Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove, Author at The Washington Institute

An ordained minister and the first professor of Reformed Theological Seminary NYC in Manhattan where he serves as Professor of Old Testament and Dean of Students, Bill earned a Ph.D. in Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures at The Catholic University of America, where his research focused on the Dead Sea Scrolls, with both New Testament and Old Testament implications. He completed his M.Div. at RTS Orlando and serves as a pastor at McLean Presbyterian Church. His church ministry focuses on community, pastoral care, faith and work, and leadership development. Bill previously had a business career working for Oliver Wyman & Co. as a management consultant. He is certified as a Field Associate for SIMA (System for Identifying Motivating Abilities), a Belbin Team Roles Consultant, and a Highlands Ability Battery Affiliate. Bill and his wife Jill have two children.

Articles by Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove

Vocation • Finding Your Vocation

The Tragedy of Richard Carstone

Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 9 min read

What will you be for Halloween this year? Can one ask that in a Christian publication? It probably depends on your generation and geography, to be honest. I must confess a certain nostalgia for Halloween. Not the current Halloween that the New York Times recently termed a “mutation from humble holiday to retail monstrosity,” now...

Culture • Christianity & Culture

Why Bother If It’s All Going to Burn Up Anyway?

Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 13 min read

Many moons ago when I was in college and dinosaurs roamed the earth, as a relatively new Christian, I was an environmental studies and public policy major, something that was a relatively new concentration at that point at the academic level and something that made me somewhat suspect among many Christians in the United States....

Vocation • On Daily Work

Fear, Greed, Workism, and the Lord’s Prayer

Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 19 min read

In 2019, Derek Thompson suggested in the Atlantic that work for college-educated Americans had become workism, “the most potent of new religions competing for congregants.” He noted, “No large country in the world as productive as the United States averages more hours of work a year. And the gap between the U.S. and other countries is...

Faith • Biblical Reflections

Why Is Joy So Hard to Experience?

Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 14 min read

A friend of mine who has a PhD in counseling told me that joy is the emotion that is hardest for us to let ourselves experience. We rarely let ourselves do joy well. Living with joy is hard. I know I’m a lot better at living out of duty, or fear, or effort — or...

Faith • Theological Reflections

After Easter: Certainty in the Gospel

Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 9 min read

A few years ago, my daughter and I were playing Battleship, and she shot misses on spaces C 8,9, and 10. Or that’s how I remember it and had it marked. But later she said “C9,” and I said, “you already tried that one, sweetie.” She said “No I didn’t. I shot J 8,9, and...

Faith • Theological Reflections

The Image of God: The Base Layer of Human Dignity

Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 15 min read

One of the lessons I learned early on about being outdoors in the cold, especially hiking, is this: you need to have a base layer. When it’s super, super cold out and you’re hiking, you need layers to keep you warm, but if you just drop on layer and layer, it won’t actually work right....

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