Category: The Call

With Adam Hamilton, we have traced the life of Jesus from his birth The Journey, through his ministry The Way, to his death and resurrection 24 Hours That Changed the World. What happened next?

Follow the journeys of Paul, beginning with his dramatic conversion, as he spread the Gospel through modern-day Greece and Turkey. Travel to the early church sites and explore Paul’s conversations with the Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians. In this six-week study, you are invited to experience faith through Christ’s greatest teacher and missionary.

?Endorsements

“Adam Hamilton has proven to be a faithful guide to applying the Bible to modern life in a sane and balanced way, and I trust him as an interpreter of the Apostle Paul for today.”
-Philip Yancey, author of Vanishing Grace and The Jesus I Never Knew

“Pastor and teacher Adam Hamilton succeeds brilliantly in introducing the life and ministry of Paul. Adam’s interweaving of personal testimony and ministry insights provide important lessons for Christian disciples today—something Paul himself would have readily welcomed.”
– Dr. Mark Wilson, Asia Minor Research Center, Antalya, Turkey

“Adam Hamilton demonstrates theologically and spiritually how indispensable the apostle Paul is to both the early Christian and 21st century church. This book is a wonderful gift for the church, and I recommend it with utmost Christian enthusiasm.”
– Dr. Israel Kamudzandu, Associate Professor of New Testament and Biblical Interpretation, Saint Paul School of Theology

“I regularly lead groups of seminary students, alums, clergy, and laity on immersion trips to Greece and Turkey. This book will certainly be on my reading list.”
– Jaime Clark-Soles, Associate Professor of New Testament, Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor, Perkins School of Theology

Follow the journeys of Paul, beginning with his dramatic conversion, as he spread the Gospel through modern-day Greece and Turkey. Travel to the early church sites and explore Paul’s conversations with the Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians. In this six-week study, you are invited to experience faith through Christ’s greatest teacher and missionary. In Session 1 titled Called to Follow Christ, Adam Hamilton takes us to key places where the Apostle Paul lived out his ministry. We travel to Tarsus to see where Paul grew up and to Damascus, where as a persecutor of early Christians he met the risen Christ and became a believer. Fourteen years later, Barnabas took Paul to the church at Syrian Antioch, and Paul’s missionary ministry began. Run Time: 11:40 Instructions: To stream a purchased video, login with your cokesbury.com user account, click on My Cokesbury.com, and select Downloads/Subscriptions. All sessions are closed captioned. Streaming Video Frequently Asked Questions

Follow the journeys of Paul, beginning with his dramatic conversion, as he spread the Gospel through modern-day Greece and Turkey. Travel to the early church sites and explore Paul’s conversations with the Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians. In this six-week study, you are invited to experience faith through Christ’s greatest teacher and missionary. In Session 2 titled Called to Go, Paul and Barnabas left on the First Missionary Journey, traveling on sea and land over the Taurus Mountains to cities in Galatia, including Pisidian Antioch, Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe, where he preached to Jews and Gentiles and started some of the first churches in Asia Minor. Run Time: 10:27 Instructions: To stream a purchased video, login with your cokesbury.com user account, click on My Cokesbury.com, and select Downloads/Subscriptions. All sessions are closed captioned. Streaming Video Frequently Asked Questions

Follow the journeys of Paul, beginning with his dramatic conversion, as he spread the Gospel through modern-day Greece and Turkey. Travel to the early church sites and explore Paul’s conversations with the Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians. In this six-week study, you are invited to experience faith through Christ’s greatest teacher and missionary. In Session 3 titled Called to Suffer, Paul and Silas began the Second Missionary Journey, taking the gospel to Europe. In Philippi, Paul met and baptized Lydia, drove evil spirits from a slave girl, and was thrown into prison with Silas. An earthquake freed them, and they converted the jailer before leaving Philippi. Run Time: 12:35 Instructions: To stream a purchased video, login with your cokesbury.com user account, click on My Cokesbury.com, and select Downloads/Subscriptions. All sessions are closed captioned. Streaming Video Frequently Asked Questions

Follow the journeys of Paul, beginning with his dramatic conversion, as he spread the Gospel through modern-day Greece and Turkey. Travel to the early church sites and explore Paul’s conversations with the Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians. In this six-week study, you are invited to experience faith through Christ’s greatest teacher and missionary. In Session 4 titled Called to Love, Paul and Silas completed the Second Missionary Journey, traveling to Thessalonica, Berea, and on to Athens, where Paul reasoned with the Athenians at the Areopagus. At the important city of Corinth he countered immorality at the pagan temples with moving words about God’s love. Run Time: 13:49 Instructions: To stream a purchased video, login with your cokesbury.com user account, click on My Cokesbury.com, and select Downloads/Subscriptions. All sessions are closed captioned. Streaming Video Frequently Asked Questions

Follow the journeys of Paul, beginning with his dramatic conversion, as he spread the Gospel through modern-day Greece and Turkey. Travel to the early church sites and explore Paul’s conversations with the Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians. In this six-week study, you are invited to experience faith through Christ’s greatest teacher and missionary. In Session 5 titled Called to Give, Paul felt called to set out on a Third Missionary Journey, first revisiting churches he had founded and then returning to the wealthy city of Ephesus, where he stayed for over two years, boldly proclaiming Christ. His preaching hurt sales of idols, and he was hustled out of town by local Christians to avoid a confrontation with angry merchants. Run Time: 14:48 Instructions: To stream a purchased video, login with your cokesbury.com user account, click on My Cokesbury.com, and select Downloads/Subscriptions. All sessions are closed captioned. Streaming Video Frequently Asked Questions

Follow the journeys of Paul, beginning with his dramatic conversion, as he spread the Gospel through modern-day Greece and Turkey. Travel to the early church sites and explore Paul’s conversations with the Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians. In this six-week study, you are invited to experience faith through Christ’s greatest teacher and missionary. In Session 6 titled Called to Be Faithful, after leaving Ephesus, Paul traveled to Caeserea, where he was arrested for violating temple rules and was sent to Rome to be tried. After a harrowing trip there, he was held under house arrest for two years, teaching and bringing people to Christ. We learn two traditions about Paul’s final years, both ending in his execution at the Mamertine Prison in Rome. We reflect on what Paul’s life and death mean for us today. Run Time: 17:18 Instructions: To stream a purchased video, login with your cokesbury.com user account, click on My Cokesbury.com, and select Downloads/Subscriptions. All sessions are closed captioned. Streaming Video Frequently Asked Questions

From the road to Damascus to the sun-drenched lands of modern-day Greece and Turkey to a Roman prison, go with Adam Hamilton as he follows the journeys of Paul in this six-week DVD study about Christianity’s greatest teacher and missionary. You’ll see exactly where some of the most dramatic events in the spread of Christianity took place, and through Hamilton’s insightful and colorful teaching style, you’ll quite probably likely gain a better understanding of Paul’s missionary travels than if you had covered the many miles in person. The Call is a complete churchwide program with study components for adult, youth, and children’s ministries. In addition to the DVD, a Leader Guide featuring flexible format options is available to make the study meaningful for any size group.
The Children’s Leader Guide contains session ideas for younger and older children, including games, activities, craft ideas, and reproducible handouts.

With Adam Hamilton, we have traced the life of Jesus from his birth The Journey, through his ministry The Way, to his death and resurrection 24 Hours That Changed the World. What happened next?

Follow the journeys of Paul, beginning with his dramatic conversion, as he spread the Gospel through modern-day Greece and Turkey. Travel to the early church sites and explore Paul’s conversations with the Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians. In this six-week study, you are invited to experience faith through Christ’s greatest teacher and missionary.

This six-session DVD features Adam Hamilton on location in modern-day Greece and Turkey, guiding us through a six-week Bible study tracing the travels and teachings of Paul.

All video sessions are closed captioned. Sessions include:
Session 1 Called to Follow Christ 11:40

Session 2 Called to Go 10:27

Session 3 Called to Suffer 12:35

Session 4 Called to Love 13:49

Session 5 Called to Give 14:48

Session 6 Called to Be Faithful 17:18

From the road to Damascus to the sun-drenched lands of modern-day Greece and Turkey to a Roman prison, go with Adam Hamilton as he follows the journeys of Paul in this six-week DVD study about Christianity’s greatest teacher and missionary. You’ll see exactly where some of the most dramatic events in the spread of Christianity took place, and through Hamilton’s insightful and colorful teaching style, you’ll quite probably likely gain a better understanding of Paul’s missionary travels than if you had covered the many miles in person. The Call is a complete churchwide program with study components for adult, youth, and children’s ministries. In addition to the DVD, a Leader Guide featuring flexible format options is available to make the study meaningful for any size group.
The Youth Study Book contains everything needed to conduct a six-session study of Paul’s travels and teachings geared to youth, including current examples that have meaning to young people grades 6-12. Can be used with the adult-level DVD.