The Word on the Word. No chapter in the Bible gives as much information on Scripture itself as does Psalm 119. Here, Dr. Draper provides a verse-by-verse exposition of Psalm 119. James Thomas Draper, Jr. was born in Hartford, Arkansas in 1935. Draper graduated from Millby High School in Houston in 1953. He thereafter received a bachelor of arts degree from Baylor University in Waco in 1957. He obtained a Masters degree in theology from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth in 1961. Draper has received honorary degrees Howard Payne University, Dallas Baptist University, California Baptist University and Campbell University. Between 1956 and 1965 Draper has pastored in Texas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. In 1974 he became associate pastor at First Baptist of Dallas and in 1975 he accepted the pastorate of the First Baptist of Euless, Texas. Draper left Euless after sixteen years to assume the presidency of LifeWay in Nashville, Tennessee. After almost fifteen years