By Dr. Amos Yong This is the fourth installment of a series of posts by Dr. Yong on the theme of the “Holy Spirit and Mission in Canonical Perspective.” See all the posts here. If the first half of the book of Exodus preserves the all-important account of Israel’s historic deliverance from out of Egypt and culminates with the Song of the Sea, then the rest of this second book of Torah tells about the covenant between Yahweh and Israel at Sinai, and delineates details of... Read more
By Dr. Tommy Givens Cynicism is seldom a healthy response to deep corruption, but it is hard to resist in response to Pope Francis’s recent encyclical, Laudato Si, “Praise be to you.” For it systematically points out the obvious: We are destroying our earthly home; we should instead care for it, and we can. The reason for cynicism is not that the encyclical patronizes us, but that we would need to be told what is so obvious.... Read more
By Dr. Cameron Lee If you ask pastors what they love most about their ministry, many will say preaching. There’s just something transcendent about standing before a congregation after hours of rewarding and diligent study, passionately proclaiming God’s word, and seeing heads nod or hearing the occasional “Amen!” as the truth sinks in and lives are transformed. Well, at least that’s how it is according to the more romantic view of things that’s more common to people entering seminary than... Read more
This week Tony Campolo became the latest in a string of Christian leaders and churches identified as evangelical to call for, in Campolo’s words, “the full acceptance of Christian gay couples into the Church.” Campolo’s announcement was hailed by some and vilified by others as his “coming out” in favor of same-sex marriage for Christians. In several respects, Campolo’s statement captures the incoherence exhibited among many “evangelical” gestures toward acceptance of same-sex sexual relationships. The statement evokes very real questions... Read more
In recent years, some of the faculty of Fuller Theological Seminary have sought ways to respond to the epidemic of gun violence, and gathered resources for dealing with this in our communities. Their prayer was that these resources might help followers of the Prince of Peace sow the seeds of healing and shalom. This post is the third in a series that again presents their offering to the wider community of Christians. To see all the posts in this series, click... Read more
By Michael Wright I wrote the following prayer specifically for our graduating class, and Laura Harbert read it after a period of silence at the beginning of our Baccalaureate service. I hope it’s useful for you regardless of whatever life transition you might be going through. Invocation God we’re startled by what this silence reveals: a knot of thoughts and task lists cluttered by movie quotes and news feeds but as we abide the knot loosens our own histories unspool into this room... Read more
In recent years, some of the faculty of Fuller Theological Seminary have sought ways to respond to the epidemic of gun violence, and gathered resources for dealing with this in our communities. Their prayer was that these resources might help followers of the Prince of Peace sow the seeds of healing and shalom. This post is the second in a series that again presents their offering to the wider community of Christians. To see all the posts in this series, click here. As... Read more
In recent years, some of the faculty of Fuller Theological Seminary have sought ways to respond to the epidemic of gun violence, and gathered resources for dealing with this in our communities. Their prayer was that these resources might help followers of the Prince of Peace sow the seeds of healing and shalom. This post is the first in a series that again presents their offering to the wider community of Christians. To see all the posts in this series, click here.... Read more
By Reed Metcalf I attended a church when I was younger that got ripped apart by a really nasty split. The fracture had more to do with manipulative leadership than anything else, but I could not help associating the congregation’s malfunction with its faith tradition, which was pretty high church. I never understood why we did things the way we did in that church in the first place, which made the whole system an easy target for me. The result... Read more
By Dr. Gary W. Moon. The following is a guest article by Gary Moon, director of the Martin Family Institute and Dallas Willard Center for Spiritual Formation at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He is also distinguished professor of psychology and Christian spirituality at Richmont Graduate University. Moon will be a visiting professor for the Fuller Doctor of Ministry Cohort this summer. Spiritual formation and spiritual direction are terms that appeared on the radar in evangelical circles about two... Read more
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