FULLER sermons

Experiencing Anger | Johnny Ramírez-Johnson

Johnny Ramírez-Johnson, professor of anthropology and profesor del Centro Latino, speaks about human and divine anger and the power anger has in pointing out necessary change.

The Lord is Near | Inés Velasquez-McBryde

Inés Velasquez-McBryde, pastor and MDiv student, delivers a sermon on the peace God’s presence brings in the midst of our seasons of personal and public anxiety.

Unexpected Places | Gerry Pickett

Gerry Pickett, pastor and Fuller alumnus, speaks about following the call of God no matter the context, even when it takes us places we don’t want to be in or never imagined going.

Mesmerizing Rhythms | Mark Labberton

Mark Labberton, president of Fuller Seminary, preaches on the mesmerizing but destructive narratives that can often control us, and about the alternative narrative of hope and life which God offers.

Communing with God | Nikki Wilson

Rev. Nikki Wilson, pastor of St. James AME Church in LA, cautions against prioritizing entertainment in worship and reflects on what it means that worship is meant for God, not for us.

Jesus Wept | Makoto Fujimura

Makoto Fujimura, director of Fuller’s Brehm Center for Worship, Theology, and the Arts, meditates on grief and the love of God, which does not always make sense.

In-Between People | Mark Labberton

Mark Labberton, president of Fuller Seminary, speaks about the in-between seasons and places to which God calls us, and the challenges, hopes, and unexpected blessings found in them.

Hope in the In Between | Jean Burch

Jean Burch, pastor of Community Bible Church of Greater Pasadena, preaches on trusting God’s faithfulness and placing hope in God’s promises during the “in between times” of life.

Believer Doubters | Mark Labberton

Mark Labberton, president of Fuller Seminary, preaches on the doubt of the disciples and a gospel not based on our successes but our identity grounded in the heart and life of God

We Can’t Heal What We Hide | Dwight Radcliff

Dwight Radcliff, a PhD student in the School of Intercultural Studies, preaches on Mark 3 and calls us to stretch out our brokenness to the God who heals

Who Are You? | Mark Labberton

Mark Labberton, president of Fuller Seminary, preaches on social and racial locations and finding our identity in Christ.

Lessons from Hagar | Brenda Bertrand

Brenda Bertrand, a chaplain at Fuller Seminary, preaches on learning how to mourn, being honest, learning to rest, trusting a God who sees our pain, and more—all lessons gleaned from the life of Hagar

Preparation, Temptation, and Liberation | Dwight Hopkins

Dwight Hopkins, Alexander Campbell Professor of Theology, preaches on the “threshold event” of baptism, Christ’s temptations, and liberating economics, politics, technology in service of the poor

A Paradox of Hope | Wong Gil Shin

Wong Gil Shin, instructor of New Testament Greek, preaches on the prodigal son, Israel’s wandering in the wilderness, and an invitation to participate in the paradox of hope

Mixed Motives | Mark Labberton

Mark Labberton, president of Fuller Seminary, preaches on Timothy’s earnestness in Philippians, our own “mixed bag” of motivations, and the ongoing call to love others with genuine love

Light in Darkness | Mark Labberton

Mark Labberton, president of Fuller Seminary, preaches on the Christ hymn in Philippians, the slow transformative process of advent, and becoming God’s light in a world of pain and darkness

Fight or Flight | Tara Beth Leach

Tara Beth Leach, senior pastor of First Church of the Nazarene of Pasadena, preaches on the Sermon on the Mount, risk and reconciliation, and the “subversive way of love”

Gratitude and Disability | Various Voices

Staff and students in the Fuller community offer testimonies of gratitude and show that “the Body of Christ is incomplete without the voices and perspectives of people with disabilities”

First, Primary, and Pervasive | Mark Labberton

Mark Labberton, president of Fuller Seminary, revisits Philippians 2—the text read at his inauguration—and preaches on making the mind of Christ primary and pervasive on the “pathway of discipleship”

Pentecostal Fire | Tim Dearborn

Tim Dearborn, previous director of the Ogilvie Institute of Preaching, preaches on the “fire of God” that could transform our hearts and reach a world desperate for love

Hope | Kevin Doi

Kevin Doi (MDiv ’94), Fuller Seminary’s chaplain, preaches on the raising of Lazarus, hope in Christ, and healing as “a present sacrament of a future resurrection”