Music & the Spoken Word Library

Fostering Aesthetic Awareness – Sunday, March 10, 1985

For many of us, life is a visit to a large picture gallery—a gallery where most of the paintings are facing the wall. Our senses...

The Workmanship of Mine Hands – Sunday, March 03, 1985

One of life's more youthful and exciting times is the annual renewal of the earth called spring. It's a time when one can have a...

The Power of Praise – Sunday, February 17, 1985

More than a hundred years ago the famous English man of letters, Samuel Johnson, said, “The applause of a single human being is of great...

Facing Problems – Sunday, February 10, 1985

In much of the Northern Hemisphere it is the long, gray season when life seems a little harder for want of sunshine.  We battle flu...

Life is Good – Sunday, February 03, 1985

Often our lives are so full of the bounty of this world that it is easy for us to say, "Life is good." We have...

Being Anonymous – Sunday, January 27, 1985

There are among us those whose names are household words, whose lives and actions are common knowledge to all: movie personalities, sports heroes, politicians and...

Nearer, My God, To Thee – Sunday, January 20, 1985

As we look around, we see people who measure their lives as failures, as drab, as small, and yet are they? In that rhythm of...

By Faith All things Are Possible – Sunday, January 13, 1985

Faith is the key which unlocks the door of success for every human being. We all exercise faith at various times in our lives. It...

The Long Perspective – Sunday, January 06, 1985

The wisdom and glory of the Lord is due in part to His ability to view events from an eternal perspective and judge their consequences...