David R. Beck was Professor of New Testament and Greek. The service begins with President Paige Patterson introducing David R. Beck as the chapel speaker (00:00-02:07). Beck begins his sermon with a few jokes about being called last minute to preach, and he reads Ephesians 6:10-20 (02:08-06:32). Beck reads a passage from C.S. Lewis’ “The Screwtape Letters,” and he states that living a Christian life is a spiritual battle (06:33-10:04). Beck first point is God has already won the victory over the adversary, and the adversary is Satan, not flesh and blood (10:05-15:35). His second point is that God calls us to stand firm in the spiritual battle (15:36-19:04). Beck walks through the armor presented by Paul in Ephesians 6, and he points out that prayer is the most important part staying strong under spiritual warfare (19:05-36:30). Patterson thanks Beck for delivering his message, and he ends the service with a word of prayer (36:31-38:43).
The audio was transferred from audio cassette. The service begins with prayer, announcements, and an introduction to the speaker, Jerry Sutton. This takes place from 0:00-2:34. Rev. Sutton preaches from 2:35-16:49. Sutton talks about how God is looking for better men in the ministry. Sutton notes that Jesus is the supreme role model for what a minister should look like. Fuller shares that God prepares a man before He uses a man and that the students of SEBTS should be maximizing the most of their potential and opportunities at seminary while they still can. He closes his sermon by reminding the students to be dependent on God for power. Sutton's source text was Luke 2:52. A closing benediction is done from 16:51-19:09.