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John Chapters 11-21, Vol. 2
Radio messages from J. Vernon McGee delighted and enthralled listeners for years with simple, straightforward language and clear understanding of the Scripture. Now enjoy his personable, yet scholarly, style in a 60-volume set of commentaries that takes you from Genesis to Revelation with new understanding and insight. Each volume includes introductory sections, detailed outlines and a thorough, paragraph-by-paragraph discussion of the text. A great choice for pastors - and even better choice for the average Bible reader and student! Very affordable in a size that can go anywhere, it's available as a complete 60-volume series, in Old Testament or New Testament sets, or individually.
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J. Vernon McGee
484 books67 followersJohn Vernon McGee was born in Hillsboro, Texas, in 1904. Dr. McGee remarked, "When I was born and the doctor gave me the customary whack, my mother said that I let out a yell that could be heard on all four borders of Texas!" His Creator well knew that he would need a powerful voice to deliver a powerful message.
As a student pastor, Dr. McGee's first church was located on a red clay hill in Midway, Georgia. It was there that 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 say more but choked up and hurried out of the church. As I watched him stride across the field, I prayed, 'Oh, God, help me to always preach so that it can be said, I never knew Jesus was so wonderful.'"
After completing his education (earning his A.B. from Southwestern University in Memphis, Tennessee; his B.D. from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia; his Th.M. and Th.D. from Dallas Theological Seminary in Dallas, Texas), and after pastoring Presbyterian churches in Decatur, GA, Nashville, TN, and Cleburne, TX, he and his wife came west, settling in Pasadena, where he accepted a call to the Lincoln Avenue Presbyterian Church. He recalls this period as the happiest in his life, with a young family and a young congregation whom he loved.
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 daily 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 program airs on over 400 stations each day in the United States and Canada, is heard in more than 100 languages around the world and is broadcast worldwide via the Internet.
As a student pastor, Dr. McGee's first church was located on a red clay hill in Midway, Georgia. It was there that 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 say more but choked up and hurried out of the church. As I watched him stride across the field, I prayed, 'Oh, God, help me to always preach so that it can be said, I never knew Jesus was so wonderful.'"
After completing his education (earning his A.B. from Southwestern University in Memphis, Tennessee; his B.D. from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia; his Th.M. and Th.D. from Dallas Theological Seminary in Dallas, Texas), and after pastoring Presbyterian churches in Decatur, GA, Nashville, TN, and Cleburne, TX, he and his wife came west, settling in Pasadena, where he accepted a call to the Lincoln Avenue Presbyterian Church. He recalls this period as the happiest in his life, with a young family and a young congregation whom he loved.
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 daily 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 program airs on over 400 stations each day in the United States and Canada, is heard in more than 100 languages around the world and is broadcast worldwide via the Internet.
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July 20, 2014
Book: John Chapters 11-21, Thru the Bible Commentary Series
Author: J. Vernon McGee
Published 1975
Reason: Cloud of Witness
J. Vernon McGee lived from 1904 to 1988 and used to have a radio show called Thru the Bible. I used to listen to this program and purchased his complete commentary series several years ago. This year I’ve read Genesis and now the Gospel of John.
This second half of John takes the reader from Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead to Jesus resurrection. I through chapter 17 would be my favorite chapter because it is Jesus prayer but it wasn’t. My favorites were 18, 19, 21. Chapter 18 covers the trial, 19 the cross and 21 for how he handles Peter after his denial.
Quotes: “What an injustice has been done to the Jews down through the centuries. They have been blamed for the crime of men like Annas, Caiaphas and Pilate. I do not take the responsibility for the crimes of Jesse James just because he happened to be an American, do I? Romanism for centuries has called the Jewish people the ‘Christ-killers’, which has been the basis for anti-Semitism in Europe. Yet they are not any more responsible than Gentiles are. In the final analysis, we all are responsible for His death. He died for the sins of the world. There should be no pointing of the finger at any race or group of people.” chapter 17, page 140.
Points of view of the cross, from Chapter 19, pg 155
God’s standpoint, “the cross is a propitiation.”
Lord Jesus POV, “it is a sacrifice”
Believers in Christ Jesus, “it was a substitution”
Satan POV, “triumph and also defeat.” .
World view, “the cross is nothing but a brutal murder.”
Chapter 21, Jesus restores Peter’s commission
Simon Peter lost his commission around a fire in a courtyard of the palace of the high priest where he denied the Lord three times. On the Sea of Galilee, around a coals of fire, Jesus restores the commission. The Lord asks Peter the question three times. “Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these?” What changes which each question is the word love which goes from agapao in two questions and then to phileo and the directive; Feed my lambs, shepherd the sheep, feed the sheep.
Author: J. Vernon McGee
Published 1975
Reason: Cloud of Witness
J. Vernon McGee lived from 1904 to 1988 and used to have a radio show called Thru the Bible. I used to listen to this program and purchased his complete commentary series several years ago. This year I’ve read Genesis and now the Gospel of John.
This second half of John takes the reader from Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead to Jesus resurrection. I through chapter 17 would be my favorite chapter because it is Jesus prayer but it wasn’t. My favorites were 18, 19, 21. Chapter 18 covers the trial, 19 the cross and 21 for how he handles Peter after his denial.
Quotes: “What an injustice has been done to the Jews down through the centuries. They have been blamed for the crime of men like Annas, Caiaphas and Pilate. I do not take the responsibility for the crimes of Jesse James just because he happened to be an American, do I? Romanism for centuries has called the Jewish people the ‘Christ-killers’, which has been the basis for anti-Semitism in Europe. Yet they are not any more responsible than Gentiles are. In the final analysis, we all are responsible for His death. He died for the sins of the world. There should be no pointing of the finger at any race or group of people.” chapter 17, page 140.
Points of view of the cross, from Chapter 19, pg 155
God’s standpoint, “the cross is a propitiation.”
Lord Jesus POV, “it is a sacrifice”
Believers in Christ Jesus, “it was a substitution”
Satan POV, “triumph and also defeat.” .
World view, “the cross is nothing but a brutal murder.”
Chapter 21, Jesus restores Peter’s commission
Simon Peter lost his commission around a fire in a courtyard of the palace of the high priest where he denied the Lord three times. On the Sea of Galilee, around a coals of fire, Jesus restores the commission. The Lord asks Peter the question three times. “Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these?” What changes which each question is the word love which goes from agapao in two questions and then to phileo and the directive; Feed my lambs, shepherd the sheep, feed the sheep.
September 17, 2020
First sentence: It is generally assumed that the Gospel of John is easy to understand. Often you hear the cliche, “The Gospel of John is the simple gospel.” And the simplicity of the language has deceived a great many folk.
I am reading the Bible in 2020 using the daily M'Cheyne (Robert Murray M'Cheyne) plan. I thought it would add a layer of substance to in addition to the four chapters a day, to also read commentaries for those chapters. For that I am using Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible. But the plan goes through the New Testament (and Psalms, I believe) twice. So now that I've finished Henry's commentary for the New Testament, I am tackling the New Testament commentary section of J. Vernon McGee's series.
This is not my first time reading J. Vernon McGee. I've read probably twenty or so of his commentaries. (Most recently his volume on 1 Corinthians.) I honestly can't recall if I've read his volume on the Gospel of John before.
Overall, I like his laidback, casual, straightforward, tell it like it is approach to teaching Scripture. There is something so grounded and down to earth about him. Each reader is "his" friend. It's hard not to feel like he is a friend too.
One of the things that I love about McGee's commentaries is that he just speaks timeless truths. He almost always leaves me thinking!!! IF I was reading this in a traditional book format, I would probably find myself underlining, putting stars, putting exclamation points, and a couple of AMENS. (With only a few question marks or zahs thrown in.)
*Note, I would have included the first sentence of *this* section of the gospel of John but I didn't highlight that. I thought the book separated at chapter 13? I don't know why.
I am reading the Bible in 2020 using the daily M'Cheyne (Robert Murray M'Cheyne) plan. I thought it would add a layer of substance to in addition to the four chapters a day, to also read commentaries for those chapters. For that I am using Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible. But the plan goes through the New Testament (and Psalms, I believe) twice. So now that I've finished Henry's commentary for the New Testament, I am tackling the New Testament commentary section of J. Vernon McGee's series.
This is not my first time reading J. Vernon McGee. I've read probably twenty or so of his commentaries. (Most recently his volume on 1 Corinthians.) I honestly can't recall if I've read his volume on the Gospel of John before.
Overall, I like his laidback, casual, straightforward, tell it like it is approach to teaching Scripture. There is something so grounded and down to earth about him. Each reader is "his" friend. It's hard not to feel like he is a friend too.
One of the things that I love about McGee's commentaries is that he just speaks timeless truths. He almost always leaves me thinking!!! IF I was reading this in a traditional book format, I would probably find myself underlining, putting stars, putting exclamation points, and a couple of AMENS. (With only a few question marks or zahs thrown in.)
*Note, I would have included the first sentence of *this* section of the gospel of John but I didn't highlight that. I thought the book separated at chapter 13? I don't know why.
December 28, 2014
awesome Bible study by Dr. Vernon McGee. looking frwd to reading vol 1 now. trading books with daddy.
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