After reading Psalm 96:1-5, a prayer, and an introduction (start-4:05), John M. Lewis, the pastor of First Baptist Church in Raleigh, NC, speaks about the role of priest and prophet as a minister.
After a quote from St. Thomas Aquinas and a prayer [which is incomplete in original audio] (start-3:12), Fred W. Sandusky, the Registrar, uses the example of how Jesus interacts with Samaritans to talk about having a Christlike perspective towards the world.
After the reading of Psalm 103:1-2 and Philippians 2:5-11, a prayer, and an introduction (start-3:55), John Seldon Whale, a Congregationalist minister and theologian as well as a visiting lecturer at the University of Chicago and Princeton University, gives a lecture about the Incarnation entitled “Christianity’s Most Offensive Claim.”
After a few announcements, a prayer, and an introduction (start-1:22), George W. Cummins, the Associate Director of the Chaplains Commission of the Home Mission Board, gives the premise that God’s highest call for him entails the priesthood of the individual believer and the responsibility we have to share the gospel. This service was a commissioning for chaplains.
After a prayer, and an introduction (start-1:55), Dr. John Terrill Wayland, Professor of Religious Education, speaks about why we should be thankful and what we should be thankful for. He shares four different levels of gratitude, including: instinctive, pagan, pharisee, and finally the Christian level.
After the reading of James 2:23 and a prayer (start-1:00), John William Eddins, Jr., Assistant Professor of Theology, speaks about the meaning of friendship (1:01-13:54). Service ends in a song (13:55-end).
After the reading of Psalm 95:6-7 and a prayer (start-3:15), John William Eddins, Jr., Assistant Professor of Theology, speaks about both the positives and negatives of the Reformation.
After a prayer and an introduction (start-5:15), Joseph D. Quillian, a professor from the Perkins School of Theology of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX, preaches about focusing on God and not ourselves from Isaiah 6:1-12.
Julius Carroll Trotter, Jr., Professor of Preaching and Speech, preaches about the importance of the centrality of the cross in Christianity from Mark 8:34-35 (start-15:45). The service then concludes with a hymn (15:45-end).
After a prayer and an introduction (start-5:20), Lamar Judson Brooks, the pastor of Cary Baptist Church and former president of the Alumni Association of SEBTS, preaches from James 1:22.
After reading 1 Peter 2:9, a prayer, and introduction (start-3:30), Luke Smith, a representative from the Personnel Department of the Foreign Mission Board, shares about a missions experience and his spiritual journey.
After the reading of a poem (start-1:20), M. Ray McKay, Professor of Preaching, speaks about worship being the highest human function and purpose from Romans 8.
After a prayer (start-1:10), M. Ray McKay, Professor of Preaching, preaches about God being the most important factor in any situation from Romans 8:28.
After some hymns, reading Colossians 3:12-21, and a prayer (start-7:50), Olin Trivette Binkley, the Academic Dean and Professor of Christian Sociology and Ethics (and future President of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary), reviewed the seminary’s covenant, specifically the part about family.
After the reading of Philippians 4:7 and a prayer (start-2:10), Olin Trivette Binkley, the Academic Dean and Professor of Christian Sociology and Ethics (and future President of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary), preached a sermon entitled “The Life of Man in the Light of God” from John 1:1-14.
After a prayer and an introduction (start-2:06), Olin Trivette Binkley, the Academic Dean and Professor of Christian Sociology and Ethics (and later President of SEBTS), preaches about the relationship between the resurrection and the moral struggle in which we are all engaged from 1 Corinthians 15:51-58.