Music & the Spoken Word Library

The Gift of Prayer – Sunday, July 27, 1980

Prayer has been a reoccurring theme on this program. We've commented about the continual need for prayer, about the strength and confidence it brings into...

Defining the Pioneer Spirit – Sunday, July 20, 1980

There is hardly a community or town from Plymouth Rock to the Western Seaboard which does not owe its existence to pioneers—to brave men and...

The Usefulness of Sadness – Sunday, July 13, 1980

Sadness and melancholy are feelings we would generally avoid if we could, but of course we cannot. Joy and sorrow are mixed and stirred together...

Life’s Impermanence – Sunday, July 06, 1980

One of the great themes of literature has always been life's impermanence. Poets and playwrights have looked at the human condition and marveled that everything...

America—A 1980 Perspective – Sunday, June 29, 1980

To the world's oppressed, America has been for more than two centuries a beacon of freedom in a sea of strife and bondage. To most...

The Importance of Family – Sunday, June 22, 1980

At a recent conference on families, speakers appealed for an America where the home is a place of love and stability . . . a...

The Work of Fathers – Sunday, June 15, 1980

Of what work may a man be most proud?  Should he be proud to be a patriot? Should he be proud to preside over a...

The Role of Suffering – Sunday, June 08, 1980

Of all man's questions regarding human existence, the problem of suffering seems to be one of the most perplexing. For some individuals, pain and suffering...

On Reward and Punishment – Sunday, June 01, 1980

There are those who view life as a preparation for a kind of high and final court, in a literal sense, a supreme court. God...