Thru the Bible vol. 33: The Prophets (Malachi)
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 Malachi 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
“The third great sin of the ministry is to be dull and boring, to be tedious and wearisome.” (Page 32)
“Then the second great sin of the ministry is an overwhelming ambition.” (Page 31)
“The Lord Jesus made two things very clear on this subject of divorce: (1) Moses had permitted divorce because of the hardness of heart of the people; and (2) there is one clear–cut basis for divorce—that is fornication, unfaithfulness on the part of either the man or the woman.” (Pages 51–52)
“Revelation 22:16, and this concludes Revelation: ‘I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.’ ‘The root and the offspring of David’ means that He is the King who will reign on this earth, but He is also something else—‘the bright and morning star,’ which is something new, by the way.” (Page 98)
“three great sins of the ministry that I should avoid” (Page 30)
- Title: Thru the Bible Vol. 33: The Prophets (Malachi)
- Author: J. Vernon McGee
- Edition: electronic ed.
- Series: Thru the Bible Commentary
- Volume: 33
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Print Publication Date: 1991
- Logos Release Date: 2005
- Pages: 105
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Malachi › Commentaries
- ISBNs: 9781418511814, 1418511811
- Resource ID: LLS:TTB33_MAL
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-05T15:16:01Z
J. Vernon McGee (1904–1988) was an ordained Presbyterian minister, theologian, and radio minister. He was born in Hillsboro, Texas in 1904. McGee was pastor of the historic Church of the Open Door in downtown Los Angeles from 1949–1970.
McGee earned his BD from Columbia Theological Seminary, and his ThM and ThD from Dallas Theological Seminary. After serving in Presbyterian congregations in Georgia, Tennessee, and Texas, he moved to southern California to serve as pastor of Lincoln Avenue Presbyterian Church. In 1949 he moved to Los Angeles and became pastor of the Church of the Open Door. He also served as chairman of the Bible department at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles (now Biola University) and lectured several times at Dallas Theological Seminary.
In 1967, McGee started his popular Thru the Bible radio series and soon it was broadcast on over 400 channels in North America. The radio broadcasts were transcribed, edited, and published in the Thru the Bible Commentary series. Other titles by McGee include David: A Man After God’s Own Heart, J. Vernon McGee on Prayer, Jesus: Centerpiece of Scripture, Living by Faith, and more.