John Piper, "Brothers, Bitzer Was a Banker!" The Standard, June 1983, 18-19. The full text of this excellent article is used by permission.

A. T. Robertson, The Minister and His Greek New Testament (1923; text below taken from a 1977 reprint by Baker; no original publication information given; it is now out of print and out of copyright).

Chapter 1, "The Minister's Use of His Greek New Testament"

Chapter 7, "Grammar and Preaching"

Chapter 9, "John Brown of Haddington or Learning Greek Without a Teacher"

This is a valuable book--one that I hope will help motivate you to apply great diligence in your study of Greek this year and in as many future years of ministry that the Lord may give you. I have excerpted the three chapters listed above from the book; each chapter is complete and unedited. The beginning of each page of the original is indicated by enclosing the page number in { }.

Some of Robertson's comments are now out of date (particularly his references to the tools that are available or yet needed), but look for his attitude toward Greek as a pastor's tool for handling the Word of God accurately.

For a brief bio of Robertson, see this article.

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