Monday, October 20, 2025

Historic Wake Forest

Got my steps in today at the local park here in Wake Forest. 

Joyner Park is one of several parks and greenways that have earned for Raleigh 5 stars in the "best cities for men's health" award. On the drive there guess what building you pass? Historic Wake Forest College. 

I pinch myself every time I see the school where the one and only A. T. Robertson earned his M.A. degree in 1885. 

Robertson is especially remembered for his his monumental weight lifting 101 textbook -- A Grammar of the Greek New Testament in the Light of Historical Research. I still require it in my Advanced Greek Grammar courses. Just as importantly, Robertson was committed to making scholarship available to your average student -- examples being his The Minister and His Greek New Testament and Word Pictures of the New Testament

So much great history in North Carolina!