FULLER voices | Brad Strawn on His Calling
+ Brad Strawn, on how his specific work training Christian psychotherapists can have a ripple effect in the world. Read more reflections on vocation from voices within the Fuller community here. The...
View ArticleN. T. Wright Reflects on Vocation
+ N. T. Wright, New Testament scholar, answering Fuller’s central integration question: “At this point in your journey, how do you envision your call to God’s mission in the world?” Read more...
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Letter From The Editor: Evidence of Good Beyond Your Doing
In the 14th chapter of Acts, Barnabas and Paul come upon a man crippled from birth. All his life, his folded body lay on the street in Lystra, a familiar sight for his Zeus-worshipping neighbors. Paul...
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The Politics of the Church in the World
Christians today often forget that the word translated as “church” in the New Testament, ekklesia, means political assembly. Like the assembly of Israelite authorities from the time of Moses before it,...
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Letter From The Editor: Young People Means You
Some years ago, when I was going through a hard season, I had a job that required me to drive 90 minutes there and back again in rush hour traffic. I spent a lot of that time in my head, pondering...
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Dannielle Carr: Wrestling with God
+ Writer and Fuller alum Dannielle Carr uses creative writing to wrestle with God over her husband’s cancer. Dannielle was one of the many students presenting at ArtVentures, an event sponsored by the...
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Translating Lament
+ Yena was gracious enough to share a live recording from one her performances at a local church. We suggest listening this selection from Bach’s Suite No. 3 in C major while reading. As a musician at...
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Naming, Navigating, and Reframing Depression in the Lives of Teenagers
“Sometimes I feel like we are just running a hotel and restaurant around here!” I still remember my dad making that exasperated statement when I was 17 years old. I was moody and irritable, and made...
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Political Civility
“In Christ, we are bound to one another, even to those whose views diverge from our own. Unlike others who might pursue secular politics as an end in itself or as a way of assuring their significance,...
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Story Table: Hospitality
Coming Soon + The Story Table takes a theme from FULLER magazine and brings it to life at everyone’s favorite conversation place: the dinner table. People who embody the theme in unique ways tell their...
View ArticlePurple People: Unity in the Divisive Age of Red and Blue
FREED FROM POLITICS AS USUAL After reflecting on the role of the church in secular society, a student of mine proposed a new website that would refuse to be drawn into the two political camps that...
View ArticleOne Basic Idea: Get People to See What the Scripture Says
My favorite sermons are the ones that surprise me. You know what I mean. The preacher takes me down a familiar biblical path, pointing out scriptural terrain we all know well. And then it happens—a...
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An Invitation to Thrive: Helping Young People Find Their Coordinates
People in the academy often ask me, why religion? Why is religion so helpful for kids to thrive? Among the several things I might say, I point to the transformative power of transcendence: an encounter...
View ArticleCulture Care and Music | Diane White-Clayton
+ Diane White-Clayton, a critically acclaimed pianist, composer, and gospel singer, reflects on the emotional impact of music and an unexpected sacred moment when a French church joined her in singing...
View ArticleJude Tiersma Watson on Stillness
+ Jude Tiersma Watson, associate professor of urban mission, argues that we can cultivate a “posture of stillness” just as easily on a busy street as a monastery. The post Jude Tiersma Watson on...
View ArticleAmerican Evangelical Islamophobia: A History of Continuity with a Hope for...
Colonial Americans had no idea that many of the slaves on their shores were actually Muslims. The famous Boston pastor Cotton Mather once quipped, “we are afar off, in a Land, which never had (that...
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EVANGELICALS AND ISLAMOPHOBIA: Critical Voices and Constructive Proposals As every day passes, we are subjected to new acts of horrific violence. The list of cities continues to grow: Dhaka, Grand...
View ArticleHow U.S. Social Conservatives Created Political Unity in Islam Fearmongering
Since the early aftermath of 9/11, popular discourse about Islam by social conservative elite and institutions has been marred by a more vocal segment that conflates Islam with terrorism, erasing all...
View ArticleNational and International Religious Freedom: An Essential Part of Christian...
I sat down for a meal with Imam Karim and announced, “I am here to partner with you in your jihad against Islamophobia!” A big smile flashed across his face as he reached out to shake my hand across...
View ArticleThe Relationship Between the Muslim World and the United States and the Root...
I appreciate the invitation to this important gathering of Evangelical and Muslim leaders who are committed to combatting human hatred and Islamophobia in particular. In the name of the one God that we...
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