Before coming to Southern, Dr. Hamilton served as Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s Houston campus and was the preaching pastor at Baptist Church of the Redeemer. His first book, God’s Indwelling Presence: The Ministry of the Holy Spirit in the Old and New Testaments, was published in 2006, and he has contributed chapters to many other books, and has authored many scholarly articles.

Books and Contributions:

• God’s Indwelling Presence: The Ministry of the Holy Spirit in the Old and New Testaments, NAC Studies in Bible and Theology, Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2006.
• “What Women Can Do in Ministry: Full Participation within Biblical Boundaries,” pages 32-52 in Women, Ministry and the Gospel, ed. Mark A. Husbands and Timothy Larsen. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2007.
• New Testament Charts and Timelines Consultant for the ESV Study Bible, Wheaton: Crossway, 2008.
• “The Virgin Will Conceive: Typological Fulfillment in Matthew 1:18-23,” in Built upon the Rock: Studies in the Gospel of Matthew, ed. John Nolland and Dan Gurtner, 228-47. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008.
• “Divine Presence,” in Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry and Writings, ed. Peter Enns and Tremper Longman. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2008.
• “Theophany,” in Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry and Writings, ed. Peter Enns and Tremper Longman. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2008.

Articles:

• “God with Men in the Torah,” Westminster Theological Journal, 65 (2003), 113-33.
• “The Messianic Music of the Song of Songs: A Non-Allegorical Interpretation,” Westminster Theological Journal 68 (2006), 331-45.
• “The Glory of God in Salvation through Judgment: The Center of Biblical Theology?” Tyndale Bulletin 57 (2006), 57-84.
• “Rushing Wind and Organ Music: Toward Luke’s Theology of the Spirit in Acts,” Reformed Theological Review 65.1 (2006), 15-33.
• “The Skull Crushing Seed of the Woman: Inner-Biblical Interpretation of Genesis 3:15,” The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 10.2 (2006), 30-54.
• “God with Men in the Prophets and the Writings: An Examination of the Nature of God’s Presence,” Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology 23.2 (2005), 166-93.
• “The One Who Does Them Shall Live By Them: Leviticus 18:5 in Galatians 3:12,” Gospel Witness (August 2005), 10-14.
• “Were Old Covenant Believers Indwelt by the Holy Spirit?” Themelios 30 (2004), 12-22.
• “Gender Roles and the Glory of God: A Sermon on 1 Corinthians 11:2-12,” Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood 9.2 (2004), 35-39.
• “N. T. Wright and Saul’s Moral Bootstraps: Newer Light on ‘The New Perspective’,” Trinity Journal 25 (2004), 139-55.
• “Old Covenant Believers and the Indwelling Spirit: A Survey of the Spectrum of Opinion,” Trinity Journal, 24 (2003), 37-54.
• With Terrance L. Tiessen, “Who Can Be Saved? Critical Dialogue Over a Recent Review,” Trinity Journal 28.2 (2007), 291-94.
• “Who Can Be Saved? A Review Article,” Trinity Journal 28.1 (2007), 89-112.
• The Church Militant and Her Warfare: We Are Not Another Interest Group,” SBJT  11.4 (2007), 70-80.
• With Denny Burk, “Younger Evangelicals and Women in Ministry: A Sketch of the Spectrum of Opinion,” JBMW 12.2 (2007), 26-40.
• “The Seed of the Woman and the Blessing of Abraham,” Tyndale Bulletin 58.2 (2007), 253-73.
• “The Influence of Isaiah on the Gospel of John,” Perichoresis 5.2 (2007), 139-62.
• “The SBJT Forum: The Atonement under Fire,” SBJT 11.2 (2007), 112-14.
• “The Center of Biblical Theology in Acts: Deliverance and Damnation Display the Divine,” Themelios 33.3 (2008), 34-47.
• “Pastors Are Not Elders: A Middle Way?” JBMW 13.1 (2008), 53-55.
• “Was Joseph a Type of the Messiah? Tracing the Typological Identification between Joseph, David, and Jesus,” SBJT 12.4 (2008), 52-77.

In Preparation:

• Julius Brown Gay Lecture, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, March 13, 2008, “The Typology of David’s Rise to Power: Messianic Patterns in the Book of Samuel.”
• Pros Apologian Lecture, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, September 2, 2009, “The Orthodoxy of the Text of the New Testament: Reasserting the Obvious.”
• Bethlehem College and Seminary Invited Lecture, September 28, 2009, “The History and Future of Redemption: New Exodus and Return from Exile Typology in Acts.”