Jerry Vines Blog
My friend Warren Wiersbe said to me several years ago: “Blessed are the balanced.” I’ve thought about that statement quite a bit.
There is a tendency for us all to get out of balance. And the younger we are, the more we tend to extremes. I know that was true for me. At times my passion outran my understanding. I was sincere, but hadn’t lived long enough to have a more complete picture. I don’t claim to have the complete picture now. But, I have come to...
Registration for the 2010 Fall Bible Conference has begun. All indications are that we will have an excellent attendance.
This is the first Bible Conference at First Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia. Our Pastor, Dr. Charles Stanley, expressed to me some time ago his desire to have such a conference.
We have put together a program of Bible preaching and superior gospel, evangelist music.
If you register before August 1st, you will save $10.00/person off of the...
When I announced my retirement as pastor of First Baptist Church, Jacksonville, I received a letter from a brother who severely rebuked me. He told me that nowhere in the Bible do we find where preachers can retire.
He was exactly correct, of course.
What the brother failed to understand is that God sometimes re-assigns his servants.
Dr. Charles Swindoll spoke at the Thomas Road Baptist Church “Refuel” conference last week. Swindoll is said to be the second...
Rodney Brooks is the Minister of Music at First Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia. Many of you may know he was my Minister of Music at First Baptist Church, Jacksonville, Florida, for 19 years.
One of the real strengths of Brother Brooks’ ministry is his ability to put together a musical program that is thrilling beyond compare.
He currently is presenting “The story behind the Song” special nights. These are absolutely spectacular.
In Jacksonville one of...
As we approach the annual Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Orlando, there are indications it will be rather lively. Actually, most of the time when Baptists meet in large numbers, things get pretty raucous! I started attending conventions in 1968. I don’t think I’ve missed a one in all these years.
I’ve been in some wild ones. I was there in 1979 when Adrian Rogers was elected and shook the convention. I was there in 1985 when Charles Stanley was...
Very soon now thousands of churches and pastors will receive brochures in the mail about the first annual 2010 Bible Conference at First Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Charles Stanley, Rodney Brooks and I will be leading this conference.
There will be special sessions about all areas of church ministry. Special school courses for credit will be offered. Great Bible preaching and heartwarming music will be featured.
Now, just who should come to the...
Dr. J. B. Gambrell was a great Southern Baptist leader of another time. He was born in Dallas, Texas in 1841. He was a pastor, faculty member at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, editor of the Baptist Standard, president of my Alma Mater, Mercer University, Corresponding Secretary of the Executive Board of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, and served three terms as President of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Impressed?
I am!
God used him at crucial times...
One of the exciting features of the 2010 Fall Bible Conference Dr. Charles Stanley and I will be sponsoring at First Baptist, Atlanta, September 9 and 10 will be special seminars. Staff members of First Baptist Church will present a variety of them.
Barry Edwards, director of media, and my media director when I was at First Baptist, Jacksonville will present a seminar on the media ministry. Mike Bell and Bill Thrasher will assist him.
Bill Bryan will present First...
We are hearing a great deal these days about gospel-centered preaching. Just what is meant by the terminology? In some circles it is a code-phrase for a particular systematic theology. Others use it to refer merely to evangelistic preaching.
I have been rather amazed in reading a lot of articles about gospel-centered preaching that the basic essentials of the gospel as spelled out by Paul in I Corinthians 15 are so seldom even mentioned.
In the opening verses of I...
