A public lecture on the book of Genesis is set for Tuesday, Feb. 20, at Abilene Christian University. Dr. Mark Hamilton, professor of Old Testament at ACU, will deliver an address titled “Genesis and Its World” beginning at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20 in the Packer Forum of the Brown Library on the ACU Campus. Admission is free. The lecture also
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Editor’s Note: Kelli Bryant Gibson (DPhil) associate professor of Historical Theology at Abilene Christian University’s Graduate School of Theology (GST), and her colleague, Dr. Mark Hamilton, edited Singing with the Shepherds, a collection of Advent meditations by GST faculty, students, and alumni,Singing with the Shepherds can be downloaded for free in both English and Spanish. Dr. Omar Palafox translated the
Read moreEditor’s Note: Dr. Mark Hamilton, a professor in ACU’s Graduate School of Theology, shared the following online Pentecost sermon that he prepared for Brookline Church of Christ in Boston. The sermon is based on Acts 2:1-21 By MARK HAMILTON Over the past few weeks, we have learned a lot: new phrases such as “social distancing,” new ways to do work
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By LORETTA FULTON If you find yourself confused about how Christians should respond to migrants and refugees, it’s pretty simple. Just pick up a Bible and read passages from either the Old Testament or the New Testament. That was the crux of the message delivered March 21 by Mark Hamilton, a professor of Old Testament in Abilene Christian University’s College
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By LORETTA FULTON Tired of the political rhetoric on immigration? How about a new take, actually a very old one? “Jesus, King of Strangers: What the Bible Really Says About Immigration” is the title of a new book by Mark Hamilton, professor at Abilene Christian University’s Graduate School of Theology. In the book, Hamilton argues that, “Reclaiming the biblical language
Read moreBy Loretta Fulton “You were a stranger in the land of Egypt.” “You were an alien in their land.” Why does God insist on saying that? Because God wants his people to remember that they were aliens once and to feel empathy toward the aliens among them. He wants his people to look at those who are different and say,
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