Biography
I was trained under two pastors: George Crosbie, in Warren, Michigan from 1975-1982; and Robert B. Thieme, Jr. of Berachah Church in Houston, Texas from 1975 until his retirement. I spent two years being tutored by the professor of Classics at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan 1980-1981 and one year being tutored in Hebrew by the professor of ancient languages in 1981-1982. I received my Master's of Divinity from Talbot Theological Seminary in La Mirada, CA in 1984 and was ordained as a pastor by Berachah Church May 17, 1987. I founded (along with many others) and was the pastor of Amador Bible Church from 1993-2009. I began work on the translation and notes of the New Testament epistles in 1988 and have been working on them since that time.
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