Edgar Douglas Christman was Director of the Baptist Student Union and Assistant to the Chaplain at Wake Forest College in Winston-Salem, NC. The service starts with an opening scripture reading form 0:00-0:35. Music plays from 0:39-5:34. A prayer is offered from 5:41-7:15. An introduction to the speaker is given from 7:20-8:24. Douglas speaks from 8:36-27:47. His source text was Romans 8:22-25. Douglas preaches on the SBC and giving money to the institution.
Walter J. Harrelson was Professor of Theology at Vanderbilt University Divinity School in Nashville, TN. The service opens with a prayer from 0:00-0:52. An announcement and introduction to the speaker is given from 1:02-2:42. Dr. Harrelson speaks from 2:45-51:48. He preaches on the Old Testament prophets and how they pointed to a future Messianic ruler. He shows how the whole Bible points to Jesus.
Theron Douglas Price was the Chairman of the Department of Religion at Furman University. The service begins with the Scripture reading of Price's sermon and a prayer from 0:17-6:10. The scripture passage was Luke 15:1-2,11-24. Dr. Price is given an introduction from 6:15-7:47. Price preaches on how God is our guide and our father. He encourages the students to share the forgiveness of God with others. Dr. Price preaches from 7:56-25:29.
David Greene Anderson was pastor of First Baptist Church in Easley, SC. The service begins in prayer from 0:00-1:37. There is an introduction to the speaker from 1:38-2:40. Music plays from 2:50-8:03. Rev. Anderson preaches from 8:10-24:12. In this message, Anderson expounds on Colossians 3:16 and teaches the importance of reading and knowing scripture.
The service starts with a scripture reading from 0:00-0:15. Music plays from 0:19-4:44. A responsive reading takes place from 4:55-6:37. A prayer is offered from 6:42-8:25. More music plays from 8:34-12:17. An announcement concerning the upcoming Student missions conference is given from 12:23-23:15. A time of silent prayer for the conference takes place from 23:16-24:17. The service closes with a word of prayer from 24:26-25:37. This service was organized by the Student Coordinating Council.
John M. Lewis was pastor of First Baptist Church in Raleigh, NC. The service begins with a prayer from 0:18-3:19. Pastor Lewis is introduced from 3:28-4:41. Lewis speaks from 4:53-24:33. Rev. Lewis preaches about the absurdity of the gospel and how it is still mind-boggling to this day. Lewis challenges the students to ask themselves if they truly know the Jesus of the Bible.
John C. Whatley, Jr. was the pastor of Forestville Baptist Church. The service begins with a word of prayer from 0:20-3:45. An introduction to the speaker is given from 3:50-4:30. Rev. Whatley speaks from 4:45-38:32. Whatley preaches on the problem of war and being a conscientious objector as a Christian.
The service begins with an opening word and prayer (00:00-04:11). There is no introduction for the speaker, Robert Cook Briggs, but he was Professor of New Testament Interpretation at SEBTS. He begins by reading Romans 12:1-2 (04:12-05:36). He bypasses “what one ought to do” and focuses on “how one is to interpret the meaning of student days” (05:37-07:00). He summarizes the sermon in three points: first, years spent in seminary are best seen as years of opportunity (07:01-14:44); second, this opportunity is related to both what one has been before seminary and also what one will be after seminary (14:45-18:06); and third, essentially, this opportunity must ultimately be seen as a gift from God (18:07-19:58). He ends in prayer (19:59-20:50).
This service was organized by the Student Coordinating Council, and the service begins with prayer (00:00-03:16). There was no introduction for the speaker, Jim Baucom, but he was a student at SEBTS. He begins by exposing the secularization of religion in America, becoming only a set of rules leading to moralism, devoid of the gospel; religion retreats into the walls of the church house and becomes institutionalized and couched in a secret vocabulary (03:17-08:51). He then illustrates total acceptance and total rejection (08:52-10:47) before applying it to the lives of Christians, stressing the need to merge religion with daily life (10:48-15:11). He ends his time in prayer (15:12-15:41).