Adam Hamilton Quotes
Jesus' own witness of sacrificial love and forgiveness, and his work to heal the sick and care for those in need, represent God's ways and vision for us.
As a pastor, I have a deep desire to lead people to God and encourage people to pray, read the Bible, and carry their faith into every part of their lives.
I am a pastor, and I teach and preach the Bible to my congregation every week. But the Bible is not a manufacturer's handbook. Neither is it a science textbook nor a guidebook for public policy.
Hope is a decision we make, a choice to believe that God can take the adversity, the disappointment, the heartache, and the pain of our journeys and use these to accomplish his purposes.
If 'everything happens for a reason,' then every act of evil is ultimately God's doing.
We are all more similar than we usually realize. So much of the suffering we do in our life is because of obsession with self.
I'm convinced many of America's heroes are public school teachers and administrators. Many of these people do what they do because of their faith.
We live in bodies that are fearfully and wonderfully made, yet they are not immune to illness and pain. We have hearts that are capable of experiencing great love, but sometimes they get broken.
Christians believe that God is everywhere and is involved in our lives at every moment, whether we publicly acknowledge God or not.
The Bible calls us to love our neighbors, and to do justice and love kindness, not to indiscriminately kill one another.
While some misuse their freedom to perpetrate evil, millions respond by feeling compelled to use their freedom to do good.
As I've taught our congregation, within the Christian faith the question of homosexuality is not a question of biblical authority, but biblical interpretation.
As an artist, I think it is important for us to mark places in history where we have made progress, to celebrate by expressing that reality.
When we are adding to those around us, the world, ourselves, it feels good and right on levels we cannot even consciously connect with.
Love is the feeling we get when we recognize the positive attributes in another.
You have to continually and actively watch for the best parts of someone else that will let you experience love.
Be content where you are! The sooner I let go of the notion that something could only be one way, the way I had planned it, without fail, I have always gotten more done and with far less discomfort.
When you have kids, I think it makes them feel safer and be in a space to grow more and recognize patterns when routines exist.
I love the Bible. I read it every day. I spend 10 hours a week studying it. It has affected my life in profound ways. I am inspired when I read it.
Permanent weight loss means making small, manageable changes and sticking with them for life.
We need to welcome the experimental creativity that is always searching out new ways of singing the Gospel, and banish the fear that grips us when familiar music passes away.
One of my favorite things is watching my children learn something new. The combination of innocence and excitement makes a parent feel truly alive, even if only for a second and peripherally.
Becoming a father has definitely heightened my discomfort with uncertainty. I want to be able to say, I know what will happen, when, why. But most of the time, we just don't know.
In America our public schools are intended to be religiously neutral. Our teachers and schools are neither to endorse nor to inhibit religion. I believe this is a very good thing.
Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
If you boiled down the gospel to one word, it would be love.
We share the gospel with others because we believe the gospel is not just about heaven, but about having life even here on earth.
