Called, Mark Labberton
Called, Mark Labberton
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Called
The Crisis and Promise of Following Jesus Today

Author: Mark Labberton

Narrator: Paul Michael

Unabridged: 4 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/17/2023

Synopsis

The most urgent call upon God?s people is to live as followers of Jesus. The most indicting critique against the church is as simple: its failure to do so. As the leader of an evangelical theological seminary that trains men and women as leaders for the church and society, Mark Labberton writes: "People ask many questions about how their lives relate to the world. What are our lives in this world about? What are we to make of being human? Why are we here? Is there a reason we are alive, and, if so, how would we know what that is? These questions are brought on at times by beauty and joy, but also by the daunting facts of our own lives or of the world around us. We look around in doubt, in pain, in suffering. These are human questions asked throughout history by those inside and outside the church." We long to renew our hope for a world broken and hurting. And it is we, God?s people living in the power of the Holy Spirit, who are called to become this hope and flourish while in exile. Here is the crisis: we are made and redeemed for this calling, but it slides through our fingers. Here is the promise: living and practicing who and why we are is our Christian vocation whenever and wherever we may be. Will you answer the call?

About Mark Labberton

Mark Labberton is
president of Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He previously
served as Lloyd John Ogilvie chair for preaching and director of the Lloyd John
Ogilvie Institute for Preaching. Labberton came to Fuller after sixteen years
as senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley, California. Today he continues to
contribute to the mission of the global church as a senior fellow of
International Justice Mission. He is the author of The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor and The Dangerous Act of Worship.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Robert on November 01, 2014

Mark Labberton is the new President at Fuller Theological Seminary -- the seminary from which I received my M.Div. and Ph.D. degrees. The seminary sent my a copy of the new book -- as is true, I assume, of all alumni. I wanted to read it because I wanted to get a sense of his vision for the church a......more

Goodreads review by Bob on November 29, 2015

Summary: Understanding our calling to follow Jesus and seek God's purposes for the flourishing of the world is key both to a life well-lived and a church that fulfills its mission. This book explores the contours of what it means to live a called life. Mark Labberton has a vision of a church filled w......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on January 19, 2015

I found Labberton's writing style difficult--I think these may be sermons that have been brought together into a single volume. There's something disjointed about the project as a whole and I cannot say that I particularly enjoyed the book. There were some significant insights buried in the book: Fo......more

Goodreads review by Mike on July 12, 2016

"Follow Me," says Jesus. Even when "Exile" is the new situation in life, in times like these when we celebrate the change from "spiritual but not religious", when the big church builder days seem to be over, and yet when the "call" is stronger than ever -- Mark Labberton's book is centering, freeing......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on May 18, 2023

This book is an attempt to discuss what the Christian calling is both for the faith as a whole and for individuals. Labberton incorporates opinions on several topics without clear direction and makes many bold-faced claims without sources and little biblical support. For example, a repeated sentimen......more

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