When I was younger entertainment options were not as varied as they are today. You had AM/FM radio, you had the 3 to 5 channels on TV and maybe more if you are near a big city. You had tape of some kind, 8-track or cassette. And AM radio was still big.
But AM radio was dying. It was more and more commercials. It was staticy and not as clear as FM. Reception was not always very good, especially between cities.
But as a Christian AM radio was the place to go because that's where the Bible teaching shows were. We had preachers and teachers going through things and talking about the Bible. You heard sermons and teaching on a theme. One of my favorites that I would listen to on AM radio was J Vernon McGee.
J Vernon McGee founded the Through the Bible ministry. Basically he would go chapter by chapter and verse by verse and talk about the Bible on a radio program. And it was all sequential. And he would stop and tell stories and interpret an explain and help apply what the Bible said no matter which part of the Bible he was in at that time. It was great when he was in the New Testament. It was still awesome but not quite the same when he was in the prophets. The Old Testament was fun because he would give insights that I had never heard. But despite his dry southern voice and humor that often sounded hokey I learned a lot from J Vernon McGee.
I remember when I ordered his commentary books via mail. The five book set of Through the Bible commentary was where they had transcribed his teachings and put them in books. My mother-in-law was so excited that she had to borrow one of him and kept it for years because she loved reading the Bible and she loved J Vernon McGee. He was one of those great big personalities from Christian radio.
Recently I was missing hearing his voice and that kind of teaching, verse by verse through the Bible. So I went to my podcast out and searched for Through the Bible and came up with multiple podcasts playing J Vernon McGee himself and the radio shows that he had put out but commercial free. So I subscribed. It's awesome! Now I get to listen to Bible teaching that I got many years ago and can refresh and renew and gain new insights from. Read along with them and read that chapter about Paul as he's going through it. I can pick which one I want to listen to and listen to that chapter or focus on specific things. And I can then reminisce about what I was doing when I first listen to those things. In my car, on my Walkman, or whatever.
I love modern technology!
You can find the through the Bible podcast with J Vernon McGee at https://ttb.org
