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Description:: John Edward Steely was Professor of Historical Theology. The service opens with a reading from the life of Abraham Lincoln from 0:00-0:35. Music plays from 0:35-5:04. A short word on the importance of pursuing noble matters is given from 5:19-8:29. A prayer is offered from 8:40-11:41. Music plays from 11:50-13:51. Dr. Steely speaks from 14:11-23:14. Music plays from 23:15-24:26.
Creator:: Steely, John E. and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Owner:: archives@sebts.edu
Location:: Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:: English
Date Uploaded:: 02/12/2026
Date Modified:: 02/13/2026
Date Created:: 1965-02-12
Resource Type:: Audio
Identifier:: SEBTS_Chapel_John_Edward_Steely_1965-02-12

Description:: John Edward Steely was Professor of Historical Theology. He leads a prayer service. The chapel begins with prayer and music from 0:00-1:46. Another prayer is offered from 1:59-8:07. A prayer of intercession occurs from 8:37-12:36. Music plays from 12:47-15:18. A closing prayer is offered from 15:30-16:16.
Subject:: Prayer
Creator:: Steely, John E. and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Owner:: archives@sebts.edu
Location:: Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:: English
Date Uploaded:: 02/12/2026
Date Modified:: 02/13/2026
Date Created:: 1967-02-01
Resource Type:: Audio
Identifier:: SEBTS_Chapel_John_Edward_Steely_1967-02-01

Description:: John Edward Steely was Professor of Historical Theology. The service starts with music from 0:00-4:14. A prayer is offered from 4:24-8:07. The choir sings from 8:21-10:22. A responsive reading takes place from 10:39-12:25. Dr. Steely speaks from 12:38-26:16. Steely preaches on the judgement of God. The service closes with music from 26:18-26:35.
Creator:: Steely, John E. and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Owner:: archives@sebts.edu
Location:: Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:: English
Date Uploaded:: 02/12/2026
Date Modified:: 02/13/2026
Date Created:: 1965-10-22
Resource Type:: Audio
Identifier:: SEBTS_Chapel_John_Edward_Steely_1965-10-22

Description:: John Edward Steely was Associate Professor of Historical Theology (1956-1986). Dr. Steely discusses how the students are called to be ministers of God's grace and, by extension, ministers of victory. Steely uses 2 Timothy 1:7 as his source text. Dr. Steely speaks for the entirety of the recording from 0:13-16:30.
Subject:: Bible. 2 Timothy 1
Creator:: Steely, John E. and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Owner:: archives@sebts.edu
Location:: Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:: English
Date Uploaded:: 02/12/2026
Date Modified:: 02/13/2026
Date Created:: 1962-03-28
Resource Type:: Audio
Identifier:: SEBTS_Chapel_John_Edward_Steely_1962-03-28

Description:: John E. Steely was Professor of Historical Theology. The service opens in prayer from 0:00-5:45. A responsive reading takes place from 5:46-7:20. A prayer is read from the Book of Public Prayers from 7:29-13:09. Dr. Steely speaks from 13:19-27:44.
Subject:: Prayer
Creator:: Steely, John E. and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Owner:: archives@sebts.edu
Location:: Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:: English
Date Uploaded:: 02/12/2026
Date Modified:: 02/13/2026
Date Created:: 1969-04-09
Resource Type:: Audio
Identifier:: SEBTS_Chapel_John_E_Steely_1969-04-09

Description:: After an announcement and prayer (start-2:40), John Edward Steely, Associate Professor of Historical Theology, talks about our standards and the integrity of the choices we make.
Subject:: Integrity
Creator:: Steely, John E. and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Owner:: archives@sebts.edu
Location:: Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:: English
Date Uploaded:: 02/12/2026
Date Modified:: 02/13/2026
Date Created:: 1960-02-17
Resource Type:: Audio
Identifier:: SEBTS_Chapel_John_Edward_Steely_1960-02-17

Description:: John Edward Steely was Professor of Historical Theology. The service begins with organ music (00:00-07:33). The speaker gives a word of prayer (07:34-08:38). John Edward Steely is introduced as the Faculty Lecturer (08:39-16:14). Steely delivers a lecture on the topic of American civil religion, the recent attempts to enshrine protections and endorsements of the Christian religion, and how the Baptist distinctives create tension for the establishment of civil religion (16:15-48:16). The service ends with a word of prayer (48:17-48:54).
Subject:: Religion and civil society, Civil religion--United States, and Church and state--Southern Baptist Convention
Creator:: Steely, John E. and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Owner:: archives@sebts.edu
Location:: Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:: English
Date Uploaded:: 02/12/2026
Date Modified:: 02/13/2026
Date Created:: 1984-04-12
Resource Type:: Audio
Identifier:: SEBTS_Faculty_Lecture_John_Edward_Steely_1984-04-12

Description:: John Edward Steely was the Professor of Historical Theology at Southeastern Seminary. The service begins with a welcome (0:00-0:47). There is a Scripture reading from Ephesians 4 and a word of prayer (0:48-5:26). Steely speaks about the command to speak the truth in love (5:27-10:55). Steely urges the congregation to make these attributes true of their own lives (10:56-17:51). Steely closes the service in a moment of prayer (17:52-18:11).
Subject:: Bible. Ephesians, Love--Religious aspects--Christianity, and Truth
Creator:: Steely, John E. and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Owner:: archives@sebts.edu
Location:: Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:: English
Date Uploaded:: 02/12/2026
Date Modified:: 02/13/2026
Date Created:: 1985-09-12
Resource Type:: Audio
Identifier:: SEBTS_Chapel_John_Edward_Steely_1985-09-12

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