Pastor Edward A. Robson

Edward Robson served as the pastor of the Syracuse Reformed Presbyterian Church in Syracuse, New York from 1968 until 1992. During his time in Syracuse Pastor Robson was involved with people from the inner city to the students and some faculty members from Syracuse University. He ministered to people from the hippy generation and Vietnam Veterans. Part of the material in Dear Young Shepherd comes from these early experiences in his ministry. At the same time, he completed his graduate work at Syracuse University receiving his Ph.D. in the Humanities in 1980. His dissertation dealt with the analysis of language structures in the Greek New Testament with the aid of the computer.

From 1980-1990 Pastor Robson traveled to and from Ottawa Theological Hall, Ottawa, Canada to teach New Testament Greek, Hermeneutics, and Greek exegesis. In 1991, he accepted the call to be the Professor of New Testament Studies at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pa. He assumed this professorship in September of 1993 from which he retired in May of 2005.

Pastor Robson has been married to his wife, Gretchen (nee Baierl), since 1962, and if you look carefully you will see her hand in his ministry and writing about the ministry. They have three sons, three daughters-in-law, and ten grandchildren. They presently live in Gibsonia, Pa (a suburb of Pittsburgh). Pastor Robson continues to preach and has plans for several more writing projects. His next book is entitled, The Revelation: The Book of Blessing, and is a popular commentary on the last book of the New Testament, The Revelation of Jesus Christ, for Bible studies and Sunday school classes. His web site, DearYoungShepherd.org, contains sermons from 1970-2007 and lectures in MP3 format plus outlines of the courses he taught at RPTS and elsewhere.