Music & the Spoken Word Library

The Footsteps of God – Sunday, April 27, 1980

We have heard the choir herald spring's return, and our thoughts turn once again to the divine origin of this invigorating season. Is there a...

Lessons of Leadership – Sunday, April 20, 1980

"Come follow me," He said. "The final test of a leader," wrote Walter Lippman, "is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction...

The Solo and the Chorus – Sunday, April 13, 1980

"If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world," said Bruce Barton, “it will come through the expression of your own personality—that single...

Martyrs for Truth – Sunday, April 06, 1980

Had we been present when Christ faced Pilate, we could have predicted with certainty the outcome. On the one hand stood Jesus. He was a...

A Time of Transition – Sunday, March 30, 1980

Early in the second decade of life, young people enter the stage of development popularly known as adolescence. The term, itself, seems clumsy. . ....

Prayer Power – Sunday, March 23, 1980

During a winter month in one of this country's northern states, an eleven-year-old boy was playing with his friends when a wall of wet snow...

The Age of Skepticism – Sunday, March 16, 1980

Scholars have come to classify the different periods of mankind's history according to the most prominent human urges of the time. The era which produced...

The Message of Spring – Sunday, March 09, 1980

Yes, awake thou wintry earth. Fling off thy sadness. . . renew thy bright array with fairest blooms of spring. Ah, the sights and sounds...

Adapting – Sunday, March 02, 1980

On the world’s highest mountains there comes a point beyond which no tree can grow.