New Releases by Adam Hamilton

More and more young adults have opted out of Christianity and the church. The reason? Christians. When young adults talk about the problems they have with Christianity and the church, they often name certain attitudes and behaviors they believe are practiced too often by Christians: judging others, condemning people of other faiths, rejecting science, injecting politics into faith, and being anti-homosexual. With his familiar style, Adam Hamilton tackles these issues and addresses the how’s and why’s of Christians getting it right when it comes to being Christ in the world. Those who read When Christians Get It Wrong will gain a different way of understanding the issues that keep people away from Christianity and keep Christians from living a more compelling faith. Because, honestly, if we don’t start getting it right, we may lose an entire generation.

Everyone agrees that America is polarized, with ever-hardening positions held by people less and less willing to listen to one another. No one agrees on what to do about it. One solution that hasn’t yet been tried, says Adam Hamilton, is for thinking persons of faith to model for the rest of the country a richer, more thoughtful conversation on the political, moral, and religious issues that divide us. Hamilton rejects the easy assumptions and sloppy analysis of black and white thinking, seeking instead the truth that resides on all sides of the issues, and offering a faithful and compassionate way forward. He writes, "I don''t expect you to agree with everything I''ve written. I expect that in the future even I won''t agree with everything I''ve written here. The point is not to get you to agree with me, but to encourage you to think about what you believe. In the end I will be inviting those of you who find this book resonates with what you feel is true, to join the movement to pursue a middle way between the left and the right - to make your voices heard - and to model for our nation and for the church, how we can listen, learn, see truth as multi-sided, and love those with whom we disagree." Read more about this title Adam Hamilton''s Seeing Gray Blog Now available! Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White - DVD UPC: 843504001902 A five-session video resource featuring Adam Hamilton teaching these concepts on DVD for group or individual study. Includes leader''s guide as well as bonus video. Click below to view a preview of each video session. Where Faith and Politics Meet Christ Christians and the Culture Wars How should we live, The Ethics of Jesus Spiritual Maturity and Seeing Gray What Would Jesus Say to America?

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.€Hamilton invites readers and viewers to experience and understand the significance of Jesus'' final hours. Based on this popular series by Adam Hamilton, 24 Hours That Changed the World For Youth offers an age-appropriate perspectve on the fnal day in Jesus'' life on earth.

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 and experience and understand the significance ofJesus'' final hours. 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.

No single event in human history has received more attention than the suffering and crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth. In this Lenten journey, 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. The program that supports this product includes: 1) a DVD that contains session video filmed in the Holy Land and a leader''s guide; and 2) a paperback devotional book. Lent, Lenten, Lenten Resource, Lenten Resources, Lent Study, Lent Studies, Easter, Easter Study, Easter Studies

Christianity and World Religions is the third title in our series of video-based small-group studies from Adam Hamilton. Like Making Love Last a Lifetime and Confronting the Controversies, the study is designed as a "fishing expedition," with tools and helps that will enable congregations to make the study a church-wide and community-wide outreach event, including sermon starters and promotion aids. Christianity and World Religions is six weeks long, with the following topics: 1. Questions Thinking People Ask 2. Hinduism 3. Buddhism 4. Islam 5. Judaism 6. Christianity The opening session deals openly and honestly with questions people ask about other religions, including why we should believe the claims of Christianity over those of other faiths. In the sessions on Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Judaism, Hamilton interviews a religious leader from that tradition and includes the taped comments in his remarks. He treats the world religions with great respect, recognizing the unique contributions of each and then comparing and contrasting them with Christianity. In the final session, he attempts to distill the essential beliefs of Christianity, in light of the other religious beliefs that have been presented. Contains 1 each of the VHS tape and DVD and Pastors Guide - 4 Leader''s Guides - 20 Participants Books For more information about Adam Hamilton''s studies, go to www.adamhamilton.cokesbury.com.

DO NOT USE THIS COPY FOR LOVE TO STAY 2013************************************************* This small-group study is more than a small-group study. It provides the components to create a powerful small-group experience, including video presentations, a leader''s guide with activities for class sessions and home use, and a thoughtful, inspiring participant''s book written by Adam Hamilton, the dynamic young pastor of The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas. But it is more than that. A Pastor''s Guide with CD-ROM provides the information and tools needed to create a congregation-wide event that will reach beyond the classroom, beyond the sanctuary, and into the community, bringing young people and families into the church who ordinarily might only stop by on Christmas or Easter. Making Love Last a Lifetime is a comprehensive program for reaching new people, creating excitement, launching new small groups, and strengthening existing classes. It includes sermon starters and illustrations, marketing materials, and outreach tools built around an eight-week study on a topic that holds great interest for singles and married persons, both inside and outside the church. Designed for use in 60-90-minute sessions. For more information about Adam Hamilton''s studies, go to www.adamhamilton.cokesbury.com.

The Pastor''s Guide includes a CD and instruction for sermon preparation and promotion

The Leader''s Guide includes: how to set up and facilitate a group, coordinating with church-wide activities, reproducible worksheets, brief summary of session content, discussion questions, practical applications and activities.

Good pastoral leadership is not a by the numbers proposition. It is a matter of heart and soul, of devoting the whole self to the vision God gives for the congregation in which one serves. Yet neither is it purely intuitive; it requires hard, careful thinking about the directions and details of the path down which God calls. When Adam Hamilton became pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, its membership consisted of himself and his family. Ten years later the church averages between five and six thousand worshipers per weekend. Throughout this remarkable period, Hamilton learned many serious lessons about both the broad visions and the specific details of pastoral leadership. Bringing a depth of analytical skills often lacking in visionary leaders, in this book he goes beyond simply telling the story of Church of the Resurrection. He shares the questions that he learned to ask about the largely unchurched population to which Church of the Resurrection has reached out. Further, he demonstrates what he learned by listening to the answers to these questions, and how doing so has made possible a number of strategically crucial decisions the church has made. One of those crucial decisions was to make more traditional forms of worship and praise the center of the congregation''s life. The result is that the example of Church of the Resurrection offers pastors and church leaders (especially those in mainline denominations) the realization that they need not completely change their liturgical and theological identity in order to reach out to the unchurched. Drawing on his own experience, as well as the detailed research on the characteristics of highly successful congregations he undertook during a sabbatical leave, Hamilton offers pastors and other church leaders solid, substantive thinking on steps that congregations can take to become centers of vibrant outreach and mission. Also available in: Adobe Ebook 9780687026753Microsoft Ebook 9780687027491

Christians are faced every day with daunting choices between difficult alternatives. What does my Christian faith have to say about the moral issues that divide our society? There are plenty of people on opposite sides of the spectrum claiming to know the will of God in these matters. It is nonetheless very difficult to find help in looking at both sides of these ethical questions and applying the biblical witness to arrive at an authentically Christian belief about them. This is precisely what Adam Hamilton proposes to do. Presented as a collection of sermons, Confronting the Controversies includes euthanasia, assisted suicide, creationism, abortion, and homosexuality. Scrupulously fair to both the positions of each side and their motivations for holding them, Hamilton offers clear, concise information on what is at stake in these explosive issues. Hamilton applies a careful, broad reading of Scripture to offer direct yet compassionate guidance on what a faithful Christian response will be. This book is set up for group study, with discussion questions at the end of each chapter.

This is the story of Karl Gray, an individual who becomes a new man through a dark metamorphosis. Karl hates himself and the world he has created. He doesn’t realize how badly he wants to escape and to change his life until he meets a homeless man, Alexander. Through his relationship with Alexander, he is taught a new religion, a new set of beliefs about his role within and without society. What will his life amount to? Does it matter? Why does he have to spend the precious seconds of his life within a machine’s inner workings? Why does his past propel him into a new future? Karl realizes his new dogma by finally ridding himself of a cursed memory in order to open a new tomorrow.

Adam Hamilton, named by PBS’s Religion and Ethics Newsweekly as one of the top “Ten People to Watch,” has created an inviting new series of video-and-book studies on love and marriage, life issues, world religions, and Christian denominations. Hamilton calls these small-group studies “fishing expeditions,” because they include tools for congregation wide and communitywide programs to draw in new members. Christianity and World Religions: Wrestling With Questions People Ask is a video-based small-group study and outreach program that explores four major world religions- Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Judaism – and compares the beliefs of each with those of Christianity. This six-week study deals openly and honestly with questions people ask about other religions, including why we should believe the claims of Christianity over those of other faiths. As part of the study, author and presenter Adam Hamilton interviews a religious leader from each tradition. He treats the world religions with great respect, recognizing the unique contributions of each. In examining these major world religions and the beliefs of their followers, the Reverend Hamilton urges us as Christians to build bridges with others so that we might grow in our faith, seek peace in our world, love our neighbor, and find positive ways to share the gospel. Six 15 - minute video segments feature Hamilton''s message on world religions and comments from leaders of those faiths. To view a video clip from Christianity and World Religions DVD click here For more information about Adam Hamilton''s studies, go to www.adamhamilton.cokesbury.com.