For thirty years W. Hall Harris III has taught on the faculty of Dallas Theological Seminary in the New Testament Studies Department. Since 1995 he has served as Project Director and Managing Editor for the NET Bible at bible.org passionately steering this revolutionary Bible from inception to global impact. Dr. Harris has traveled extensively in Western Europe, especially in Germany and Italy. And as an ordained minister he has served over the years as pastor of single adults, elder, and adult Sunday school teacher.
Having introduced myself to Mathew Henry after Bible College studies (20 years ago now), I was shocked at how uncomfortable I was with much of his opinion. I had to apply to his works the same historical/cultural exegesis practices and investigations into his time that I routinely did in exploring scripture. The same discipline has proved necessary for all reference works and commentaries I've encountered. Even obsolete works have value, when their historical timing is understood, even if it is just to keep us on our toes and very careful about how we handle scripture and our own opinions.