Eugene Peterson's New Message

Published: July 13, 2017, 2:50 p.m.

Kevin Miller didn\u2019t see Eugene Peterson\u2019s support for same-sex marriage coming. Miller, pastor of the Anglican congregation Church of the Savior, has read Peterson\u2019s 30 works, visited him at his congregation and home, interviewed him multiple times, and considers the creator of The Message Bible paraphrase a personal hero. But Miller, former editor at Leadership Journal, wasn\u2019t expecting Peterson to tell writer Jonathan Merritt that he would be willing to marry a same-sex couple if asked. \u201cEugene has written so beautifully in his Spiritual Theology series about how we listen to the word,\u201d said Miller. \u201cHe is a writer who engages Scripture at some of the deepest listening levels and he is prophetic in his gift and temperament as well as pastoral. To invoke the culture shift as though the culture shift has anything to say to us as a church, I was just like \u2018Eugene, that\u2019s not what you taught us to discern theses kind of issues!\u2019\u201d Miller joined assistant editor Morgan Lee and editorial director (and guest host) Ted Olsen to discuss the tension of learning from theologians after they\u2019ve changed their convictions, the hallmarks of Peterson\u2019s ministry, and what it means for the future of reading The Message.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices