<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:coverage>United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798</dc:coverage><dc:date>1963/1968</dc:date><dc:description>Interdenominational Theological Center student Willie E. Dicks Jr. delivers two sermons titled Recipe for Meaningful Use of Our Time and Considering Proper Self Discipline for Preaching Professionals. In the sermons, he discusses the role and responsibility of the preacher.</dc:description><dc:description>00:00:05 Audio begins with music., 00:05:59 Willie E. Dicks Jr. talks about people in church not being happy with the progress they are making in their life., 00:08:15 Talks about the result of not having Christ in ones life., 00:17:07 Talks about putting all faith in Jesus and the reason why one should rely on him., 00:19:07 Sermon ends., 00:19:24 Willie E. Dicks Jr. prays., 00:20:19 Introduces the text of Ecclesiastes 3 and provides explanation., 00:24:24 Introduces sermon: Recipe for Meaningful Use of Our Time., 00:24:48 Talks about how many minsters are falling down in the God-given task as change agents., 00:35:47 Talks about some good examples in scripture and Moses., 00:42:26 Sermon ends., 00:42:40 Willie E. Dicks Jr. prays., 00:44:09 Introduces text of 2 Timothy., 00:48:19 Introduces sermon: Considering Proper Self Discipline for Preaching Professionals., 00:58:29 Talks about a young man being called by God to be a preacher., 00:55:59 Talks about how preachers never find time for themselves., 01:00:03 Talks about the need to be always steady and how it allows the preacher to do an effective job., 01:04:18 Talks about reason and need for the preacher to endure suffering., 01:06:55 Talks about the work of an evangelist., 01:07:35 Audio ends.</dc:description><dc:description>The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the National Endowment for Humanities - Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Implementation Project Grant in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of its major archival collections as part of the project: Spreading the Word: Expanding Access to African American Religious Archival Collections at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.</dc:description><dc:format>audio/mpeg</dc:format><dc:rights>http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/</dc:rights><dc:source>Isaac R. Clark Memorial Collection</dc:source><dc:subject>African Americans--Religion</dc:subject><dc:subject>Education--Religion</dc:subject><dc:subject>Theology--Study and teaching</dc:subject><dc:subject>Theological seminaries</dc:subject><dc:subject>Sermons</dc:subject><dc:title>Student Sermons by Willie E. Dicks Jr., circa 1965</dc:title><dc:title>Student sermon: Dicks, Willie E., Jr.</dc:title><dc:type>Sound</dc:type></oai_dc:dc>