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).
Sam R. Williams was Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care. Williams begins his sermon by thanking Dr. Patterson and his friend Frank, and he gives a diagnosis of American culture as being completely sexually insane (00:00-03:00). Williams spends most of his sermon in Proverbs 4, and he begins by giving the context of King Solomon, his life, and the sexual scandals that plagued his lineage (03:01-12:50). Williams says that man has an attention deficit and is constantly drifting to pursuing carnal pleasures because of their eyes (12:51-18:09). He says that man also has a heart disorder (18:10-21:26). Williams concludes his sermon by reading a hymn by John Newton, and he says the prescription for the soul is the amputation of sin and the desire to see God (21:27-26:57).