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- Description:
- John I. Durham was Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament. The service begins with organ music (0:00:00-0:05:05). The speaker gives a word of prayer (0:05:06-0:06:17). The Old Testament lesson is read from Ezekiel 34, and the New Testament lesson is read from John 10 (0:06:18-0:11:00). President Randall Lolley welcomes everyone to the December commencement service, and he invites a graduating student on stage for a special address (0:11:01-0:11:46). The graduating student, Debra Collins, presents a check for an endowment fund to help international students (0:11:47-0:13:31). C. Michael Hawn sings a song of worship (0:13:32-0:16:25). Durham delivers the commencement address from the Old and New Testament lessons of Ezekiel 34 and John 10, and he urges the graduates to be good shepherd amid the temptation to follow and adapt to the patterns of bad shepherds who hold influence and powerful positions in the world (0:16:26-0:35:55). Lolley recognizes the friends and family of the graduates (0:35:56-0:36:33). The Associate of Divinity degrees are conferred (0:36:34-0:38:21). One Master of Religious Education degree is conferred (0:38:22-0:39:40). The Master of Divinity degrees are conferred (0:39:41-0:52:30). The Master of Theology degrees are conferred (0:52:31-0:54:33). The Doctor of Ministry degrees are conferred (0:54:34-0:57:00). Lolley leads the audience in the Litany of Mission (0:57:01-1:00:45). The service ends with a word of prayer (1:00:46-1:01:23).
- Subject:
- Students, Foreign, Shepherds in the Bible, and Commencement ceremonies
- Creator:
- Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Durham, John I., 1933-
- Location:
- Wake Forest (N.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- December 15, 1984
- Resource type:
- Text and Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Commencement_John_I_Durham_1984-12-15
- Description:
- John I. Durham was Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament. The service begins with a word of prayer (0:00:00-0:01:20). The audience sings the Doxology (0:01:21-0:02:00). A speaker reads from Exodus 33:18-34:8 (0:02:01-0:05:09). Another speaker reads from Matthew 11:2-6 and 25-30 (0:05:10-0:07:27). There is a song of worship (0:07:28-0:10:56). President Lolley gives his commencement address to the audience (0:10:57-0:13:59). The degrees are conferred for those who have completed the Associates of Divinity qualifications (0:14:00-0:20:36). The degrees are conferred for those who have completed the Master of Religious Education qualifications (0:20:37-0:23:55). The degrees are conferred for those who completed the Master of Divinity qualifications (0:23:56-0:53:30). The degrees are conferred for those who have completed the Master of Theology qualifications (0:53:31-0:57:38). The degrees are conferred for those who have completed the Doctor of Ministry qualifications (05:57:39-1:03:40). A round of applause is given for the graduates, and President Lolley presents John I. Durham as the commencement speaker (1:03:41-1:04:20). The title of Durham is the “Mystery of Ministry,” and he speaks on the ministry as emulating the person of Christ (1:05:21-1:27:17). The audience sings a song of worship (1:27:18-1:31:27). A speaker ends the service with a word of prayer (1:31:28-1:33:31).
- Subject:
- Jesus Christ--History of doctrines, Commencement ceremonies, and Church work
- Creator:
- Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Durham, John I., 1933-
- Location:
- Wake Forest (N.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- May 10, 1980
- Resource type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Commencement_John_I_Durham_1980-05-10
