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...
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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...
Enduring to the End – Sunday, May 25, 1980
To endure to the end. . . that is the charge given us throughout the Scriptures. As we pause to honor those who have already...
The Law of Causes and Consequences – Sunday, May 18, 1980
Robert Ingersoll wrote, “In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments—there are consequences."1 One of the best known of nature's consequences is the law of...