One of the privileges of seminary thus far has been the opportunity to study biblical Greek for five semesters at DTS-Houston. The course of instruction is very well laid out and takes a student with no knowledge of Greek (like was the case for me) and bring them to the point where they are interacting confidently with the highest levels of academic biblical scholarship and writing their own critical commentary of biblical passages based on exegesis of the Greek text. No small amount of credit is due to the incredibly talented and knowledgable New Testament department faculty at DTS, in particular Drs. Will Johnston and Ben Simpson at the Houston extension. Their instruction and investment in their students has and continues to pay tremendous dividends in the service of God's kingdom through the faithful study, exegesis, exposition, and declaration of God's word by their current and past students and those who have been blessed by the same.
Personally I had no idea just how valuable this process would be for me when I started this process two years ago. It came to something of a head though one evening a couple weeks ago when I was studying Romans 11:30-32 in preparation for writing my final exegetical paper and found myself overwhelmed with the elegance of the text, the beauty of the content, and the wisdom of our great God as reflected in Paul's declaration of His truths. In celebration of the process, what God has done, and what I have learned, I submit after the break the full text of commentary I have written on Romans 11:25-32 with the hope that while it may be intimidating to someone unfamiliar with biblical Greek, nonetheless the glorious truth of God's Word would shine through and encourage the hearts of His people.
(And just by way of a quick note - any errors noted are mine and mine alone, and should bear no reflection on the excellent instruction of Drs. Johnston and Simpson, nor any other members of the DTS faculty!)
