Olin Trivette Binkley was the second president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Binkley opens the service by reading Revelation 3:20. His title for the sermon was "I Have Called You Friends." His source text was John 15:10-15. Dr. Binkley reminded the students that we are called to friendship with God and those in our Christian 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.