Garland Alford Hendricks was Visiting Professor of Church-Community Development. Hendricks begins his sermon by speaking about the future of ministry in a chaotic world (00:00-05:40). Hendricks walks through the four protection plans offered by the Annuity Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, and he shares his personal stories of how the Annuity Board has been a help to him in his retirement years (05:41-20:12). Hendricks concludes his sermon by urging the audience to take advantage of the Annuity Board plans early in their life of ministry (20:13-22:43). Hendricks ends the service with a word of prayer (22:44-23:32).
George W. Braswell, Jr. was Professor of Missions and World Religions. The service begins with a responsive reading from Isaiah 6 and a word of prayer (00:00-02:36). The choir sings a song of worship (02:37-07:05). Braswell speaks briefly about the growing movement of Southern Baptists’ involvement in church planting, and he introduces Rick Hayes & Robert Jordan, students who worked at church plants in Durham and Wilmington, NC (07:06-11:20). Hayes reads from Matthew 16:13-16, and he speaks about the growth and learning he undertook working in a church plant over the summer (11:21-17:20). Jordan speaks about his experience of undertaking the praxis of the Christian faith, and he described his time as valuable and rewarding (17:21-23:48). The service ends with a word of prayer (23:49-25:50).
This message was part of the Conference on Biblical Authority. Donald E. Cook was Professor of New Testament. The conference opens with a prayer (00:00-00:36). The speaker has the audience read from Philippians 2:5-11, and Donald E. Cook is introduced as the conference speaker (00:37-04:56). The choir leads in a song of worship (04:57-09:03). Cook begins his lecture with three statements on the nature of his lecture (09:04-14:29). Cook speaks on biblical authority, and he states the importance of knowing that the Bible is both the words of men with an historical context and the word of God (14:30-35:55). He concludes his lecture with seven applications steps for interpreting the Scriptures, and he shares one of his own experiences with biblical interpretation (35:56-44:46). Cook ends the conference with a prayer (44:47-46:34).
Thomas Albert Bland was Professor of Christian Ethics and Sociology. The service begins with a liturgical reading, and the choir sings a song of worship (00:00-01:33). The speaker gives a word of prayer, and he reads Matthew 10:34-39 (01:34-04:53). The choir sings a song of worship (04:54-06:50). Bland sermon is about Christ as the one who comes to disturb our lives and uses the story of the grand inquisitor from The Brothers Karamazov as the illustration (06:51-24:27). Bland ends the service with a word of prayer (24:28-25:24).
The service begins with a skit about Moses speaking to God at the burning bush (00:00-01:10). An international student gives a word of prayer (01:11-02:16). A speaker invites the audience into a litany of thanksgiving (02:17-03:36). Mark 8:27-38 is publicly read, and a student gives her commentary on the passage (03:37-09:26). A student gives his personal thought about taking up his cross (09:27-15:13). A speaker invites the audience into a litany of confession (15:14-18:08). The service ends with a benediction (18:09-18:49).