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- Description:
- John H. Westerhoff was Professor of Religion and Education at Duke University and an Episcopal priest. The service begins with organ music (0:00:00-0:06:10). The speaker reads from the Scriptures and gives a word of prayer (0:06:11-0:07:29). John H. Westerhoff is introduced as the Spring Lecturer (0:07:30-0:09:17). Westerhoff begins his lecture by thanking God for everyone, and he introduces his topic of the process of education for catechetics (0:09:18-0:14:56). He believes that education should be modeled after a journey or pilgrimage with the right understanding of conversion and nurturing (0:14:57-0:20:05). Westerhoff begins with conversion, and he defines it as the opening of a new way of seeing the world and an ongoing process (0:20:06-0:37:12). Westerhoff speaks at length of remembering baptism and our perfection in Christ, and he argues that the gospel begins with grace and faithful living, not sin (0:37:13-1:00:55). The service ends with a benediction (1:00:56-1:01:31).
- Subject:
- Conversion, Grace (Theology), and Baptism and church membership
- Creator:
- Westerhoff, John H., III, 1933- and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Location:
- Wake Forest (N.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- March 19, 1981
- Resource type:
- Text and Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Spring_Lecture_John_H_Westerhoff_III_1981-03-19
- Description:
- John Rowan Claypool, IV was the pastor of Northminster Baptist Church in Jackson, MS. The service begins with a word of prayer (0:00:00-0:00:52). President Randall Lolley gives the community announcements, and he leads the audience in a word of prayer (0:00:53-0:04:16). John Rowan Claypool, IV is introduced as the Adams Lecturer (0:04:17-0:10:33). The choir sings a song of worship (0:10:34-0:13:36). John Claypool begins his lecture by speaking on the influence Theodore Adams has had on his life, and he asks the question of what he personally is about (0:13:37-0:19:11). His lecture centers on the objective question of what the aim of a Christian ministry is, and he first tells a story of a friend in ministry who suffered from what he called “cotton candy syndrome” (0:19:12-0:27:59). Claypool’s main idea is that humans by nature are restlessly looking for fulfilment, and he points to the message of Christ saying that fulfilment is not found somewhere else but God’s grace found in our hearts (0:28:00-1:02:57). The service ends with a word of prayer (1:02:58-1:03:37).
- Subject:
- Clergy, Church work, and Grace (Theology)
- Creator:
- Claypool, John R. (John Rowan), 1930-2005 and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Location:
- Wake Forest (N.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- February 12, 1980
- Resource type:
- Text and Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Adams_Lecture_John_Rowan_Claypool_IV_1980-02-12