Robert Lee Richardson was Professor of Supervised Ministry. The service begins with organ music (00:00-04:30). Richardson gives a word of prayer (04:31-06:02). Richardson gives an announcement about an Ethiopian relief offering, and he delivers the Scripture Reading from Isaiah 8:16-9:7 (06:03-10:28). Richardson preaches about the reality of darkness that affects humanity, and he concludes with Isaiah’s words that those who walk in darkness have seen a great light (10:29-24:39). The service ends with a benediction (24:40-24:55).
Bob Wallace was a graduate of Southeastern and pastor at Grant’s Creek Baptist Church in Maysville, North Carolina. Chapel begins with prayer (0:00-1:40). The speaker, Bob Wallace, is introduced (1:40-4:23). The choir leads in the song “They Crucified My Lord” (4:23-9:40). Mr. Wallace states that John 3: 3 is a focus of Baptist life and focuses his message on what the new life in Christ looks like (9:40-14:44). He tells an illustrative story, the story of Zacchaeus, and shares his own experience of conversion to explain his point (14:44-28:54). Mrs. Wallace closes with a benediction (28:54-29:30).
Chris Loftis was a Master of Divinity student. The service begins with organ music (00:00-03:57). Loftis delivers the Scripture reading, and he gives a word of prayer (03:58-06:05). Loftis sings two songs on his guitar (06:06-12:43). Loftis gives a sermon on the need for and importance of ending world hunger (12:44-28:41). After the sermon, he strums his guitar, sings a few lines of songs, and he continues to speak on how to contribute to stopping world hunger (28:42-38:23). Loftis ends the service with a word of prayer (38:24-39:55).
George W. Braswell, Jr. was Professor of Missions and World Religions. The service begins with a word of prayer (00:00-01:15). George W. Braswell, Jr. is introduced as the faculty lecturer (01:16-02:55). The choir sings a song of worship (02:56-07:02). Braswell begins his lecture by giving a summary of his topic about Islam in Iran (07:03-10:05). Braswell spends the majority of the first half of his lecture speaking about the checkered history of Christian-Muslim interactions, and he gives a list of perceptions Iranian Muslims have of American Christians (10:06-28:44). Braswell speaks about the future of Christian-Muslim relations in the second part of his lecture, and he discusses the political and religious changes taking place in the Middle East and the growing Muslim community in the United States (28:45-44:00). Braswell ends the service with a word of prayer (44:01-44:33).
William Randall Lolley was the 3rd president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. The service begins with Lolley with some sad news about the death of a loved one from the seminary community (00:00-01:48). The Gospel Voices of Wake Forest sing a song of worship (01:49-08:27). The speaker delivers a gospel reading from Matthew 16:1-4, and he gives a word of prayer (08:28-13:35). The Gospel Voices of Wake Forest sing another song of worship, and they thank Lolley for the invitation to perform in chapel (13:36-21:01). Lolley’s sermon is about signs from God with his passage being Matthew 16:1-4, and he uses a great amount of nature and seasonal imagery to say that God has been faithful to give human signs that point to his grace and redeeming work. Humans just need to be attentive to the one’s he has given (21:02-39:27).
William Randall Lolley was the 3rd president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Lolley opens the service by speaking on Article 18 of the Abstract of Principles, “The Liberty of Conscience,” and he gives a word of prayer (00:00-05:24). Lolley speaks on 1 Timothy 3:17 as the seminary’s mission statement or “tav,” and he argues that the seminary’s purpose is to train men and women to be what God has called them to be (05:25-21:16). He ends the sermon by giving a welcome to the students and faculty as they enter the second summer term (21:17-26:07). Lolley ends the service with a prayer (26:08-26:37).