The Bible Speaks to You June 27, 1964 Issue

[The above is substantially the text of the program released for broadcast the week of June 19—25 in the radio series, "The Bible Speaks to You." heard internationally over more than 850 stations. This is one of the weekly programs prepared and produced by the Christian Science Committee on Publication, 107 Falmouth Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.]

RADIO PROGRAM No. 116 - Are We Developing Our Talents?

INTERVIEWER: I read something recently which bears directly on the question of talents. It was a comment by Charles F. Moore. Jr., who said: "There's nothing sadder than the boy genius who can't understand why the work that won him raves when he was 20 draws only polite applause now that he's 40. It may be that he has merely used his talent and hasn't developed it. It's great to show promise; it's tragic not to fulfill it" [Reader's Digest, August, 1963].

How can we learn to express our talents fully?

SPEAKER: I feel that we can fully express our talents when we understand two things: what real talents are, and where they come from. One of the great themes of the Bible is that God, or Spirit, is the source of all good. Paul in his first letter to the Corinthians made the statement (12:4), "There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit." It is interesting to note that James Moffatt translates that verse in this way: "There are varieties of talents, but the same Spirit." The point that Paul was conveying is that Spirit is the source of all gifts, or talents.

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