God seldom suspends the laws of nature, just as God does not remove free will to keep evil people from doing evil… — Adam Hamilton Does 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
Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to. — Adam Hamilton Effective 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 Bible calls us to love our neighbors, and to do justice and love kindness, not to indiscriminately kill one another. — Adam Hamilton And love Copy Share Image
If 'everything happens for a reason,' then every act of evil is ultimately God's doing. — Adam Hamilton Acts of evil Copy Share Image
I suspect that here theists and atheists would agree: Human beings have within them the ability to choose evil or good. We… — Adam Hamilton Ability Copy Share Image
Frequent prayer has great value. On its surface, this sounds simplistic. But if we're to keep prayer at the forefront of our… — Adam Hamilton Again Copy Share Image
When sermons start where people live - their questions, struggles, and concerns - and then offer a timely and helpful word from… — Adam Hamilton Bible 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
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
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
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
If God is not sending earthquakes, destroying economies and inflicting pain upon human beings, what is God doing? God works through people,… — Adam Hamilton Beings Copy Share Image
When my kids were growing up, I wanted their teachers to teach them science, reading, math and history. I also wanted them… — Adam Hamilton About Copy Share Image
Why did the earthquake and tsunami occur in Japan? Was it the act of an angry God? No, it was the result… — Adam Hamilton Act Copy Share Image
We don't need mandatory, non-sectarian prayers read over the loudspeaker to 'put God back in schools.' God never left the schools. God… — Adam Hamilton Administrators 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 Am 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 Better job Copy Share Image
Jesus' own witness of sacrificial love and forgiveness, and his work to heal the sick and care for those in need, represent… — Adam Hamilton Care Copy Share Image
You are not indispensable to your church, but you are indispensable to your family. — Adam Hamilton Church Copy Share Image
As a pastor, I have a deep desire to lead people to God and encourage people to pray, read the Bible, and… — Adam Hamilton Bible Copy Share Image
I love the Bible. I read it every day. I spend 10 hours a week studying it. It has affected my life… — Adam Hamilton Affected Copy Share Image
“You don’t magically become a new person as soon as you slip a ring on your finger.” — Adam Hamilton Finger 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 God Copy Share Image
I'm convinced many of America's heroes are public school teachers and administrators. Many of these people do what they do because of… — Adam Hamilton Administrators 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
When people ask me if I'm liberal or conservative, I say, 'Yeah.' I'm both of them. To be a liberal means to… — Adam Hamilton Aside Copy Share Image
I think that what happens for many Christians is, they accept their particular faith, they accept it to be true, and they… — Adam Hamilton Accept 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
Our society is divided by the culture wars into the Left and Right, and the United Methodist Church has always stood historically… — Adam Hamilton Always 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
Hope is a decision we make, a choice to believe that God can take the adversity, the disappointment, the heartache, and the… — Adam Hamilton Accomplish 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 Beings 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 Car Copy Share Image
“Charis, as Paul uses it, is an act of kindness, an expression of selfless love that is completely undeserved and is given… — Adam Hamilton Charis 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 Argue 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 Able 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
While some misuse their freedom to perpetrate evil, millions respond by feeling compelled to use their freedom to do good. — Adam Hamilton Compelled Copy Share Image
