J. Ralph Noonkester was the President of William Carey College. The service begins with organ music (00:00-03:11). The speaker leads the audience in a responsive reading, and he gives a word of prayer (03:12-04:40). J. Ralph Noonkester is introduced as the chapel speaker (04:41-06:41). The choir sings the anthem (06:42-09:59). Noonkester begins his sermon by speaking about how so many of his former classmates and professor have ended up becoming part of the faculty and staff of Southeastern (10:00-12:24). Noonkester titles his sermon “Old Wine in New Skins,” and he speaks about the importance of Christian collegiate education for missions to the marginalized and the training of the laymen (12:25-42:01). The service ends with a benediction (42:02-42:40).
Carl Johnson was pastor of Ridge Road Baptist Church in Raleigh, NC. The service begins with organ music (00:00-01:35). The speaker gives a word of prayer, and he introduces the hymn (01:36-02:23). The speaker gives another word of prayer (02:24-04:43). Carl Johnson is introduced as the chapel speaker (04:44-06:30). The choir sings a song of worship (06:31-08:55). Johnson begins his sermon by reading John 7:1-18, and he gives a word of prayer (08:56-12:43). Johnson’s sermon is about Jesus’ way of evangelism in the Gospel of John, and he states that the patterns of modern evangelism are foreign to how Jesus did his ministry (12:44-32:53). Johnson ends the service with a word of prayer (32:54-34:06).
Audio quality is poor. Julius Carroll Trotter was Professor of Preaching and Speech. The service begins with organ music (00:00-05:23). The speaker reads from John 5, and he gives a word of prayer (05:24-08:22). The choir sings a a song of worship (08:23-11:43). Trotter speaks about various passages in the gospel of John, and he says that the main theme of Jesus’ ministry and the most important element of the Christian life is love (11:44-32:21). Trotter ends the service with a benediction (32:22-32:37).
John I. Durham was Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament. The service opens with a word on the former librarian Edwin C. Osborne’s health, and the speaker reads from the Scriptures (00:00-01:27). John I. Durham reads from Genesis 22, and Matthew 9, and he gives a word of prayer (01:28-08:09). The choir sings a song of worship (08:10-12:14). Durham’s speaks about the call of God and the human response, and he argues that the call of God requires immediate obedience and the endpoint of the call is rarely seen (12:15-26:05). Durham ends the service with a benediction (26:06-26:19).
Morris Ashcraft was Professor of Theology and Dean of the Faculty. The service begins with a reading from the New Testament and a word of prayer (00:00-01:51). The choir sings a song of worship (01:52-05:30). Ashcraft begins his sermon with a story about his education journey through college and seminary as a journey of finding truth (05:31-09:18). Ashcraft’s sermon is about truth found only in Christ, and his main point is that truth, faith, and freedom all intersect in the ministry of Christ (09:19-28:11). Ashcraft ends the service with a word of prayer (28:12-28:44).