Fuller

Posts tagged with: Genesis

A lot of oranges growing on a tree

A Picture of Natural Flourishing

God promises that those who live rightly will flourish, just like healthy, fruitful, beautiful trees.

Read Article
A person wandering through a jungle on a path

Allegro Part 2—God’s Wonder Wandering

God knows all, and like most fathers and mothers he knows where his children are.

Read Article
A lush green jungle

Allegro Part 1—God’s Wonder Wandering

God came to the garden knowing there was a distortion, and He began to bring that broken creation into focus.

Read Article
The Vision After the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel), Paul Gaugin, 1888

Name What You’re Wrestling With

Seasons of wrestling in our work and life are often opportunities to make meaning and be transformed by God.

Read Article
The foot of a newborn baby being held by its parents

The Bible and Your Body: Part 1

Our bodies are part of God’s “very good” creation.

Read Article
dark night sky full of stars

Count the Stars

I am not hopeless because I count the stars.

Read Article
A branch of a flowering pear

God of Seeds, Part 2

The God of literal seeds in Genesis is the God of metaphorical seeds in the Gospel of Mark.

Read Article
Bluebonnets in a field

God of Seeds, Part 1

If ever there was even the slightest question about whether or not God enjoys beauty, bluebonnets ought to settle the argument in favor of divine delight.

Read Article
A sunrise over rolling hills

Seeing the Glory

We must be shown God’s glory again: we must encounter it anew and afresh in the face of Jesus Christ; we must repent of our sin and turn and follow him.

Read Article
Orange, grapefruit, and lemon slices

Fruitfulness is in Your DNA

You were created to make a difference in this world.

Read Article
A smiling barista behind a counter

Labor Day in a Pandemic, Part 2

On this Labor Day weekend, we have an opportunity to value the work of all people, especially those whose work is deemed “essential.” By offering a simple “thank you for working,” we can acknowledge their labor and affirm the difference they are making, both in the world and our own lives. Why not say to those who serve you this weekend, “Thank you for your work”?

Read Article
Construction workers working on a building

Labor Day in a Pandemic, Part 1

On this Labor Day weekend, the global pandemic makes us especially aware of ways in which our world, including our work, is broken and, therefore, workers are suffering. But, as God’s people, we acknowledge the fundamental goodness of work and we seek God’s justice and peace for all workers. We yearn for the day when God will re-establish the created goodness of work for all.

Read Article
Rainbow stained glass at the Waterloo Region Museum, Kitchener, Canada

God’s Redeemed People #1: All Those Things You Saw in Your Pajamas

God can redeem anything and anybody, and God can use anything and anybody that he has redeemed.

Read Article
My Parents at their Wedding in 1941 © The Chi Family

Truth and Institutional Evil – Part I

One of the foundational assertions of Scripture is that all human beings are created in God’s image. There are no privileged races or individuals in God’s eyes. That declaration was a radical challenge to the power of Pharaoh in Egypt during Israel’s enslavement, as it was to the Nazi regime in my parents’ day, and as it is to the power of structural racism in our generation. What will we do with that truth now?

Read Article
A beautiful red flower against green leaves.

And God Saw That It Was Good

All humans are made in the image of God—a God who exists in perfect community. No human can deny that the image of God exists in anyone else. No human can exclude another from God’s beloved community.

Read Article