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Vines: My Life and Ministry is unavailable, but you can change that!

Dr. Jerry Vines accepted the call to pastor First Baptist Church, Jacksonville,FL, in July 1982 and retired in February of 2006. He was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention in both 1988 and 1989. He traveled the country preaching and teaching the Bible at churches, conferences, and denominational meetings. Now, in his autobiography, the pastor, Baptist statesman, and father...

I believe anyone, anywhere may believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved. I do not believe Jesus died ONLY for the elect. I find nowhere in Scripture Jesus died ONLY for the elect. I view such as a truncated gospel. He did die for the elect, to be sure. But not ONLY for the elect. I believe He died for all of the sins of all of the people of the world. John 3:16 and 1 John 2:2 settle it for me. I believe the overwhelming majority of Southern Baptist people believe this as well. For a preacher