Tripp Fuller

For God to be savior, God has to be at work. Together we delve into the work that God must do if God is to be honored and celebrated as savior. And we get wrapped up in the saving work, not only as o…

An annual reminder that God has chosen to be in relationship with us before we could do anything in response. In the person of Jesus we are given the incarnate presence of God’s deepest blessing with…

Isaiah 9:2-7 The birth of Jesus echoes the birth of an earlier king, a previous “mighty God, everlasting father.” Let that mess with your Christology! 

Psalm 96  God’s plan of salvation is SO MUCH B…

• Isaiah 7:10-16 Your favorite Jesus prophecy that originally had nothing to do with Jesus! So, what does t…

In this special episode I get to ask three world-class theologians five questions about preaching and teaching the Bible. Here they are. And they are four in number:

1. Can we say Jesu…

What time is it? Where are we in the unfolding narrative of God’s story of promise and deliverance? Isaiah and Jesus each show us what the time of arrival looks like. With Isaiah we look for a time y…

Our calling is to live out the Advent story. We are supposed to be the people who put on full display for the world the acceptance with which God has embraced us. We are the people of Abraham’s child…

The waiting game begins again. But we’re not waiting for the Messiah to be born. We’re waiting for him to reappear. We’re looking and longing for the new creation that was promised with the reign of …

Christ is king. That’s the week on the liturgical calendar, it’s the promise of God. And it’s our hope in a time when we have figured out that our earthly shepherds are not going to fulfill God’s vis…

The promise of new creation bursts through with images of wholeness, shalom, restoration, and God’s relentless passion for God’s beloved people. And when a bystander tries to get Jesus to say that th…

In a world in which “you can’t always get what you want,” whether it’s justice, abundance, equality, or a decent political candidate, how do we continue to place our hope in God? Why should we place …

Sometimes the chaos of the world compels us to call on God to set all things right. Sometimes the chaos of the world compels us to delight in God’s presence in the midst of hardship. Can we take hold…

In order for shame to be undone, our whole system of judgment must be turned on its head. God honors those whom the world would shame. But are we really ready to hear it? The parable of the Pharisee …

What is the Bible and what are we supposed to do with it? What does knowing God mean, and how does scripture help? How will we know when we are seeing an accurate representation of God? These are the…

How do we live as people who are not in charge? How do we live among a people who are not like us, how do we respond to life’s calamities, how do we respond to life’s blessings? What do our responses…

A series of challenging passages invite us to image what sort of hope we have for the “life” that God promises us in Christ.

The passages this week are:

Luke 17:5-10

2 Timothy 1:1-14

Lamentations 1:1…

Tim Conder joins the LectioCast again, bringing his wisdom as a community organizer and pastor to texts calling us to account for how we look to God, how we deal with our money, how we love our neigh…

Tim Conder joins the LectioCast to talk about lament, finding our role in the biblical stories, and understanding how Jesus confronts and overthrows the oppressive power structures of the world. 

Jer…

 This bonus edition was recorded before a live audience at the 2016 Wild Goose Festival in Hot Springs, NC. Michael and Daniel sit down to talk about how Christians should read the Old Testament. Do …

Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 Anti-creation. And it’s all the fault of God’s faithless people. Talk about terrifying.

Psalm 14 Here we face the question: what does it mean to consume God’s people? Slave la…