3 John B - Profound Acts of Love

Third John reminds us that profound acts of love can be hidden within simple gestures of hospitality, a kind of hospitality that is desperately needed in a cult...

A New Heaven and a New Earth

The problem with racial reconciliation

Black & White Trailer

Trailer for the book Black & White.

Black & White: Friendship 101

Authors Teesha Hadra and John Hambrick talk about what it means to form a real and authentic cross-racial friendship.

Black & White: Nudging the System

Authors Teesha and John Hambrick discuss how strong cross-racial relationships can help us to recognize and begin to combat the destructive systems of racism.

Black & White: Planks and Specks

In Matthew 7, Jesus teaches about "planks and specks." How does this come into our conversations about race in this country?

Brother

Jesus was clear when he told us to love our enemies (Luke 6:27). In fact, He said that people would know we are His disciples by the way that we love (John 13:3...

Not Forsaken Session 1: Introduction

Author and pastor, Chris McNair describes his ministry at Christ’s Children and the purpose of the book, Not Forsaken. He shares his joys and mistakes in min...

Not Forsaken Session 2: Images of Christ

Through moving images of an African Jesus, viewers think more deeply about what Christ “looks like”. Imagine if he looked like me?

Not Forsaken Session 4: Christian in My Context

This art piece, drawn from chapter five of the book portrays images of what it means to be faithful in an urban, sometimes turbulent, setting.

Not Forsaken Session 5: Just Wanna Be Happy

The young men talk with McNair about their dreams, where they see hope, and what it means to be happy and to be successful in life.

Not Forsaken Session 6: How Do I Fit In?

In this fast-paced collage, youth struggle with how to fit in with society, with friends and community, and with the community of faith.

Not Forsaken Session 7: What Does It Mean To Be Black?

Chris talks with his group about what it means to be black today and what they love about black culture and family life as well as the struggles.

Not Forsaken Session 8: Who Am I In Christ?

A spoken word presenting poetry by Jamal Ukwu asks about choices, identity, and finding God’s plan for who we are.

Holding Up Your Corner Session 5: Acknowledge Affirm And Act

Willis summarizes the three points of Empathic Models of Transformation.

Holding Up Your Corner Session 3: Creating Racial Autobiography

Willis explains what a racial autobiography is and encourages us to reflect and share the factors that have made us who we are.

Holding Up Your Corner Session 8: Don't Wait A Single Moment

Willis encourages us to act swiftly.

Holding Up Your Corner Session 4: Introducing EMT

Willis shares some of his story in Ferguson and retells the biblical story of the paralytic to introduce Empathic Models of Transformation

Holding Up Your Corner Session 1: Introduction

Willis introduces the guided conversation and our call as the Church to engage in loving dialogue and hold up our corners.

Holding Up Your Corner Session 7: Summary of Acknowledge Affirm And Act

Willis summarizes the three points of Empathic Models of Transformation

Holding Up Your Corner Session 10: What Are You Going To Do

Willis challenges us to commit to doing something that hold up our corner.

Holding Up Your Corner Session 9: What It Takes To Be An EMT

Willis identifies the need for heart to be an EMT.

Holding Up Your Corner Session 6: How To Be A Listening Church

How to be a listening church.

Holding Up Your Corner Session 2: Ground Rules

Willis offers foundational concepts for people of faith to engage in open and loving dialogue.

Building Bridges: Different Contexts

Pastors Stephen Handy and Jacob Armstrong talk about building bridges across the racial divide in their distinct community contexts. In this segment, Stephen an...

Building Bridges: Choosing Diversity

Pastors Stephen Handy and Jacob Armstrong talk about building bridges across the racial divide in their distinct community contexts. In this segment, Stephen an...

Building Bridges: Fear Factors

Pastors Stephen Handy and Jacob Armstrong talk about building bridges across the racial divide in their distinct community contexts. In this session, Jacob and ...

Building Bridges: The Importance of Transparency

Pastors Stephen Handy and Jacob Armstrong talk about building bridges across the racial divide in their distinct community contexts. In this segment, Jacob and ...

Building Bridges: The Problem with Privilege

Pastors Stephen Handy and Jacob Armstrong talk about building bridges across the racial divide in their distinct community contexts. In this segment, Stephen an...

Christmas Cookies from Cambodia

The bible and race in America

Every Good Gift: Finding Peace

In this short narrated meditation, the view explores the beauty of nature and the peace found from knowing God holds the future.

Facing Our History

Otherness, race, and the American challenge

Faith Activism and Martin Luther King's Legacy

How would Martin Luther King view today's faith activists? Professor Obery Hendricks, Professor Josef Sorett and Rabbi Steve Gutow say that King, the standard b...

Faith of a Mockingbird - Session 3: Tom Robinson: When Challenge is Defining

In Session 3, In order to explain the difficulty of recognizing systemic racism, Matt Rawle uses how a choir stays in tune to show how easy it is for a system t...

Fear of the Other - Session 1: Saved by the Other

In Session 1, William H. Willimon and Delia Catalina Ramirez discuss Saved by the Other.

Fear of the Other - Session 2: The Other, My Enemy

In Session 2, William H. Willimon and Delia Catalina Ramirez discuss The Other, My Enemy.

Fear of the Other - Session 3: Learning to Fear Like Christians

In Session 3, William H. Willimon and Delia Catalina Ramirez discuss Learning to Fear Like Christians.

Fear of the Other - Session 5: Jesus, the Other

In Session 5, William H. Willimon and Delia Catalina Ramirez discuss Jesus, The Other.

Forgiveness

A playground incident leads to forgiveness.

Healing

A boy finds healing after a tragic loss.

Isaiah B - God's Love is for Everybody

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who lived in a land of deep darkness, on them light has shined. This is the good news according...

James B - Agents of a New Age

Sorry Reformers, but the distinction between faith and works is a false one. Faith is an active participation in the Reign of God, a tree firmly planted in the ...

James Grocho - A Greater Need

This inspirational film shows the struggle of every day people trying to look for fulfillment in the wrong places. It describes what Jesus did for us and inspir...

James Grocho - Shine Your Light

We have been given the Light of God to share with others. Our light can shine on the truth that the darkness tries to hide. This will inspire and motivate your ...

James Grocho - We Are The Church

A young man realizes while walking into an empty church, that the church is just a building. He realizes that stained glass windows can’t pray for the si...

John 1

This animation features video of the cosmos with the first five verses of John 1 from the Common English Bible.

Justice

The hard work of justice for everyone is far from over. Use this motivational and inspiring mini-movie to challenge your community to open their eyes to the nee...

King's Faith to Believe

The Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr., talks about his most profound memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. -- King's "faith to believe" as he waited, far from friends and fam...

Love

Robert Gardner discusses what the world could use a little more of: Love.

More Than A Label

We have a natural tendency to label and categorize everything in our lives, including the people around us. But those labels can divide us within the Kingdom, i...

On The Street: Race in America

Ferguson, Missouri, is again in the news the subsequent shooting of two police officers as crowds gathered outside Ferguson Police Station Thursday March 12th, ...

Race and the Death Penalty

Texas is the first U.S. state to reach a grim milestone- they recently executed their 500th prisoner since the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a moratorium on the dea...

Racism is Genocide

Race, says The Rev. Dr. James Forbes, is used to define who is worthy of existence; and racism is genocide; and a slow process of extermination.

Reckless Love - Session 4: Open-hearted Love

Session 4: Openhearted Love - Tom speaks with Rev. Lindsey Baynham regarding race relations and learning to love with an open heart. They also speak on Christ l...

Say It Loud: I'm Black and I'm Proud

Warning: Contains explicit and disturbing language. Anti-blackness, oppression, and the dehumanization of black bodies.

Some People

In a cynical world, it's love that compels us to believe. Some People encourages us to imagine what kind of place the church could be if we see every person as ...

The Beatitudes

Diverse individuals read The Beatitudes from the Common English Bible with additional footage of people depicting the qualities and struggles of this important ...

The Shout - Session 1: Where is Justice?

Session 1: Where is Justice?

The Shout - Session 2: Who is Your Family?

Session 2: Who Is Your Family?

The Shout - Session 3: What is Freedom?

Session 3: What Is Freedom?

The Shout - Session 4: Who Deserves Our Respect?

Session 4: Who Deserves Our Respect?

The Shout - Session 5: How Much Is Enough?

Session 5: How Much Is Enough?

The Shout - Session 6: How Can We Be Whole?

Session 6: How Can We Be Whole?

The Talk, The Prayer, The Cry

Retired NYPD Chaplain Suzan Johnson Cook, speaks about the particular struggles of a mother preparing her sons to grow up as young black men in the United Stat...

Three Simple Rules

See Rueben Job's Three Simple Rules presented in moving text and graphics.

Two Christianities

American religion in black and white

Unafraid - Session 2: Crime, Racism, Terrorism, and Politics

In Session 2: Crime, Racism, Terrorism, and Politics, Adam Hamilton explores the question of how we overcome our fears of other people. He discusses strategies ...

We Are The Church: Nurturing Community

We are family. We are community, We are relationships. We grieve. We support. We Celebrate. We are the Church.

We Are The Church: Social Community

We do justice. We love kindness. We walk humbly with God. We empower. We serve. We are called. We are the Church.

What Does it Mean to be White?

History and the social construct of race

Whither the Women?

Race, gender, and the intersecting nature of oppression

With You

With You (I Feel Again) - reflects on how easy it is to be lonely in a crowd. Set to the platinum hit single "Feel Again" by One Republic (used by permission), ...

Acts A - Be The Church

The Holy Spirit shows up. There is confusion. People speak in other languages. There is fear. They fight. They love. They are the church together. The book of A...

Isaiah B - God's Love is for Everybody

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who lived in a land of deep darkness, on them light has shined. This is the good news according...

Job A - He Decides to Serve God Anyway

Job, a great guy, loses everything. His friends say it's because of some secret sin but Job insists he's innocent and we the readers know that he is because we'...

Mark B - Good New to the Community Organizer

The way Mark tells it, Jesus is a community organizer, Teaching principles that build and sustain powerful leaders and movements. Through repentance, we learn t...

Revelation B - Come Quickly

"The book of Revelation is not a crystal ball to the future. It is a mythopoetic vision of what is already happening. We face an apocalypse of our own making, w...

Joshua A - The Mythic Model

It begins with Joshua son of Nun being described according to the criteria of the Deuteronomist: meditating on the law of Moses day and night and refusing to tu...

1 Corinthians B - The Importance of the Body

If there's one thing about First Corinthians that calls us to the center of the gospel it's the importance of the body. The Corinthians envision a kind of spiri...

Genesis B - The Ultimate Good

For me, when I read the pages of Genesis, there I encounter the image of a God who gives us all the good news that despite the occasional horrors of human life ...

Mark A - Damn Near Shakespeare

The Gospel of Mark is the oldest of all the gospels. I love it because it's written by a regular person. It's original language is full of grammatical errors an...

Matthew A - The Gospel of Mountains

The Gospel of Matthew is the Gospel of Mountains. Jesus is tempted by the devil on a mountain, he preaches the beatitudes in a sermon on the mountain, he prays ...

Hosea - God Did Not Come in Wrath

"The prophet Hosea offers us one of the boldest and most controversial metaphors for God in the Bible, controversial then and now. He compares God to a husband ...

The New Testament - This Is The New Testament

The life and death of a revolutionary and the resurrection of a revolution: this is the New Testament. We see Jesus bringing good news to the poor, proclaiming ...

Judges A - A Merry-Go-Round

Moses led the Exodus from Egypt. Joshua walked around Jericho and into the land promised to Abraham. Which brings us to Judges, a merry-go-round of tribal leade...

Revelation A - Stubborn Hope

The Revelation from Jesus Christ to everyone caught in the thicket of empire, persecution, and death; everyone who hopes for equality, plenty, and life: the tim...

Job B - Hard Questions

"I don't like easy answers to hard questions. For many, sin causes bad things to happen. That's their easy answer to the hard question, ""If God is good then wh...

Isaiah A - These Two Worldviews

In Isaiah we see the coalescing of influences from both the histories of the Northern Kingdom of Ephraim and the Southern Kingdom of Judah. The heritage of the ...

Joshua B - A Severe Ethical Challenge

The book of Joshua is a severe ethical challenge, portraying as it does a religiously motivated campaign of genocidal conquest. It is a story that has too often...

Mark A - The Good News Goes Public

The Gospel of Mark reads like good news for Habakkuk's runner. The vision is made plain from his coming out of the river to his coming out of the stone tomb. An...

Joshua A - A Dangerous Genocidal Text

The book of Joshua is a dangerous, genocidal text. The same God who liberates the enslaved Israelites from Egypt now calls them to become oppressors, to violent...

Joel B - The Power of Disruption

I'm concerned with a God who is capable of destruction but my favorite part of this text is the demand that sons and daughters shall prophecy. Old men shall see...

The Old Testament - To Know Where You're Going

From its infamous "In the beginning" to Charlton Heston shouting "Let my people go!" to genealogies and genealogies and more genealogies, to poets and prophets ...

Revelation B - Good News for the In-Betweeners

This is for the in-betweeners, living between everyday oppression and world peace, the now-is and the is-to-come, in that dry space where nothing is certain. Re...

Genesis - Plotting Goodness Everywhere

It all begins in Genesis. God creates the world and it's all good: light, dark, land, sea, animals, plants, male, female, good, good, very good. But we humans l...

Jeremiah A - There is No Peace

I am forsaken, abandoned at the end of all the paths of peace that were supposed to lead to me. You seek other lovers and the dreams of those dreamers tell lies...

1 Peter A - A Little Problematic

There's a lot of reasons to look at First Peter sideways - what's this about slaves obeying harsh masters because Jesus, or women not braiding hair because auth...

Romans B - We are God's Children

"The book of Romans in thirty seconds or less: the simple letter to the Jesus followers living in and around Rome of the first century was not intended to be th...

James B - Agents of a New Age

Sorry Reformers, but the distinction between faith and works is a false one. Faith is an active participation in the Reign of God, a tree firmly planted in the ...

Joshua B - A More Liberative Christianity

The good news in Joshua does not lie within the story itself but how this story challenges Christians to confront the dangers lurking withinthe Bible. These dan...

Hosea B - Who is Gomer?

Who is Gomer? By all accounts she was an eset zenunim, that is, one who acts like a harlot, ordered to marry Hosea so that Adonai can make a point. Does that bo...

Isaiah A - The Most Significant Influence

Of all the prophets of the Hebrew scriptures, Isaiah is the one that most significantly influences the prophetic imagination of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the boo...

Joel A - Gracious & Compassionate

Joel is one of the minor prophets. In it we find warnings for priests to put on sackcloth and lament. Typical of prophetic writings, there is alot of future ten...

Revelation A - May It Be So

"In John's wild vision he sees Jesus dressed like Caesar, speaking to seven illegal churches. And the heavens are torn open and God is in his sacred court. Jesu...

Exodus B - A New Hope

People say the latest Star Wars movie is a retelling of the first. I'd say the same thing about the Gospels. That's why I love Exodus so much - it's A New Hope ...

James A - A Letter, A Warning, A Plea

What's the book of James? It's a letter to those who feel scattered, two-faced, pushed-down, or taken in by empty promises... It's a warning to succumb to these...

Acts B - The Same Holy Stream

In Acts, there's in-fighting among the Jesus followers about how big God's grace really is--does it really extend beyond the Jews-- even to the Gentiles? The Ap...

Job B - The Limits of Human Wisdom

Most people think that the book of Job is about why bad things happen to good people. And while that is the presenting problem the real theme of the book has mo...

Matthew B - The Melodies of our Hearts

Matthew was formed by the Hebrew scriptures. When he tells us the good news of Jesus he uses the stories of his heart and of his people. He sings of the saving ...

Isaiah B - A Promise or a Threat

In chapter 7, Isaiah's prophecy comes in the form of a child - a son whose name has a double meaning: God with us. Is this a promise or a threat? It is a comfor...

Genesis A - The Book of Beginnings

Genesis, also known as the book of beginnings, is the epic collection of writings that connect the history of the small Hebrew-Jewish nation with the larger his...

The Bible - Some of It Even Happened

The Bible is a communal library, filled with harmony and dissonance, hope and lament, faith and doubt, questions and answers and more questions to those answers...

Psalms A - 150 Different Songs

The Book of Psalms is a collection of 150 different songs, which function as prayers. The book of Psalms can be found in the Hebrew Bible or in the Christian Ol...

Hosea A - What Love is This?

Relational and marital imagery is used throughout scripture to depict the interaction between God and people. In Hosea we see the role of prophet and partner mi...

Exodus A - A Newly Nomadic People

Moses is an Israelite. He was raised as an Egyptian prince, but fled after murdering an Egyptian who was beating an Israelite. He meets God in the from of a bur...

Acts A - The Earliest Days of the Church

The book of Acts chronicles the earliest days of the church. It's in Acts that we find the dramatic story of Pentecost. The Holy Spirit descends upon the people...

2 Peter A - Four Basic Takeaways

There's four basic takeaways in this letter: First, we are reminded that we have already been provided with everything needed to partake in the divine nature, t...

Revelation A - Come, Lord Jesus

Revelation is about the New Testament's central conflict: the lordship of Christ versus the lordship of Caesar. In nine visions John describes a God whose power...

1 Peter B - If Only He Knew Paul Better

It may be possible to squint hard and see the good in First Peter, but I like to imagine is the stuff Peter said to Paul in the infamous tiff they had in Antioc...

Job A - Why?

"Why do the innocent suffer? The book of Job is what happens when a creative genius explores that question. The rich Job, a man of deep faith, loses everything ...

1 Corinthians A - Resurrection in Our Brokenness

Paul's first letter to the Corinthians encapsulates grace. Paul begins with the positive truth about God - who he is and his sovereignty - but then speaks hones...

1 Corinthians A - The Most Problematic Church

The Corinthian church is probably the most problematic church that we see in the whole New Testament, more problems than any other. But what lies at the heart? ...

Matthew A - The Gospel of Mountains

The Gospel of Matthew is the Gospel of Mountains. Jesus is tempted by the devil on a mountain, he preaches the beatitudes in a sermon on the mountain, he prays ...

Parables: The Great Banquet

In this dramatization, one woman's daily encounters turn into a gathering of fellowship.

Brother

Jesus was clear when he told us to love our enemies (Luke 6:27). In fact, He said that people would know we are His disciples by the way that we love (John 13:3...

The Ten Commandments

A dramatization of the Ten Commandments, combined with a dramatic reading.

The Beatitudes

Diverse individuals read The Beatitudes from the Common English Bible with additional footage of people depicting the qualities and struggles of this important ...

Prayer

Prayer can and really does make a difference in our lives.

Covenant Stories with Michael Williams - Mary Magdalene at the Tomb

Michael Williams tells the story of Mary Magdalene's encounter with the risen Jesus in John 20.

Bearded Theologians: Grace

This short segment features pastors Zach Bechtold and Matt Franks of the Bearded Theologians podcast discussing the Wesleyan concept of grace.. Appropriate for...

Building Bridges: Choosing Diversity

Pastors Stephen Handy and Jacob Armstrong talk about building bridges across the racial divide in their distinct community contexts. In this segment, Stephen an...

Sumter Faith Clinic

Nurse practitioners Mary Wysochansky and Anna Stinchcum founded and opened the Sumter Faith Clinic - a free clinic to treat the uninsured and underinsured in Am...

Promised Land - Jerusalem: Church of the Holy Sepulchre

The Church of the Holy Sepulchure in Jerusalem is one of the holiest sites for pilgrims visiting the land of the Bible and has been for thousands of years. The...

Promised Land - Northern Region: Megiddo

Megiddo is a place that holds much more than ancient ruins. It's history runs deep geographically, theologically and historically. Although not everyone knows...

Trusting With Hope

Through Abram's story of building altars along his journey, Sam challenges us to explore our understanding of sanctuary and worship, challenging our preconceive...

Paul's Letters to a Community in Conflict

1 and 2 Corinthians. While in Ephesus, Paul wrote letters now known as 1 and 2 Corinthians to the Christian community of Corinth. Here, unpack the four major se...

The Great Courses Presents: The History of Christianity Promo

Institutional Development before Constantine

Christianity's growth, accompanied by its development of solid social structures, finally positioned it as an irresistible force. First, trace the movement's br...

The Diversity of Early Christianity

This lecture notes influences in early Christianity beyond the pivotal figures of Jesus and Paul. In particular, investigate the differences in conviction and p...

The Distinctive Issues of the Latin West

In grasping Christianity's development in the Western empire, investigate two major controversies, Donatism and Pelagianism, rooted in questions of moral rigor ...

Your Passport to The City of God

The City of God is a monumental work - not just for its scale and structure, but for what it asks of us as readers. In this first lecture, dive into the many la...

The Shaping of Orthodoxy

Here, identify the pivotal factors that secured the framework of Christianity, defining an orthodoxy based in tradition and reason.

Universities and Theology

Our contemporary universities have origins in medieval universities that were entirely Christian. Trace the rise of universities in the West - their functions, ...

The Crusades

The Crusades to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims represented deep ambiguities in Christian identity.

Theological Crisis and Council - The Trinity

Complex doctrinal disputes divided Christians in the 4th through the 6th centuries. Here, track the 4th-century controversy over the divinity of Jesus and the r...

The First Cultural Context - Greece and Rome

Understanding the cultural contexts of early Christianity is fundamental for grasping its history.

Constantine and the Established Church

This lecture follows the complex process of the "conversion" of the empire to Christianity. Track the bold actions of Constantine in his patronage of the new fa...

The Emergence of Patriarchal Centers

In the 4th and 5th centuries, prominent cities competed for authority within the imperial religion. Look first at the reasons for the early primacy of Rome, and...

From Roman Empire to Holy Roman Empire

Now follow the dramatic political events that marked the transition from imperial Christianity to medieval Christianity.

Forms of Witness - Martyrdom and Apologetic

In the 2nd and 3rd centuries, martyrdom and apologetic literature responded powerfully to the persecution of Christians. Investigate the phenomenon of martyrdom...

The Extension of Christian Culture

In the religion's new context, see how substantial territories became Christian through conversion under imperial authority. Then explore the church's expanding...

Paul and Christianity's First Expansion

Christianity spread with amazing speed in the decades following Jesus's death. Begin by observing how this expansion happened and the broad adaptations Christia...

Papal Revolution

This lecture follows the ascending power of the papacy in Christian Europe. Assess the careers of two "super-popes," Gregory the VII and Innocent III, as they a...

The Historical Study of Christianity

Begin by contemplating the massive historical trajectory of Christianity, as well as contemporary ignorance of its past. Consider the value of historical study ...

The Ever-Adapting Religion

The course concludes with reflections on the numerous cultural adaptations Christianity has made on its path to becoming a "world religion."

Cathedrals and Chapters

The majestic cathedrals of European Christendom are a key to medieval Catholic life. Study the two archetypal cathedral styles, Romanesque and Gothic; their ico...

Extreme Christianity in the 2nd and 3rd Centuries

Radical forms of Christianity continued the movement's original diversity in even more dramatic ways. Trace early accounts of wonder-working, and Christian soci...

Expansion beyond the Boundaries of Empire

This lecture counters the tendency to think of Christianity as a European religion, charting its extensive geographical spread through the 6th century.

Theological Crisis and Council - Christology

The controversy concerning the Trinity raged through the 5th and 6th centuries, now focused on the nature of Christ, the God-Man.

Imperial Politics and Religion

Christianity made a dramatic turn in the 4th century, becoming the established religion of the Roman Empire. Investigate the pivotal roles the emperors Diocleti...

The Sack of Rome, 410 A.D.

While Roman elites viewed the sack of Rome as a turning point that changed the world forever, the event itself lasted only three days and served more as a catal...

Benedictine Monasticism and Its Influence

Benedictine monasticism played a foundational role in the shaping of medieval Christianity, and it continues to thrive today.

The Rise of Islam and the Threat of Iconoclasm

In the 6th and 7th centuries, Byzantine Christianity faced both external and internal pressures. Track the dramatically rapid spread of Islam through military c...

Evangelization of Western Europe

A spectrum of powerful figures fueled Christianity's expansion in the West. Reckon with the contributions of the popes Damasus I, Leo I, and Gregory "the Great"...

The Beginnings of Christian Philosophy

Early Christian philosophy emphasized the religion as a way of moral transformation, and initiated a serious intellectual discourse with the wider world.

The Unpopular Cult - Persecution

In tracing the Christian "age of persecution," begin by examining the prior history of repression of both Jews and philosophers, and the problems posed by the C...

Corruption and the Beginnings of Reform

By the late medieval era, systemic dysfunction within Christianity led to efforts at structural reform. Grasp the critical issues the church faced in the practi...

The First Cultural Context - Judaism

Judaism is the most important cultural context for early Christianity. Contemplate the circumstances of Jewish life in ancient Palestine as well as in the Diasp...

Monastic Reform

Investigate the appeal of monasticism in the medieval world and why this dominant institution in the Catholic West required constant renewal.

The Great Plague

The 14th century saw a period of natural and human-caused disasters that negatively affected society and the church. Track the extreme hardships of the Black De...

The Great Divorce between East and West

In the 11th century, relations between Orthodoxy (East) and Catholicism (West) were severed, a schism that has remained for more than a thousand years.

The Court of Justinian and Byzantine Christianity

Here, evaluate the extraordinary legacy of the emperor Justinian of Byzantium. Follow his conquests to restore the greatness of the empire, his economic and leg...

Eastern Orthodoxy - Holy Tradition

This lecture uncovers the remarkable cultural riches of the Orthodox tradition. First, see how a 9th-century Byzantine mission established Christianity in Russi...

Who Was Augustine of Hippo?

Examine the paradoxical life of Augustine: Who was he? Why is he such an important historical figure? You'll be surprised that much of what we may associate wit...

The Jesus Movement and the Birth of Christianity

Consider the resurrection as marking the birth of Christianity, as rooted in the claims of the first believers to an experience of ultimate power and transforma...

Monasticism as Radical Christianity

Monasticism exerted an enormous influence on Christianity from its inception. Trace its development in 3rd-century Egypt, and learn about the elements and princ...

Knights of North Castle Session 1: Armor Up with Truth!

The Armorer and Sparky meet the new Knights of North Castle and enlist their help in finding the Belt of Truth using clues from the King's book and the story of...

Knights of North Castle Session 2: Armor Up with Justice!

REPLACEMENT VIDEO: The Armorer, Sparky, and Knights of North Castle go on a quest to find the Breastplate of Justice using clues from the King's book and the st...

Knights of North Castle Session 3: Armor Up with Peace!

The Armorer, Sparky, and Knights of North Castle go on a quest to find the Shoes of Peace using clues from the King's book and the story of Mary's Journey to Be...

Knights of North Castle Session 4: Armor Up with Faith!

The Armorer, Sparky, and Knights of North Castle go on a quest to find the Shield of Faith using clues from the King's book and the story of Jesus Walking on th...

Knights of North Castle Session 5: Armor Up with Salvation!

The Armorer, Sparky, and Knights of North Castle go on a quest to find the Helmet of Salvation using clues from the King's book and the story of Midnight Praise...

David and Goliath

Today the Deep Blue kids arrive in Guatemala and head for a church they will be visiting. As they travel, Asia tells Caleb, Kat, and Edgar another story about D...

When You Believe Music Video

Music video for When You Believe

Upon This Rock Music Video

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The Week that Changed the World Music Video

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Step By Step Music Video

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Manger and Miracle Music Video

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Let's Go Deep Blue Music Video

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It's Morning All Over The World Music Video

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Shining Through Music Video

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Shining Through Alternative Music Video

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Rainbow Promise Music Video

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I Am God's Voice Music Video

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God's Creation Music Video

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God Will Make You Strong Music Video

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God Chose Jesus Music Video

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God Be With Us Music Video

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Get Out The Word Music Video

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Anything Is Possible Music Video

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All About Love Music Video

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Every Step of The Way Music Video

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Down To The River Music Video

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Blessings and Birthrights Music Video

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Being Free Music Video

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Whooosh - Prayer For a Place

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Whooosh - By Faith

Music video "By Faith" from the Whoosh VBS.

Whooosh - Jacob's Ladder

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Whooosh - Living Stones

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Rolling River Rampage - Rolling River Rampage Theme

Music video for the Rolling River Rampage Theme.

Rolling River Rampage - Zacchaeus (Wee Little Man)

Music video for Zacchaeus (Wee Little Man).

Rolling River Rampage - Overflowing

Music video for Overflowing.

Rolling River Rampage - I Will Be With You

Music video for I Will Be With You.

Rolling River Rampage - Streaming - You Got a Seat

Music video for You Got a Seat.

Rolling River Rampage - I Come to You

Music video for I Come to You.

Rolling River Rampage - I've Got a River of Life

Music video for I've Got a River of Life.

Rolling River Rampage - No Matter What Comes My Way

Music video for No Matter What Comes My Way.

Rolling River Rampage - Life with You

Music video for Life With You.

Rolling River Rampage - Here I Am

Music video for Here I Am.

Rolling River Rampage - Beautiful Ride (Preschool Song)

Music video for Beautiful Ride.

On Our Way to Mars and Beyond

Music video for On Our Way to Mars and Beyond

Movin' On

Music video for Movin' On

Even When The Lions Roar

Music video for Even When The Lions Roar

Love That Makes The World Go 'Round

Music video for Love That Makes The World Go 'Round

God Can Do

Music video for God Can Do

Safe Inside Your Love

Just A Little Bit

Music video for Just A Little Bit

We Thank You

Music for My Lord

Music video for Music for My Lord

Not Forsaken Session 1: Introduction

Author and pastor, Chris McNair describes his ministry at Christ’s Children and the purpose of the book, Not Forsaken. He shares his joys and mistakes in min...

Black & White Trailer

Trailer for the book Black & White.

Black & White: Friendship 101

Authors Teesha Hadra and John Hambrick talk about what it means to form a real and authentic cross-racial friendship.

Black & White: Nudging the System

Authors Teesha and John Hambrick discuss how strong cross-racial relationships can help us to recognize and begin to combat the destructive systems of racism.

Black & White: Planks and Specks

In Matthew 7, Jesus teaches about "planks and specks." How does this come into our conversations about race in this country?

Building Bridges: Choosing Diversity

Pastors Stephen Handy and Jacob Armstrong talk about building bridges across the racial divide in their distinct community contexts. In this segment, Stephen an...

Building Bridges: Different Contexts

Pastors Stephen Handy and Jacob Armstrong talk about building bridges across the racial divide in their distinct community contexts. In this segment, Stephen an...

Building Bridges: Fear Factors

Pastors Stephen Handy and Jacob Armstrong talk about building bridges across the racial divide in their distinct community contexts. In this session, Jacob and ...

Building Bridges: The Importance of Transparency

Pastors Stephen Handy and Jacob Armstrong talk about building bridges across the racial divide in their distinct community contexts. In this segment, Jacob and ...

Building Bridges: The Problem with Privilege

Pastors Stephen Handy and Jacob Armstrong talk about building bridges across the racial divide in their distinct community contexts. In this segment, Stephen an...

Faith of a Mockingbird - Session 3: Tom Robinson: When Challenge is Defining

In Session 3, In order to explain the difficulty of recognizing systemic racism, Matt Rawle uses how a choir stays in tune to show how easy it is for a system t...

Fear of the Other - Session 1: Saved by the Other

In Session 1, William H. Willimon and Delia Catalina Ramirez discuss Saved by the Other.

Fear of the Other - Session 2: The Other, My Enemy

In Session 2, William H. Willimon and Delia Catalina Ramirez discuss The Other, My Enemy.

Fear of the Other - Session 3: Learning to Fear Like Christians

In Session 3, William H. Willimon and Delia Catalina Ramirez discuss Learning to Fear Like Christians.

Fear of the Other - Session 5: Jesus, the Other

In Session 5, William H. Willimon and Delia Catalina Ramirez discuss Jesus, The Other.

Forgiveness

A playground incident leads to forgiveness.

Healing

A boy finds healing after a tragic loss.

John 1

This animation features video of the cosmos with the first five verses of John 1 from the Common English Bible.

Love

Robert Gardner discusses what the world could use a little more of: Love.

The Beatitudes

Diverse individuals read The Beatitudes from the Common English Bible with additional footage of people depicting the qualities and struggles of this important ...

The Shout - Session 1: Where is Justice?

Session 1: Where is Justice?

The Shout - Session 2: Who is Your Family?

Session 2: Who Is Your Family?

The Shout - Session 3: What is Freedom?

Session 3: What Is Freedom?

The Shout - Session 4: Who Deserves Our Respect?

Session 4: Who Deserves Our Respect?

The Shout - Session 5: How Much Is Enough?

Session 5: How Much Is Enough?

The Shout - Session 6: How Can We Be Whole?

Session 6: How Can We Be Whole?

Three Simple Rules

See Rueben Job's Three Simple Rules presented in moving text and graphics.

Unafraid - Session 2: Crime, Racism, Terrorism, and Politics

In Session 2: Crime, Racism, Terrorism, and Politics, Adam Hamilton explores the question of how we overcome our fears of other people. He discusses strategies ...

We Are The Church: Nurturing Community

We are family. We are community, We are relationships. We grieve. We support. We Celebrate. We are the Church.

We Are The Church: Social Community

We do justice. We love kindness. We walk humbly with God. We empower. We serve. We are called. We are the Church.

Evening Devotionals with Matt Rawle

Pastor and author Matt Rawle offer words of devotion, based around Jeremiah 29-32

Evening Devotionals with Jennifer and Jim Cowart

Jennifer and Jim Cowart offer words of comfort and encouragement during difficult times.

Evening Devotionals with Magrey deVega

Pastor Magrey deVega brings words of hope and encouragement during difficult times, taken from 1 Kings 17-19.

Evening Devotionals with Sam McGlothlin

Author Sam McGlothlin offers words of hope and encouragement during Lent.

Evening Devotionals with Rob Fuquay

Join Pastor Rob Fuquay for a word of hope, including the importance of ritual.

Evening Devotionals with Tom Berlin

Pastor Tom Berlin presents a devotion of hope using the theme of light.

Evening Devotionals with J.J. Warren

Author J.J. Warren offers words of encouragement during difficult times.

Evening Devotionals with Jennifer Cowart

Pastor Jennifer Cowart offers words of hope and encouragement in uncertain times.

Evening Devotionals with Rachel Billups

Author Rachel Billups offers words of encouragement, based around Genesis 16.