A Review of J. Vernon McGee's "Thru The Bible" on Flash Drive

I recently ordered the Thru the Bible "featured resource" from the TTB.org website: The Complete 5-Year Series Flash Drive. What follows is my personal review of it. 

Overall I'd say that I am very pleased with this product (I hesitate to call it a "product" because it's actually much more than that spiritually speaking, but hopefully you get the idea); this is truly an invaluable resource and well worth the $35 cost. It  did take about 10 days to arrive by mail; so if you are accustomed to the Amazon Prime next day delivery, it won't arrive that quickly. However, the shipping cost is included in the $35 price tag, which is really a bargain if you ask me. Personally, I'd probably pay 10 times that amount to get this! (The complete 5-year series is actually available to download for free on the TTB.org website.) 

What I really like about it is that I don't have to wait to hear J. Vernon McGee on the radio; I can listen to him in a continuous loop just by plugging in the flash drive to my car's USB port.  Each teaching segment is about 20 minutes in length, and the material is presented is a winsome, down-home style that makes listening both enjoyable and also entertaining. I say "entertaining" because Dr. McGee presents the material in such a delightful fashion that it is not dry or boring at all. On the contrary, the flash drive makes it easy to "binge listen" to Dr. McGee to your heart's content! 

The one area that I think could be improved on to make listening a little more user-friendly is in the organization of the broadcasts. What I found out is that some of the episodes do not play in sequence. So for example, you could be listening to one episode from Genesis 4, but the next episode might skip to Genesis 40. This is because the broadcasts are organized alphabetically, not necessarily chronologically. To remedy this, just be mindful of what episode is playing and make sure the next episode that plays is the correct one. If not, go to the list menu of all the broadcasts and manually select the correct broadcast. 

On the flip side, what's nice is that the 5-year series begins with Dr. McGee's "Guidelines for Understanding the Scriptures," and all of Dr. McGee's Notes and Outlines are also included on the flash drive, along with all his PDF booklets. What's also cool is that the flash drive looks like a school bus! So get on board "The Bible Bus" and journey with Dr. McGee Thru the Bible. 

I give this product 4.8 out of 5 stars.