Josh Benner

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  • Eugene Peterson – author of the Message – dies at 85

    Eugene Peterson, pastor, professor, and writer passed away today at the age of 85 after battling dementia and heart failure. Peterson authored 35 books in his lifetime. The most popular among them was The Message, which has sold over 20 million copies. The Message is a paraphrase translation which attempts to capture the idea of a Biblical verse and…

  • The first time I ever went to church (10 years ago)

    For a long time, I had considered going to church. As someone who had never gone before, religion fascinated me. As someone who was always a thinker, I always believed that there just had to be something out there. We had to have come from some sort of Surpeme Being. For part of high school,…