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).
Herschel H. Hobbs was pastor emeritus of the First Baptist Church of Oklahoma City and former president of the Southern Baptist Convention. This message was part of the Conference on Biblical Authority. The conference begins with President Randall Lolley sharing a story about Donald Myers reviving his friends Herschel Hobbs after a car wreck (0:00:00-0:01:18). Donald Myers gives a word of prayer (0:01:19-0:03:02). Lolley gives a responsive reading, and he introduces Herschel Hobbs as the conference speaker (0:03:03-0:09:52). The audience sings a song of worship (0:09:53-0:14:40). Hobbs begins his message by thanking the seminary for giving him the opportunity to speak, and he mentions a few speaking engagements he plans to attend in the next few weeks (0:14:41-0:16:25). He gives the details about the car cash story that President Lolley shared, and he shares a few jokes about the Texas A&M Aggies (0:16:26-0:28:08). Hobbs speaks on the authority of the Bible and how its uniqueness makes it authoritative (02:28:09-0:38:51). He then speaks about science and history, and he states that the Bible does not err in either of these areas (0:38:52-0:56:39). He concludes his message by speaking on the spiritual message of the Bible, specifically its centrality on Christ (0:56:40-1:14:26). Hobbs ends the conference with a word of prayer (1:14:27-1:15:14).
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).
James Earl Massey was a pastor in Wytheville, Virginia. The service begins with a moment of prayer (0:00-1:00). James “Jim” Massey is introduced as the chapel speaker (1:01-4:20). There is a Scripture reading from II Corinthians 6 and a moment of prayer (4:21-8:35). The choir sings a song of worship (8:36-10:50). Massey speaks of his position in ministry and the view he has of the church and ministerial work (10:51-12:41). Massey speaks of three things he encourages the congregation to think about, the first being that ministry is in the real world (12:42-15:55). The second thing he encourages people to think about is that a minister needs clarity in his call to minister (15:56-20:30). The third thing he suggests is that people need a clear understanding of their ministry goal (20:31-28:55). Massey concludes his service with a moment of prayer (28:56-29:28).
Louis McBurney was a clinical psychiatrist and leader of the Marble Retreat. The service begins with organ music (00:00-04:45). The speaker gives a word of prayer (04:46-06:07). The speaker gives a biographical description of Theodore F. Adams, and Louis McBurney is introduced as the Adams Lecturer (06:08-15:56). McBurney gives the theme of the lecture, “The Need for Autonomy in Ministry,” and he focus on the tension of the human desire for autonomy and the expectations and demands of the job of ministry. Much of the lecture is a string of points on practical advice for navigating ministry as a pastor (15:57-45:32). The service ends with a word of prayer (45:33-46:08).
