David R. Beck was Professor of New Testament and Greek. He opens his sermon with an encounter he had with a statue of Jesus in the belly of Brontosaurus (00:00-03:47). Beck reads from John 12:20-36, and he first says that Greeks addressing Jesus is a trigger point for his ministry showing that the gospel is for the whole world (03:48-08:01). Most Beck’s sermon centers on the ultimate purpose of Jesus’ ministry that the Greek who came to him did not understand, that he was to be the one who would take away their sins (08:02-31:16). Beck ends the service with a word of prayer (31:17-33:06).
R. Logan Carson was Professor of Theology. Carson opens his sermon with a word of thanks for all the prayers given for his wife and her recovery (00:00-03:40). He gives a word of prayer (03:41-04:50). Before reading his passage, Carson speaks on the hard yet convicting ministry of pastoring and preaching (04:51-08:45). He exegetes 1 Corinthians 4:4-10, and he preaches on the importance of being fools for Christ (08:46-20:34). He continues to verses 11 and 12 to say that we can endure the hardships of life because we know the God we serve, and we have the promise of heavenly wisdom (20:35-28:31). Carson ends his sermon with a reminder that God is the one we serve (28:32-29:39). Daniel Akin thanks Carson for his words and invites Enoch Hollaway to give a benediction and prayer (29:40-30:17). Hollaway ends the service with a word of prayer (30:18-32:00).