Jerry Vines Blog
“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...
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...
I have always had an aversion to religious politics. I’m sure that sounds strange coming from someone who was intricately involved in SBC politics for a number of years. But, there was something about it that was distasteful to me. Realistically, however, I don’t know how it can be avoided. And, I must say some of it was quite exciting.
I went to bed at a Convention one night thinking Dr. Ed Young would be nominated for President the next day. Instead, I nominated Dr....
Broadman and Holman has posted an interview with Dr. David Allen and Dr. Steve Lemke about the upcoming book, Whosoever Will.
This book arose from the John 3:16 Conference back in November of 2008.
For a CD set of this conference, click here.
For a DVD set of this...
I was elected president of the SBC in 1988. Some half-jokingly said I was the first independent Baptist in history elected president! Actually, all my roots are in Southern Baptist life. I was saved, called to preach, educated, and served in only Southern Baptist churches.
In the earlier years several of us were so concerned about liberalism in the SBC we thought we might indeed become independents. Adrian Rogers and I talked about it frequently. Of course, you know the...
It has taken me a few weeks to get to this wrap-up of the SBC annual meeting. I'm finishing up some messages for the "Left" series I'm doing at First Baptist Woodstock, editing some Sunday School lessons in our new Vines By the Book curriculum, and trying to get ready to leave for Alaska. So, I'm a busy guy.
As I look back at the annual meeting I think it may well go down as the...
So croons country singer, Ronnie Milsap.
In many ways spiritually I'm a child of the fifties. I am fully prepared for a number of reminders at the SBC that we "can't go back to the fifties." I'm sure we can't. Time moves forward, not backward. The methodologies of doing church, like technology, have moved far past those years.
But, it wasn't all bad.
If you have never listened to an automobile 8-track, you ain't lived. But, do we ever have the technology to do...
In the interest of full disclosure, I must make a few confessions. I have actually presided over some boring SBC meeting sessions (although I presided over some humdingers as well!).
I have sat through a lot of boring meetings. I have dodged some boring ones and attended the "real convention" (the bookstore exhibit). I have even tried to liven up some
Saturday (5-23) I agreed to allow my name to be added to the Great Commission Resurgence document "with caveats." I did this for two reasons.
First, I want to affirm my trust in the intentions of our president, Dr. Johnny Hunt, and Dr. Danny Akin, president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. I join them in a desire that the Southern Baptist Convention have a resurgence of winning people to Christ. As a past president of the Convention, a member of the Peace...
I’m getting a new brand. Yep. At age 71 I’ve decided I need guyliner.
What is guyliner? It is the male version of eyeliner. And, it is the latest rage among some celebrity guys. Adam Lambert, a finalist on American Idol, brought public attention to it.
A recent USA Today article mentioned several famous guys whose eyes have it: Nestor Carbonell. Russell Brand. David Cook. Pete Wentz. I presume they are football stars or UPS drivers.
I can see where...
