If 'everything happens for a reason,' then every act of evil is ultimately God's doing. — Adam Hamilton Acts of evil Copy Share Image
My aim is that every sermon series I preach is prepared as though I were teaching a college-level course. — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
Christians believe that God is everywhere and is involved in our lives at every moment, whether we publicly acknowledge God or not. — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
The Bible calls us to love our neighbors, and to do justice and love kindness, not to indiscriminately kill one another. — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
While some misuse their freedom to perpetrate evil, millions respond by feeling compelled to use their freedom to do good. — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to. — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
God's role in superintending our world and our lives is neither absentee landlord nor micromanager. — Adam Hamilton God Copy Share Image
“The devil can’t make you do anything! Resistance is not futile. You can overcome temptation. Where” — Adam Hamilton Resistance Copy Share Image
The senseless killing of 20 children and their teachers and principal at Sandy Hook Elementary School was not part of God's grand… — Adam Hamilton Children Copy Share Image
Everything doesn't happen for a reason, if by this we mean evil is a part of God's plan. But God does ensure… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
Many Christians do not believe God sends tornadoes. But they do believe that God walks with His children through the storms, that… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
I think anger is a normal response to something horrible that someone has done, another human being has done, and to rob… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth As fun as the acronym is, the Bible is neither basic nor simply instructions for what to… — Adam Hamilton Bible Copy Share Image
The earliest stories in Genesis were not written to tell primeval history. They were written to tell readers about themselves and about… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
I am a pastor, and I teach and preach the Bible to my congregation every week. But the Bible is not a… — Adam Hamilton Bible Copy Share Image
One thing that helps to stretch me is to listen to other preacher's sermons. Every year, I will listen to at least… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical. Reading it uncritically, without… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
Those who are believers in God find strength from their faith in the face of suffering. They are compelled to give sacrificially… — Adam Hamilton Believers Copy Share Image
Husband, when you tell your wife to go for counseling alone (because you think going to see a counselor is a sign… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
I am a follower of Jesus Christ. The Bible is my primary way of knowing Him and what it means to follow… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
The story of Noah, like other stories in the first 11 chapters of Genesis, are archetypal. Noah's story tells us that human… — Adam Hamilton Archetypal Copy Share Image
Reading the Bible carefully, critically in the light of its historical circumstances, recognizing its humanity while hearing God speak through it, we… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
Some Christians see the biblical teaching on homosexuality as reflecting the culture and times in which the Bible was written and not… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
The religious neutrality in our schools is, I would argue, one of our strengths. Teachers cannot inhibit or deride religion. But this… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Suffering is not God’s desire for us, but it occurs in the process of life. Suffering is not given to teach us… — Adam Hamilton Faith Copy Share Image
“As Donald Trump was campaigning for the Republican nomination for president in 2016 he was asked, “Have you ever asked God for… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
“You don’t magically become a new person as soon as you slip a ring on your finger.” — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
“It’s not that God won’t give you more than you can handle, but that God will help you handle all that you’ve… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical. — Adam Hamilton Bible Copy Share Image
You are not indispensable to your church, but you are indispensable to your family. — Adam Hamilton Church Copy Share Image
God seldom suspends the laws of nature, just as God does not remove free will to keep evil people from doing evil… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
People are drawn to preaching that is passionate and offered with conviction. Passion comes when the preacher has spent significant time with… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
We live in bodies that are fearfully and wonderfully made, yet they are not immune to illness and pain. We have hearts… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
We live on a planet that is amazing, beautiful, and full of wonder but not protected from powerful destructive forces of nature.… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
God seeks to influence humanity. This is at the heart of the Christmas story. It is the story of light coming into… — Adam Hamilton Christmas Copy Share Image
In America our public schools are intended to be religiously neutral. Our teachers and schools are neither to endorse nor to inhibit… — Adam Hamilton America Copy Share Image
Our society is divided by the culture wars into the Left and Right, and the United Methodist Church has always stood historically… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
Hope is a decision we make, a choice to believe that God can take the adversity, the disappointment, the heartache, and the… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
As I've taught our congregation, within the Christian faith the question of homosexuality is not a question of biblical authority, but biblical… — Adam Hamilton Authority Copy Share Image
“The human authors and editors of the Old Testament brought their own experiences and presuppositions to the task of writing. We don’t… — Adam Hamilton Bible Copy Share Image
