Harlan Spurgeon was from the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. The service begins with organ music (0:00-3:46). An announcement is made for a speaker the next day (3:47-4:06). Prayer concerns are shared with the congregation and there is a moment of prayer (4:07-7:01). Harlan Spurgeon is introduced as the chapel speaker (7:02-8:20). The choir sings an anthem (8:21-12:09). Spurgeon shares encouragement about world missions (12:10-13:50). Spurgeon speaks about being pleasing and acceptable to God, making note of man’s pitfalls (13:51-15:41). He shares a story about a woman in China to illustrate that one can live a life of good works without being acceptable to God (15:42-17:58). Spurgeon shares several stories from his acquaintances to illustrate that one must lay down his life for others as Jesus did (17:59-28:23). Spurgeon closes the service in a word of prayer (28:24-29:16).
Helen Gray Crotwell was pastor of Wake Forest Methodist Church. The service begins with organ music and a song of worship (00:00-06:50). The audience is led in additional songs of worship with spoken prayers (06:51-09:42). Helen Gray Crotwell is introduced as the chapel speaker, the speaker reads the Old Testament lesson from Genesis and the New Testament lesson from Matthew, and she gives a word of prayer (09:43-15:46). Crotwell speaks about Joseph, Mary, and Jesus going to Egypt to escape Herod, and she describes the season of seminary as a time in Egypt to prepare for ministry (15:47-27:05). The service ends with a word of prayer (27:06-27:53).
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).
John W. Tresch, Jr. was Professor of Evangelism. The service begins with organ music (00:00-02:50). The speaker reads Matthew 16:13-20, and she gives a word of prayer (02:51-04:20). The choir sings a song of worship (04:21-08:10). Tresch delivers a sermon on the unfortunate state of the church, and he believes the church need to regain its hope in Christ (08:11-26:49). Tresch ends the service with a word of prayer (26:50-27:32).
John I. Durham was Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament at Southeastern Seminary. The service begins with a song from the choir and organ music (0:00-7:15). There is a call to worship (7:16-7:48). The choir sings a song of worship (7:49-9:49). There are Scripture readings from Psalms 148 and Philippians 2 (9:50-13:19). There is a moment of prayer (13:20-16:01). Durham speaks about the four pillars of worship to God (16:02-18:38). He names the first as the object of one’s worship, which should be God (18:38-20:35). He names the second as the offering of one’s worship of honest praise and prayer (20:36-24:26). Durham names the third as the fellowship of one’s worship, the ones with whom believers worship (24:27-26:30). He names the fourth as the places of one’s worship (26:31-29:50). The service concludes in prayer (29:51-30:24).
Dr. Taylor Clarence Smith was the Visiting Professor of New Testament at Southeastern Seminary. The service begins with organ music (0:00-5:55). Prayer concerns are shared with the congregation and there is a moment of prayer (5:56-9:58). Smith reads Scripture from Matthew 1 (9:59-12:00). Smith speaks of the “portable” sayings of Jesus, meaning one can carry them in their minds and can pull them out to say them from memory, but he argues that they are often stripped to have a shallow meaning (12:01-13:57). Smith argues that Christians are to judge and are not to judge, clarifying that without judging one cannot know right and wrong but that one cannot judge if he is obstructed by sin (13:58-31:32). Smith closes the service with a word of prayer (31:33-32:01).
Andy Loving was Director of Organization for Seeds Magazine. The service begins with a word of prayer (00:00-00:50). The speaker gives some campus event announcements, and Andy Loving is introduced as the chapel speaker (00:51-04:37). The choir sings a song of worship (04:38-08:37). Loving begins his sermon by telling a story about his mom calling him when he was a child and how it relates to us hearing the call of God to obey his commands to care for the poor (08:38-12:45). Loving believes that care for the poor is a non-negotiable issue, and he appeals to the biblical prophets and Jesus’ words from the gospels to make this case (12:46-20:26). Loving gives the statistics of world hunger and Southern Baptists’ part in the case to end it, and he ask the audience to biblically respond by building structures in the church to help the hungry and act in small ways persistently (20:27-27:28). Loving concludes his sermon with a word of prayer (27:29-28:17).
William Bishop was the Director of the Teaching Training Ministries of the South Carolina Baptist General Board. The service begins with a word of prayer (00:00-01:38). William Bishop is introduced as the chapel speaker (01:39-02:56). The choir sings a song of worship (02:57-06:10). Bishop begins with a story about one of his professors at Furman University (06:11-10:08). Bishop reads from Matthew 28:19-20, and he gives the main points of the Great Commission and their application for Sunday school ministry in the local church (10:09-28:52). Bishop ends the service with a word of prayer (28:53-29:21).
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).
