Music & the Spoken Word Library

Triumphal Entry – Sunday, April 03, 1983

Jerusalem stirred with passion that Sunday before the Passover. Travelers had clustered there bringing sacrificial lambs. Coins clattered in coffers where pigeons were sold and...

What the World Needs Now – Sunday, March 27, 1983

If it's true that wisdom consists of the proper application of knowledge, then it's equally true that knowledge without application is a form of ignorance.

The Uses of Adversity – Sunday, March 20, 1983

"Sweet are the uses of adversity,"1 wrote Shakespeare. That is counsel we might well keep in mind. The adversity and sorrow we go through may...

Faith in God – Sunday, March 13, 1983

Faith is the "...substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."1

The Miracle of the World – Sunday, March 06, 1983

With spring nearly here, we are constantly reminded that one of the joys of this world is its physical beauty: small and beautiful miracles such...

The Man of Experience – Sunday, February 27, 1983

Take a man or a woman, take any individual, and measure his progress. Use whatever yardstick as a measure: skill, aptitude, ability to produce, sensitivity,...

Come – Sunday, February 20, 1983

One of the most frequent words in Christ's vocabulary was a small one—come. The gestures with which we associate Him echo that same idea. Arms...

A Quiet, Sunny Day – Sunday, February 13, 1983

To sit on a grassy hillside bathed in warm sunlight on a quiet, windless day is one of life's simple pleasures. The calm of the...

A Personal Investment Program – Sunday, January 30, 1983

Much had been written lately about financial investment programs. Stocks and bonds, tax shelters, money markets, and savings accounts have all been extolled as methods...