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Only Twenty Years Later...
02/18/2005 - James White
I had lunch with one of our channel regulars today. He's a student at Grand Canyon University, my alma mater. He was looking through a book sale at the library, and found a 1985 yearbook, and looked me up. Bought it for me for 60 cents. I couldn't really afford the yearbook when I graduated from GCU, so, I got my yearbook today--20 years after graduation. So, I'm looking through the book over lunch going, "Good night, why on earth did we all wear these massively huge glasses and feather our hair?" I mean, we were wearing windshields! Just amazing. Yes, that's me. That's my hair. I can still grow the beard, anyway. I stayed that skinny until 25, then...well, anyway. 
Now here is another picture, this the staff of the Christian Studies Department. From left is Dr. Mike Baird, who lost a lot of that hair over the seven years of teaching me Greek. Then Dr. Clark Youngblood. Baird and Youngblood are still teaching at GCU. Next is Dr. J. Niles Puckett. I got to take a few Greek classes from him. Why do I mention this? Because he studied under William Hersey Davis, the student of A.T. Robertson. He was a wonderful, godly man who passed away only a few years ago. And on the right is D.C. Martin. Wow, could I tell stories about Dr. Martin. The low "A" in his classes was a 96. You either loved D.C. or hated him. I learned so much from him. I still see himself in my own teaching twenty years later. I don't recall weeping more profusely at any time than at his memorial service. What a wonderful testimony he left to God's grace. It's great to remember the men God has used to form us and guide us.
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