The service starts with scripture reading and music from 0:00-2:44. A prayer is offered from 2:52-4:08. A message is shared on the importance of the Student Coordinating Council from 4:15-15:57. The council shares their goals and what change they wish to see within the student body for the year. This service was organized by the Student Coordinating Council.
John Watson Shepard was Professor of Christian Ethics at Seinan Gakuin University in Fukuoka, Japan. The service begins with a scripture reading form 0:00-0:23. A prayer is offered from 0:28-2:42. An introduction to the speaker is given from 2:49-3:48. Shepard speaks from 4:04-22:34. His source text was Isaiah 61:1-3 and Revelation 21. Dr. Shepard preaches on sharing the gospel and the hope we can have in the future reign of Christ.
Robison B. James was Instructor in Theology for 1961-62. The service opens with a scripture reading from 0:00-0:22. An introduction to the speaker is given from 0:30-1:55. Dr. James speaks from 2:03-26:39. His source text was Amos 7:10-15 and Galatians 1:11-16. James preaches on receiving and accepting the call to share the gospel and to make that our ultimate priority in our lives.
Jesse Burton Weatherspoon was Visiting Professor of Preaching. The service starts with a spoken word from 0:00-0:46. A prayer is offered from 0:57-3:49. Dr. Weatherspoon speaks from 3:58-26:11. He encourages the students to take their studies at seminary seriously. He reminds them that they should be good students to the glory of God. The service closes with music from 26:12-26:55.
Raymond Eugene Owens was Assistant Professor of Preaching. The Lord’s prayer takes place from 1:15-1:36. An introduction to the speaker is given from 1:44-2:21. Dr. Owens speaks from 2:27-21:39. His source texts were Exodus 34:1-7 and Luke 9:23-26, 57-62. He asks the chapel if they have truly counted the costs of Christian discipleship. Owens states that we are called to share in the suffering of God.
B. Elmo Scoggin was Professor of Old Testament. The service begins with a prayer from 0:00-2:59. Dr. Scoggin speaks from 3:09-13:58. Scoggin teaches the chapel about the Chapel Committee. He shares what the purpose of the committee is, what they seek to accomplish, and asks the students to voice their questions and criticisms.
Olin Trivette Binkley was Academic Dean and Professor of Christian Sociology and Ethics. Dr. Binkley opens the service with a scripture reading and prayer from 0:00-3:07. 2 Corinthians 4 is read from 3:30-7:56. He preaches from 8:01-22:26. Binkley encourages the chapel and reminds them that God will sustain his people and comfort them so that they may comfort those in affliction.
Walter J. Harrelson was Professor of Theology at Vanderbilt University Divinity School in Nashville, TN. The service starts with a prayer from 0:00-0:34. Isaiah 2 is read from 0:46-1:50. A prayer is offered from 1:51-3:42. Dr. Harrelson is introduced from 3:52-4:21. Harrleson speaks from 4:26-48:10. His message was centered on sharing biblical imagery to a modern world about the gospel despite the possibilities of it being outdated. The service closes with music from 48:36-48:52.
Walter J. Harrelson was Professor of Theology at Vanderbilt University Divinity School in Nashville, TN. The service opens with a prayer from 0:00-0:52. An announcement and introduction to the speaker is given from 1:02-2:42. Dr. Harrelson speaks from 2:45-51:48. He preaches on the Old Testament prophets and how they pointed to a future Messianic ruler. He shows how the whole Bible points to Jesus.
Walter J. Harrelson was Professor of Theology at Vanderbilt University Divinity School in Nashville, TN. The service begins with a word of prayer from Dr. Stealey from 0:00-1:12. Music plays from 1:15-1:38. Dr. Binkley reads Isaiah 55 from 1:51-5:35. He offers a prayer from 5:36-7:55. Dr. Stealey introduces the speaker from 8:07-11:18. Dr. Harrelson speaks from 11:23-1:01:57. He preaches about how Jesus is the living Word of God and centrality of the entire Scriptures. He encourages preachers to understand this truth when they preach. The service closes in prayer from 1:02:11-1:02:34.
