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1. SEBTS Chapel - Harlan Spurgeon April 29, 1986

Description:
Harlan Spurgeon was from the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. The service begins with organ music (0:00-3:46). An announcement is made for a speaker the next day (3:47-4:06). Prayer concerns are shared with the congregation and there is a moment of prayer (4:07-7:01). Harlan Spurgeon is introduced as the chapel speaker (7:02-8:20). The choir sings an anthem (8:21-12:09). Spurgeon shares encouragement about world missions (12:10-13:50). Spurgeon speaks about being pleasing and acceptable to God, making note of man’s pitfalls (13:51-15:41). He shares a story about a woman in China to illustrate that one can live a life of good works without being acceptable to God (15:42-17:58). Spurgeon shares several stories from his acquaintances to illustrate that one must lay down his life for others as Jesus did (17:59-28:23). Spurgeon closes the service in a word of prayer (28:24-29:16).
Subject:
Self-denial and Missions
Creator:
Spurgeon, Harlan and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Owner:
archives@sebts.edu
Location:
Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:
English
Date Uploaded:
02/12/2026
Date Modified:
02/13/2026
Date Created:
1986-04-29
Resource Type:
Audio
Identifier:
SEBTS_Chapel_Harlan_Spurgeon_1986-04-29

2. SEBTS Chapel - Dennis Pinkney March 26, 1985

Description:
Dennis Pinkney was a Southeastern Seminary MDiv student. The service begins with organ music, a Scripture reading from Psalms, and a moment of prayer (0:00-4:47). There is a Scripture reading from Matthew 16:21-26 (4:47-7:40). Pinkney begins by thanking the congregation for their care for him and speaking about Matthew 16:24-25 (7:41-10:18). Pinkney speaks on losing one’s life to gain Christ (10:19-18:20). Pinkney speaks on the world leaning on its own understanding, celebrating worldly things, rather than sacrificing for Christ (18:21-22:59). Pinkney speaks on how one gains life by a denial of self-existence (23:00-30:48). The service ends in a moment of prayer (30:49-31:36).
Subject:
Self-denial, Christianity, Bible. Matthew, and Sacrifice
Creator:
Pinkney, Dennis and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Owner:
archives@sebts.edu
Location:
Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:
English
Date Uploaded:
02/12/2026
Date Modified:
02/13/2026
Date Created:
1985-03-26
Resource Type:
Audio
Identifier:
SEBTS_Chapel_Dennis_Pinkney_1985-03-26

3. SEBTS Chapel - Stephen Blake Boyd April 1, 1986

Description:
Stephen Blake Boyd was from the Department of Religion at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The service begins with organ music (0:00-6:55). Prayer concerns and celebrations are shared with the congregation and there is a moment of prayer (6:56-10:35). Stephen Blake Boyd is introduced as the chapel speaker (10:36-12:42). Boyd expresses his thanks for being able to speak and shares a portion of his testimony (12:43-14:34). Boyd speaks of the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ and asks the congregation to remember what kind of life has been vindicated (14:35-16:00). He directs the congregation’s attention to the cleansing of the temple and the arrest in the garden of Gethsemane, reading the accounts from Matthew (16:01-19:19). Boyd speaks of the lifestyle of believers, which is not a way of self-abnegation or of a “martyr complex” but of the cross and sacrifice for the glory of God (19:20-31:22). Boyd closes the service in a word of prayer (31:23-32:14).
Subject:
Self-denial and Jesus Christ--Resurrection
Creator:
Boyd, Stephen Blake and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Owner:
archives@sebts.edu
Location:
Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:
English
Date Uploaded:
02/12/2026
Date Modified:
02/13/2026
Date Created:
1986-04-01
Resource Type:
Audio
Identifier:
SEBTS_Chapel_Stephen_Blake_Boyd_1986-04-01