It was a great joy to be over at the seminary this morning, where the Association of Grace Baptist Churches South East had organised a double lecture and question session with James Hamilton from Southern Baptist Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky. About sixty gathered, mostly men and mostly ministers, I guess.
The first lecture set out the approach to typology that Hamilton advocates and the second looked at Isaiah 53 as a demonstration of how it works. There was an emphasis on the need to consult the Hebrew text and to read evangelically (believing the events recorded in the Old Testament really happened) but with that a willingness to see connections where the same words or phrases are used in different places, such as when Noah's ship is called an ark and Moses' baby basket is also called an ark. What Dr Hamilton, the author of a book on the whole subject that came out last year, seeks to establish is some clear rules for spotting typological connections. He certainly was very interesting and encouraging.
Andrew King took opportunity to draw attention to the AGBCSE which now has seventy churches. They even provided a nice goody bag of books for us to take home. This sort of event certainly serves to promote the work the organisation. Well done, Andrew (and team)!
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