Jerry Vines Blog

I look forward to seeing you at the Southern Baptist Convention in Orlando next week. If you are coming in before Sunday, let me invite you to meet me at Aloma Baptist Church for the Sunday morning service.

Anthony George, the young pastor, is one of my sons in the ministry. Anthony was reached for Christ by a youth Sunday School teacher in our First Baptist Church in Jacksonville. 

He is doing a fabulous job as pastor at Aloma. 

Dr. John Sullivan will be...

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I am happy to announce that the third year (or phase) of Vines By The Book Sunday School Curriculum is now available.

This phase begins with I Corinthians and goes chapter-by-chapter through Colossians. There are also special lessons for Easter, Mothers’ Day and Christmas.

God willing, the last year and a half of the curriculum will be available by the end of 2010.

We are so pleased at the churches taking advantage of this chapter-by-chapter Sunday School study...

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“For such a time as this” is a well-known biblical phrase calling attention to the magnitude of a moment.

We are at a momentous moment in Southern Baptist life. “For such a time as this” we need a servant-leader statesman as our next president.

Let me paint a picture of the kind of president we need.

We need a president who is godly and humble. He is neither interested in celebrity nor popularity. He preaches the Bible and is a faithful shepherd to...

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Though we didn’t consciously do it, the speakers at the conference come from many generations. Our speakers are in their 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s.

God uses preachers of all ages to speak His Word to our hearts. It would be a mistake for us to think only those of a certain age have a message of God for us. Some of the great preachers who are older have really blessed and challenged me. I have been thrilled and helped immensely by young preachers.

The effectiveness of a...

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