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1. SEBTS Chapel - G. Avery Lee February 9, 1966

Description:
There was no formal introduction for G. Avery Lee, but he was pastor of St. Charles Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, Louisiana, and focused his ministry on college/seminary campuses. He made dedicated commitments to bettering race relations and served as Chairman of the Christian Life Commission from 1961-62. He continues his sermon from February 8, 1966, talking about God’s good news of healing for the brokenhearted from Psalm 51:17 (00:00-03:55). Jesus spoke about the New Birth of a life broken by sin as one of His most important focuses, and God desires that we have a broken and contrite heart to be forgiven of our sins (03:56-09:08). David used three Hebrew words to describe his sin against God with Bathsheba. Firstly, peshah communicated his sin was deliberate rebellion against something God strictly had forbidden. Secondly, havon communicated a perversion or distortion from breaking God’s Law. Thirdly, hatah communicated a missing of the mark or goal of what is pleasing to God (09:09-11:02). David also used three words to describe vividly the experience of forgiveness. Firstly, mahah communicated a blotting out or wiping off. Secondly, kabas communicated a washing away. Thirdly, tahēr communicated a declaring to be clean (11:03-11:38). Lee describes more clearly what true contrition and brokenheartedness looks like Biblically, affirming the good news that God is able to heal the brokenhearted and that God uses broken things to make things new. Lee closes his time in prayer, but the prayer is not recorded (11:39-31:19). A brief rewind occurs, and a low shrill follows the audio to its end (26:00-31:19).
Subject:
Repentance, Sin, and Forgiveness of sin
Creator:
Lee, G. Avery 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:
1966-02-09
Resource Type:
Text and Audio
Identifier:
SEBTS_Chapel_G_Avery_Lee_1966-02-09

2. SEBTS Chapel - Elizabeth B. Barnes November 10, 1988

Description:
Elizabeth B. Barnes was SEBTS Assistant Professor of Theology. Barnes is announced as Chapel speaker (0:00-0:08). A hymn is played (0:09-4:18). The choir sings a song of worship (4:19-7:09). A hymn is played (cut) followed by a word of prayer (7:10-8:51). There is Scripture reading from Psalm 51:1-2, Matthew 18:21-22, and Colossians 3:12-15a (8:52-10:30). A soloist sings (10:31-15:57). Psalm 1:10-12 is the day’s words of assurance (15:58-16:49). Barnes focuses on forgiveness as the greatest form of love (16:50-17:52). She speaks of the theme of forgiveness in John Steinbeck’s East of Eden (17:53-20:20). We can only forgive truly when we understand God’s forgiveness and receive His forgiveness (20:21-20:41). Barnes discusses five characteristics of God’s forgiveness: it is genuine, social, extravagant, restorative, and receptive (20:42-21:20). First, God forgives us for genuine injuries against Him and others, and He forgives completely (21:21-22:22). Second, God’s forgiveness is social as it is for all people, and we are to mimic this forgiveness to others as well (22:23-24:38). Third, God forgives extravagantly just as the father did to his son in the parable of the prodigal son (24:39-26:13). Fourth, God’s forgiveness restores people through the resurrected Christ by making them His new sons and daughters (26:14-27:27). Fifth, God’s forgiveness is receptive: just as we receive His forgiveness, He receives our acceptance to His call to ministry (27:28-30:34). Barnes returns to East of Eden to explain that “the forgiven is dialogically related to the forgiver” (30:35-32:10). She conveys that both the forgiven and the forgiver receive something in return when these five characteristics of forgiveness, which represent God’s love and our love for one another, are displayed (32:11-32:46). The choir sings another song of worship (32:47-36:39). The congregation is told to go with their “words made holy” (36:40-36:51).
Subject:
Love--Religious aspects--Christianity, Forgiveness--Religious aspects--Christianity, and Forgiveness of sin
Creator:
Barnes, Elizabeth B., 1938- 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:
1988-11-10
Resource Type:
Audio
Identifier:
SEBTS_Chapel_Elizabeth_B_Barnes_1988-11-10

3. SEBTS Chapel - Archie Lee Nations April 22, 1980

Description:
Archie Lee Nations was Professor of New Testament Interpretation. The service opens with call to worship and a word of prayer (00:00-01:35). Archie Nations gives announcements and prayer requests for the seminary family, and he gives a word of prayer (01:36-04:34). The choir leads in a song of worship (04:35-09:32). Archie Nations begins his sermon by reading from Colossians 1:24-2:3 (09:33-12:26). He first speaks on Christ giving us a self-perception of our entanglement in sin (12:27-16:14). Secondly, he speaks on Christ giving us a spirit of grace (16:15-18:01). Thirdly, he speaks on Christ giving us a reverence for him (18:02-21:36). Finally, Nations speaks on Christ giving us the spirit and ministry of peace (21:37-26:01). Nations ends the service with a benediction (26:02-26:28).
Subject:
Peace, Grace (Theology), and Forgiveness of sin
Creator:
Nations, Archie Lee 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:
1980-04-22
Resource Type:
Audio
Identifier:
SEBTS_Chapel_Archie_Lee_Nations_1980-04-22

4. SEBTS Chapel - John Ryberg October 25, 1984

Description:
John Ryberg was pastor of First Baptist Church of Smithfield, NC. The service begins with organ music (00:00-07:44). The speaker delivers the opening Scripture reading, and he gives a word of prayer (07:45-08:51). John Ryberg is introduced as the chapel speaker (08:52-11:16). The choir sings the anthem (11:17-16:05). Ryberg delivers a sermon on the topic of the gospel, and he says the gospel has two messages of the bad news about man’s sin and the good news that God loves humanity through the work of Christ (16:06-36:09). Ryberg ends the service with a word of prayer (36:10-36:40).
Subject:
Theological anthropology, Love--Religious aspects--Christianity, and Forgiveness of sin
Creator:
Ryberg, John 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:
1984-10-25
Resource Type:
Audio
Identifier:
SEBTS_Chapel_John_Ryberg_1984-10-25

5. SEBTS Chapel - John W. Carlton September 28, 1983

Description:
John W. Carlton was Professor of Preaching. The service begins with a responsive reading and the singing of a hymn (00:00-02:03). John W. Carlton delivers a sermonette about Jesus’ body and blood being given for the forgiveness of sins (02:04-09:38). Carlton leads the audience in confessional prayer, and he reads the words of institution written by Paul in 1 Corinthians (09:39-12:25). The choir sings a song of worship (12:26-13:14). Carlton leads in the observing of the Lord’s Supper, and he delivers a responsive prayer (13:15-16:44). Carlton ends the service with a benediction (16:45-17:06).
Subject:
Lord's Supper, Atonement, and Forgiveness of sin
Creator:
Carlton, John W., 1920- 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:
1983-09-28
Resource Type:
Audio
Identifier:
SEBTS_Chapel_John_W_Carlton_1983-09-28

6. SEBTS Chapel - Stephen Neill February 24, 1982

Description:
Stephen Neill was an Anglican Bishop of Tirunelveli, India and principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. The service begins with organ music (00:00-06:59). Stephen Neill gives a word of prayer and leads the audience in a responsive reading of Psalm 51 (07:00-10:16). The choir sings a song of worship (10:17-14:05). Neill speaks about the human’s journey of falling into sin and the second chance and future promise offered in the message of Scripture, and throughout his sermon, he speaks about Dante’s The Divine Comedy as a good picture of the journey towards heaven (14:06-31:37). Neill concludes his sermon with leading the audience in the singing of a hymn and a word of prayer (31:38-34:51).
Subject:
Literary journeys, God--Promises--Biblical teaching, and Forgiveness of sin
Creator:
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Neill, Stephen, 1900-1984
Owner:
archives@sebts.edu
Location:
Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:
English
Date Uploaded:
02/12/2026
Date Modified:
02/12/2026
Date Created:
1982-02-24
Resource Type:
Audio
Identifier:
SEBTS_Chapel_Stephen_Neill_1982-02-24

7. SEBTS Chapel - Pope Alexander Duncan November 17, 1961

Description:
The service begins with prayer (00:00-03:28), and there is no introduction for the speaker, Pope Alexander Duncan, Professor of Church History at SEBTS. His message is about the topic of forgiveness, specifically how it affects both the giver and the recipient (03:29-06:05). He speaks to the lack of sermons specifically on the virtue of Christian forgiveness (06:06-07:42). He calls his listeners’ attention to think on how often they forgive when they are the objects of wrongs committed against them, reminding them that Christians are obligated to forgive others regardless of the depth of hurt they have experienced from someone else (07:43-11:05). He ends his time with an illustrative story on forgiveness (11:06-14:41) before closing in prayer (14:42-15:10).
Subject:
Forgiveness and Forgiveness of sin
Creator:
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Duncan, Pope A. (Pope Alexander), 1920-2003
Owner:
archives@sebts.edu
Location:
Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:
English
Date Uploaded:
02/12/2026
Date Modified:
02/12/2026
Date Created:
1961-11-17
Resource Type:
Audio
Identifier:
SEBTS_Chapel_Pope_Alexander_Duncan_1961-11-17