Raymond Bryan Brown was Professor of New Testament Interpretation, and Academic Dean at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. The service begins with a scripture reading (0:00-0:44). After which, there is a time of instrumental music (0:45-1:18). The speaker offers another prayer (1:19-3:01). Afterwards, a responsive reading is read (3:02-3:32). Brown’s message is on 2 Kings 7:9. Brown begins with an introduction concerning the lepers from this passage (3:33-4:54). He continues by examining the steps the lepers of this passage took in order to become heroes. The first step is that they faced reality (4:55-9:20). The second step is that they took a chance on finding salvation (9:21-11:07). Finally, the third step is that they became heralds of the new world (11:08-15:28). The service closes in music and prayer (15:29-16:02).
The service begins with a message concerning social injustice and racial inequality. There is a call to be an extremist of love, not hate, and seek social justice from 0:10-7:43. Dr. David Forbes speaks from 7:50-37:09. Dr. Forbes also talks about racial inequality and informs the students that our only hope for social justice is to continuously move forward and help others. He tells the students to lean on Christ for everything. Rev. Forbes uses 2 Kings 7 as his source text. There is a closing prayer from 37:10-37:55. The audio was transferred from audio cassette.
