Music & the Spoken Word Library

Kiss It Better – Sunday, May 11, 1980

A toddler awoke in the middle of the night crying for his mother and screaming in pain with an earache. She rushed to him, scooped...

The Enemy is Fear – Sunday, May 04, 1980

Here in the United States, we have grown increasingly concerned about the health of our economic system. Indeed, the eroding effects of inflation seem to...

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...