Eugene H. Peterson: A Life Well Traveled

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Eugene H. Peterson: A Life Well Traveled The End of Death-as-the-End for Eugene Peterson (1932–2018) We know that when Jesus was raised from the dead it was a signal of the end of death-as-the-end. Never again will death have the last word.  —Romans 6:6-11, The Message CAROL STREAM, Ill. (October 22, 2018) — “I’ve always liked Billy Sunday’s formula for the ideal Christian life,” Eugene Peterson wrote in the opening lines of his book, Living the Resurrection. “Hit the sawdust trail,…

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Eugene Peterson, beloved pastor and “Long Obedience” author, passes

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Eugene Peterson, beloved pastor and “Long Obedience” author, passes WESTMONT, IL— Beloved pastor and poet Eugene Peterson, 85, passed away Monday morning, October 22, a week after entering hospice care for complications related to heart failure and dementia. Peterson (1932–2018) wrote more than thirty books, including his widely acclaimed paraphrase of the Bible The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language and bestselling spiritual formation classic A Long Obedience in the Same Direction. Cindy Bunch, associate publisher and director of editorial at IVP, said,…

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