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    Making Sense of the Bible [Leader Guide]: Rediscovering the Power of Scripture Today
    Making Sense of the Bible [Leader Guide]: Rediscovering the Power of Scripture Today
    Making Sense of the Bible [Leader Guide]: Rediscovering the Power of Scripture Today
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    Making Sense of the Bible [Leader Guide]: Rediscovering the Power of Scripture Today

    By Adam Hamilton

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    In this six week video study, Adam Hamilton explores the key points in his new book, Making Sense of the Bible. With the help of this Leader Guide, groups learn from Hamilton as his video presentations lead groups through the book, focusing on the most important questions we ask about the Bible, its origins and meaning.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAbingdon Press
    Release dateSep 15, 2014
    ISBN9781501801327
    Making Sense of the Bible [Leader Guide]: Rediscovering the Power of Scripture Today
    Author

    Adam Hamilton

    Adam Hamilton is the founding pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Kansas City. Started in 1990 with four people, the church has grown to become the largest United Methodist Church in the United States with over 18,000 members. The church is well known for connecting with agnostics, skeptics, and spiritual seekers. In 2012, it was recognized as the most influential mainline church in America, and Hamilton was asked by the White House to deliver the sermon at the Obama inaugural prayer service. Hamilton, whose theological training includes an undergraduate degree from Oral Roberts University and a graduate degree from Southern Methodist University where he was honored for his work in social ethics, is the author of nineteen books. He has been married to his wife, LaVon, for thirty-one years and has two adult daughters.

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      Making Sense of the Bible [Leader Guide] - Adam Hamilton

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      Title

      Making Sense of the Bible

      Leader Guide

      Also by Adam Hamilton

      Also by Adam Hamilton

      The Way

      The Journey

      24 Hours That Changed the World

      Final Words from the Cross

      Forgiveness

      Love to Stay

      Why?

      Enough

      When Christians Get It Wrong

      Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White

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      Title

      Adam Hamilton

      Making Sense of the Bible

      Rediscovering the Power of Scripture Today

      Leader Guide

      by Martha Bettis Gee

      Abingdon Press

      Nashville

      Copyright

      Adam Hamilton

      Making Sense of the Bible:

      Rediscovering the Power of Scripture Today Leader Guide

      by Martha Bettis Gee

      Copyright © 2014 by Abingdon Press

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted by the 1976 Copyright Act or in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission should be addressed in writing to Abingdon Press, 201 Eighth Avenue South, P.O. Box 801, Nashville, TN 37202-0801 or e-mailed to permissions@abingdonpress.com.

      ISBN 978-1-5018-0132-7

      Scripture quotations, unless marked otherwise, are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyrighted © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America, and are used by permission. All rights reserved.

      MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

      Contents

      Contents

      To the Leader

      Section One: The Nature of Scripture

      1. Making Sense of the Old Testament

      Introduction; Book Chapters 1–7

      2. Making Sense of the New Testament

      Book Chapters 8–13

      3. Questions about the Nature of Scripture

      Book Chapters 14–18

      Section Two: Making Sense of the Bible’s Challenging Passages

      4. The Bible and Science

      Book Chapters 19–21

      5. Violence, Suffering, and Other Troubling Issues

      Book Chapters 22–26

      6. Wrestling with Issues of Sexuality and Relationships

      Book Chapters 27–32

      To the Leader

      To the Leader

      Welcome! This is a study for those who love the Bible and look to it to help them find meaning and purpose for their lives. It is also a study for people who are willing to wrestle with portions of the Bible about which they have questions. Finally, it is a study for people who are largely unfamiliar with the Bible but who are curious and want to know more.

      Adam Hamilton, author of Making Sense of the Bible, envisions the book as a conversation on his back porch, with each participant enjoying a glass of iced tea or lemonade. The conversation is an attempt to wrestle honestly with the tough questions often raised by thoughtful Christians and non-Christians concerning things taught in the Bible. Hamilton has sought to distill the work of scholars, while offering his own reflections as one who preaches and teaches the Bible and who regularly engages with the questions of laity and pastors alike.

      The book is divided into two parts. The first section addresses some foundational questions: What is the Bible, exactly? In what sense is it God’s word, and in what sense is it human reflections on God? What do we mean by calling it inspired? Is it inerrant or infallible as many Christians believe? This section also deals with how and when the Bible was written, the various types of writings found in it, and how and why some books made it into the Bible and some were left out.

      The second section digs into troubling questions and issues, such as historical accuracy, violence, and end times. The book ends by looking at various ways to read the Bible, with the aim being for persons reading it to hear God speak through its pages and find its words to be life changing and life giving.

      This six-session study makes use of the following components:

      • Adam Hamilton’s book Making Sense of the Bible;

      • a DVD in which Hamilton, using stories and Scripture, presents and expands upon key points from the book;

      • this Leader Guide.

      Encourage participants to bring a Bible to every session. If possible, notify those interested in the study before the first session so that they can come prepared. Ask them to read the introduction and the first seven chapters in advance of the session. Then, each week, you will give participants a reading assignment for the following week. By the end of the study, they will have read the entire book.

      Because of the book’s length, some participants may be unable to keep up with the reading. Encourage them to

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