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Aug 3, 2022 · Dr. J Vernon McGee may have said he was just a plowboy who loved Jesus, but his radio ministry continues to reach millions today. Here is what you should know about his life and impact.
- His Greatest Compliment
- Early Days
- The Beginning Days Ofthru The Bible
- Listen to Dr. McGee's sermon, "Remember Jesus Christ"
As a student pastor, Dr. McGee's first church sat on a red clay hill in Midway, Georgia. It was there he said he received his greatest compliment: "It was from a country boy wearing high buttoned, yellow shoes. After a morning service he came to speak to me. He groped for words, then blurted out, 'I never knew Jesus was so wonderful!' He started to...
John Vernon McGee was born in Hillsboro, Texas, in 1904, the son of very poor parents. At age 14, "Vernon" lost his dad to a cotton gin accident and his mother moved him and his sister to Nashville, Tennessee. Through the investment of significant mentors, Vernon was able to attend college and then seminary. After completing his education (earning ...
In 1941, Dr. McGee was persuaded to begin a Sunday radio program, The Open Bible Hour, on just one station. It later became High Noon Bible Class, which laid the foundation for the 1967 launch of Thru the Bible as we know it today. Dr. McGee recorded the “Sunday Sermon” messages from the pulpit of the Church of the Open Door in Los Angeles, where h...
Dr. McGee's farewell message given from the pulpit of the historic Church of the Open Door in downtown Los Angeles where he served as pastor for 21 years.
Thru the Bible. In 1967, he began broadcasting the Thru the Bible radio program (TTB). In a systematic study of each book of the Bible, McGee took his listeners from Genesis to Revelation in a two-and-a-half-year "Bible Bus trip", as he called it.
Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.
In the New Testament the masterpiece is the church, “for we are his workmanship (poiema — poem or masterpiece), created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10). In the Old Testament God’s masterpiece is the Tabernacle.
It’s the story Thru the Bible tells every day on the air and invites people to listen. Dr. J. Vernon McGee, our founder and teacher, loved to tell the story more than anything else in the world.
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The three entrances were respectively, these: first, in the gate of the court; second, the door of the Tabernacle but the first to the Tabernacle proper; and third, the veil which separated the Holy of Holies from the Holy Place. The way into the presence of God, for the Israelite, was through these three entrances.
