Biblical Languages & Ministry with J. Ryan Davidson, Timothy Decker, and Joshua Wilson
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This conversation was originally a Twitter Spaces conversation. Since it was a beneficial discussion, we decided to republish it here as an episode of the Covenant Podcast.
Pastor J. Ryan Davidson, Ph.D.(C) Professor of Practical Theology
J. Ryan Davidson is a Ph.D. candidate at the Free University of Amsterdam, researching pastoral theology in the early church period. He is a graduate of Samford University (B.A.), The College of William & Mary (M.Ed.), and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Th.M.). He currently pastors Grace Baptist Chapel, a Reformed Baptist Church in Hampton, VA. He is married to Christie and they have four children.
Courses taught: Introduction to Pastoral Counseling, Marriage and Family Counseling, History of Counseling & Pastoral Care.
Pastor Timothy Decker, Ph.D. Professor of Biblical Languages
Dr. Timothy Decker is one of the pastors of Trinity Reformed Baptist Church of Roanoke, VA, having joined them in 2018. He holds a B.A. and M.A. biblical studies from Carolina University (formerly Piedmont International University), a Th.M. in New Testament from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in biblical studies from Capital Seminary and Graduate School. In his dissertation research, he examined the style of biblical Hebrew poetry in the New Testament. He has presented various papers at academic society meetings and authored numerous articles in several different scholarly journals. He is a member of ETS and IBR. When he is not reading or researching, he enjoys spending time with his wife and four children.
Courses taught: Elementary Greek I, Elementary Greek II
Pastor Josh Wilson, Ph.D. Professor of Biblical Languages
Josh lives in Park Hills, MO with his wife (Sarah, married in 2002) and their eight children (Joshua, Jakob, Timothy, Caleb, Katelynne, Natalie, Luke, and Simon). He enjoys playing boardgames with his family and, when he has the time, backcountry backpacking on the Ozark Trail. Josh has been serving as the senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Park Hills since 2012 and has been teaching Bible for Missouri Baptist University since 2008. He holds a B.A. in Religious Education and Biblical Languages from Missouri Baptist University as well as a M.Div. in Biblical and Theological Studies from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Through Southern Seminary, he also earned a Ph.D. in Old Testament with an emphasis in Greek, Hebrew, and Hebrew Literature. Josh has spoken at several regional conferences and has written articles for both Answers in Genesis and the Answers Research Journal.
Courses taught: Elementary Hebrew 1, Elementary Hebrew 2.
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