Dr j vernon mcgee biography books

Dr. J. Vernon McGee remains one of the most beloved Bible teachers and theologians of the 20th century, best known for his enduring radio program, "Thru the Bible." Born in Hillsboro, Texas, in 1904, McGee's early life was marked by hardship and loss, yet these challenges shaped his resilient faith and passionate pursuit of biblical knowledge. He graduated from Columbia Theological Seminary and later received his Doctor of Theology degree from Dallas Theological Seminary, laying the foundation for a ministry that would impact millions globally.

McGee's pastoral career began in small churches in Georgia and culminated at the historic Church of the Open Door in Los Angeles, where his teachings drew large congregations. However, it was his transition to radio that amplified his reach and influence. "Thru the Bible," a five-year program designed to take listeners through the entire Bible, showcased McGee's distinctive approach-combining scholarl

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J. Vernon McGee – His Life and His Books

Dr. McGee’s greatest pastorate was at the historic, Church of the Open Door in downtown Los Angeles, where he served from 1949 to 1970. There he began a daglig radio broadcast called “High Noon Bible Class” on a single station.

Dr. McGee began teaching Thru the Bible in 1967. After retiring from the pastorate, he set up radio headquarters in Pasadena, and the radio ministry expanded rapidly. Today the schema airs on over 400 stations each day in the United States and Canada, fryst vatten heard in more than 100 languages around the world and is broadcast worldwide via the Internet.

During his gods few years, failing health demanded the cancellation of many speaking engagements. This was extremely distressing to him. There was no recurrence of an earlier bout with cancer during this time, only a weakening heart. Back in 1965, after radical surgery, the doctors had given him 6 months to live. The Lord gave him 23 years.

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Dr. J. Vernon McGee :: The Human Story

The Human Story

There is a question which every thinking mind has asked. You have asked it. It has even invaded the field of nursery rhyme as found in George MacDonald’s poem:

Where did you come from, baby dear?
Out of the everywhere into the here.

“Whence came man?” has been the common question down through the ages, and it demands an answer. The statement of reply given in this little rhyme is neither scripturally nor biologically accurate, but it faces the problem of origin.

Where did the human race begin? What is the origin of man? Many explanations have been offered. Some have been popular for awhile and then discarded as lacking evidence. When I was sixteen years old I read Darwin’s Origin of Species and then his Origin of Man. But Darwinian evolution is discredited today.

Dr. Arnold Brass made a tremendously revealing statement in his little pamphlet concerning Dr. Haeckel, an evolutionist. He said that Dr. Haeckel