Thru the Bible vol. 44: The Epistles (1 Corinthians)
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Overview
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 sixty-volume set of commentaries that takes you from Genesis to Revelation with new understanding and insight. This volume on 1 Corinthians 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!
Top Highlights
“Paul says that he declares the gospel to them. What is the gospel? ‘Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.’ That is the gospel. These are the facts. My friend, there is no gospel apart from those three facts. That is what the gospel is. Jesus Christ died for you and for me. He was buried and He rose again. That is gospel—it’s good news.” (Page 174)
“This is authority for the sake of order, to eliminate confusion.” (Page 119)
“‘A gift in the spiritual sense means the Holy Spirit doing a particular service through the believer and using the believer to do it.’” (Page 140)
“A pure church is a powerful church; an impure church is a paralyzed church” (Page 60)
“Oh, how we need the power of the Holy Spirit in our preaching!” (Page 34)
J. Vernon McGee was born in Hillsboro, Texas, in 1904. As a student pastor, Dr. McGee's first church was located on a red clay hill in Midway, Georgia. 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.