weddg, stated, “I hope I never am asked, ” and, “on further reflectn and prayer, I would like to retract that. Drawg on never-before-published letters, journals and exclive terviews, Wn Collier’s “A Burng My Bon” reveals while Peterson long wrtled wh the Bible’s teachgs on homosexualy, he at last embraced LGBTQ cln on the grounds of Christian love.
BT-SELLG THOR EUGENE PETERSON CHANG HIS MD ON GAY MARRIAGE
Recently, Eugene Peterson, a former pastor and thor bt known for his paraphrase of the Bible The Msage, me out support of gay “marriage.” * eugene peterson gay *
“The Msage” translatn do not clu the word “homosexual” or “homosexualy.
“It is pretty clear that homosexual orientatn is not a s. “It is not at all clear that the catns of homosexualy the Bible are vered by what is beg discsed now by the church. Three years later, an terview fom at Wtern Semary, Peterson was asked how to pastor fai whose children e out as gay.
POPULAR THOR EUGENE PETERSON: ACTUALLY, I WOULD NOT PERFORM A GAY MARRIAGE
* eugene peterson gay *
He rpond, “I’ve helped several fai accept their children as gay.
(RNS) — 'I wouldn't have said this 20 years ago, but now I know a lot of people who are gay and lbian and they seem to have as good a spirual life as I do,' Peterson said. * eugene peterson gay *
He had many gay and lbian iends and weled LGBTQ people to his church wh no strgs attached. ’ Not that there is not plenty of such our culture, but maybe no more among gays than among straights.
“The Amerin evangelil church has been so mean towards homosexuals, exclud and discrimated agast, tnted and reviled, that I want nothg to do wh the arguments and prejudic that lurk jt beneath the surface of so much same-sex ncern, ” he wrote his 2011 letter.
Homophobia cloaked relig language is jt bigotry wh moral wallpaper. Peterson knew this, and he grieved the way gays and lbians were “treated as lepers” by so many Christian church.