Donald E. Cook was Professor of New Testament. The service begins with organ music (00:00-05:50). Donald Cook gives a liturgical reading and a word of prayer (05:51-08:21). The choir sings a song of worship (08:22-10:20). Cook’s sermon is a series of poetry about community, the person of Christ, and experiencing God and his creation (10:21-32:20). Cook ends the service with a word of prayer (32:21-33:16).
Donald E. Cook was Professor of New Testament. The service begins with a word of prayer and a responsive reading (00:00-02:10). The choir sings a song of worship (02:11-04:59). Cook begins his sermon by highlighting the importance of seeing the divine through contemplation (05:00-12:17). Cook speaks about contemplating God by looking at nature, and he reads a poem called “Depression” (12:18-28:05). Cook ends the service with a benediction (28:06-28:31).
Thomas Albert Bland was Professor of Christian Ethics and Sociology. The service begins with a liturgical reading, and the choir sings a song of worship (00:00-01:33). The speaker gives a word of prayer, and he reads Matthew 10:34-39 (01:34-04:53). The choir sings a song of worship (04:54-06:50). Bland sermon is about Christ as the one who comes to disturb our lives and uses the story of the grand inquisitor from The Brothers Karamazov as the illustration (06:51-24:27). Bland ends the service with a word of prayer (24:28-25:24).
Thomas Albert Bland was Professor of Christian Ethics and Sociology. The service opens with the song “My Jesus, I Love Thee” being played on the organ (00:00-04:29). The speaker reads from Psalm 51, and he gives a word of prayer (04:30-10:07). Bland speaks about the importance of repentance and the season of Lent, and he tells the story of the apostle Peter and how he learned how to hold firm to his faith (10:08-27:40). Bland ends the service with a word of prayer (27:41-28:00).
Luke B. Smith was Professor of Supervised Ministry. The service begins with organ music (00:00-04:32). The speaker gives a liturgical reading and a word of prayer (04:33-06:43). The choir sings a song of worship (06:44-10:04). Smith reads from Matthew 5:21-26, and he compare Iranian and American societies as both guilty of abuse and violence in God’s eyes (10:05-26:18). Smith concludes his sermon by stating that Christians should be peacemakers in our broken and violent society (26:19-29:54). Smith ends the service with a responsive reading from Galatians 5, and another speaker gives a word of prayer (29:55-33:23).
Robert Edward Seymour was pastor of Binkley Memorial Baptist Church in Chapel Hill, NC. The service begins with organ music (00:00-05:01). The speaker gives a word of prayer (05:02-06:05). Robert Edward Seymour is introduced as the chapel speaker (06:06-08:07). The choir sings a song of worship (08:08-12:00). Seymour reads from Matthew 5:9, and he tells the story of a man who advocated against the Vietnam War even though a person told him war was inevitable (12:01-14:30). Seymour spends most of his sermon speaking on nuclear weapon armament and war and how it goes against what the Scripture says about peace (14:31-27:15). Seymour concludes his sermon by urging the audience to not give up on peace but to stand up and urge the government to reverse the nuclear arms race (27:16-31:22). The service ends with a benediction (31:23-31:52).
James H. Blackmore was Special Instructor. The service begins with Blakmore giving a word of prayer (00:00-00:41). Blackmore introduces himself to the audience, and the president of the associate’s class Warren Grant reads from Isaiah 55 and John 4 (00:42-07:00). Blackmore gives a sermon about thirsting after God, and he gives three illustrations with one being Jesus telling the woman at the well that he is the water of life (07:01-18:12). The service ends with a benediction (18:13-18:31).
Ronald D. Vaughan was a Master of Divinity student at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. The service begins with a responsive reading and a word of prayer (00:00-02:01). Ronald D. Vaughan is introduced as the chapel speaker, and the speaker reads from 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 (02:02-04:32). The choir sings a song of worship (04:33-08:48). Vaughan speaks about his father’s recent passing and the grief he is experiencing, and he describes to the audience how to the points of how to walk with someone who is experiencing grief (08:49-27:19). The service ends with a benediction (27:20-28:03).
Susan Pierce Shirley was a Master of Theology student at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and associated campus ministry at Meredith College. The service begins with piano music (00:00-05:01). The speaker gives a liturgical reading and a word of prayer, and another speaker leads a responsive litany reading (05:02-08:32). Susan Pierce Shirley is introduced as the chapel speaker, and the speaker reads from the book of Isaiah (08:33-10:53). Shirley begins her sermon by sharing the stories of people who are in need (10:54-16:42). Shirley states that social justice can be better achieved if the church takes advice from the theological models of feminism, existentialism, liberation theology, and biblical theology (16:43-26:49). The service ends with a benediction (26:50-27:25).
B. Elmo Scoggins was Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament. The service begins with organ music (00:00-03:11). The speaker gives a word of prayer (03:12-04:50). The choir sings a song of worship (04:51-10:30). Scoggins sermon is about the Holocaust and the humanity of the Jewish people, and he encourages the audience to not forget the evil committed in the Holocaust and to love the Jewish people as members of humanity (10;31-25:17). Organ music is played, and the service ends with a benediction (25:18-28:00).
Julius Carroll Trotter was Professor of Preaching and Speech. The service begins with organ music (00:00-06:50). Trotter gives a word of prayer (06:51-07:48). The choir sings a song of worship (07:49-12:14). Trotter reads from various passages of Scripture, and he reads four poems as a list of Lenten liturgical readings (12:15-32:49). Trotter ends the service with a benediction (32:50-33:08).
John Edward Steely was Professor of Historical Theology. The service begins with organ music (00:00-05:30). Steely gives a brief word about God’s grace and a word of prayer (05:31-09:11). Steely reads from Ephesians 3:8-19 (09:12-11:06). The choir sings a song of worship (11:07-14:00). Steely preaches about God’s love and how he shows this love through suffering in the incarnation (14:01-29:45). Steely concludes the services with a word of prayer (29:46-32:06).
Luke B. Smith was Professor of Supervised Ministry. The service begins with a liturgical reading and a word of prayer (00:00-01:50). Smith reads John 17:6-19, and in his sermon, he argues that Christians are to penetrate the world with God’s love even though the world hates them (01:51-22:16). Smith ends the service with a word of prayer (22:17-22:51).