The Sermon on the Mount – The Dividend of Mercy (Matthew 5:7)
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.