Author: Richard Mouw

Dr. Mouw is President Emeritus of Fuller Theological Seminary, where he presently serves as Professor of Faith and Public Life. He’s the author, most recently, of "All That God Cares About: Common Grace and Divine Delight" (2020).
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    Judging the nations

    ByRichard Mouw

    S. Franklin Logsdon was a well-known evangelical pastor in the post-World War II years, serving in several large congregations in the United States and Canada. After a brief stint at Chicago’s Moody Memorial Church in the early 1950s, he became a popular itinerant Bible teacher, with a special focus on end-time prophecy. In 1968 Logsdon…

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    Discipleship Joy

    ByRichard Mouw

    Will we still be disciples in the age of the Resurrection? That question occurred to me recently as I was listening to a group of my theological colleagues discuss discipleship. The conversation was a bit of a downer, and it struck me that – given what they were saying about discipleship – I was not looking forward to being a disciple for all eternity. My colleagues’ depiction of the life of discipleship was obviously borrowed from Dietrich Bonhoeffer. They emphasized the “cost” of discipleship. Christians are to walk “the way of the Cross.” To be a disciple is to show a willingness to take on suffering.