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The Bible's prayer-shaping powers
We need more than a verse-by-verse grasp of the Bible. We need the rebirth that comes from probing deep into the whole of Scripture.
Scripture is the daily bread of Christian life. All across the globe, there are people of every race, language, and culture who turn to the Bible to hear its powerful, comforting message. For Christian Scientists, too, the Bible is crucial—as crucial to their own spiritual development as it was to that of the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy. A more intimate knowledge of the Bible opens fresh wellsprings of inspiration and healing.
When I was elected Second Reader in my branch Church of Christ, Scientist, I had the opportunity to get a lot closer to my Bible and to strike out across its vast spiritual frontiers to learn more of God's nature. I'd been studying Christian Science a long time and I read the Scriptures thoughtfully, even earnestly. But often it was more out of duty than genuine love. "As a good Christian Scientist, I really should study my Bible more," I'd say to myself.

November 24, 1986 issue
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The Bible: our link to each other
Linda G. Ruthenbeck
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The Bible's prayer-shaping powers
Stephen D. Helmer
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Let us be peacemakers
K. Liselotte Arnold
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On reading the Bible through
Frances L. West
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A refresher course in God's guidance
Mary Allen Postlewaite
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Count blessings, not days
Helen G. Hasler
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Thanksgiving and the forgiveness perspective
Allison W. Phinney, Jr.
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Right questions and right answers
Michael D. Rissler
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In 1979 we moved to a new house
Bazoladio Kanda
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When our three children were small, there were times when I...
Sylva Lee Quackenbush with contributions from Ann Quackenbush Cunningham, Mary M. Brown
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In the Preface to Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy we read...
Katherine B. Cumberland with contributions from Robert B. Christie
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Back and Forth
with contributions from The Editors, Susie Smeyers