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21. SEBTS Chapel - Richard Gene Puckett September 14, 1982
- Description:
- Richard Gene Puckett was the Editor of the Biblical Recorder. The service begins with a word of prayer (00:00-01:59). Richard Gene Puckett is introduced as the chapel speaker (02:00-04:54). The choir sings a song of worship (04:55-07:07). Puckett begins his sermon with the status on his move to North Carolina and his college affiliations (07:08-12:28). Puckett’s sermon is an allusion to Paul’s words of running the race, and he says that in the Christian life one must run the race and never veer from the track (12:29-25:30). Puckett ends the service with a word of prayer (25:31-26:40).
- Subject:
- Running in the Bible, Racing, and Christian life
- Creator:
- Puckett, R. G. 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:
- 1982-09-14
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_Richard_Gene_Puckett_1982-09-14
22. SEBTS Chapel - John Allen Easley February 23, 1961
- Description:
- The service begins with a general command to praise God (00:00-00:07), a prayer (00:08-02:08), and an introduction for the speaker, John Allen Easley, from Wake Forest College (02:09-03:20). He begins by reading selected verses from the end of John 6 (03:21-05:20) and opening appreciations for being in chapel at SEBTS (05:21-06:59). He then mentions different ways this tenth anniversary of SEBTS might be celebrated, according to reflecting on the past, looking forward to the future, or reaffirming convictions for the present. The latter is the view which Easley attributes most importance (07:00-07:58). According to the text of John 6 in light of John’s Gospel, His disciples needed to look beyond the events of Jesus’ ministry to Jesus Himself as the substance to which those events point (07:59-12:23). This “looking deeper” may cause us to reflect on both our churches and ourselves, and living for Christ will require us to show courage and dedication, promising eternal life and peace (12:24-21:21). He closes his time in prayer (21:22-22:36).
- Subject:
- Bible. John and Christian life
- Creator:
- Easley, J. Allen (John Allen), 1893- 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:
- 1961-02-23
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_John_Allen_Easley_1961-02-23
23. SEBTS Chapel - Robert Cook Briggs April 11, 1962
- Description:
- The service begins with an opening word and prayer (00:00-04:11). There is no introduction for the speaker, Robert Cook Briggs, but he was Professor of New Testament Interpretation at SEBTS. He begins by reading Romans 12:1-2 (04:12-05:36). He bypasses “what one ought to do” and focuses on “how one is to interpret the meaning of student days” (05:37-07:00). He summarizes the sermon in three points: first, years spent in seminary are best seen as years of opportunity (07:01-14:44); second, this opportunity is related to both what one has been before seminary and also what one will be after seminary (14:45-18:06); and third, essentially, this opportunity must ultimately be seen as a gift from God (18:07-19:58). He ends in prayer (19:59-20:50).
- Subject:
- Seminarians and Christian life
- Creator:
- Briggs, Robert Cook, 1915- 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:
- 1962-04-11
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_Robert_Cook_Briggs_1962-04-11
24. SEBTS Chapel - Thomas Albert Bland February 10, 1961
- Description:
- The service begins with the reading of Isaiah 55:1-2 (00:00-00:38), prayer (00:47-03:37), and the reading of 2 Peter 1:1-11 (03:48-06:00). No introduction was given for Thomas Albert Bland, but he was Associate Professor of Christian Sociology and Ethics. He begins by talking about the importance of the “frontier” in American history, taking note of the race for space but placing importance on the frontier of the inner man (06:01-08:13). Bland says that Peter, in this text, focuses on Faith’s Frontier, identifying seven qualities of life which are to be added to one’s faith; he was not academic but practical, having been personally impacted by the life and ministry of Jesus Christ (08:14-11:37). Bland then continues walking through the list mentioned in the text one item at a time, building upon the foundation of faith. He notes that faith and knowledge go together, so long as knowledge has self-control so that it does not puff one up in conceit (11:38-19:06). He ends his time in prayer (19:07-19:46).
- Subject:
- Faith and Christian life
- Creator:
- Bland, Thomas A. 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:
- 1961-02-10
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_Thomas_Albert_Bland_1961-02-10
25. SEBTS Missionary Day Address - Henry E. Turlington March 22, 1962
- Description:
- The service begins with a brief word (00:00-00:56) and prayer (00:57-02:12). A brief highlight is placed on missions as the core focus of the seminary (02:13-03:42). An introduction is given for the speaker, Dr. Henry E. Turlington, pastor of University Baptist Church in Chapel Hill, NC, and former missionary in China (03:43-06:43). He begins with cordial greetings and the importance of the Scriptures in Baptist life (06:44-10:00). The Bible is relevant from Paul’s time until now, even as it still is changing; Turlington illustrates this from 1 Corinthians 9:19-22 (10:01-12:30). After giving a brief history about the British East India Company, he speaks of how much circumstances for missions in China and the world have changed (12:31-25:45). The question arises: “Is there need for any particular religion?” (25:46-27:44). He then draws out three of Paul’s teachings about himself from 1 Corinthians 9:19-22. First, he adapted himself to the environment in which he lived without denying the nature of the Christian life (27:45-31:01). Second, Paul taught the gospel absolutely cannot be determined by the environment; it already is (31:02-35:38). He then speaks briefly of this concerning Hinduism (35:39-36:53). Third, Paul was not afraid to trust God with young Christian churches (36:54-41:21). He ends his time in prayer (41:22-42:34).
- Subject:
- Missions and Christian life
- Creator:
- Turlington, Henry 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:
- 1962-03-22
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Missionary_Day_Address_Henry_E_Turlington_1962-03-22
26. SEBTS Chapel - John M. Lewis October 26, 1965
- Description:
- The service begins with the reading of Luke 1:68 (00:00-00:09) and prayer (00:10-00:46). Then the congregation reads aloud a responsive reading taken from Psalm 84 (00:47-02:37). An introduction is given for John M. Lewis, the pastor of First Baptist Church in Raleigh, NC, outlining his educational and ministerial background; he has been introduced as the “thinking man’s Baptist” (02:38-04:03). John M. Lewis begins his message by reading the Phillip’s translation of 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (04:04-05:07), and his message is “Wanted: A New Theological Map for Baptists” (05:08-06:32). He believes that Baptists have stressed certain distinctives at the depreciation or neglect of others, and his message centers on balancing Baptist distinctives for effective future ministry (06:33-08:56). Firstly, Baptists have emphasized individuality within Christianity; while Christianity is personal, it is not private but communal. He urges that the separation of church and state in America has led to a separation of secular and sacred, causing the church’s work in the public square to become that much more difficult to manifest (08:57-17:21). Secondly, Baptists have emphasized “once saved, always saved,” which Lewis argues has wreaked havoc on our ethical responsibility and has overlooked the progressive and futuristic realities of our salvation (“being saved” and “will be saved”). He also discusses the Baptist view of denouncing the Catholic practice of transubstantiation in Communion while overlooking our practical transubstantiational view of salvation, wherein we believe we are changed metaphysically but not in reality (17:22-22:47). Thirdly, Baptists have emphasized that Jesus Christ is Lord of the local church, but we have denied practically that “the body of Christ” refers to all of our brothers and sisters everywhere in the world (22:48-26:05). Lastly, Lewis suggests that the Baptist exaltation of the Bible as the “Word of God” needs to find its practical and theological home in the person of Jesus Christ, who is “the Word of God” (26:06-28:09); he also suggests that the Bible will be “a dead book” to others until they understand that the Bible is not just telling how God spoke and worked then, but also now in our own time (28:10-32:33). He then closes in prayer (32:34-33:31).
- Subject:
- Baptists and Christian life
- Creator:
- Lewis, John M. 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:
- 1965-10-26
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_John_M_Lewis_1965-10-26
27. SEBTS Chapel - Raymond Bryan Brown September 19, 1969
- Description:
- The service begins with the reading of Psalm 130:6-7 (00:00-00:34), prayer (00:35-02:40), and a brief responsive reading (02:41-03:06). There was no introduction for Raymond Bryan Brown, but he was the Academic Dean of SEBTS and Professor of New Testament Interpretation. His sermon text centers on the freedom which Christians have in Christ, from Galatians 5:1 (03:07-06:23). Even though we as humans have the tendency to desire to show our mastery over certain areas of life, if freedom were up to us, it would never come at all. Freedom must not come from us, but it must come to us from Another (06:24-07:21). While we do not enjoy agreeing with the truth that we are not able to save, and while we admit an inward bend to roam away from the Living God, we must confess that we are truly free when we live by faith and love and are bound to Christ in dependence and obedience (07:22-14:49). There is a brief period of silence (14:50-15:24) before Brown ends his time in prayer (15:25-15:49).
- Subject:
- Christian life and Freedom
- Creator:
- Brown, Raymond Bryan 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:
- 1969-09-19
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_Raymond_Bryan_Brown_1969-09-19
28. SEBTS Chapel - Douglas M. Branch March 2, 1961
- Description:
- The service begins with the reading of Matthew 7:12 (00:00-00:15), a prayer update (00:16-01:01), and prayer (01:02-05:04). An introduction is given for the speaker, Douglas M. Branch, the Executive Secretary of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (05:05-07:47). His message centers on the Great Confession and the Great Commission from the Gospels (07:48-10:35). They both were set within a sphere of inquiry (10:36-13:52), and they both were revelatory of God’s mission on earth for us to carry out (13:53-15:58). The involvement of this mission has two facets: to continue to have a renewed sense of the divine call on our lives (15:59-17:56) and to be a part of the whole movement of Jesus Christ beyond simply our local setting (17:57-19:39). Our unity is spiritual, brought about by the Holy Spirit; our freedom is to obey the leadership of the Holy Spirit; and our work is to be in harmony with other Baptists in the Holy Spirit (19:40-21:08). He ends his time in prayer (21:09-22:25).
- Subject:
- Christian life and Great Commission (Bible)
- Creator:
- Branch, Douglas M. 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:
- 1961-03-02
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_Douglas_M_Branch_1961-03-02
29. SEBTS Chapel - David R. Beck March 13, 2002
- Description:
- David R. Beck was Professor of New Testament and Greek. He begins his sermon by asking the question “why am I here?” (00:00-07:27). Beck reads from 2 Timothy 2:1-15, and he states that he will walk through the seven imperatives in the passage (07:28-13:55). Beck walks through the seven imperative and delivers them to the audience as life lessons for the Christian, and his answer to the question, “why am I here,” is to serve the Lord diligently and be a faithful witness to him (13:56-36:36).
- Subject:
- Questions and answers, Christian life, and Witness bearing (Christianity)
- Creator:
- Beck, David R. 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:
- 2002-03-13
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_David_Beck_2002-03-13
30. SEBTS Chapel - Jim Shaddix February 18, 2010
- Description:
- Dr. Jim Shaddix was senior Professor of Preaching at SEBTS. Dr. Daniel Akin welcomes listeners and introduces Jim Shaddix (0:00-0:35). Shaddix asks the congregation to turn to Matthew 28; he focuses on defining discipleship (0:36-3:46). He decides to “unpackage” the essence of discipleship: there are three components (3:47-6:34). First, discipleship begins with accepting Jesus as the Son of God and the Savior of the world, but one must be careful in celebrating because this is only the beginning of discipleship (6:35-13:09). Second, knowing that Jesus is the Son of God and the Savior involves the Cross, for the Gospel is incomplete without the Cross (13:10-21:27). The Cross is part of the Gospel that we cannot live without, as it is the power of salvation (21:28-23:40). Shaddix reveals that in addition to realizing that Jesus is the Son of God and the Savior who died on the Cross, a third component to discipleship exists (23:41-24:04). This key component is “denying oneself and unashamedly living for Jesus” (24:05-30:37). Taking up one’s cross leaves no room for things of tomorrow; we must only follow Jesus (30:38-33:30). All three components define the true essence of discipleship, and thus, are all required to achieve discipleship (33:31-36:07). Shaddix concludes by saying that discipleship centers on carrying one’s cross as a follower, not just a friend, of Jesus (36:08-37:27). He then gives a word of prayer (37:28-38:07). Dr. Akin gives a final word (38:07-39:25).
- Subject:
- Discipleship, Christian life, and Bible. Matthew
- Creator:
- Shaddix, Jim 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:
- 2010-02-18
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_Jim_Shaddix_2010-02-18