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I admire much of Eugene Peterson’s life, work and ministry. But I must be a voice that says, “The Bible does not approve of people practicing homosexuality in their lives.” It is possible to love people and not accept their behavior. God does it with me every day.

(RNS) — The late Eugene Peterson, the pastor and theologian best known for his popular paraphrase of the Bible called “The Message,” steered clear of controversy most of his career. But in July 2017, I published an interview with Peterson in which he told me homosexuality is “not a right or wrong thing as far as I’m concerned.” When asked if he would perform a same-sex wedding ceremony if he were still ministering, Peterson responded flatly, “Yes.” Conservative Christian leaders...

Christian Literary Agents Eye Diversity, Expansion By Ann Byle | Jan 13, 2021 A surge of new literary agents and agencies are drawing on years of experience in Christian publishing in order to meet a growing demand for fresh voices, broaden the industry’s author pool, and help houses eager to reach mainstream readers. Among these new agents are book industry veterans who are interested in shepherding a new generation of Christian writers, including more people of color,...

Rate it is higher than it was in 2009. where is america today? america with a debt problem with $16 trillion which i think is the number one problem we are hurdling off a cliff. in the 3 and a half years that president obama has been in office not a single debt plan he has put on the cabtable on pape. that significantly resinates in the way that we have not addressed our long-term fiscal problems which threatens us. >> lets talk about that debt. supposed to hit the 16 strl dollar mark. could hap...

Happening. but the point being what you need most of all is to emerge from this problem, this recession in full and have a robustly growing economy. >> there is one other thing -- >> i dont think you going to get there from here if these tax rates go up. >> the tax hikes expire, the tax cuts expire. whey is that? busbush and the republicans pad them. because they are too expensive to continue. >> on pape. that is why they sunset. and if the republicans are current to their convictions they wou...

It didnt keep that in happening. but the point being what you need most of all is to emerge from this problem, this recession in full and have a robustly growing economy. >> there is one other thing -- >> i dont think you going to get there from here if these tax rates go up. >> the tax hikes expire, the tax cuts expire. whey is that? busbush and the republicans pad them. because they are too expensive to continue. >> on pape. that is why they sunset. and if the republicans are current to thei...