Nathan P. Gilmour
Nathan P. Gilmour at Emmanuel College
Hardly the Last Word (Nathan’s Personal Blog)
Nathan Gilmour specializes in not having a specialty, having taught courses in English literature, writing, Greek philosophy, Biblical studies, and most recently theology.
His dissertation (a work in progress) explores the connections between succession stories in 16th- and 17th-century English literature and the questions of free will, depravity, and the possibility of virtuous pagans in Reformation theology. If the dissertation ever gets done, he plans to dedicate some time to a project he’s been toying with since 2007, a novel with King Saul of 1 Samuel as its protagonist.
Nathan is the lucky husband of Mary Gilmour and proud papa of Micah and Miriam Gilmour. You can find pictures of all those fine folks at http://www.nathangilmour.com/hardly (which also happens to be his blog).
If you’re wondering, the fellow in the image above is John Howard Yoder, Mennonite theologian and one of Nathan’s heroes.
Mr. Gilmour:
I found your blog today, and I must say it interests me very much. I too grew up in the Campbell tradition, Church of Christ, non-instrumental. I attended Harding University and preached 10 years, 1975-85. Today I work in a business office. I hold to God in all things and all things in God, and that Christ is the anointing we all experience when we understand we are God’s children; as Jesus did. But I can certainly understand what you mean when you say you love the tradition, but it drives you crazy. I no longer attend a Church of Christ; but there is a part of me that misses it; simply because its part of my childhood. I believe if I walked into a Church of Christ today I would feel like I was 12 years old again. But I have learned that most who left the church of their youth feel the same way. Its part of us, but no longer rules us. Forgive me for being so lengthy, but you know how we can be. God Bless.
John Madison