The Seed of the Woman and the Blessing of Abraham
Could it be that the blessings given to Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3 are direct answers to the curses of Genesis 3:14-19? This essay considers whether Genesis 12 is the antidote of Genesis 3.
Training Parrots or Making Disciples?
There are many goals of preaching, yet this article focuses on one: helping the hearers think and read for themselves. It encourages pastors to exercise their skills for this end. Definitions of exegesis, biblical theology, and systematic theology are offered in the article as well.
On the Third Day
This article reflects on Old Testament types who pointed ahead to Christ, who fulfilled these.
Revelation – The Revelation of the Glory of God's Justice and Mercy
In Chapter 1 Hamilton provides a popular overview of the content, structure, and theology of the book of Revelation.
What Is Biblical Theology – The Church's Setting in the Story
The church is the temple of the Holy Spirit. As such it is to be a preview of what the world is going to become. The church is a beginning of the new temple. In Chapter 12 Hamilton considers this aspect of the church’s identity.
What Is Biblical Theology? – The Church's Identity in the Story
Chapter 11 considers the identity of the church, the bride of Christ, in the bigger story of God’s dealings with man and creation. Hamilton takes a look at a few metaphors that Jesus and the apostles used to indicate the church’s identity.
What Is Biblical Theology? – A Song for the Lady in Waiting: The Bride of Christ and Biblical Theology
Chapter 10 considers the place of the church, the bride of Christ, in the bigger story of God’s dealings with man and creation.
What Is Biblical Theology?
In this chapter Hamilton considers what Biblical Theology is. For Hamilton it is the “interpretive perspective reflected in the way the biblical authors have presented their understanding of earlier Scripture, redemptive history, and the events they are describing, recounting, celebrating, or addressing.”
God's Glory in Salvation through Judgment – Can the Centre Hold?
Hamilton argues that the centre in Biblical Theology is God, who is both merciful and just. The central theme of Scripture, according to Hamilton, is the glory of God in salvation through judgment. In Chapter 1 he first considers whether there is a centre in Scripture that holds everything in Scripture together.