The service opens up with a Scripture reading, prayer, and an introduction to the speaker from 0:00-5:10. Bobby Stafford, a recent graduate of the seminary, gives the message. Stafford's message was informally titled, "Growing Churches Through Missions." Using Mark 5:1-20, Stafford gives a 3 point sermon encouraging the students to pursue a missional lifestyle after seminary. The audio was transferred from audio cassette.
The audio was transferred from audio cassette. The service opens with an introduction of the speaker from 0:00-3:02. Dr. Terence Fretheim (Luther Seminary OT Professor 1968-1988) was the Page Lecture Speaker. Dr. Fretheim opens his sermon by stating what is informally his title: "It Is Not Enough to Say You Believe in God." He asks the students what kind of God they believe in, because what God they believe in determines the shapes of their lives. Rev. Fretheim speaks about how many people in churches are merely "practical atheists" by the way that they live their lives. Fretheim also discusses how all people have experienced God but don't realize it. He notes that God works in the natural and supernatural world. Fretheim closes by saying how God will never leave us or forsake us. Fretheim's source text was Psalm 139:1-3 and various passages in the book of Job. Dr. Fretheim speaks from 3:08-43:00.
The audio was transferred from audio cassette. The service opens with announcements, prayer, introduction and a Scripture reading of Psalm 86 from 0:03-5:07. Dr. Gleason L. Archer, Jr., Visiting Professor of Old Testament (Old Testament Professor at Trinity Evangelical Seminary), speaks from 5:12-24:08. Dr. Archer's source text is 1 Corinthians 1:18-25. Dr. Archer shares how nobody is wiser than Jesus and how it is Jesus, not man, who is the center of creation. He encourages the students to live a life that glorifies God's name. There are closing remarks and dismissal from 24:10-24:26.