Claude Y. Stewart Jr. Was the Professor of Theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. The service begins with organ music (0:00-3:20). An announcement is made for the cantata (3:21-3:40). There is a Scripture reading and a word of prayer (3:41-5:20). There is a Scripture reading from the New Testament (5:21-7:33). The congregation is led in the Lord’s Prayer (7:34-8:12). Stewart speaks of the confession of Christ being the Son of God, saying the church uses Scripture to remember not to confess (8:13-11:12). Stewart discusses the various confessions, namely the confessions that Christ and His message are agelessly the same (11:13-30:40). The choir sings a song of worship (30:41-33:24). There is a benediction to conclude the service (33:25-34:06).
Thomas Albert Bland was the Professor of Christian Ethics and Sociology at Southeastern Seminary. The service begins with organ music (0:00-5:01). There is a moment of prayer (5:02-6:50). A welcome is given to the new students and professor (6:51-8:28). Thomas Bland is introduced as the chapel speaker (8:29-9:08). Dr. Morris Ashcraft presents the Midler Award in Systematic Theology to John M. Adams (9:09-10:15). Michael Hawn performs a song of worship (10:16-13:54). Bland reads Scripture from Galatians 5 (13:55-17:45). Bland speaks about being the freedom of being a bondslave of Jesus Christ (17:46-20:18). He explains the freedom to which Christians are called is both a gift and a task which we must obey (20:19-32:29). Bland speaks about the “frightened and fragmented world” in which Christians live with the hope of the freedom of Christ (32:30-34:24). The service closes in a moment of prayer (34:41).