Dr. Jim Hamilton, Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, will be speaking twice at Northwestern College in St. Paul, MN on Wednesday, April 4. His visit is being sponsored by the Fidelis Foundation and the student complementarian group of Northwestern College. He will be speaking in the chapel service (10:30 - 11:00 AM) in Maranatha Hall and then from 7-9 PM in Riley Hall, Rm 2300. His talks will deal with how Christians think about gender, a subject on which he has previously published in the Journal of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. Dr. … [Read more...] about Jim Hamilton in Twin Cities – April 4
Archives for March 2007
God’s Indwelling Presence – by Jim Hamilton
God's Indwelling Presence: The Holy Spirit in the Old And New Testaments (Nac Studies in Bible & Theology) answers one of the most theologically provocative questions: Were individual believers under the old covenant continually indwelt by the Holy Spirit? Jim Hamilton, the author, is an Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. This book is the fruit of his Ph.D. dissertation done at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary under the direction of Dr. Tom Schreiner. I was introduced to God's Indwelling Presence by a recent interview aired by … [Read more...] about God’s Indwelling Presence – by Jim Hamilton
Richard Hays in Twin Cities – April 12
George Washington Ivey Professor of New Testament, Dr. Richard B. Hays, internationally recognized for his work on the letters of Paul and on New Testament ethics, will be coming to Minneapolis, MN on April 12 to give a lecture entitled Turning the World Upside Down: Israel's Scripture in Luke-Acts. It will be held on the campus of the University of Minnesota, Fraser Hall, at 7:00 PM, and is both free and open to the public. Some of you will know that Dr. Hays is the author of many distinguished works, including The Faith of Jesus Christ: The Narrative Substructure of Galatians 3:1-4:11 (The … [Read more...] about Richard Hays in Twin Cities – April 12
Book Review – America Alone – by Mark Steyn
My wife Marni provides this guest review of America Alone (2006, Regnery Publishing) by Mark Steyn: It’s spicy, definitely not politically correct, often laugh-out-loud humorous, and hits you between the eyes with a 2x4. Like some of my other favorite books (which Steyn gleefully pokes fun at) – Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed and Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, New Edition by Jared Diamond, and The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Centuryby Thomas Friedman – America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It … [Read more...] about Book Review – America Alone – by Mark Steyn
Honest to God Radio Interview
It was an honor to chat with Josh Weidmann of Honest to God Radio last Fall. The show airs in 3-minute installments twice a week on WMBI, 90.1 FM, the radio ministry of Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, IL. Broadcast archives are available at no charge (scroll down to Episodes 66 & 67 for my interview with Josh). … [Read more...] about Honest to God Radio Interview
Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture – Goldsworthy
The apprentices in the preaching class led by Pastor John Piper at The Bethlehem Institute were recently asked to write a book review of Preaching the Whole Bible As Christian Scripture: The Application of Biblical Theology to Expository Preaching by Graeme Goldsworthy. I thought it was an outstanding introducation to biblical theology with just a few minor weaknesses. Published in 2000 by Eerdmans, this work preceded Goldswothy Trilogy: (Gospel and Kingdom, Gospel and Wisdom, Gospel and Revelation), published by Paternoster in 2001. The next installment was According to Plan: The Unfolding … [Read more...] about Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture – Goldsworthy