Donald E. Cook was Professor of New Testament. The service begins with organ music (00:00-05:39). President Randall Lolley gives a word of prayer (05:40-07:50). The audience is led in the first song of worship, and the choir sings the second song of worship (07:51-13:27). Lolley welcomes the guests and new students (13:28-14:30). Dean Morris Ashcraft presents the Middler Award in Systematic Theology to second year student Philip B. Belcher (14:31-16:29). Lolley reads the list of visiting and adjunctive faculty, and Donald E. Cook is introduced as the Convocation speaker (16:30-18:36). Cook’s presents a paper called “Jesus Call of his Discipleship: A Marcan View,” and he says the centrality of being a disciple of Jesus Christ is for one to take up their cross and follow him (18:37-42:37). The audience is led in a song of worship (42:38-46:51). The service ends with a benediction (46:52-47:23).
B. Elmo Scoggin was Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament. The service begins with a word of prayer (00:00-01:46). B. Elmo Scoggin is introduced as the Faculty Lecturer (01:47-05:55). Scoggin begins his lecture by tracing the history of the people of Israel from the call of Abraham to the creation of the modern Israeli state in the 1948 (05:56-20:35). He argues that idea of an Arab Palestinian state is a part of a big political lie based on an antisemitic bias, and he believes that the truth is the Arab states have a united hatred of Israel and an interest in destroying the sovereign state (20:36-35:57). Scoggin concludes with the question of how we can account to God if we allow Israel to be wiped out, and he argues that our own self-preservation is at stake if we tolerate antisemitism (35:58-53:10). The service ends with a benediction (53:11-54:31).
Ted and Frances York were Missionaries to Ivory Coast with the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. The service begins with a Scripture reading and a moment of prayer (0:00-2:55). Ted York is introduced as the chapel speaker (2:56-4:05). York reads from Genesis 7 (4:06-5:52). York discusses how Abram obeyed God and received promises, so all Christians should obey God to receive blessings (5:53-6:44). The promises York names are that God would make Abram the father of a great nation, that He would bless Abram and make his name famous, that his descendants would be the ones to take possession of the land of Canaan, and that Abram would be a blessing to others (6:45-18:53). The service closes with a benediction (18:54-19:27).
This chapel service is facilitated by international students at Southeastern Seminary. The service begins with the explanation for a Nigerian marriage song (0:00-0:46). A welcome is extended to the guests of the service, and the international service is explained (0:47-1:58). There is a moment of prayer (1:59-3:22). There is presumably a Scripture reading in another language (3:23-4:37). There is a song of worship (4:38-7:42). There is a meditation presenting in Japanese, then translated into English, speaking about the work of Jesus in one’s life (7:43-18:01). A word of thanks is shared in the speaker’s own language, then in English (18:02-20:30). He then prays in his native tongue (20:31-21:28).
Charles Emerson Boddie was President Emeritus of the American Baptist Theological Seminary. The service begins with a Scripture reading by C. Michael Hawn and a word of prayer (00:00-02:13). Charles Emerson Boddie is introduced as the chapel speaker, and 1 Timothy 6:12-14 is publicly read (02:14-07:00). Boddie begins his sermon by reading 1 Timothy 6:12-14, but most of his sermon focuses on a benediction written by Clarence Jordan with a charge to be motivated in following Christ and his gospel (07:01-24:18). Boddie ends the service with a word of prayer (24:19-25:05).
Brenda Kneece was student of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. The service begins with a word of prayer and a responsive reading from 1 Corinthians 13 (00:00-03:14). The choir sings a song of worship (03:15-06:22). Kneece sermon is about calling, and she describes calling as God loving and using ordinary people to love and do extraordinary ministry (03:15-18:36).
Dr. C. Welton Gaddy was a PhD graduate from Southern Seminary and was the campus minister at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. The service begins with piano music (0:00-3:00). There is a word of prayer (3:01-4:00). Thanks are given to those who have attended and supported the chapel services for the year (4:01-4:52). Welton Gaddy is introduced as the chapel speaker (4:53-6:04). The choir sings an anthem (6:05-9:14). Gaddy speaks of the reasons Zacchaeus was up a tree, both figuratively and literally (9:15-11:30). He uses Zacchaeus’s action to illustrate how in the present faith is becoming reason and routine, leading to a “passivity which breeds mediocrity” (11:31-13:05). Gaddy speaks of the word “hallelujah” being “ecstatic, unrestricted praise” and shares that one must not hold anything back in worshipping Jesus even if people worship in different ways (13:06-21:16). Gaddy argues, using the idea that if Zacchaeus would have held back his abandon, he may not have experienced Jesus, to show that all believers should not hold anything back lest they miss experiencing Jesus (21:17-26:29). Gaddy closes the service in a word of prayer (26:30-26:56).
Elizabeth B. Barnes was Assistant Professor of Theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. The service begins with organ music (0:00-3:42). There is a moment of prayer (3:43-5:29). Elizabeth Barnes is introduced as the chapel speaker (5:30-9:54). Barnes reads a passage of Scripture from Matthew and a poetic reflection (9:55-11:10). Barnes speaks about a murder which opened the eyes of many to political injustice (11:11-13:25). Barnes wonders why Southern Baptists are not aware of, or not meeting the needs of, people in severe poverty and discrimination, naming the core problem as the church’s lack of seeing the meeting of such needs as part of the gospel (13:26-16:14). She speaks of the tension in the Southern Baptist community about church doctrine (16:15-18:08). She shares her thesis, discussing how Lumberton First Baptist Church and the Southern Baptist Convention specifically failed to see the conditions of poverty and discrimination (18:09-35:35). Barnes speaks about the application of the theology she has been discussing (35:34-52:25). The service concludes with a moment of prayer (52:26-53:18).
The Associate of Divinity class conducts this chapel service. The service begins with the choir singing a song of worship (0:00-0:56). Prayer concerns are shared and there is a moment of prayer (0:57-4:39). There is a Scripture reading from Luke 9 (4:40-5:54). Randy Allison is introduced as the chapel speaker (5:55-7:27). Allison rhetorically asks if anyone has ever felt unfit for the kingdom of God (7:28-9:43). He speaks about how one must remain “fit” in the faith, just like one should remain physically fit (9:44-11:02). Allison remarks that one causes heartache for himself and frustration for God when one insists on his own way (11:03-23:45). Allison states there is a precious blessedness to see our own weakness before God (23:46-29:41).
