Welcome back to the Aspastur John Podcast with long time author and pastor John Piper.

Here's today's question for you.

Hello, Pastor John.

My name is Darmo and I live in Indonesia.

What encouragement would you give for us who have read and admired Eugene Peterson's

books over the years in light of his recent admission that he would marry a gay couple?

He seems to have recanted on this position, but it still leaves in my mind a lingering question.

When it comes to national or international voices in the church, when do they lose their

platform?

If an evangelical wavers on same-sex marriage to what extent are their life's works valuable

or not to the church in the future, both in private use and in public commendation, what

would you say Pastor John to Darmo?

Let me try to say something about this question without focusing too much on Eugene Peterson.

It's a bigger issue than one man, but I will say that I was really sad to read his seemingly

cavalier endorsement of so-called same-sex marriage and then how, in my mind, unsatisfying

his retraction was perhaps I wasn't as surprised as some that he would move in that direction,

but when he did, at least for a moment, it was a tragic development.

And I say that.

I say it was tragic because endorsing so-called same-sex marriage involves three tragic

things.

One, it involves a false and destructive view of marriage.

Two, it involves a false and destructive view of sexuality.

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