MARC - Christianity/ Other Religions

WESLEY- THE MOVIE

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:23:08 -0700

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What happens when a smart, talented young man desires to serve God…but is mostly driven by his fear of death and Hell? How is a conflicted heart torn by love and desire? And what happens when that heart finally discovers grace? A Heart Transformed Can Change the World! In this powerful true story, based directly on the private journals of John and Charles Wesley, we glimpse the private struggles of one man who would go on to found the Methodist movement - and another who would become one of the most prolific and beloved hymn writers of history. Together, they would transform the face of England with revolutionary ministries to the poor and downtrodden, creating a movement that laid the groundwork for the eventual abolition of slavery. This movie makes one proud to be a Methodist! ***This DVD is licensed for HOME USE ONLY and may not be exhibited at a church or other public venue without purchase of a special church license.***

Length: 117 minutes

Publisher: Foundery Pictures

Published Year: 2010

Viewing Rights: For Home Use Only

CREDO Confirmation- Know your Story, Confirm your Faith, Live your Commitment

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:12:15 -0700

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Author: Josh Tinley

Confirmation is not the beginning or the end of the faith journey. Confirmation is about making disciples. It is that simple and that challenging. To help your church meet the challenge, Cokesbury has developed Credo. Credo is a confirmation program that is not your conventional classroom experience! It brings worship, Sunday school, Bible study, service, and church ministries into confirmation. Credo is a confirmation program so straightforward, so easy to follow, and so reasonably priced, it can be used in virtually any church and in a wide variety of schedules. You’ll have the option to use it over a semester, the course of a school year, a 3-year span, or however you want to plan it. This simple leader’s guide features lesson plans for 18 confirmation class sessions. This resource is ideal for churches who have multiple confirmation program teachers. (For a complete comprehensive program with added ideas and activities, churches have the option of purchasing the Director’s Tools)

THE TENT OF ABRAHAM – Stories of Hope and Peace for Jews, Christians, and Muslims

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:14:42 -0800

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Author: Joan Chittister, Saadi Shakur Chishti, Arthur Waskow, and Karen Armstrong

In recent years there has been an explosion of curiosity and debate about Islam and about the role of religion, both in the world and in the Arab-Israeli conflict. The numerous books published on these questions speak to issues of politics, history, or global security. None speaks to the heart and the spirit, and yet millions of people experience these issues not as political, economic, or intellectual questions but as questions of deep spiritual, emotional, and religious significance. The Tent of Abraham provides readers with stories that can bring all the faiths together. Written by Saadi Shakur Chishti, a Scottish American Sufi, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, an American Jew, and Joan Chittister, a Benedictine sister, the book explores in accessible language the mythic quality and the teachings of reconciliation that are embedded in the Torah, the Qur'an, and the Bible. It also weaves together the wisdoms of the Jewish, Muslim, and Christian traditions into a deeper, more unified whole. The Tent of Abraham is the first book to tell the whole story of Abraham as found in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim sources and to reenergize it as a basis for peace.

THE CASE FOR CHRIST

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:39:32 -0700

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Based upon the Gold Medallion award-winning best-seller, The Case for Christ documents Lee Strobel's journey from atheism to faith through his two-year investigation of the Bible and the life of Jesus Christ. Strobel, the former legal editor of the Chicago Tribune, draws upon his investigative skills to examine the historical accuracy of the Gospels, the personal claims of Jesus and His resurrection from the dead. Is there evidence to confirm that Jesus of Nazareth was, indeed, the son of God and the savior of the world? This remarkable film features interviews with 10 leading Biblical scholars from North America and England, cutting-edge apologetics, and a compelling original music score.

Length: 71 minutes

Publisher: Lionsgate

Published Year: 2007

Viewing Rights: Church Use Permitted

GOLDEN RULE POLITICS: RECLAIMING THE RIGHTFUL ROLE OF FAITH IN POLITICS

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:36:47 -0700

This DVD offers an antidote to the prevailing myth that GOP stands for "God's Only Party." Rooted in the theological conviction that God is neither a Republican nor a Democrat, that neither party is thoroughly moral nor completely immoral, this DVD explores the rightful role of faith in politics through interviews that clergy and politicians in Alabama, Missouri and Tennessee. It expands the moral agenda from the narrow list of issues prioritized by the Christian Right to the fuller expression of issues found in the Christian tradition, beginning with the Biblical priority of doing justice.

Length: 36min (6 session, 4-8 min/session)

Publisher: Baptist Center for Ethics; EcuFilm

Published Year: 2007

Viewing Rights: Church Use Permitted

SWEET SINGER: A MUSICAL ABOUT CHARLES WESLEY

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:05:20 -0800

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Charles Wesley, sometimes called the "sweet singer" of Methodism, is one of Christendom's most outstanding poets. He wrote some 9,000 hymns and sacred poems, hundreds of which became hymns for Christian worship. George Friedrich Handel wrote music specifically for three of them. This DVD is a one-man musical drama that deals with Wesley's struggle against poverty, reluctant acceptance of Holy Orders and life as a Church of England clergyman, adventure to America, opposition to slavery, social and spiritual reform, personal transformation, stormy beginnings of the Methodist movement, courage in the face of violence, family devotion and conflict, and poetic genius. Sessions include: Session 1 (19:30): Prologue; Act I, Scene 1: The Letter ;Act I, Scene 2: Family Poets Session 2 (6:54) : Act I, Scene 3: Reluctant Ordination; Act I, Scene 4: On Board the Ship Simmonds Session 3 (12:01): Act I, Scene 5: The Colony of Georgia; Act I, Scene 6: Slavery, Charles-town (SC) Session 4 (7:25): Act I, Scene 7: England; Act II, Scene 1: England Session 5 (6:11): Act II, Scene 2: Mr. Bray's House; Session 6 (11:29): Act II, Scene 3: Accusations & Mob Violence; Session 7 (8:54): Act II, Scene 4: The Poor; Act II, Scene 5: The Children Session 8 (17:24): Act II, Scene 6: London and G. F. Handel; Act II, Scene 7: The Letter Epilogue

Length: 90min (8 sessions; 6-19min/ea)

Publisher: www.stkimbrough.com; EcuFilm

Published Year: 2007

Viewing Rights: Church Use Permitted

CHRISTIANITY'S FAMILY TREE: WHAT OTHER CHRISTIANS BELIEVE AND WHY

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:46:00 -0700

This video study presents a welcoming, inspiring vision of eight Christian denominations and faith traditions. Comparing the Christian family to our own extended families, Adam Hamilton contends that each denomination has a unique, valuable perspective to offer on the Christian faith. He gives a brief history, outlines major beliefs, and describes some things we can learn from that tradition to strengthen our own Christian faith. The 8 sessions are: 1. Orthodoxy: Mystery, Liturgy, and Tradition; 2. Catholicism: Sacrament and Mass; 3. Lutheranism: Word and Faith; 4. Presbyterianism: The Sovereignty of God; 5. Anglicanism: Common Prayer; 6. Baptists: Baptism, Conversion, and Scripture; 7. Pentecostalism: The Power of the Spirit; 8. Methodists: People of the Extreme Center

Length: 140min (8 sessions; 15-20min/session)

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published Year: 2007

Viewing Rights: Church Use Permitted

BLACK METHODISM : A LEGACY OF FAITH - REVIVAL

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:34:28 -0700

This special anniversary DVD celebrates the 40th anniversary of several related and pivotal events in the life and history of The United Methodist Church: -The end of the racially segregated Central Jurisdiction in 1967 -The founding of Black Methodists for Church Renewal in 1967 -The birth, through merger, of The United Methodist Church in 1968 -The establishment of the General Commission on Religion and Race in 1968 The original “Legacy of Faith” was first broadcast in 1994 on “Catch the Spirit,” the popular United Methodist television program. This version has a new introduction and updated ending; the rest of the resource is intact. (General Commission on Religion and Race: United Methodist Communications)

Length: 31min

Publisher: General Commission on Religion and Race: United Methodist Communications

Published Year: 2007

Viewing Rights: Church Use Permitted

GLOBAL PRAISE 2: SONGS FOR WORSHIP AND WITNESS

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:28:40 -0700

Author: General Editor: S. T. Kimbrough, Jr.; Music Editor: Carlton R. Young

This second colleciton includes songs from around the world - Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, North & South America, and the islands of the Pacific. The first half of the book is entitled Songs for Worship and includes selections for many aspects of divine worship. There are songs for Holy Communion and baptism. The second half of the book includes Songs of Witness. The first section emphasizes God's witness in creation and among humankind: the Trinity, Advent, Christmas, and Christ's passion. The second section stresses the Christian's witness under such themes as service and discipleship, the church, unity, mission, justice, and hope.

GLOBAL PRAISE 1

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:19:54 -0700

Author: General Editor: S. T. Kimbrough, Jr.; Music Editor: Carlton R. Young

This collection features songs from many parts of the world. English transliterations have been provided as pronunciation aids for Chinese, Korean, and Russian texts that were published in the first edition.

CASE FOR A CREATOR, THE

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 06:37:01 -0700

As a high school freshman, Lee Strobel became convinced that God did not exist and the universe was created by purely materialistic processes - time, chance and Darwinian evolution. The atheistic worldview deeply influenced his academic years and early career until his wife's conversion to Christianity which led him on an intensive search for the truth about God. This resource is a remarkable film about Lee Strobel's journey from spiritual skepticism to a profound faith in the God whose indelible signature is etched upon every galaxy and living cell. The DVD contains bonus features including questions and answers with scientists that can spark further discussion.

Length: 56min (7 segments; 8min/seg) plus 40min bonus features

Publisher: Illustra Media; EcuFilm

Published Year: 2006

Viewing Rights: Church Use Permitted

APOSTLE PAUL AND THE EARLIEST CHURCHES

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:22:41 -0800

Beginning with the conversion of Saul of Tarsus, this production reenacts Paul's three missionary journeys on Anatolian soil (modern Turkey). Viewers will not only see key archaeological sites in each city that the Apostle Paul visited as well as the natural, rugged Anatolian countryside, but also experience with Paul himself the birth of the Christian church. It is an excellent resource for going more in depth into the life and ministry of Paul. The study guide containing four units does not specifically follow the film but follows chronology of the Book of Acts.

Length: 48min

Publisher: B & N Production; Vision Video

Published Year: 200?

Viewing Rights: Church Use Permitted

CHARLES WESLEY: HYMNS OF PRAISE

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 12:16:59 -0800

Meet Charles Wesley in this fascinating one-man drama. Charles Wesley was one of the most prolific hymn writers of all time, having penned more than 6,500 hymns. When John and Charles Wesley met the Moravians during a journey to Georgia, both men were taken with the German hymns the group sang (a long-standing tradition with the Moravian Church). John became fluent in German and translated many of the Moravian hymns. Following his conversion, Charles Wesley often wrote a hymn a day and the brothers published numerous hymnals. Now viewers can watch these stories and other astonishing stories about Methodism's beginnings come alive in this dramatic impersonation of Charles Wesley.

Length: 90min

Publisher: 2005

Published Year: Vision Video; EcuFilm

Viewing Rights: Church Use Permitted

SALT OF THE EARTH: PALESTINIAN CHRISTIANS IN THE NORTHERN WEST BANK

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:30:49 -0800

Living as religious minorities in turbulent times, nine Palestinian Christians share their faith, hopes and challenges in this series of documentary short films. This film grew out of a desire among their Palestinian neighbors to share their stories and a desire among Christians in the West to hear them. This DVD is in Arabic with optional English subtitles. This very powerful documentary shows how difficult and dangerous everyday life can be for Palestinian Christians. Nine segments are: 1.Advent; 2.The Wall; 3.A Mantle; 4.Life; 5.Exile; 6.Resurrection; 7.The Garden; 8.The Cross; 9.Message to America

Length: 15-20min/seg

Publisher: Salt Films

Published Year: 2005

Viewing Rights: Church Use Permitted

NEW KIND OF FAITH, A

Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:20:59 -0700

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Tape 4 of 4. Session 1: Must Christianity Change or Die? Session 2: The End of Faith? Session 3: Time for a New God? Session 4: Is Christianity Arrogant?

Length: 60min (15min/session)

Publisher: Zondervan

Published Year: 2006

Viewing Rights: Church Use Permitted