Dr. Julius was born and raised on the island of Curacao in the Netherlands Antilles. After studying at Calvary Bible College and Grace Theological Seminary he served as a pastor on Curacao and as one of the theologians for the Papiamentu Bible produced by the Bible Society of the Netherlands-Antilles. He has been teaching in the Moody Graduate School for the last 9 years in the areas of Biblical Languages, Biblical Theology, Hermeneutics and Discipleship. He is married to April and they have four children: Nathaniel, Jonathan, Zachary, and Emily.