Dr. Jerry Vines

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Dr. Jerry Vines has been a Baptist pastor and preacher for over 60 years, working to win people to Christ and to help those who know Christ grow in their Christian lives. A native of Carrollton, Georgia, Pastor Vines was educated at Mercer University (BA), New Orleans Theological Seminary (BD), and Luther Rice Seminary (ThD). He pastored the First Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida for 24 years until retiring in 2006, and while there also served two terms as President of the Southern Baptist Convention, from 1988-1989. Pastor Vines is a year-round Alabama football fan, and is working on his PhD at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary for fun in his retirement. He and his wife, Janet, have four children and seven grandchildren.

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The NKJV, Vines Expository Bible

Pastor Jerry Vines leads you on a journey through the Bible, with observations and understanding straight from a pastor's heart. Based on sermons and...

Featured on: Monday, March 19, 2018

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September 8, 2026

Kerby Anderson

Birth Rate Effects

Last month, Jim Geraghty wrote about the “Five Non-Debt Problems That the U.S. Government is Largely Ignoring.” Most of those problems resulted from the decline in the U.S. birth rate. He documents ho...

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September 7, 2026

Kerby Anderson

Labor Day

Today is Labor Day. Although this day was set aside to honor trade and labor organizations, I believe it is a day when Christians can also consider how they view work and labor.

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