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- Dr. L. Keith Harper was Professor of Baptist Studies. Dr. Daniel Akin offers a word of welcome and provides the school’s mission (0:00-0:35). Dr. Harper begins his sermon by reading from Philippians 3:1-14 (0:36-3:17). He explains that the main theme of Philippians is the sufficiency of Christ (3:18-5:02). He separates the Scripture reading into three parts: Paul’s warning (verses 1-6), what Paul wanted more than anything else (verses 7-11), and Paul’s confession (12-14) (5:03-5:27). In verses 1-6, Paul warns his readers of the enemies of the cross who place the law above faith and warns them of themselves (5:28-13:01). Reading from verses 7-11, Dr. Harper discusses Paul’s desire to know Christ better after his conversion on the road to Damascus and illustrates that Paul’s greatest gain was losing his old life (13:02-25:38). Dr. Harper presents Paul’s confession in verses 12-14: Paul is continuing to run the race for the glory of God (25:39-29:58). He then provides a quote from J.I. Packer’s “Knowing God” and expresses his wish that all believers would seek a deeper understanding of God (29:59-34:08). He concludes his sermon with a prayer (34:09-34:46). Dr. Akin gives a final word (34:47-35:50).
- Subject:
- Race--Religious aspects--Christianity, Faith, and Bible. Philippians
- Creator:
- Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Harper, Keith, 1957-
- Date Created:
- October 2, 2007
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_Keith_Harper_2007-10-02
- Description:
- Dr. L. Keith Harper was Professor of Baptist Studies. Dr. Harper offers a word of thanks, recognizes several people in the congregation, and reveals that he will be speaking about the missionary Issachar Jacox Roberts who greatly shaped the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board (0:00-2:29). He begins with Roberts’ conversion to Christianity and his eventual desire to conduct missions in China; however, Roberts did not establish a secure connection with the Foreign Mission Board (2:30-10:03). Roberts’ quasi-independent missionary status caused problems for his fellow missionaries and he was prone to complain about financial matters (10:04-11:58). Dr. Harper explains that Roberts also reached out to the Foreign Mission Board to send a woman to China to become his assistant and wife (11:59-15:56). The financial dispute continued until the Board gave in to Roberts (15:57-17:30). The Board sent Harriet Baker to China as a missionary not as a wife for Roberts; this led to Virginia Young wanting to go to China, but she was declined (17:31-19:06). Virginia Young and Roberts somehow met, married, and traveled to China (19:07-19:52). This visit and Roberts’ prior conflicts with the Foreign Mission Board would change the lives of all those associated with mission work in China (19:53-23:39). Dr. Harper discusses the criticism that arose when the Foreign Mission Board severed connections with Roberts, which led to Roberts’ complaint of the decision affecting his wife’s health and his monetary position (20:40-30:15). Roberts desired to form an only male missionary committee, with the hope of achieving individual freedom and harmony (30:16-33:13). After the negative information about Roberts leaked from the annual meeting of the Richmond Foreign Mission Board, he lost support (33:14-36:21). His wife left him in China, but he did eventually return to America where he died of leprosy (36:22-37:11). Roberts left his estate in China to another missionary, leaving mothing for his wife (37:12-37:57). Dr. Harper clarifies that Roberts’ missionary life raised questions regarding how missionaries were to answer their calling and how they were to relate to others (37:58-38:28). He conveys that Roberts forced the Foreign Mission Board into forming its own identity and establishing its authority over its missionaries, shaped Southern Baptist journalism, helped in promoting single women in the field of missions, and raised questions concerning how missionaries were to live and interact with each other during missions (38:29-45:56). Dr. Harper expresses that more questions than answers has resulted from this research (45:57-46:31; he is cut off mid-sentence).
- Subject:
- Baptist missionaries, Missions--China, and Women missionaries
- Creator:
- Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Harper, Keith, 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- April 28, 2005
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_Keith_Harper_2005-04-28
- Description:
- John Warwick Montgomery was a lawyer, Lutheran theologian, professor, and writer. Montgomery asks the congregation to write down two website addresses (0:00-2:19). He then begins his sermon by reading from Acts 26 (2:20-7:05). Using Paul’s defense against King Agrippa and Governor Festus as a guide, he focuses on how to preach the Word to a secular world (7:06-10:41). First, we must preach the Gospel for ourselves; the Gospel must be presented personally (10:42-12:28). Second, we must preach to all—the “small and the great” (12:29-14:58). Third, we must create common ground between us and non-believers (14:59-17:27). Montgomery speaks that we should begin with our testimonies, just as Paul did (17:28-21:37). However, the danger of testimonies is that non-believers have the tendency to focus on what the speaker experienced rather than connecting the experience to Jesus and His salvation (21:38-22:07). Testimonies should always lead someone from the subjective speaker to the objective Christ: this does not typically happen (22:08-22:57). A testimony is an overall good place to start when spreading the Gospel, but the message should be restricted to Scripture (22:58-24:42). The Gospel is the center of the message that liberals do not take seriously and that conservatives do not realize leads people to salvation (24:43-25:52). Jesus is the cornerstone that one must fall on to be saved, and the events in the Gospel occurred publicly for all (25:53-30:09). How the Gospel will be received is not certain, but we must remain faithful and always restrict the message to Scripture alone (30:10-31:02). A word of prayer concludes the sermon (31:03-31:33).
- Subject:
- Bible. Acts, Preaching, Apologetics, and Testimony
- Creator:
- Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Montgomery, John Warwick
- Location:
- Wake Forest (N.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- November 14, 2006
- Resource type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_John_Warwick_Montgomery_2006-11-14
