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词条 J. Vernon McGee
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  1. Biography

     Early years and education  Thru the Bible  Beliefs, teachings, and writings  Death  Recognition 

  2. Education and areas of service

  3. References

  4. External links

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}}John Vernon McGee, Th.D., LL.D, (June 17, 1904 – December 1, 1988) was an American ordained Presbyterian minister, pastor, a Bible teacher, a theologian, and a radio minister. [2]

Biography

Early years and education

McGee was born in Hillsboro, Texas,[3] the son of Mrs. Carrie Lingner McGee.[4] His father was an engineer at a cotton mill.[3] Before entering the ministry, Vernon was an official at a bank.[5]

After attending Southwest University,[3] he graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Columbia Theological Seminary[6] and Master of Theology and Doctor of Theology degrees from Dallas Theological Seminary.[3] His ordination into the ministry occurred on June 18, 1933, at the Second Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee.[4]

McGee's first church was located on a red clay hill in Midway, Georgia. He served Presbyterian churches in Decatur, Georgia; Nashville, Tennessee; and Cleburne, Texas, before he moved with his wife to Pasadena, California, where he accepted the pastorate at the Lincoln Avenue Presbyterian Church.

In 1949, McGee became the pastor of the Church of the Open Door in downtown Los Angeles, where he continued as pastor until 1970. In 1955, McGee had a well-publicized break with the Presbyterian Church, in which he claimed the church's "liberal leadership [had] taken over the machinery of the presbytery with a boldness and ruthlessness that is appalling."[7] After retiring from the pastorate at the Church of the Open Door in 1970, he devoted his remaining years to the Thru the Bible Radio Network. McGee also served as chairman of the Bible department at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles[8] and as a visiting lecturer at Dallas Theological Seminary.

Thru the Bible

In 1967, he began broadcasting the Thru the Bible Radio Network program. 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. He had earlier preached a "Through the Bible in a Year" series of sermons, each devoted to one chapter of the Bible, at the Church of the Open Door.[9] After retiring from the pastorate in January, 1970, and realizing that two and a half years was not enough time to teach the whole Bible, McGee completed another study of the entire Bible in a five-year period. Thru the Bible has been translated into over 100 languages and is broadcast on Trans World Radio throughout the world every weekday.

McGee advocated creationism in his Thru the Bible broadcasts, with a literal interpretation of the Bible in which he considered the seven days of creation mentioned in Book of Genesis to be referring to actual twenty-four hour long periods of time.[10],[11]

Beliefs, teachings, and writings

In his preaching, McGee readily voiced his personal convictions regarding many controversial subjects. He held the belief that premillennialism (a.k.a. pre-tribulation) is the proper interpretation of Revelation 20:1–3, 7–8, regarding the end times prior to the final judgment. Mcgee expressed his disbelief in any validity to the view of Amillennialism, which was the dominant view of the Protestant Reformers and is still held by the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches.[12][13] McGee opposed the viewpoints of Fatalism and Predestination in Calvinism.[14][15] McGee, like the majority of Protestants, vehemently rejected the Roman Catholic Church's doctrine that Saint Peter went to and founded the Church in Rome but, rather, McGee asserted in many sermons this had been done by Paul.[16] McGee wrote more than 100 books about various Bible topics.[3]

Death

McGee continued many speaking engagements after he retired, including throughout a bout of cancer from which he fully recovered. However, a heart problem surgically corrected in 1965 resurfaced, and he died in his chair in 1988.[17] Since his death, the five-year program of Thru the Bible has continued to air on over 800 radio stations in North America, is heard in more than 100 languages, and is broadcast worldwide via radio, shortwave, and the Internet.

An obituary distributed by the Associated Press reported that McGee died of heart failure at a nursing home in Templeton, California, at age 84.[18] His wife, Ruth, died in 1997 after having suffered from dementia for nearly a decade [19].

Recognition

McGee was posthumously inducted into the National Religious Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 1989.[20]

Education and areas of service

Table 1: Education
Degree Year Institution
Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)1930Southwestern (Memphis, TN)
Bachelor of Divinity (B.Div.)1933 Columbia Theological Seminary
Master of Theology (Th.M.)1937Dallas Theological Seminary
Doctor of Theology (Th.D.)1940Dallas Theological Seminary
Table 2: Pastorates
Years Congregation Location Denomination
19??-19????Cleveland, TexasPresbyterian
1932-1933Midway Presbyterian ChurchDecatur, GeorgiaPresbyterian[21][22]
1930-1933Westminster Presbyterian ChurchDecatur, GeorgiaPresbyterian
1933-1936Second Presbyterian ChurchNashville, TennesseePresbyterian
May 3, 1936-October 3, 1940First Presbyterian ChurchCleburne, TexasPresbyterian
1940-1948Lincoln Avenue Presbyterian ChurchPasadena, CaliforniaPresbyterian
1949-1970Church of the Open DoorLos Angeles, Californianon-denominational
Table 3: Radio Ministries
Years Program Location
1941-19??The Open Bible HourPasadena, California
19??-1967High Noon Bible ClassPasadena, California
1967–PresentThru the BiblePasadena, California

Additional areas of service:

  • Head of the English Bible Department at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles (a.k.a. Biola University)
  • Visiting lecturer at Dallas Theological Seminary
  • In 1962 he co-founded and taught at the Los Angeles Bible Training School (a.k.a. LABTS)[23]

References

Notes
1. ^{{cite web |title=Dr. J. Vernon McGee |url=https://www.ttb.org/about/dr-j-vernon-mcgee}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/thru-the-bible-with-j-vernon-mcgee/|title=Job 26:7—28:28 - Thru the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee|publisher=}}
3. ^{{cite news |title=Rev. J. Vernon McGee, 84; Pioneer Radio Evangelist |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21221193/j_vernon_mcgee/ |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=December 4, 1988 |location=California, Los Angeles |page=43|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = June 23, 2018}} {{Open access}}
4. ^{{cite news |title=Ordination Services |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21204885/j_vernon_mcgee/ |work=The Tennessean |date=June 18, 1933 |location=Tennessee, Nashville |page=8|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = June 22, 2018}} {{Open access}}
5. ^{{cite news |title=McGee Will Speak at Brotherhood |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21205128/j_vernon_mcgee/ |work=The Daily News-Journal |date=March 31, 1936 |location=Tennessee, Murfreesboro |page=4|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = June 22, 2018}} {{Open access}}
6. ^{{cite news |title=J. Sprole Lyons Heads Decatur School Body |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21204742/j_vernon_mcgee/ |work=The Atlanta Constitution |date=May 11, 1933 |location=Georgia, Atlanta |page=15|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = June 22, 2018}} {{Open access}}
7. ^{{cite web |title =Rev. J. Vernon McGee, 84; Pioneer Radio Evangelist |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1988-12-04/news/mn-1390_1_j-vernon-mcgee}}
8. ^{{cite news |title=Family Night to Be Rally Feature |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21205446/j_vernon_mcgee/ |work=The San Bernardino County Sun |date=September 4, 1948 |location=California, San Bernardino |page=11|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = June 22, 2018}} {{Open access}}
9. ^{{cite news |title=Bible Series Services to Run for Year |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21205930/j_vernon_mcgee/ |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=September 16, 1950 |location=California, Los Angeles |page=15|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = June 22, 2018}} {{Open access}}
10. ^McIver, Thomas Allen. (1989). [https://ncse.com/files/pub/library/Theses/McIver%2C%20Tom%20-%20Creationism%20-%20Intellectual%20Origins%2C%20Cultural%20Context%2C%20and%20Theoretical%20Diversity.pdf Creationism: Intellectual Origins, Cultural Context, and Theoretical Diversity]. University of California, Los Angeles.
11. ^ {{cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/156264.J_Vernon_McGee?page=2 |title=J. Vernon McGee, Thru the Bible Commentary, Volumes 1-5: Genesis through Revelation}}
12. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.oneplace.com/ministries/thru-the-bible-with-j-vernon-mcgee/read/articles/q-a-with-mcgee-12057.html |title=Thru the Bible Q&A with McGee}}
13. ^ {{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CeHUIpZMtQ0C |title = Through the Bible:Genesis through Revleation}}
14. ^ {{cite web |url=https://expreacherman.com/2012/09/19/dr-j-vernon-mcgee-denounces-calvinism/ |title=McGee denounces Calvinism}}
15. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.ttb.org/docs/default-source/Extra-Materials/ttb_-briefing-the-bible_digital-book.pdf?sfvrsn=4 |title=TTB_Briefing the Bible}}
16. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/ttb/romans.html |title=Thru the Bible' with Dr. J. Vernon McGee:Romans}}
17. ^"Dr. J. Vernon McGee". Thru the Bible.
18. ^{{cite news |title=California evangelist J. Vernon McGee dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21220871/j_vernon_mcgee/ |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |agency=Associated Press |date=December 5, 1988 |location=Hawaii, Honolulu |page=26|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = June 23, 2018}} {{Open access}}
19. ^{{cite web |title =A Marathon of Loss |url=http://eclecticarcania.blogspot.com/2011/11/26-year-marathon-of-loss.html}}
20. ^{{cite web |title=NRB Hall of Fame |url=http://nrb.org/membership/media-awards/nrb_hall_of_fame/ |website=NRB |publisher=National Religious Broadcasters |accessdate=23 June 2018 |archiveurl=https://archive.li/SJUAC |archivedate=6 November 2015}}
21. ^{{cite news |title=Midway Presbyterian |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21204531/j_vernon_mcgee/ |work=The Atlanta Constitution |date=March 5, 1932 |location=Georgia, Atlanta |page=20|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = June 22, 2018}} {{Open access}}
22. ^{{cite news |title=News of the Churches |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21204647/j_vernon_mcgee/ |work=The Atlanta Constitution |date=May 6, 1933 |location=Georgia, Atlanta |page=11|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = June 22, 2018}} {{Open access}}
23. ^{{cite web|url=http://labts.org/history|title=Los Angeles Bible Training School about page}}
Bibliography
{{cite news |url=http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2007/10/post-58.html |title=A voice from the heavens |first=Berta |last=Delgado |work=The Dallas Morning News |year=2004 |accessdate=2008-08-07 }}

External links

  • Thru The Bible Radio Network
  • Thru the Bible daily program
  • Thru the Bible Questions and Answers saturday broadcast
  • Thru the Bible Sunday Sermon broadcast
  • Thru the Bible International broadcast
  • Entire 5-year Program (free download ~5.9GB,435 hours)
  • {{Find a Grave|7651636}}
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