Jerry Vines Blog
We are getting close to the 2013 John 3:16 Conference. The Conference will be held March 21-22 (Thursday night, Friday morning and afternoon). Dr. Frank Cox, pastor of North Metro Baptist Church, Lawrenceville, Ga, is hosting the Conference.
This conference is intended to deal with various areas of discussion between 5-point Calvinists and non-Calvinists. The purpose is to present what those who are not 5-point Calvinists believe about such matters as regeneration before faith,...
It took me a few days to get my own copy. But, now I have it and must say I am pleased with the way it came out.
"All The Days: Daily Devotions for Busy Believers" is something I have been wanting to do for quite a while. This devotional book will enable you to read a daily devotional that is brief and to the point. It is not intended to be an in-depth Bible study.
A word...
Last week I signed the “Statement of the Traditional Southern Baptist Understanding of God’s Plan of Salvation.” I also wrote a response (“It is Time to Discuss the Elephant in the Room”) to...
I was interested to read Dr. Mohler's response to "A Statement of the Traditional Southern Baptist Understanding of God's Plan of Salvation," which statement I gladly signed. His...
Below is an interview I conducted with the editors of SBC Today.
Flakes Formula. Guinell Freeman. You may not have heard of Flakes formula. It was the standard used by thousands of Southern Baptist churches to build Sunday Schools that became the envy of the Christian world.
I would not expect many to know about that these days. But, Guinell Freeman? If you haven't heard of her, you have missed out on knowing one of the finest, most elegant Christian ladies of our generation. She went home to be with her beloved Lord Jesus this week, at the age of...
Things were heating up in the SBC controversy by the 1979 Pastors’ Conference at Houston. Southern Baptist periodicals had come to realize that the Pastors’ Conference was a rallying place for conservatives. Baptist pastors and lay people always come where there is great gospel music and fiery preaching.
A book not widely read (but should be) “In The Name Of The Father: The Rhetoric of the New Southern Baptist Convention,” (Kell and Camp, University of...
In my last blog I recounted my astonishing election as president of the Southern Baptist Pastors’ Conference. I was to preside at the Kansas City Municipal Auditorium Arena in 1977.
Our budget was huge--$9,000. We were very innovative with our stage—a flower arrangement, a pulpit, a piano and organ.Admittedly the rental cost of auditoriums has escalated considerably since then. Contrary to what some think, no honorariums were paid to Southern Baptist speakers or singers....
Fast forward to 1976.
The 1976 Pastors’ Conference was held at the Scope Convention Center in Norfolk, Virginia. My new friend, Adrian Rogers, was the president. He had been present when I preached a message entitled “Our Ascended Lord” at the Alabama Evangelism Conference earlier that year. He asked me to preach the same message in Norfolk.
Talk about scared out of my wits.
Janet and I arrived in Norfolk. I was clearly shook. My heroes, R. G. Lee...
Janet and I arrived a day early for the 1969 SBC in New Orleans. Our minister of music, Fred Barr, and his wife, Marjorie were with us. We checked in to our hotel and immediately headed to the French Quarter for some fine dining. We were puttin’ on the dog. We found a place named “The Ritz” (name changed to protect the guilty).
Upon entrance we were quickly seated and our table was surrounded by a host of servers in formal attire. With great fanfare they brought...
