Dr. Taylor Clarence Smith was the Visiting Professor of New Testament at Southeastern Seminary. The service begins with organ music (0:00-5:55). Prayer concerns are shared with the congregation and there is a moment of prayer (5:56-9:58). Smith reads Scripture from Matthew 1 (9:59-12:00). Smith speaks of the “portable” sayings of Jesus, meaning one can carry them in their minds and can pull them out to say them from memory, but he argues that they are often stripped to have a shallow meaning (12:01-13:57). Smith argues that Christians are to judge and are not to judge, clarifying that without judging one cannot know right and wrong but that one cannot judge if he is obstructed by sin (13:58-31:32). Smith closes the service with a word of prayer (31:33-32:01).
B. Elmo Scoggin was Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Scoggin’s message is on open community and morality. Scoggin begins with an introduction concerning open community (0:00-3:20). After which he explains that an even greater priority at Southeastern is speaking on moral and ethical questions (3:21-9:40). He continues by illustrating how to wait on the Lord (9:41-12:39). He concludes by challenging his audience to dedicate themselves to open community and ethical morals (12:40-14:35).
