Adam Hamilton introduces the Third Commandment, discusses Jewish perspectives on the commandment with Rabbi Arthur Nemitoff, and explores an exhibit of Nefertari’s tomb at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Nearly everyone has heard of the Ten Commandments, the list of "thou-shalt-nots" found in the Bible. Jesus saw these commandments not as onerous burdens, but as...
In Savior: What the Bible Says About the Cross, Magrey deVega faithfully describes the need for reconciliation between humankind and a holy God through Jesus’...
While many of us naturally wish to avoid the reality of the cross, it’s from the cross that Jesus speaks and shows his deepest love for us. It’s from the cr...
In He Chose the Nails, a five-session video Bible study, Max continues by examining the gifts that Christ gave at his crucifixion. These include not only the gi...
How do we walk with Christ - daily follow him, grow in him, and faithfully serve him? Join Adam Hamilton this Lent and Easter in The Walk and discover five esse...
The hit Broadway Musical, Les Miserables, based on Victor Hugo's 1862 novel, is one of the longest running musicals in the world. This profound story of Jean Va...
The third volume in Adam Hamilton's Bible study trilogy on the life of Jesus. Travel with Adam Hamilton as he retraces the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.
Jesus didn't come to start a religion. The rebel Jesus came with a renegade gospel to start a revolution. You and I are invited to be a part. Pastor Mike Slaugh...
Gain a deeper understanding of the "I Am" sayings of Jesus.
What if we look at the "ordinary" people who witnessed the Passion events... the women around Jesus? Or the "bad" guys... Judas, Pilate, and Caiaphas? Amy-Jill ...
In The Passion Play, Rob Fuquay follows the biblical story of the Passion and shows how this amazing play has been used both as a ritual of praise and later as ...
What Makes a Hero? offers us an image of what it looks like to be victorious over trials and temptations. Looking at pop culture heroes and others through the l...
Sometimes our lives are in such disarray we can't envision a way through to redemption. But when we look at the mess through the eyes of Christ, we not only fin...
Our three hosts invite us to recognize dissonance, or contradiction, within the historical church and within ourselves regarding racism and the need for racial ...
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...
Willis introduces the guided conversation and our call as the Church to engage in loving dialogue and hold up our corners.
Willis offers foundational concepts for people of faith to engage in open and loving dialogue.
Willis explains what a racial autobiography is and encourages us to reflect and share the factors that have made us who we are.
Willis shares some of his story in Ferguson and retells the biblical story of the paralytic to introduce Empathic Models of Transformation
Willis summarizes the three points of Empathic Models of Transformation.
How to be a listening church.
Willis summarizes the three points of Empathic Models of Transformation
Willis encourages us to act swiftly.
Willis identifies the need for heart to be an EMT.
Willis challenges us to commit to doing something that hold up our corner.
Session 1: Where is Justice?
Session 2: Who Is Your Family?
Session 3: What Is Freedom?
Session 4: Who Deserves Our Respect?
Session 5: How Much Is Enough?
Session 6: How Can We Be Whole?
The problem with racial reconciliation
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...
Authors Teesha Hadra and John Hambrick talk about what it means to form a real and authentic cross-racial friendship.
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.
In Matthew 7, Jesus teaches about "planks and specks." How does this come into our conversations about race in this country?
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...
Pastors Stephen Handy and Jacob Armstrong talk about building bridges across the racial divide in their distinct community contexts. In this segment, Stephen an...
Pastors Stephen Handy and Jacob Armstrong talk about building bridges across the racial divide in their distinct community contexts. In this session, Jacob and ...
Pastors Stephen Handy and Jacob Armstrong talk about building bridges across the racial divide in their distinct community contexts. In this segment, Jacob and ...
The bible and race in America
In this short narrated meditation, the view explores the beauty of nature and the peace found from knowing God holds the future.
Otherness, race, and the American challenge
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...
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...
In Session 1, William H. Willimon and Delia Catalina Ramirez discuss Saved by the Other.
In Session 2, William H. Willimon and Delia Catalina Ramirez discuss The Other, My Enemy.
In Session 3, William H. Willimon and Delia Catalina Ramirez discuss Learning to Fear Like Christians.
In Session 5, William H. Willimon and Delia Catalina Ramirez discuss Jesus, The Other.
A playground incident leads to forgiveness.
A boy finds healing after a tragic loss.
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
This animation features video of the cosmos with the first five verses of John 1 from the Common English Bible.
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...
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...
Robert Gardner discusses what the world could use a little more of: Love.
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...
Ferguson, Missouri, is again in the news the subsequent shooting of two police officers as crowds gathered outside Ferguson Police Station Thursday March 12th, ...
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...
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.
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...
Warning: Contains explicit and disturbing language. Anti-blackness, oppression, and the dehumanization of black bodies.
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 ...
Diverse individuals read The Beatitudes from the Common English Bible with additional footage of people depicting the qualities and struggles of this important ...
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...
See Rueben Job's Three Simple Rules presented in moving text and graphics.
American religion in black and white
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 family. We are community, We are relationships. We grieve. We support. We Celebrate. We are the Church.
We do justice. We love kindness. We walk humbly with God. We empower. We serve. We are called. We are the Church.
History and the social construct of race
Race, gender, and the intersecting nature of oppression
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), ...
Welcome to Danny Go! A kid's show to help children become confident in their limitless creativity! Lots of music. Lots of silliness. Lots of learning. Come alon...
Everyone asks Yonas what he wants to be when he grows up, and that can be a pretty stressful question because, well, HE'S NINE! So what's he gonna do about it? ...
Even when he's not out exploring the world, Yonas is always on the job! Come check out some of the fun things that Yonas likes to do when he's stuck inside the ...
Join our favorite brother and sister duo, Pete & Penelope, in their ultimate treehouse where it’s always time for adventure and imagination! Together with the...
As Christians, we do our best to live our lives as Jesus lived, following the examples of his many virtues—including honesty, faithfulness, and generosity. Bu...
This Spring, lessons center around the theme "Holy."
Winter Theme: Hope This winter, our lessons develop the theme of “Hope.” The writers of the student book lessons are Taylor Mills and Bruce Batchelor-Glade...
In this six-session video Bible study, bestselling author Max Lucado looks at the miracles of Jesus as recorded in the Gospel of John. As John states, he record...
The Wesley Covenant Prayer has been used in Methodist services around the world on the first Sunday of the year since John Wesley introduced it in 1755. Wesley ...
A comprehensive Bible study plan and spiritual practices to deepen your relationship with God! A comprehensive Bible study plan and spiritual practices to deep...
In Sermon on the Mount, Dr. Amy-Jill Levine takes a detailed and colorful overview of Matthew 5-7, collectively known as Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. Through D...
There's no better explanation for how to live out the Great Commission - following the instruction of the resurrected Jesus Christ to spread his teachings to al...
Develop a deeper appreciation for the way Paul presents his message as a prisoner for Christ in this delightful epistle. Reflect on how to think and live in lig...
Perhaps there is no better time than now for us to study gratitude and grace. Author and New Testament scholar David deSilva traces these themes through the boo...
Adam Hamilton explores the worries and fears most of us experience. Learn to identify fears and discover practical steps for overcoming them... all in the light...
In Hope for Hard Times, author Magrey deVega examines the lives of the great biblical prophets Elijah and Elisha and reveals a consistent message in their stori...
Do you ever feel like Jesus couldn't possibly know what you are going through? He's the God of the universe after all! Does he really know your daily struggles?...
In this five-session video Bible study, Max Lucado explores God's promise in Philippians 4:4–8 and shows that while anxiety is part of life, it doesn’t have...
What feels shaky in your world? Are you overwhelmed by the problems you're facing or the pain you're feeling? Maybe you feel hurt by the past. Disappointed by t...
In Short Stories by Jesus, author Amy-Jill Levine takes you back in time and explains how original audiences understood Jesus' parables. You'll learn how new in...
Learn how to embrace authenticity in your life in just 21 days! FOMO, the fear of missing out, isn't new. But today, social media makes us increasingly more awa...
Way of Life help groups approach and engage the spiritual, theological, and missional proposals in Brian McLaren's book The Great Spiritual Migration.
Your story can change. Abraham, Sarah, Jacob, Naomi, Daniel, Peter, and even an unnamed woman in the Bible are all testaments to the transformational power of G...
In this series of videos, Robert Gardner discusses aspects of Scripture and how it applies to everyday life.
Justified by faith. We are accustomed to this theology today, but when Martin Luther shared his belief in this concept during the sixteenth century, it was anyt...
Turn your reluctance into boldness by walking in the footsteps of Moses. Join award-winning author Adam Hamilton as he travels from Egypt to Mt. Sinai, the Nile...
This Covenant experience will guide participants in a comprehensive, in-depth study of the Bible over twenty-four weeks. Unlike the learning participants may ha...
True or false: 1. Everything happens for a reason. 2. God helps those who help themselves. 3. God won't give you more than you can handle. 4. God said it, I be...
We live in a skeptical age. People, especially young people, express doubts about Christian faith. Scott Jones and Arthur Jones address hard questions that all...
Jesus told stories, or parables, to help us understand how God wants us to live life. In Stories Jesus Told, you'll explore six of Jesus' parables to learn how ...
Engage your adults in a conversation around social justice topics, like refugees and sexuality, to explore what they mean to individuals and your community.
In Make a Difference, author James A. Harnish helps United Methodists answer the questions "How can I contribute to God's healing work in this world?" and "How ...
Although One is a small-group study written to cover an eight-week session, its larger purpose is for participants of the group to embrace meaningful relationsh...
Dare to Dream is a startling and inspiring program by popular author and pastor Mike Slaughter that draws on the Bible and a lifetime of ministry to help us dis...
Drama. Drama. Drama. Your family may be the stuff of a hit reality TV show, but into every family a little...or a lot... of drama must sometimes fall. That's th...
Wesley who? Do our younger laypeople know who John Wesley was and what he means to our church? The Wesley Challenge introduces our denomination’s father in ...
In Jacob Armstrong's new book and accompanying Bible study, A New Playlist, you'll discover how to cut through the distractions of life to hear God more clearly...
Follow the journeys of Paul, beginning with his dramatic conversion, as he spread the Gospel through modern-day Greece and Turkey. In this six-week study, you a...
Your perfect plan just turned into a disastrous disappointment. What are you supposed to do now? How do you pick yourself up and move forward when you really wa...
Grab your tool belt for physical renovation. For spiritual renovation, turn to God. Popular author and pastor Jacob Armstrong explores how Nehemiah understood t...
Our lessons come from the Book of Genesis, the book of beginnings. Through its pages, God is revealed as the Creator, Sustainer, Judge, and Redeemer who brought...
Our sessions begin with God's demands for our complete and undivided love as shown in passages from Deuteronomy and Psalms. They proceed with our response to Go...
Our lessons in this series survey calls to ministry and the expectations of those called with several drawn from the Gospels of Mark and Luke. We explore Paul's...
Our sessions focus on how Jesus fulfilled the Law in the sense that it was given full meaning. Jesus emphasized the deep, underlying messages of the gospel; and...
This fall, our lessons focus on God, what it means that we are created in God's image, and what it means to worship God alone. The writer of the student book le...
Disciple Fast Track, an adaptation of the original, bestselling Disciple Bible Study, provides a viable option for busy people seeking comprehensive engagement ...
Into the Word helps readers deepen their understanding of Scripture and make connections between what they already know and what they are reading. Each week you...
Hear the call to return to God and a community "set apart." Hosts share insights related to the week's session and help the group think about what they've le...
J. J. Warren continues his call to reaffirm the church as a people who welcome all. He especially speaks to those who are young and progressive, asking you to s...
You know when you’re carrying a very full cup of coffee, and you have to really focus on keeping the cup level, and then the doorbell rings and your dog bound...
In the Book of Ruth, Naomi was forced to chart a new path even as she mourned the loss of her husband and two sons. It was a hard story…a story she didn’t c...
What’s in a name? When it comes to the names of God, quite a lot, actually. In a world where we find people creating God in their own image, studying God’s ...
What comes to mind when you hear the word masterpiece? It's about the last word you would use to describe yourself, right? As women, words like unwanted, less t...
Are you tired of following your feelings or being disappointed by unchanging circumstances? In this 40-day devotional journey you will learn how to surrender l...
In the women's Bible study, Romans: Good News that Changes Everything, Melissa Spoelstra shows us that the gospel truths shared with the early church at Rome ec...
Barb Roose invites us to explore the stories of women in the Bible who had to wait on God. If you've felt anxious, angry, discouraged or depressed because God i...
Minor characters never have top billing. But have you noticed how their roles can be key to the purpose of the story? It's the same in the Bible. The very chara...
It's become trendy to use the word "fierce" when describing women at the top of their game, but women have been fiercely changing the world for thousands of yea...
Has the pursuit of the “perfect life” left you feeling depleted, disappointed, dissatisfied, and disconnected? Are you tired of being lonely and left out at...
In Winning the Worry Battle: Life Lessons from Joshua, You'll learn how to fight in faith as you internalize God's promises, draw strength from God's faithfulne...
At some point, our lives get messy. Illness, conflict, depression, divorce, job loss...it happens, and when it does, there's nowhere to hide. Thankfully, God lo...
Every woman was born to dream - to live a life of beauty, passion, adventure, and purpose. Our dreams, no matter how big or small, push us to become women of co...
Life is like a rollercoaster. One day it seems everything is good, and the next it can feel like everything is falling apart. We will examine the life of Elijah...
Bible teacher Babbie Mason challenges you to examine your personal relationship with God, make up your mind to believe God's Word, regardless of your feelings o...
Imagine waking up every single day convinced that the twenty-four hours ahead of you are a precious gift to be used wisely. Now imagine that you know exactly ho...
It's impossible live life without experiencing the pain and loneliness of betrayal, shame, guilt, loss, judgment, or rejection. This study reveals the healing p...
All of us know what it’s like to be hurt or betrayed. Some of us have endured unspeakable pain through abuse, adultery, or abandonment. God knows the pain we ...
Jesus demonstrated the presence and power of God by performing miracles. Every time we see Jesus performing a miracle, we also get a glimpse into the gift of de...
This six-week study examines the holy habits of six kings and prophets who were set apart by their close walk with God. You'll explore how timeless spiritual pr...
Every name tells a story. Names in Scripture were often given to tell the story of a person's identity, upbringing, or character. When God transforms lives, He ...
In this study of the Book of Numbers, we'll find a group of people that wandered in the desert for forty years, unable to enter the Promised Land because of the...
In this six-week Bible study, author Natalie Chambers Snapp teaches you how to develop and nurture the kind of enriching and satisfying friendships that build u...
With more and more ways to communicate in a culture that encourages sharing the details of our lives, there exists greater and greater opportunity for disagreem...
Choose to be overwhelmed! Not with the demands of life faced by women today, but overwhelmed by God! When we learn to be overwhelmed by God, our days are no lon...
Women are experts when it comes to worry, fear, and doubt. Unsettled times in our world—our neighborhoods—certainly don’t help matters. Jeremiah also live...
Confronting the daily chaos of competing demands from a new perspective, she asks not "How do I juggle my responsibilities?" but "How do I make choices that ref...
"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...
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 ...
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'...
"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...
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...
"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...
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...
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? ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
"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 ...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
"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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Journey Box Media creates inspiring mini-movies for worship, study, and gathering times.
Jesus showed us how to live through parables; powerful, relevant, real-life stories. Following His example, InLighten Films offers modern-day parables in 3-4 mi...
This set of short videos depict modern dramatizations of eight parables from Jesus' ministry without narration or dialogue.
The #30SecondBible series features dozens of voices reflecting on the Bible. From Genesis to Revelation, you will hear summaries of each book and reflections on...
A short film inspired by Tom Berlin's Reckless Love.
These short narrated meditations focus on mindful living and recognition of God's presence and love.
These Bible study videos will resonate with today's media-minded adults. Each video explores a scripture, Biblical theme, or spiritual practice in an engaging w...
In this series of short inspirational collages, we see ourselves as the Church active in the world around us. Based loosely on the United Methodist Social Prin...
A dramatization of the Ten Commandments, combined with a dramatic reading.
These short videos present prayers and writings from John Wesley.
From creator James Grocho, these short, often wordless, films provide inspirational messages that are perfect for worship services, outreach, or as the starting...
These faith-based vignettes convey stories related to different faith traits without the use of dialogue or narration.
Inspiring videos with scripture narration
In memory of Michael Williams, one of the finest folk storytellers of our time, Abingdon Press and Ministry Matters offer ten retellings of familiar biblical st...
John Wesley boils fiscal responsibilities down to just three rules: Earn all you can. Save all you can. Give all you can. Sounds simple, right? Yes, but not eas...
Rueben Job narrates three inspirational videos on each of the Three Simple Rules.
In A Grace-Full Life, you’ll examine a Wesleyan understanding of grace for the common person. You'll learn about various forms of grace and you’ll come away...
Wouldn't it be fascinating to attend a Bible study led by John Wesley? Scott J. Jones and his son Arthur D. Jones use Wesley's own words to address questions th...
Join Adam Hamilton for a six-week journey as he travels to England, following the life of John Wesley and exploring his defining characteristics of a Wesleyan C...
One of the most important documents that Wesley delivered to the rapidly expanding societies and congregations was The Wesley Covenant Prayer and Renewal Servic...
Prayers, presence, gifts, service, and witness: this is what we commit to when we become members of The United Methodist Church. A Disciple's Path helps you dev...
Recharge. Reboot. Reorder. Whatever you want to call it, we need a process that helps us continuously renew our relationship with God so that we don't drift awa...
Identifying everyday applications of John Wesley’s compelling portrait of faithful life in Christ, groups will grasp real-life ways to love God, rejoice in Go...
This short series features pastors Zach Bechtold and Matt Franks of the Bearded Theologians podcast in short conversations around topics of Wesleyan theology. A...
In this dramatization, one woman's daily encounters turn into a gathering of fellowship.
Prayer can and really does make a difference in our lives.
Michael Williams tells the story of Mary Magdalene's encounter with the risen Jesus in John 20.
This short segment features pastors Zach Bechtold and Matt Franks of the Bearded Theologians podcast discussing the Wesleyan concept of grace.. Appropriate for...
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...
Through Abram's story of building altars along his journey, Sam challenges us to explore our understanding of sanctuary and worship, challenging our preconceive...
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...
Benedictine monasticism played a foundational role in the shaping of medieval Christianity, and it continues to thrive today.
The majestic cathedrals of European Christendom are a key to medieval Catholic life. Study the two archetypal cathedral styles, Romanesque and Gothic; their ico...
Mark is the shortest and oldest of the four Gospels. Its unknown author had access to oral traditions about Jesus. Mark orders these traditions into a portrait ...
The course concludes with reflections on the numerous cultural adaptations Christianity has made on its path to becoming a "world religion."
Why does careful research indicate that the historical Jesus is best understood as a 1st-century Jewish apocalpyticist? What are the beliefs that fit under the ...
Investigate the appeal of monasticism in the medieval world and why this dominant institution in the Catholic West required constant renewal.
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...
In our strictly historical study of the New Testament, our overarching questions will include: Who were the actual authors? To whom did they write?
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"...
Even though the earliest traditions about Jesus go back to eyewitnesses, the Gospels were not written down for several decades. Why do scholars think that durin...
In previous lectures we have examined the teachings of the historical Jesus and the theological views of the apostle Paul. In this lecture we will compare what ...
Why must anyone who hopes to interpret the New Testament understand its historical context? What was the religious environment of the Greco-Roman world like? Ho...
Judaism, into which Jesus was born, was like other religions of the Greco-Roman world in some respects, but very different in others. At the time of Jesus, it h...
Now follow the dramatic political events that marked the transition from imperial Christianity to medieval Christianity.
Luke emphasizes Jesus as a Jewish prophet. Jesus knows that it is God's plan for his salvation to go out to the whole world, and hence does not predict the immi...
Why can we take Paul's first letter to the Christians at Corinth as representative of all his writings? What are the problems besetting this community of believ...
In the 11th century, relations between Orthodoxy (East) and Catholicism (West) were severed, a schism that has remained for more than a thousand years.
This lecture briefly discusses 1 Peter and its teachings on suffering for the faith. Then it explores more broadly the issue of persecution in early Christianit...
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...
In this lecture, you move beyond a discussion of the early Christian Gospels as literary texts, each with a distinctive portrayal of Jesus, to consider their va...
Written by the evangelist Luke, Acts narrates the growth and spread of the church, starting from just after Jesus' ascension. In this lecture we will explore th...
What is unique about the letter to the Romans? What are the two different models of salvation through Christ that Paul propounds here? And what part does God's ...
Apart from Jesus, the most important figure in early Christianity was the apostle Paul. For various reasons, a clear picture of his life and teachings is elusiv...
Whether you consider it a book of faith or a cultural artifact, the New Testament is among the most significant writings that the world has ever known. Scarcely...
What makes the letters 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus pastoral epistles? Why are scholars convinced that Paul himself could not have written them?
This lecture counters the tendency to think of Christianity as a European religion, charting its extensive geographical spread through the 6th century.
No original manuscript of any book in the New Testament appears to have survived. There are thousands of handwritten copies in Greek, but most date from centuri...
This lecture considers some of the Deutero-Pauline epistles, so called because scholars accord them a secondary place within the Pauline corpus. Writing in some...
In John's strikingly singular account, Jesus' own identity is the core issue. Rather than simply being a misunderstood representative of God's will, or a reject...
This lecture uncovers the remarkable cultural riches of the Orthodox tradition. First, see how a 9th-century Byzantine mission established Christianity in Russi...
The controversy concerning the Trinity raged through the 5th and 6th centuries, now focused on the nature of Christ, the God-Man.
Because Matthew, Mark, and Luke share so many of the same stories, they are often called the "Synoptic" Gospels." Their similarities are usually taken to mean t...
The Crusades to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims represented deep ambiguities in Christian identity.
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 Revelation of John is probably the most fascinating book in the New Testament, and almost certainly the most widely misunderstood. This lecture explores apo...
Paul's writings are pervaded by a concern for upright, moral living. He believes that even the Gentiles should strive to follow the ethical laws of the Jewish S...
Our contemporary universities have origins in medieval universities that were entirely Christian. Trace the rise of universities in the West - their functions, ...
More than 20 Gospels survive that did not make it into the New Testament. Most are highly legendary and use earlier written accounts as sources. They can be cat...
Did you know that the so-called epistle to the Hebrews is neither an epistle nor addressed to the Hebrews? To whom is it addressed, then, and for what purpose? ...
What criteria do scholars use to determine which surviving traditions about Jesus preserve historically reliable information? This lecture explores these criter...
Each week a child host engages children through storytelling, life application, and exploration of the faith word.
These engaging, animated videos are a great supplement to the One Room Sunday School curriculum. Each video segment tells a Bible story through the kids’ poin...
Today's media-savvy kids will be hooked by these engaging, animated videos! Featuring Deep Blue characters Asia, Edgar, Caleb, and Kat, each video segment tells...
Fun Bible trivia featuring the kids of Deep Blue.
Today's media-savvy kids will be hooked by these engaging, animated videos! Each video segment tells a Bible story through the kids' point of view, with help fr...
Join the kids from Deep Blue in stories of the Bible from the Old Testament.
Today's media-savvy kids will be hooked by these engaging, animated videos! Each video segment tells a Bible story through the kids' point of view, with...
Join the kids from Deep Blue as they learn about the early church from the Bible.
Join the kids from Deep Blue in stories about the life of Jesus from the Bible.
Join the kids from Deep Blue in stories from the Bible about the fruits of the spirit.
Learn and worship with Cokesbury Kids Virtual Church! Your whole family is invited to join us for Sunday school and worship right from where you are.
Children from around the United States share about how they are feeling about the pandemic and staying at home.
Ms. Brittany and Ms. Erin from Cokesbury Kids lead children and their families in a short time of centering through story, song, and prayer.
Music video for When You Believe
Music video for Upon This Rock
Music video for The Week that Changed the World
Music video for Step By Step
Music video for Manger and Miracle.
Music video for Let's Go Deep Blue
Music video for It's Morning All Over The World.
Music video for Shining Through
A second music video for Shining Through
Music video for Rainbow Promise.
Music video for I Am God's Voice
Music video for God's Creation.
Music video for God Will Make You Strong.
Music video for God Chose Jesus.
Music video for God Be With Us.
Music video for Get Out The Word.
Music video for Anything is Possible.
Music video for All About Love
Music video for Every Step of the Way.
Music video for Down To The River.
Music video for Blessings and Birthrights.
Music video for Being Free.
Music video for Prayer For a Place
Music video "By Faith" from the Whoosh VBS.
Music video for Jacob's Ladder
Music video for Living Stones
Music video for the Rolling River Rampage Theme.
Music video for Zacchaeus (Wee Little Man).
Music video for Overflowing.
Music video for I Will Be With You.
Music video for You Got a Seat.
Music video for I Come to You.
Music video for I've Got a River of Life.
Music video for No Matter What Comes My Way.
Music video for Life With You.
Music video for Here I Am.
Music video for Beautiful Ride.
Music video for On Our Way to Mars and Beyond
Music video for Movin' On
Music video for Even When The Lions Roar
Music video for Love That Makes The World Go 'Round
Music video for God Can Do
Music video for Just A Little Bit
Music video for Music for My Lord
Animated characters help set up the lesson each week. They address deep theological concepts with creative, light-hearted wit and will leave kids (and leaders!)...
The Celebrate Wonder videos feature a child host who will engage children through storytelling, life application, and exploration of the faith word. The series ...
Watch the Whirl characters learn about the Bible. Grades 3 - 6.
Join the Armorer, Sparky the Dragon, and the Knights of North Castle players to search for and learn about the King's armor, "God's Armor."
Capture your kids' imaginations with illustrated re-tellings of essential Bible stories. Grades K-4
Whooosh VBS is an exciting journey where everyone will experience God's power, presence, and steadfast love!
Music is such an important part of VBS and so are the music videos! Your kids will want to watch these fun and worshipful videos long after VBS is over. Each vi...
Journey through the Old and New Testaments, exploring the connections between several stories with each video. Grades 5-6
Biblically trained Navigators guide your tweens through the Bible story and make connections between the Bible and everyday life. Each video includes discussion...
Join the Deep Blue kids, Asia, Edgar, Kat, and Caleb for the story of Advent and Christmas that focus on the theme of family.
Confirm is an easy-to-follow and fully customizable confirmation program that can be used virtually any church setting and with a wide variety of schedules. You...
One Room Sunday School is ideal for churches where children of various ages learn together as a group. Everything needed for Sunday school is included in one co...
Enjoy fun music with lively videos from the best of Deep Blue Kids!
Americans feel more divided from their fellow Americans than they have in decades. And nowhere is this more painful than in our churches, where we are called to...
In a recent research study, church leaders told us they’ve been working hard to adjust to the changes that came so quickly. They’re providing worship altern...
Each individual brings a unique set of skills and gifts to the mission field and therefore needs to understand what type of disciple he or she is. Similarly, no...
The Art of Hospitality offers step-by-step actions that will help create a culture of radical hospitality in every area of your church—from pastors to staff t...
As a woman in ministry, you negotiate unique challenges every day. You need a trusted and comprehensive resource that not only helps you survive, but one that g...
You want to share your faith with others, but doing so makes you uneasy; you don't want to come off as pushy. In Get Their Name, readers learned how to talk abo...
Fear of the Other: No Fear in Love invites readers to consider the Gospel command to love (and not merely tolerate) those considered to be "Other" or outside ma...
United Methodists need a breath of fresh air. Don't worry. This is not another series full of theories and opinions about what we should do concerning all the i...
The spiritual life is often compared to a race. Pastor Rob Fuqay sees a parallel between the flags used in racing and the signals God sends us in our fast-paced...
In Living the Five, authors Jim and Jennifer Cowart show you how successful community groups are called to live out five principles and share how they applied t...
Stop falling for Money's false promises, and trust in God's promises. Help those you lead do the same. It's hard to compete against money's influence in our ...
Authors Scott McKenzie and Kristine Miller engage in meaningful conversation regarding generosity, their experiences with giving, and the real-life challenges t...
Adam Hamilton deals with questions so many of us have about the four major world religions - Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Judaism - and compares the beliefs o...
Enough is an invitation to rediscover the Bible's wisdom when it comes to prudent financial practices. In these pages are found the keys to experiencing content...
In Defying Gravity, Tom Berlin takes a look at the difference between "want" and "need" and illustrates how possessions can create an unbearable weight on our l...
Saving Grace: A Guide to Financial Well-Being provides the text and tools you need to address the topics of saving, earning, giving, spending, and debt, along w...
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