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

Culture • Current Conversations

A New Temperance Movement

Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 8 min read

Will it be any better the next time? For several years, the trifecta of COVID, an election, and race tore churches apart. What was obviously missing was that pesky fellow Paul’s understanding that we ought to put the needs of others first. (See 1 Corinthians 8 and Romans 14.) Instead of becoming a hotbed of...

Culture • Christianity & Culture

Union with Christ and the Curious Phenomenon of the Sports Fan

Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 9 min read

In honor of the end of the college football conference championships, and looking forward to the beginning of the college football championship, and in mourning over the exit of the United States from the round of 16 in the World Cup, may we take a moment to meditate on the curious phenomenon of life as...

Vocation • On Daily Work

Proverbs and Work

Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 12 min read

North American society seems to be in the midst of a first world problem: the great reevaluation of work. Work used to be Mr. Incredible, pushing paper in a job literally too small for him. Then it became work from home, then the Great Resignation, then Quiet Quitting, and then Quiet Firing. We have some...

Culture • Christianity & Culture

Exiles Again

Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 20 min read

Last month Jacob Birch wrote a widely-viewed article at Christianity Today questioning the common use of Jeremiah 29 in the Western church. In short, Birch complains that the common refrain, “We live in a period of exile” in today’s Western church is an ill-advised framework to understand the church’s relationship to our broader culture. We...

Faith • Biblical Reflections

Fiery Snakes, Earthquakes, and Talking Donkeys

Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 15 min read

Numbers, the fourth book of the Bible, is undoubtedly the great book with the terrible marketing plan. The Greek title is arithmoi, the Latin numeri, and hence the English “Numbers,” a title that inspires only a few actuaries and statisticians to even open a sleepy eye. Yet, the New Testament insists that Numbers matters deeply...

Culture • Christianity & Culture

Reading to Be Wrong

Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 11 min read

Ragebait, oversimplification, irrationality, and petulance…. Our tribalist and instantly outraged culture has, of course, many causes and few quick solutions. As Charley Warzel noted about one particularly outrageous tweet in a nice piece about the online portrayals of Simone Biles’ withdrawal from the Olympic All Around, “Click on it, and you will learn nothing. You...

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