Ben F. Philbeck was Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament. The service begins with a reading of Scripture and a word of prayer (00:00-01:56). The choir leads in a song of worship (01:57-04:00). Philbeck speaks on the relevance of the commandment against graven images, and he argues that God cannot be reduced to mere human categories (04:01-20:08). Philbeck ends the service with a prayer (20:09-20:41).
Findley Bartow Edge was the Basil Manley Jr. Professor of Christian Education at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. The service begins with a word of prayer (00:00-00:50). Findley Bartow Edge is introduced as the Spring Conference lecturer (00:51-04:25). Edge begins his lecture by speaking about his love for the faculty at Southeastern, and he says that his lecture will be about the complicated subject of “renewal” in the church (04:26-10:13). Edge speaks about the traditionalism of church life in his childhood, and he says that renewal for the church must come through an examination of the church through history (10:14-28:01). Edge identifies seven stages through which renewal movements operate, and they are birth, organizational development, hated sect, toleration & acceptance, popularity, centralization, and institutionalization (28:02-52:31). Edge concludes his lecture with a question about where Southern Baptists are on the continuum of renewal (52:32-54:19). Edge ends the service with a word of prayer (54:20-55:57).
Donald Hustad was the V.V. Cook Professor of Organ at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. The service begins with organ music (00:00-07:24). Donald Hustad is introduced as the chapel speaker (07:25-08:31). Hostad centers his lecture on the revival of historic Christian worship that takes in the transcendent and the intimate, and he walks through a better way to partake of the Lord’s Supper and to walk through the liturgical calendar year (08:32-43:00). Hustad concludes his lecture by reading a hymn written by Thomas A Kempis (43:01-44:45). The service ends with an announcement about a dialogue session with Hustad, and the benediction is read (44:46-46:03).
Samuel Eugene Ballentine was Associate Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament. The service begins with organ music (00:00-04:00). The speaker delivers the Scripture reading, and he gives a word of prayer (04:01-05:45). The speaker reads from Mark 9:10-29 (05:46-08:10). Ballentine uses the story of the healing of the boy with an unclean spirit to preach on the subject of doubt, and he sounds a plea to the audience to have the courage to doubt in a culture where certainty is prized and encouraged (08:11-21:55).
Dwight W. Cumbee was Visiting Professor of Pastoral Care and Director of the Life Enrichment Center in Raleigh, NC. The service begins with announcements (00:00-01:54). There is a time of public confession and prayer (01:55-09:18). The choir leads in a song of worship (09:19-12:44). Various passages of Scripture are publicly read (12:45-17:29). The choir leads in another song of worship (17:30-20:23). The audience is led in a benediction (20:24-20:49).