Confronting the Controversies – DVD

Confronting the Controversies is a 7-session group study of “tough issues” based on Adam Hamilton’s sermons on these topics. The study is designed as a “fishing expedition,” with tools and helps that will enable congregations to make the study a church and community wide outreach event, including sermon starters and promotion aids. The seven sessions are:

The Separation of Church and State
Creation and Evolution in the Public Schools
The Death Penalty
Euthanasia
Prayer in Public Schools
Abortion
Homosexuality

Purchase this DVD if additional copies are needed. One copy of the DVD is packaged in the kit.

Confronting the Controversies – Participant’s Book

Confronting the Controversies is a 7-session group study of “tough issues” based on Adam Hamilton’s sermons on these topics. The seven sessions are:

The Separation of Church and State
Creation and Evolution in the Public Schools
The Death Penalty
Euthanasia
Prayer in Public Schools
Abortion
Homosexuality

The study is designed as a “fishing expedition,” with tools and helps that will enable congregations to make the study a church and community-wide outreach event, including sermon starters and promotion aids.

24 Hours That Changed the World DVD

What a difference a day makes. You hear people say that phrase all the time. It could not be truer than when talking about the last day of Jesus’ life. In 24 Hours That Changed the World, Adam Hamilton will help you experience and understand the significance of Jesus’ suffering and death like never before. He retraces the day that changed human history in his usual straightforward yet easy, conversational style that speaks to both long-time Christians and those who are simply curious about the story of Christ’s crucifixion. Support materials include Leader Guides, a DVD, materials for all ages of Youth and Children’s Ministries, plus many more resources.
In the DVD, Hamilton draws on insights from history, archaeology, geography, and the Bible and takes us to the Holy Land where he provides a deeper understanding of the most amazing day in history. We visit the sites where those earth-shaking events took place, and we walk where Jesus walked along the road that led to the pain and triumph of the cross. The DVD includes seven sessions plus an introduction and bonus clips. Each session averages ten minutes each. A downloadable Leader Guide is available to facilitate small-group discussion about the book, the devotions, and the DVD.

Christianity’s Family Tree DVD

Adam Hamilton presents a welcoming, inspiring vision of eight Christian denominations and faith traditions. Comparing the Christian family to our own extended families, he contends that each denomination has a unique, valuable perspective to offer on the Christian faith. For each group, he gives a brief history, outlines major beliefs, and describes some things we can learn from that tradition to strengthen our own Christian faith.

Session 1. Orthodoxy

Session 2. Catholicism

Session 3. Lutheranism

Session 4. Presbyterianism

Session 5. Anglicanism

Session 6. Baptists

Session 7. Pentecostalism

Session 8. Methodism

Christianity’s Family Tree Leader’s Guide

Adam Hamilton presents a generous, inspiring vision of eight Christian denominations and faith traditions. Comparing the Christian family to our own extended families, he contends that each denomination has a unique, valuable perspective to offer on the Christian faith.

The traditions included in this eight-week video-and-print study are Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Lutheranism, Presbyterianism, Anglicanism, Baptists, Pentecostalism, and Methodism. For each group, Hamilton gives a brief history, outlines major beliefs, and describes some things we can learn from that tradition to strengthen our own Christian faith. As part of the study, he interviews a religious leader from each tradition.

The Leader’s Guide includes:

Flexible session formats, to accommodate shorter or longer meeting times
Helpful hints for facilitating group sessions
Step-by-step session plans for each week, including goals, prayers, Scripture, discussion questions, activities, key insights, notable quotes, and leader “extras”
Reproducible handouts for participants to take home and use during the week

Christianity’s Family Tree Participant’s Guide

This book is excellent for individual reading or can be used as the small group study book for the Christianity’s Family Tree DVD-based study.

Adam Hamilton presents a welcoming, inspiring vision of eight Christian denominations and faith traditions. Comparing the Christian family to our own extended families, he contends that each denomination has a unique, valuable perspective to offer on the Christian faith.

The traditions he examines are Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Lutheranism, Presbyterianism, Anglicanism, Baptists, Pentecostalism, and Methodism. For each group, Hamilton gives a brief history, outlines major beliefs, and describes some things we can learn from that tradition to strengthen our own Christian faith.
Adam Hamilton is, in my opinion, a national treasure. He embodies the kind of generous orthodoxy so many of us have been dreaming of and praying for. This book provides something truly unique—a kind of orientation to Christianity in its wide array of forms that not only educates but inspires. It’s one of the few books I wish every single Christian would read and share with their friends.
– Brian McLaren, author of A New Kind of Christian

In this wise and practical book, Adam Hamilton serves as a trusted guide to some of the rich diversity of Christian belief and practice. It is a rare feat to acknowledge differences and distinctiveness appreciatively, and Hamilton does it with exceptional grace and insight.
– L. Gregory Jones, Dean and Professor of Theology, Duke Divinity School

I love this book. Adam Hamilton teaches us that we are far richer than we know, because the beauty and the fullness of the whole church is ours. Read, learn, and be happy.
– John Ortberg, author of God Is Closer Than You Think

24 Hours That Changed the World – eBook [ePub]

In his best-selling book, 24 Hours that Changed the World, pastor and popular author Adam Hamilton helped readers relive the one day in history that changed everything. Now, on this Special Edition Book and DVD package, Hamilton invites both readers and viewers to experience and understand the significance of Jesus’ final hours.

Drawing on insights from history, archaeology, geography, and the Bible, Hamilton takes us to the Holy Land and provides a deeper understanding of the most amazing day in history. We visit the sites where those earth-shaking events took place, and we walk where Jesus walked along the road that led to the pain and triumph of the cross.

Filmed on location, this 25-minute edited tour of the Holy Land video will entertain and inspire the entire family. This Special Edition Book and DVD package is an alternative to the six-session full length study and is the perfect resource for churchwide viewing nights.

24 Hours That Changed the World Leader Guide

What a difference a day makes. You hear people say that phrase all the time. It could not be truer than when talking about the last day of Jesus’ life. In 24 Hours That Changed the World, Adam Hamilton will help you experience and understand the significance of Jesus’ suffering and death like never before. He retraces the day that changed human history in his usual straightforward yet easy, conversational style that speaks to both long-time Christians and those who are simply curious about the story of Christ’s crucifixion. Support materials include Leader Guides, a DVD, materials for all ages of Youth and Children’s Ministries, plus many more resources.
This 80-page Leader Guide helps leaders facilitate small-group discussion about the book, the devotions, and the DVD. The Leader Guide provides questions and exercises keyed to each session, as well as multiple format options and suggestions of ways to make the study a meaningful experience for any group.

24 horas que cambiaron el mundo

24 horas que cambiaron el mundo, por Adam Hamilton

Ningún evento en la historia humana ha recibido más atención que el sufrimiento y la crucifixión de Jesús de Nazaret. En este libro, Adam Hamilton nos guía a través de las últimas veinticuatro horas de la vida de Jesús. Cada capítulo está diseñado para ayudar a quienes lean el libro a que experimenten y entiendan el significado del sufrimiento y muerte de Jesús de una manera nunca antes publicada. Sea el lector cristiano o cristiana por mucho tiempo, o simplemente sienta curiosidad por la historia de la crucifixión de Cristo, la lectura de este libro es una invitación a unirse con el autor para reconsiderar las últimas 24 horas de la vida de Jesús. The best-seller from Adam Hamilton is now available in Spanish!

No single event in human history has received more attention than the suffering and crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth. In this book, Adam Hamilton guides us through the last twenty-four hours of Jesus’ life. Each chapter is designed to help the reader experience and understand the significance of Jesus’ suffering and death in a way you have never done before. Whether readers are long-time Christians or simply curious about the story of Christ’s crucifixion, they are invited to join the author in retracing the last 24 hours of Jesus’ life. CHAPTER TITLES
The Last Supper
The Garden of Gethsemane
Condemned by the Righteous
Jesus, Barabbas, and Pilate
The Torture and Humiliation of the King
The Crucifixion
Christ the Victor

Adam Hamilton is pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, one of the fastest growing, most highly visible churches in the country. Named by PBS’s Religion and Ethics Newsweekly as one of the top “Ten People to Watch,” Hamilton is the author of Confronting the Controversies, Making Love Last a Lifetime, Unleashing the Word, Leading Beyond the Walls, Selling Swimsuits in the Arctic, and Christianity and World Religions, all published by Abingdon Press.

24 Hours That Changed the World for Older Children

In his best-selling book, 24 Hours that Changed the World, pastor and popular author Adam Hamilton takes readers on a Lenten journey to relive the one day in history that changed everything. Hamilton invites readers and viewers to experience and understand the significance of Jesus’ final hours.

In 24 Hours That Changed the World for Older Children, children ages 9-12 will trace the final week of Jesus’ life in age-appropriate language as they experience this new study based on Adam Hamilton’s acclaimed series, 24 Hours That Changed the World. Adapted for the tween audience by Marcia Stoner, this leader’s resource contains everything needed to conduct the 7-week study, including reproducible handouts.