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Conversing with Mark LabbertonChurch Real Estate and Finance, with Mark ElsdonThe church is so much more than a building—but when it comes to managing the physical property of church real estate, we often overlook the great good that can emerge from the land and structures. In this episode, social entrepreneur, strategic executive, and author Mark Elsdon joins Mark Labberton on Conversing to explore how churches and faith communities can reimagine their assets—land, buildings, and money—as instruments for mission, community transformation, and spiritual flourishing. From his decades of work at Pres House in Madison, Wisconsin, to his role as consultant, author, and co-leader of RootedGood, Elsdon shares storie...
2025-09-2350 min
We Are VineyardThe Credible Gospel: Mark Labberton’s Journey of FaithIn this episode of We Are Vineyard, Caleb Maskell talks with Mark Labberton about the life of the mind and how it intertwines beautifully and necessarily with the practical aspects of life and ministry and the work of the Holy Spirit. Mark also shares some thoughts about the most helpful ways for pastors and leaders to prepare themselves educationally for the task before them, and some practical ways of creating frameworks for mental and theological flourishing.
Mark Labberton is the Clifford L. Penner Presidential Chair Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Preaching at Fuller Seminary. He served as Fuller’s fifth pre...
2025-09-101h 14
We Are VineyardThe Credible Gospel: Mark Labberton’s Journey of FaithIn this episode of We Are Vineyard, Caleb Maskell talks with Mark Labberton about the life of the mind and how it intertwines beautifully and necessarily with the practical aspects of life and ministry and the work of the Holy Spirit. Mark also shares some thoughts about the most helpful ways for pastors and leaders to prepare themselves educationally for the task before them, and some practical ways of creating frameworks for mental and theological flourishing.
Mark Labberton is the Clifford L. Penner Presidential Chair Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Preaching at Fuller Seminary. He served as Fuller’s fifth pre...
2025-09-101h 14
Conversing with Mark LabbertonThe New Testament in Color, with Janette Ok and Jordan RyanThere’s no such thing as a neutral reading of the Bible. Every reading is inflected by first-person experience, cultural context, history, and more. In this episode, biblical scholars Janette Ok and Jordan J. Ryan join Mark Labberton to reflect on The New Testament in Color, a groundbreaking new biblical commentary that brings together diverse voices across racial, cultural, and social locations. They share how their own ethnic and cultural backgrounds as Asian American and Filipino Canadian readers shaped their understanding of Scripture, the importance of social location, using the creeds as guardrails for hermeneutics, and how contextual interpretation de...
2025-09-0958 min
Conversing with Mark LabbertonCompassionate Creativity, with Mitali PerkinsCreativity doesn’t come easy. It is often an act of resistance against chaos and other de-personalizing forces. In this episode, author Mitali Perkins joins Mark Labberton to discuss her latest book Just Making: A Guide for Compassionate Creatives. Known for her acclaimed novels for young readers—including You Bring the Distant Near and Rickshaw Girl—Perkins reflects on the creative life as both a gift and a struggle, marked by tenderness and tenacity. With candour about rejection, moments of mortification, and the relentless call to keep making, Perkins offers encouragement for artists who want their work to be both b...
2025-09-0256 min
Credible WitnessMark Labberton on Curiosity, Community, and the Beauty of the ChurchWill the church live its peculiar, Jesus-centered identity?In this episode, Presbyterian minister and former Fuller Seminary president Mark Labberton joins Nikki Toyama-Szeto to wrestle with the urgent question: Will the church live its true identity? Reflecting on his ministry in Berkeley among “cultured despisers,” his pastoral experience during the AIDS crisis of the ‘80s and ‘90s, and his convening of the Rethinking Church Initiative, Labberton describes the church as a “peculiar community”—one that must embody love, justice, and mercy across difference. Together, Nikki and Mark explore the scandal of the church’s self-delusion, the urgent need for public...
2025-08-2554 min
Conversing with Mark LabbertonBlack and Evangelical, with Vincent BacoteWho are the black evangelicals? How has contemporary evangelicalism reckoned with racial justice? Theologian Vincent Bacote joins Mark Labberton to discuss Black + Evangelical, a new documentary exploring the in-between experience of black Christians in white evangelical spaces. Bacote—professor of theology at Wheaton College and director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics—shares his personal faith journey, early formation in the Navigators, growing racial consciousness, and decades-long engagement with questions of race, theology, and evangelical identity. Together, they work through the tensions, challenges, and possibilities for a more truthful and hopeful evangelical witness. Episode Highlights “The goal of the...
2025-08-1257 min
Conversing with Mark LabbertonFaithful Ecological Science, with Ben LoweConservationist and environmental advocate Ben Lowe discusses our ecological crisis, the role of Christian faith and spirituality, and how churches can respond with hope, action, and theological depth. He joins Mark Labberton for a grounded conversation on the intersection of faith, climate change, and the church’s role in ecological justice. As executive director of A Rocha USA, Lowe brings over two decades of experience in environmental biology, ethics, and faith-based conservation to explore how Christians can engage meaningfully with environmental crises. They move from scientific clarity about climate urgency to the theological blind spots that have hi...
2025-08-0547 min
Conversing with Mark LabbertonRestoring a Credible Christian Witness, with Jemar Tisby and Nikki Toyama-SzetoIntroducing Credible Witness, a new podcast produced by Mark Labberton and the Rethinking Church Initiative. In this episode of Conversing, Mark features the full premiere episode of Credible Witness, and is joined by host Nikki Toyama-Szeto and historian Jemar Tisby. Exploring how Christian witness to the gospel of Christ has become compromised—and what might restore its credibility. Reflecting on five years of candid, challenging conversation among diverse Christian leaders during the wake of George Floyd’s murder and rising Christian nationalism, the three discuss the soul-searching, disillusionment, and hope that emerged. Together, they...
2025-07-291h 05
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2025-07-2931 min
Credible WitnessStaying with Jesus When the Church’s Credibility Is at Stake / Jemar Tisby, Mark Labberton, and Nikki Toyama-Szeto Introduce the PodcastIn the premiere episode of Credible Witness, host Nikki Toyama-Szeto is joined by theologian and public historian Jemar Tisby and pastor and scholar Mark Labberton to explore how the witness of the church has become compromised—and what might restore its credibility. Reflecting on five years of candid, challenging conversation among diverse Christian leaders during the wake of George Floyd’s murder and rising Christian nationalism, the three discuss the soul-searching, disillusionment, and hope that emerged.Together, they examine the cultural fractures, theological tensions, and moral failures that have pushed many to extremes, elevating strident voices as an i...
2025-07-281h 02
Conversing with Mark LabbertonGospel Music Genius, with Stephen Newby and Robert DardenWith a B3 organ, a prophetic imagination, and a heart broken wide open by grace, gospel music legend Andraé Crouch (1942–2015) left an indelible mark on modern Christian worship music. In this episode, Stephen Newby and Robert Darden offer a sweeping yet intimate exploration of his life, spiritual vision, and genre-defining genius. Together with Mark Labberton, they discuss their new biography Soon and Very Soon: The Transformative Music and Ministry of Andraé Crouch. Through laughter, lament, and lyrical memory, Newby and Darden—both scholars at Baylor University and co-authors of the first serious biography of Crouch—share stories of disco...
2025-07-0847 min
Conversing with Mark LabbertonMental Health and the Church, with Mark EastburgMental, emotional, and spiritual healing requires more than clinical technique—it demands sacrificial empathy, institutional trust, and a profound affirmation of the image of God in every human being. In this episode, clinical psychologist and Pine Rest CEO Mark Eastburg joins Mark Labberton to discuss the rising need for mental health care—especially for children, adolescents, and those recovering from severe trauma. Eastburg offers insights about the post-pandemic mental health landscape; psychological and emotional resilience; trauma-informed therapy; deep listening; and the theological, moral, and social commitments that drive Eastburg’s approach to mental and spiritual health. They also d...
2025-06-031h 05
Conversing with Mark LabbertonLeaders Who Don’t Listen, with Mark Labberton“Leadership is defined by listening.” In this Conversing Short, Mark Labberton explains the essential role listening plays in leadership and successful communication. Leaders are often known for what they’ve said publicly or privately, but in actual fact, the experience of leadership and the effectiveness of leadership is determined by the mutuality of listening and learning that goes on between the primary leader and the team that they’re working with at any given time. Here, Mark shares from his decades of leadership experience as a Presbyterian minister and seminary president. About Conversing Shorts “In betw...
2025-05-0607 min
Conversing with Mark LabbertonEvangelicalism in Crisis, with Russell MooreIn this episode, Russell Moore, editor-in-chief of Christianity Today, joins Mark Labberton to discuss the seismic political, moral, cultural, and spiritual crises facing American evangelicalism and how to respond. Reflecting on his own journey from the Southern Baptist Convention to his current role, Moore offers a candid and theologically rich diagnosis of a movement he describes as simultaneously fragmented, bored, and longing for renewal. Drawing parallels to historical awakenings and moments of global upheaval, Moore challenges listeners to consider what faithful Christian witness looks like in a time of digital saturation, political idolatry, and ecclesial...
2025-04-151h 00
Conversing with Mark LabbertonEmpathic Listening, with Mark Labberton“If I'm actually seeing you and then I'm hearing you, then it doubles the thickness of that communication moment.” In this Conversing Short, Mark Labberton reflects on the full-bodied, empathetic nature of listening and the communication process. He reflects on good listening, the empathy it requires, and what it means to truly recognize and successfully understand each other. Listening and perceiving are bound up together in a fundamental way, offering us an opportunity to enter into another’s experience, truly seeing and recognizing them and receiving who they are. About Conversing Shorts “In...
2025-03-1807 min
Conversing with Mark LabbertonCommunication Is an Infrequent Miracle, with Mark Labberton“ When I watch people who are what I think of as expert communicators, they are people who have this quality that they hear well, they listen deeply, and they know what kind of communication to give in return that actually seals that that was fully received.” (Mark Labberton, from this episode) Why is it so hard to communicate? To accomplish the simple task of delivering and receiving information? In this Conversing Short, Mark Labberton suggests that real and successful communication is a miracle, and an infrequent one at that. Our failure to communicate regularly demonstrates just h...
2025-03-0408 min
Conversing with Mark LabbertonChristianity and Secularism in America, with Jonathan Rauch”I grew up thinking that Christianity was basically cruel and hypocritical.” “The core teachings of Jesus align very well with the core teachings of James Madison.” “That's why we need Christianity. It's not because we don't have reason to fear. It's because we do.” —Jonathan Rauch, from the episode We’re at a crossroads, where Christianity and secularism in America are both operating at cross-purposes, and both need a critical reassessment of their role in democratic public life. In his new book, Jonathan Rauch “reckons candidly with both the shortcomings of se...
2025-02-1857 min
Conversing with Mark LabbertonThe President and the Constitution, with Yuval Levin“Is Trump interested in being Constitutionally faithful?” (Mark Labberton, from this episode) “What we're watching here is the operation of the will of an individual on the system, and the system is really meant to answer to the negotiated will of a plural body.” (Yuval Levin, from this episode) “ I think character is destiny, especially in the American presidency, because the presidency really is one person.” (Yuval Levin, from this episode) The transition of power from one presidential administration to another always has the potential for turbulence—often a surreal, perplexing, or disorienting process. But is...
2025-02-1140 min
Conversing with Mark LabbertonI Am Not You, with Mark Labberton“The gift of listening is the laying down of presumption. I don’t know you. I don’t know what you would say about this or that or the other thing. I don’t understand how you have experienced life. I don’t share in that emotional moment. I don’t have that same vocabulary. I don’t have that same life experience.” (Mark Labberton, from this episode) In this Conversing Short, Mark Labberton reflects on the reality and meaning of the fact that “I am not you.” He considers the importance of differentiation between speaker and listener...
2025-02-0408 min
Conversing with Mark LabbertonEnter the Room Listening, with Mark Labberton“An attentive, earnest ear.” “We begin as listeners, that we begin as learners, that we begin as, as genuine, interested, empathetic people who are called to know and see and hear one another.” “Entering the room listening gave me an opportunity to realize that I could just behold someone. Behold them visually, behold them audially, to sit in the wonder, the awe, the mystery, the difference of their life from mine and just absorb it in a way that was such a delight. It was also humbling. It also reminded me frequently of how much I had yet to...
2025-01-0710 min
Conversing with Mark LabbertonWhy I Read King Lear in Advent, with Mark Labberton“Each Advent, I do something unusual; I reread King Lear. Revisiting Shakespeare’s dark exploration of the dissolution of family, friendship, personality, and nation has become part of my annual rhythm. That might seem odd, particularly during this most difficult of years: With short winter days, and so much national, international, and personal pain all around us, who needs more darkness? As a Christian, I do.” (Mark Labberton, from this episode) In this Conversing Short, Mark Labberton shares about his annual ritual of re-reading William Shakespeare’s King Lear, a practice to see darkness as well as s...
2024-12-2408 min
Conversing with Mark LabbertonChrist in the Rubble of Palestine, with Munther Isaac“I think my hope is that by this time next year, we would have survived this. … The hope is to survive. … It’s really hard to think beyond that.” “We need to repent from apathy. We need to fight this normalization of a genocide.” —Rev. Dr. Munther Issac, from the episode In the long history of conflict in the Middle East, both Jews and Palestinians have felt and continue to feel the existential threat of genocide. There remains so much to be spoken and heard about the experience of each side of this conflict.
2024-12-1748 min
Conversing with Mark LabbertonDeath Row Chaplain, with Earl Smith“In October 1975, I was shot six times. And while I was on the hospital gurney, doctor told me I was going to die. I heard a very clear voice that spoke to me and said, you're not going to die. You're going to be a chaplain at San Quentin prison.” (Chaplain Earl Smith) Chaplain Earl Smith believes that ministry to the incarcerated is about so much more than rehabilitation. It’s about regeneration. Using the power of his own story of transformation from gang member to pastor, Chaplain Smith has maintained a faithful presence and witness for many d...
2024-12-0353 min
Conversing with Mark LabbertonHow a Thanksgiving Dinner Saved My Life, with Mark Labberton“Things had radically changed. … They had not only changed my mindset, but they had saved my life.” In this Conversing Short, Mark Labberton opens up about a period of darkness and despair, when as a younger man he considered ending his life. But when he was invited to share Thanksgiving dinner with a local couple, his eyes were opened to a concrete hope, friendship, and joy—all embodied in the simple feast of a community potluck. Every year since, Mark calls these friends on Thanksgiving Day, in gratitude for and celebration of the hospitality, generosity, beauty...
2024-11-2609 min
Conversing with Mark LabbertonWhat Just Happened in America, with David BrooksOur increasingly reactionary political environment doesn’t lend itself to nuanced, patient understanding of events like the 2024 re-election of Donald Trump. What historical and philosophical resources can help us gain insight and wisdom? How can we successfully know and encounter each other in such a divided society? In this episode, Mark Labberton welcomes David Brooks (columnist, New York Times) for reflections about the 2024 General Election, the state of American politics, and how we got here. Together they discuss the multi-generational class divide; sources of alienation and distrust; how loss of faith and meaning influences political li...
2024-11-1234 min
Conversing with Mark LabbertonCharacter, Policy, and Christian Principles for Voting, with David FrenchWhen it comes to voting, how should we balance character and policy? “If I'm voting for a politician,” journalist David French suggests, “I have a test. One is: Do they have the character necessary for the job? And the higher the position they’re seeking, the more character that is necessary. And number two: Do they broadly agree with me on the most important policies?” In this episode, Mark Labberton welcomes journalist David French (opinion columnist for the New York Times; formerly The Atlantic, The Dispatch, and National Review) for a discussion of character, policy, and princi...
2024-10-1548 min
Conversing with Mark LabbertonReading Genesis, with Marilynne Robinson“We have to go back to the very basic thing of understanding our shared humanity. And we’ve departed a long way from that—even the best of us, I’m afraid. It is just stunning. I mean, we are such a danger to everything we value.” (Marilynne Robinson, from the episode) Today on the show, Mark Labberton welcomes the celebrated novelist and essayist Marilynne Robinson to discuss her most recent book, Reading Genesis. Known for novels such as Housekeeping, Gilead, Home, and Lila, she offers a unique perspective on ancient scripture in her latest work of nonfiction...
2024-10-0146 min
Conversing with Mark LabbertonProtest and Presence in Berkeley, CA / A Conversing Short by Mark Labberton“I’m here because you’re here.” Berkeley, California is known for being the home to the Free Speech Movement of the 1960s. It was and is the site of many protests, drawing vocal minorities to Sproul Plaza and People’s Park for demonstrations, activism, and public assembly. So it’s come to symbolize what it means to speak out and be heard. But what does it mean to minister to an energized public square? In this Conversing Short, Mark Labberton thinks back to his time ministering in Berkeley, CA. First Presbyterian Church remains a close neighb...
2024-09-2405 min
Conversing with Mark LabbertonPerfectionism, with Kenneth WangIs perfection possible? And if so, is it worth the cost to your mental and spiritual health? The quest for perfection haunts many people: students, athletes, employees, parents—and the children of those parents! While this quest is often framed as the pursuit of excellence, virtue, and success, perfectionism often results in various maladaptive behaviours—such as procrastination, people-pleasing, relational stress, and mental illnesses, including anxiety and depression disorders. In this episode, Mark Labberton welcomes Dr. Kenneth Wang, Professor of Psychology at Fuller School of Psychology, to talk about the psychological and spiritual dyna...
2024-09-1050 min
Conversing with Mark LabbertonAudacity and Humility / A Conversing Short by Mark LabbertonThe news media offers a steady drip of audacity, nerve, and offence—something for each end of the political spectrum and every corner of the public square. But when we integrate audacity with a humble confidence, it can lead to powerful acts of love and justice. The gospel makes an audacious claim about God’s grace. It makes an audacious demand that we love our neighbours in humility. And that combination of audacity and humility keeps us seeking to engage in real conversations about ultimate things—despite our differences, despite resentments, despite all the reasons to giv...
2024-09-0307 min
Conversing with Mark LabbertonPreaching the Gospel Through Glass Walls / Mark LabbertonSacred spaces are not secret spaces. The church enacts a gospel reality that is inherently universal and transparent in the world. And what better metaphor than building a church sanctuary made of glass to communicate the invitation of the gospel to the world? In this Conversing Short, Mark Labberton reflects on the implications of this architectural decision. He also considers the opportunities for community conversation; the invitation to communion, dialogue, and unity; and a fearless, gospel-centered transparency between the church and the world. About Conversing Shorts “In between my longer conversations wit...
2024-08-0608 min
Conversing with Mark LabbertonCultured Despisers of the Faith / A Conversing Short by Mark LabbertonPeople have been given so many reasons to despise Christianity. What would it be to communicate with and for the “cultured despisers of the faith”? This was the audience Friedrich Schleiermacher wrote to in his seminal work, The Christian Faith, and it is the audience Mark Labberton sought to speak to when preaching at First Presbyterian Church in Berkeley, California. In this Conversing Short, Mark considers the importance of communicating the gospel in its fullness to a culture that understandably despises Christianity, rather than domesticating it as the ecclesiastical industrial complex has. About Conversing Shorts
2024-07-2305 min
Conversing with Mark LabbertonHow Dare You? / A Conversing Short by Mark LabbertonImagine preaching in front of a crowd of protesters holding a banner: “HOW DARE YOU?” That’s what Mark Labberton did every Sunday preaching in the clear, glass-walled sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church in Berkeley, California. In this Conversing Short, Mark reflects on this foundational, animating question that defined his public leadership during his sixteen years as senior pastor of First Pres. About Conversing Shorts: “In between my longer conversations with people who fascinate and inspire and challenge me, I share a short personal reflection, a focused episode that brings you the ideas, stories, questions, ponderin...
2024-07-0907 min
The Micah PodcastPower, Position, and the Preacher’s VoiceSpecial guest Mark Labberton, former president of Fuller Seminary, joins the Micah Podcast hosts to discuss how we can use power differently—like the way Jesus embodies it in Philippians 2.Your Micah Podcast Hosts: Rev. Joy Johnson, Rev. Jin Cho, and Rev. Bret WidmanSpecial Guest: Rev. Mark Labberton
2023-08-3050 min
Escape To The Most Riveting Full Audiobook Today!The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor: Seeing Others Through the Eyes of Jesus by Mark LabbertonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/708801to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor: Seeing Others Through the Eyes of Jesus
Author: Mark Labberton
Narrator: Paul Michael
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 8 minutes
Release date: August 29, 2023
Genres: Christianity
Publisher's Summary:
Jesus didn't see a sick woman, he saw a daughter of God. He didn't see an outcast from society, he saw a child of Israel. He didn't see a sinner, he saw a person in the image of the Creator. Are we able to see others with the eyes of Jesus? Seeing rightly is the beginning...
2023-08-297h 08
Discover The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Best-Selling!The Dangerous Act of Worship: Living God's Call to Justice by Mark LabbertonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/708436to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Dangerous Act of Worship: Living God's Call to Justice
Author: Mark Labberton
Narrator: Paul Michael
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 57 minutes
Release date: August 29, 2023
Genres: Christianity
Publisher's Summary:
What's at stake in our worship? Everything. Worship is the dangerous act of waking up to God and God's purposes in the world. But something has gone wrong with our worship. Too often worship has become a place of safety and complacency, a narrowly private experience in which solitary individuals only express their personal adoration. Even when we gather corporately...
2023-08-296h 57
Download Latest Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, ChristianityThe Dangerous Act of Worship: Living God's Call to Justice by Mark LabbertonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/708436 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dangerous Act of Worship: Living God's Call to Justice Author: Mark Labberton Narrator: Paul Michael Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 57 minutes Release date: August 29, 2023 Genres: Christianity Publisher's Summary: What's at stake in our worship? Everything. Worship is the dangerous act of waking up to God and God's purposes in the world. But something has gone wrong with our worship. Too often worship has become a place of safety and complacency, a narrowly private experience in which solitary individuals only express their personal adoration. Even when we gather...
2023-08-2905 min
Download Latest Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, ChristianityThe Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor: Seeing Others Through the Eyes of Jesus by Mark LabbertonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/708801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor: Seeing Others Through the Eyes of Jesus Author: Mark Labberton Narrator: Paul Michael Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 8 minutes Release date: August 29, 2023 Genres: Christianity Publisher's Summary: Jesus didn't see a sick woman, he saw a daughter of God. He didn't see an outcast from society, he saw a child of Israel. He didn't see a sinner, he saw a person in the image of the Creator. Are we able to see others with the eyes of Jesus? Seeing rightly is the...
2023-08-2905 minDownload Latest Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, ChristianityThe Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor: Seeing Others Through the Eyes of Jesus by Mark LabbertonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/708801to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor: Seeing Others Through the Eyes of Jesus
Author: Mark Labberton
Narrator: Paul Michael
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 8 minutes
Release date: August 29, 2023
Genres: Christianity
Publisher's Summary:
Jesus didn't see a sick woman, he saw a daughter of God. He didn't see an outcast from society, he saw a child of Israel. He didn't see a sinner, he saw a person in the image of the Creator. Are we able to see others with the eyes of Jesus? Seeing rightly is the beginning...
2023-08-297h 08Download Latest Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, ChristianityThe Dangerous Act of Worship: Living God's Call to Justice by Mark LabbertonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/708436to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Dangerous Act of Worship: Living God's Call to Justice
Author: Mark Labberton
Narrator: Paul Michael
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 57 minutes
Release date: August 29, 2023
Genres: Christianity
Publisher's Summary:
What's at stake in our worship? Everything. Worship is the dangerous act of waking up to God and God's purposes in the world. But something has gone wrong with our worship. Too often worship has become a place of safety and complacency, a narrowly private experience in which solitary individuals only express their personal adoration. Even when we gather corporately...
2023-08-296h 57
Leaders in Living RoomsLILR 086 | Former Fuller Seminary President Mark Labberton on Power Dynamics and Big vs. Small Church“If I have power, especially in ministry, it’s because it is a gift. And I’m accountable not in my audience, I’m accountable to the God of the universe who has laid down His life for the sake of the world.” Meet Mark Labberton, former Fuller Seminary President, author, and host of Fuller Studio’s Conversing podcast. Join us for an engaging conversation on what it means to lay down power. Mark gives insight on the concept of co-leadership and healthy power dynamics as he challenges us to pursue deeper discipleship above all else as the vision for church g...
2023-08-011h 04
The CartographersWhat if Culture Wars are your Work? with Pete WehnerWhen your job is politics, how do you get away from the rhetoric and tribalism of the culture wars? In this episode, Bryce Hales and Ashley Hales talk with Peter Wehner, a contributing editor for The Atlantic and a former presidential speech writer, about navigating culture war topics.Pete Wehner is a Senior Fellow at Trinity Forum @trinityforum; he writes for @nytimes & @TheAtlantic. He has worked in Reagan/Bush41 administrations and Bush43 White House. He’s also the author of The Death of Politics.Resources mentioned: Pete's work in The At...
2023-07-111h 10
Press Play On This Ground-Breaking Full Audiobook And Feel The Difference.Called: The Crisis and Promise of Following Jesus Today by Mark LabbertonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/704942to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Called: The Crisis and Promise of Following Jesus Today
Author: Mark Labberton
Narrator: Paul Michael
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 4 hours 7 minutes
Release date: June 17, 2023
Genres: Christianity
Publisher's Summary:
The most urgent call upon God?s people is to live as followers of Jesus. The most indicting critique against the church is as simple: its failure to do so. As the leader of an evangelical theological seminary that trains men and women as leaders for the church and society, Mark Labberton writes: "People ask many questions about how their lives...
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Title: Called: The Crisis and Promise of Following Jesus Today
Author: Mark Labberton
Narrator: Paul Michael
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 4 hours 7 minutes
Release date: June 17, 2023
Genres: Counseling & Inspirational
Publisher's Summary:
The most urgent call upon God?s people is to live as followers of Jesus. The most indicting critique against the church is as simple: its failure to do so. As the leader of an evangelical theological seminary that trains men and women as leaders for the church and society, Mark Labberton writes: "People ask many questions about how their...
2023-06-174h 07Get Best Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, Counseling & InspirationalCalled: The Crisis and Promise of Following Jesus Today by Mark LabbertonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/704942to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Called: The Crisis and Promise of Following Jesus Today
Author: Mark Labberton
Narrator: Paul Michael
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 4 hours 7 minutes
Release date: June 17, 2023
Genres: Counseling & Inspirational
Publisher's Summary:
The most urgent call upon God?s people is to live as followers of Jesus. The most indicting critique against the church is as simple: its failure to do so. As the leader of an evangelical theological seminary that trains men and women as leaders for the church and society, Mark Labberton writes: "People ask many questions about how their...
2023-06-174h 07Download Latest Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, ChristianityCalled: The Crisis and Promise of Following Jesus Today by Mark LabbertonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/704942to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Called: The Crisis and Promise of Following Jesus Today
Author: Mark Labberton
Narrator: Paul Michael
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 4 hours 7 minutes
Release date: June 17, 2023
Genres: Christianity
Publisher's Summary:
The most urgent call upon God?s people is to live as followers of Jesus. The most indicting critique against the church is as simple: its failure to do so. As the leader of an evangelical theological seminary that trains men and women as leaders for the church and society, Mark Labberton writes: "People ask many questions about how their lives...
2023-06-174h 07
Download Latest Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, ChristianityCalled: The Crisis and Promise of Following Jesus Today by Mark LabbertonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/704942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Called: The Crisis and Promise of Following Jesus Today Author: Mark Labberton Narrator: Paul Michael Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 7 minutes Release date: June 17, 2023 Genres: Christianity Publisher's Summary: The most urgent call upon God?s people is to live as followers of Jesus. The most indicting critique against the church is as simple: its failure to do so. As the leader of an evangelical theological seminary that trains men and women as leaders for the church and society, Mark Labberton writes: "People ask many questions about how their...
2023-06-1705 minThe CartographersA Culture War Alternative with Mark LabbertonNeed an alternative to online culture warmongering? On this episode, Bryce Hales and Ashley Hales talk with Mark Labberton, President Emeritus of Fuller Theological Seminary, about how exile is the paradigm we need for this cultural moment. Be sure to listen, subscribe and share. We'd love if you shared these episodes with a friend or family member as a starting point for conversation.Be sure to head to Willowbrae Institute to sign up for our newsletter and get a free pdf to help you process the "culture wars." Resources mentioned...
2023-06-0657 min
Trinity Forum ConversationsPublic Faith in Polarized TimesPublic Faith in Polarized Times with Mark Labberton, Claude Alexander, Walter KimIn a public square increasingly riven by tribalism, identity politics, and polarization, how can Christians wisely and faithfully engage?We were joined by Mark Labberton, Claude Alexander, and Walter Kim in August of 2021 to explore ways of understanding and approaching Christian public engagement beyond the ruts of timid quietism or belligerent culture-warring:“It's easy to think about public faith in terms of our public character. In other words, how we conduct ou...
2023-04-1842 min
Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable PeopleMark Labberton: Christianity in America TodayAre you interested in understanding evangelical Christianity's credibility crisis in America today? Mark Labberton, author of The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor, will discuss this topic and more on the next episode of the Remarkable People podcast. Tune in to hear his unique perspective!Guy Kawasaki is on a mission to make you remarkable. His Remarkable People podcast features interviews with remarkable people such as Jane Goodall, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Marc Benioff, Woz, Kristi Yamaguchi, and Bob Cialdini. Every episode will make you more remarkable.With his decades of experience in Silicon Valley as...
2023-01-251h 02
FULLER sermons171 - The Good News | Mark LabbertonMark Labberton, in his final chapel as Fuller’s president, preaches about the extraordinary surprise of the gospel, the hopeful truth that Jesus saves us, and the role we have as credible witnesses to this good news. Mark Labberton is the Clifford L. Penner Presidential Chair at Fuller Seminary. This was recorded at Fuller’s All-Seminary Chapel on November 30, 2022.
2022-12-0727 minFULLER sermons168 - The Kingdom of God is like a Seed | Mark LabbertonMark Labberton preaches on the parable of the mustard seed, emphasizing our need to tend to and nurture this seed so that it might grow and manifest the reality of the kingdom. Mark Labberton is the Clifford L. Penner Presidential Chair at Fuller Seminary. This was recorded at Fuller’s All-Seminary Chapel on November 2, 2022.
2022-11-0924 minFULLER sermons165 - We Are Blessed | Mark LabbertonMark Labberton encourages us to gather at the feet of Jesus in humility and to rest in the truth that, before we do anything, we are blessed by God. Mark Labberton is the Clifford L. Penner Presidential Chair at Fuller Seminary. This was recorded at Fuller’s Festival of Beginnings on September 28, 2022.
2022-10-1221 minFULLER sermons147 - Revolutionary Faith | Mark LabbertonMark Labberton examines the countercultural nature of the early church and invites us to consider its implications in our modern contexts, allowing ourselves to become made alive and anew. Mark Labberton is the Clifford L. Penner Presidential Chair at Fuller Seminary. This was recorded at Fuller’s virtual All-Seminary Chapel on June 1, 2022.
2022-06-0817 minFULLER sermons145 - Those Who Shape the Narrative | Mark LabbertonMeditating on the women in 2 Samuel 17, Mark Labberton speaks about the often unseen and under-appreciated “minor characters” who speak the truths which shape and direct our lives. Mark Labberton is the Clifford L. Penner Presidential Chair at Fuller Seminary. This was recorded at Fuller’s virtual All-Seminary Chapel on May 11, 2022.
2022-05-1827 minFULLER sermons140 - Living Our Identity | Mark LabbertonMark Labberton reflects on the story of Deborah and asks whether we, like Deborah, are willing to receive and live out the identity God intends for us. Mark Labberton is the Clifford L. Penner Presidential Chair at Fuller Seminary. Recorded at Fuller’s All-Seminary Chapel on March 30, 2022.
2022-04-0627 minFULLER sermons138 - True Worship | Mark LabbertonMark Labberton reflects on the ways we can be guilty of a dissonant worship—committing to ourselves instead of to God—and invites us to a more faithful way. Mark Labberton is the Clifford L. Penner Presidential Chair at Fuller Seminary. Recorded at Fuller’s All-Seminary Chapel on March 2, 2022.
2022-03-0923 min
FULLER curated86.1 - Miroslav Volf on World Faiths and Their Common FeaturesIn his lecture “World Faiths and Globalization: What Are They and Why Do They Matter?” delivered at the 2014 Payton Lectures, Miroslav Volf explored six common features shared by world religions, suggesting a frame for interfaith engagement in an increasingly globalized world. In response, Mark Labberton considered the complexities that passion, power, and fear bring to interfaith conversations—and questioned how love might also play a part. At the time of recording, Miroslav Volf was director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture and Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology at Yale Divinity School. Mark La...
2022-01-1141 min
This is CrucialTIC 17 | Dr. Mark Labberton on Cultivating Diverse Relationships, Evangelicalism, and Using the Bible to Defend WhitenessAmos and Charlene are joined by Dr. Mark Labberton. Labberton is currently serving as the President of Fuller Seminary and has previously served as Senior Pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley, California. He is committed to strengthening the intersection of the academy, church, and culture.
No registration is necessary, and you can participate by watching live at FPC Dallas YouTube, FPC Dallas Facebook, FPC Berkeley YouTube, or FPC Berkeley Facebook.
Visit ThisisCrucial.com to learn more.
2021-10-101h 07
Journey Through Your Ears To A Ground-Breaking Full Audiobook.Subversive Witness by Dominique DuBois Gilliard, Mark Labberton - forewordPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/233090to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Subversive Witness
Author: Dominique DuBois Gilliard, Mark Labberton - foreword
Narrator: Percy Bell
Format: mp3
Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
Release date: 08-24-21
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 70 ratings
Genres: Ethics
Publisher's Summary:
Privilege is a social consequence of our unwillingness to reckon with and turn from sin. But stewarded, it can help us see and participate in God's inbreaking kingdom. Scripture repeatedly affirms that privilege is real and declares that, rather than exploiting it for selfish gain or feeling immobilized by it, Christians have a responsibility to leverage it...
2021-08-245h 32
Chicago Fellowship TalksDr. Mark Labberton - Having the Gospel vs Living the the GospelIn this message from Matthew 7:24 - 8:4, Dr. Labberton challenges us to answer the question “Do we simply believe the message of the Gospel or do we actually embody it in the way we live? In the way we relate to those in our world who are different or who we may even see as our enemies?” In the gospels, Jesus challenges us to consider that it is not enough just to have faith but we are to take the greater risk of living that faith as we engage our world.
2021-06-1839 min
Cheney Faith CenterThe Mid-Week: 6.6.21 "The Simple Gospel" an intro to the book of RomansJoin Pastor Mark and Cooper as they dialogue on the opening of the book of Romans. They talk through where Paul was at in his missionary journey and how the Gospel got to Rome in the first place.
There is also some dialogue from the book "Called" by Mark Labberton and what it means to live out a called life in the Gospel in and out of the church.
2021-06-0938 min
The Church Needs TherapyMark LabbertonDr. Labberton is president of Fuller Theological Seminary, and in this episode, we talk about how people leaving the church actually gives us a diagnosis of the state of the church, what God has been revealing in the church during Covid, and how real worship is always a threat to toxic forms of power.
2021-06-0758 min
Toward Wholeness PodcastA Way Forward in a Polarized World: Interview with Mark LabbertonHow we can find a path forward in such a time of polarization? Join hosts Richard Dahlstrom and Abby Odio as they interview Pastor, author, and president of Fuller Theological Seminary, Mark Labberton.
Mark Labberton was named the fifth president of Fuller Seminary in 2013, after four years as Fuller’s Lloyd John Ogilvie Associate Professor of Preaching and director of the Ogilvie Institute of Preaching. Ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA), he served in pastoral roles for 30 years prior to coming to Fuller, most recently as senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley, California, for 16 years. He...
2021-04-0957 min
Pod Have MercyEpisode 49: A CONVERSATION WITH DR. MARK LABBERTONMark Labberton was named the fifth president of Fuller Seminary in 2013, after four years as Fuller’s Lloyd John Ogilvie Associate Professor of Preaching and director of the Ogilvie Institute of Preaching. He holds an MDiv from Fuller and a PhD in Theology from Cambridge University. Today we continue to dive into conversations around change within the church on a local and global level. As the president of Fuller, Mark gives unique perspective on how COVID has sped up some of the shifts that the church has been experiencing for many years and how we can realize growth through th...
2021-04-091h 02
Why AxS from ArtCenterFuller Seminary President Mark Labberton on the theology of makingAs President of Fuller Theological Seminary (with more than three decades of pastoral experience behind him), Mark Labberton is more than comfortable dwelling in uncertainty. For him, the space of the unknown is at least one way to access the kind of epiphany familiar to those of us on the creative path. Mark is far more than just a big picture thinker and leader. He’s a prolific writer and orator with a unique gift for mining the sublime out of a secular idea. He is also someone who embodies the immersive and expansive min...
2021-03-3152 min
Faith AngleMark Labberton and Matthew Kaemingk: New Tests for American PluralismThis week on the Faith Angle Podcast we present the audio from our most recent virtual event, New Tests for American Pluralism, which featured Mark Labberton and Matthew Kaemingk to discuss the question: Does religion fundamentally undermine political democracy, or enhance it?
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2021-03-191h 23
CGSTThe Crisis Of American White Evangelicalism Day 4 | Rev Dr Mark Labberton | 2021CGST Josephine So Culture and Ethics Lecture Week｜12-15 January 2021
The Crisis of American (White) Evangelicalism - a historical, theological, cultural, and personal perspective
Day 4
Evangel - icalism: Still or Yet? : How the Crisis of American (white) Evangelicalism Eequires the Restoration of its Soul by Rediscovering its Source and Hope
Keynote Speaker:
Rev Dr Mark Labberton, President, Fuller Theological Seminary Faculty
Response :
>Ms Wance Kwan, Associate Professor (Practical Studies) Faculty
Response :
Dr Hong Liang, Assistant Professor (Theological Studies)
2021-01-152h 02CGSTThe Crisis Of American White Evangelicalism Day 3 I Rev Dr Mark Labberton I 2021CGST Josephine So Culture and Ethics Lecture Week｜12-15 January 2021
The Crisis of American (White) Evangelicalism - a historical, theological, cultural, and personal perspective
Day 3
Perplexities about Power and Leadership: Issues of Evangelical Power that Underlie, Crown, and Subvert its Gospel and its Witness
Keynote Speaker:
Rev Dr Mark Labberton, President, Fuller Theological Seminary Faculty
Response :
Dr Jean Lee, Abundant Grace Associate Professor (Theological Studies), Dean Faculty
Response :
Rev Dr Bernard Wong, Associate Professor (Theological Studies), Associate Dean
2021-01-151h 55CGSTThe Crisis Of American White Evangelicalism Day 2 I Rev Dr Mark Labberton I 2021CGST Josephine So Culture and Ethics Lecture Week｜12-15 January 2021
The Crisis of American (White) Evangelicalism - a historical, theological, cultural, and personal perspective
Day 2
Christology and/ or Culture the Battle of American Evangelicalism that Exalts its Christology while Culture Eats its Soul
Keynote Speaker:
Rev Dr Mark Labberton, President, Fuller Theological Seminary Faculty
Response :
Dr Celine Yeung, Assistant Professor (Theological Studies) Faculty
Response :
Rev Dr Louie Kin Yip, Heavenly Blessings Professor (Theological Studies)
2021-01-151h 53CGSTThe Crisis Of American White Evangelicalism Day 1 l Rev Dr Mark Labberton l 2021CGST Josephine So Culture and Ethics Lecture Week｜12-15 January 2021
The Crisis of American (White) Evangelicalism - a historical, theological, cultural, and personal perspective
Day 1
The Start, the Complicity, the Tsunami, and Today the Birth, Original Sin, Development, Growth, Consumption, and Betrayal of American (White) Evangelicalism
Keynote Speaker:
Rev Dr Mark Labberton, President, Fuller Theological Seminary Faculty
Response :
Dr Chan Wing Yan, Visiting Professor (Practical Studies) Faculty
Response :
Rev Dr Song Jun, Philip Teng Associate Professor (Theological Studies), Director of Chinese Culture Research Center
2021-01-151h 59
From Babylon, With LoveThe Crisis of Evangelicalism: A Conversation w/ Dr. Mark Labberton, President of Fuller SeminaryThere really is no hyperbole left. Evangelicalism is in its death-throes. We have lost moral credibility with our neighbors. We have lost intellectual credibility with our neighbors. And yet we claim to have the hope of all the earth, and we claim to want more than anything to share that hope with . . . our neighbors(!) Is it possible that we evangelicals have not yet truly understood and embraced the transformative power of the Gospel for ourselves and the world around us? In our first episode of Season 2, I sit down with Dr. Mark Labberton, the President of Fuller Theological Seminary--one of the la...
2020-09-211h 14
The Wabash Center's Dialogue On TeachingEpisode 54 - Re-sets and Reckonings in Culture: Mark LabbertonWill there be a church that matters in the 21st century? What stories will we inhabit that are life-giving and for who? Leading evangelical theological education is about risk taking, failure and change. Dr. Nancy Lynne Westfield hosts Dr. Mark Labberton (Fuller Theological Seminary).
2020-06-2640 min
Bad Soccer DadCompetition and Character with Mark LabbertonMy conversation this week is with Mark Labberton, the president of Fuller Seminary. Mark and I met about six years ago when he was the Associate Professor of Preaching and director of the Ogilvie Institute of Preaching. He’s been an incredible mentor and a great source of encouragement to me over the years and am grateful for the wisdom he brings to this conversation.
You can learn more about Fuller at www.fuller.edu
Reflection:
Mark said, “Competition is a valid and good thing. I think fairness, sportsmanship, the capacity to be th...
2019-10-0830 min
Chicago Fellowship TalksDr. Mark Labberton – Paying AttentionWe pause from our regular series to welcome Dr. Mark Labberton, President of Fuller Seminary. Dr. Labberton examines Psalm 8, considering what it means to “pay attention” to God and his world, and the surprising truth that God pays attention to us!
2019-10-0453 min
Unconventional Conversations w/ Pastor Paul091719 Mark Labberton PT2.MP3091719 Mark Labberton PT2.MP3 by Unconventional Pastor Paul
2019-09-2657 min
Unconventional Conversations w/ Pastor Paul091719 Mark Labberton PT1091719 Mark Labberton PT1 by Unconventional Pastor Paul
2019-09-191h 11
Albert Tate PodcastMoments Episode 2: Ending (featuring Mark Labberton)Moments Episode 2: Ending (featuring Mark Labberton)
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2018-11-131h 07
Escape To The Full Audiobook That Keeps Thriller Fans Hooked.Still Evangelical?: Insiders Reconsider Political, Social, and Theological Meaning by Mark LabbertonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331360to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Still Evangelical?: Insiders Reconsider Political, Social, and Theological Meaning
Author: Mark Labberton
Narrator: Bob Souer
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 49 minutes
Release date: April 30, 2018
Genres: Christianity
Publisher's Summary:
Evangelicalism in America has cracked, split on the shoals of the 2016 presidential election and its aftermath, leaving many wondering if they want to be in or out of the evangelical tribe. The contentiousness brought to the fore surrounds what it means to affirm and demonstrate evangelical Christian faith amidst the messy and polarized realities gripping our country and world. Who or...
2018-04-305h 49Listen to Trending Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, ChristianityStill Evangelical?: Insiders Reconsider Political, Social, and Theological Meaning by Mark LabbertonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331360to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Still Evangelical?: Insiders Reconsider Political, Social, and Theological Meaning
Author: Mark Labberton
Narrator: Bob Souer
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 49 minutes
Release date: April 30, 2018
Genres: Christianity
Publisher's Summary:
Evangelicalism in America has cracked, split on the shoals of the 2016 presidential election and its aftermath, leaving many wondering if they want to be in or out of the evangelical tribe. The contentiousness brought to the fore surrounds what it means to affirm and demonstrate evangelical Christian faith amidst the messy and polarized realities gripping our country and world. Who or...
2018-04-305h 49
Christ Church IL PodcastThe Way Forward: Community: Mark LabbertonPlease welcome our guest Mark Labberton, who will be sharing with us how the Bible shows us what community looks like, and how we need community to move forward in life, along with snippets of what that looks like.
2017-11-1239 minChrist Church IL PodcastThe Way Forward: Community: Mark LabbertonPlease welcome our guest Mark Labberton, who will be sharing with us how the Bible shows us what community looks like, and how we need community to move forward in life, along with snippets of what that looks like.
2017-11-1239 min
Ma Gash Radio StationThe Way Forward: Community: Mark LabbertonPlease welcome our guest Mark Labberton, who will be sharing with us how the Bible shows us what community looks like, and how we need community to move forward in life, along with snippets of what that looks like.
2017-11-1239 min
Conversing with Mark Labberton11 - J. Kameron Carter on black poeticsIn this episode of “Conversing,” theologian and writer J. Kameron Carter discusses the complex interplay between racial logic and theology. He examines beliefs about possessions, the language of “master” and “lord” in scripture, and the “alternative practices of the sacred” within black Christian communities. Read more about the ongoing work of reconciling race: https://fullerstudio.fuller.edu/tag/reconciling-race/ Carter is the associate professor of theology, English, and African American Studies at Duke Divinity School and the author of “Race: A Theological Account.” He writes and lectures widely on theology, race, and black studies. Hear him speak at the Pannell Cente...
2017-06-1350 min
At Sea with Justin McRoberts@ Sea Podcast # 14: Mark LabbertonMy guest on this episode is Mark Labberton. Mark is the author of three deeply insightful books and is most likely better known as the President of Fuller Theological Seminary.
Mark’s work and friendship have often been, for me, a lifeline to hope when it comes to the communal, institutional practice of faith.
When it comes to a particular group of human beings, practicing religious faith together, and the economic, political, vocational, racial soup that often is, there’s nothing I’ve seen that he hasn’t seen, nothing I know that he doesn’t know. An...
2017-05-1758 minConversing with Mark Labberton10 - Dave Evans on designing a life of faithIn this episode of “Conversing,” author and teacher Dave Evans applies the discipline of design to the search for a meaningful life. He and Dr. Labberton consider the “collaborative process” of following God’s will, the role of humility in solving problems, and practical tools for anyone reflecting on their own vocation. Read more articles on vocation at https://fullerstudio.fuller.edu/voices-on-vocation/ Evans is an adjunct lecturer in the Product Design Program at Stanford University, a management consultant, and cofounder of Electronic Arts. A coauthor of the book “Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life...
2017-05-0959 minConversing with Mark Labberton9 - Albert Tate on pastoral authenticityIn this episode of “Conversing,” pastor Albert Tate reflects on navigating the complexities of pastoral ministry. He and Dr. Labberton discuss personality-driven preaching, supporting younger voices in the pulpit, humility, an unexpected lesson from Pope Francis, and more. Read more articles on preaching at https://fullerstudio.fuller.edu/tag/preaching/. Albert Tate is the founder and lead pastor of Fellowship Monrovia, a multiethnic intergenerational church in Monrovia, California. He speaks widely on diversity in the church, intergenerational ministry, and more, and he serves on the Board of Trustees at Fuller Youth Institute. “Conversing” is a podcast...
2017-04-1151 minConversing with Mark Labberton8 - Mimi Haddad on gender equalityIn this episode of “Conversing,” Mimi Haddad, president of Christians for Biblical Equality, discusses gender equality and women in leadership. She reflects with Dr. Labberton on the complex relationship between theology and real-life injustice, the social and economic benefits of women in leadership, and the pressing task of “dismantling theological patriarchy” in the church. Mimi Haddad is the president of Christians for Biblical Equality (CBE) and an adjunct professor of historical theology at Fuller Seminary. She is the author of “Global Voices on Biblical Equality: Women and Men Ministering Together in the Church,” and she has been a leading ad...
2017-03-2838 minConversing with Mark Labberton7 - Jeanelle Austin and Lindsey Wright on gender biasPresident Mark Labberton interviews Jeanelle Austin (MDiv ’13) and Lindsey Wright (MAT ’12) on implicit bias, gender dynamics in the church and workplace, and their hopes for the future. Read more on Fuller’s commitment to women in ministry and leadership: http://fullerstudio.fuller.edu/fuller-the-bible-and-women/ Jeanelle Austin works for Fuller’s Pannell Center for African American Church Studies as operations director. A poet and natural leader, she often shares spoken word in All-Seminary Chapel to inspire the Fuller community to pursue gospel-centered justice. Learn more about the Pannell Center here: http://fuller.edu/pannell-center/ Lindsey Wright works for...
2017-03-0747 minConversing with Mark Labberton6 - Willie James Jennings on raceIn this episode of “Conversing,” systematic theologian Willie Jennings (MDiv ’87) expands and deepens the conversation around racism and the church. He shares with Dr. Labberton how his parents taught him to stay rooted in the earth, his early frustrations with the “deep contradiction of racism” in the American church, and the complex connections between race and a theology of place. Read theological reflections on the topic of reconciling race here: https://fullerstudio.fuller.edu/reconciling-race/ Dr. Jennings is associate professor of systematic theology and Africana studies at Yale Divinity School and a well-respected lecturer and writer on the topic...
2017-02-141h 04Conversing with Mark Labberton5 - Wayne Gordon on communityWayne L. Gordon reflects with Dr. Labberton on his life as a pastor and founding president of the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA). He traces the history of the organization and his long-lasting friendship with John Perkins, and he suggests steps for cultivating “a faith that leads into engagement” and a congregation that weaves into the lives of its local community. Hear a variety of voices from Fuller Seminary on the topic of “The City” here: http://fullerstudio.fuller.edu/voices-on-the-city/ Affectionately called “Coach” by those who know him, Wayne L. Gordon is the founding pastor of the Lawndale...
2017-01-1043 minConversing with Mark Labberton4 - John M. Perkins on legacyAfter decades of ministry, John M. Perkins reflects on his legacy with Mark Labberton at the Christian Community Development Association conference. A steadfast leader in the integration of Christian faith and civil rights, Perkins draws on his memories to reflect on the deeper problems behind racism, justice, the redemptive quality of pain and his desire for the church to recover a gospel with “fresh relevance for our days.” For more on the the topic of reconciling race, visit https://fullerstudio.fuller.edu/reconciling-race. John M. Perkins is a passionate civil rights advocate, community organizer, and founder of the...
2016-12-1330 minConversing with Mark Labberton3 - Krista Tippett on wisdomWhat is the role of wisdom in our shared public spaces? Listen as Mark Labberton interviews Krista Tippett, the award-winning radio host and founder of “On Being,” on the importance of embodiment, insights from her decades of conversations with religious and cultural leaders, and more. For more on spiritual formation and wisdom visit https://fullerstudio.fuller.edu/spiritual-formation/. Krista Tippett is the founder of the Peabody Award-winning public radio broadcast and podcast “On Being,” an interview program on “the big questions of meaning” with leaders in a variety of fields. She speaks and writes widely on the intersection...
2016-11-1550 min
The New ActivistMark LabbertonThis episode originally aired October 26, 2016. As a leader of leaders, Mark Labberton (@MLabbberton) is wielding his role with wisdom, curiosity, and humility. While the church and the world change rapidly, Mark listens with great intent and uses his position to make sure that voices of truth are heard. --- The New Activist is a joint production of The RELEVANT Podcast Network and International Justice Mission. This episode is presented by IJM. Take 20 seconds, fill out this form, and ask your elected officials to fully fund critical legislation. Thank you! T: @new...
2016-10-2632 minConversing with Mark Labberton2 - Bacote and Mouw on virtues of political leadershipToday’s complex political climate is an opportunity to reflect on what a distinctly Christian approach to political leadership could look like, says Vincent Bacote. Dr. Bacote reflects with Drs. Labberton and Mouw on the virtue of moral impatience, the importance of active—and hopeful—participation in society, and the opportunity to reimagine what Christian political engagement looks like post-election. For more on political civility, visit https://fullerstudio.fuller.edu/political-civility/ Vincent Bacote is the director of the Center of Applied Christian Ethics and associate professor of theology at Wheaton College. He has written and spoken on topics...
2016-10-1839 minConversing with Mark Labberton1 - Richard Mouw on political civilityHow can Christians with differing political commitments discuss their views with grace? What is Christlike political engagement? Reflect on these questions and more as Fuller President Mark Labberton interviews President Emeritus Richard Mouw on the topic of political civility. For a reflection on the politics of the church, visit https://fullerstudio.fuller.edu/politics-church-world/. Richard Mouw was Fuller’s fourth president and now serves as Professor of Faith and Public Life at the school. For years, Dr. Mouw has lectured widely on the subject of “convicted civility,” a method of political engagement that creates space for both c...
2016-10-0937 min
LifeQuestLifeQuest - Mark LabbertonMark Labberton is the president of Fuller Theological Seminary and author of the book " Called". The most urgent call upon God’s people is to live as followers of Jesus. The most indicting critique against the church is as simple: its failure to do so. As the leader of an evangelical theological seminary that trains men and women as leaders for the church and society, Mark Labberton writes: "People ask many questions about how their lives relate to the world. What are our lives in this world about?
2014-10-0925 min
Montreat Summer Worship SeriesRev. Dr. Mark Labberton – June 29, 2014Each Sunday morning in the summer season (typically June–first week in August), the Montreat community gathers to worship the living God with prayer, singing, artistic expressions, and the Word proclaimed. The Worship Series is hosted by Montreat Conference Center in partnership with Montreat Presbyterian church and hosts new preachers every week.
The guest preacher for 6/29/2014 is Rev. Dr. Mark Labberton.
2014-06-2933 min
Chasing Fireflies: ConversationsMark Labberton: Talking to Our Children about Talking to God Talking to Our Children about Talking to God What is the best way to introduce our children to prayer? This year we plan to ask that question of several spiritual development specialists because passing along an exciting prayer life is one of a parent’s greatest contributions. The first of these conversations is ready for your listening enjoyment. It features Mark Labberton, a husband, father and pastor who was recently named president of Fuller Theological Seminary. Listen as Mark explains how he and his wife raised two boys to view talking to...
2014-05-2215 min