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Superstition and witchcraft–null and void
God, divine Being, must be all-harmonious in order to have existence and to be eternal. To be harmonious and eternal, God must be composed exclusively of good qualities, such as joy, freedom, intelligence, and wisdom. If Being were made up of both good and evil, harmony and discord, or light and darkness, it would be a kingdom divided against itself that couldn’t stand (see Mark 3:24). Thus, only good qualities comprise Being—and Being expresses its infinite range of good qualities in its creation. Each individual is a unique expression of that infinite gamut of good qualities.
You might think of all-harmonious Being as a wall that goes on forever, stretching up infinitely high and as far in either direction as you can see. The notion of something opposing God supposes that on that infinite wall of good there exists a little pencil dot of something ungodlike. But, of course, that pencil dot isn’t there. If good and evil were both real and at war, the universe would have no moral principle sustaining it. So Being can’t be divided against itself, and nothing can oppose it. The Bible emphasizes that God is infinite, and we prove that infinity by obeying the First Commandment (see Exodus 20:3).
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April 30, 2012 issue
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Letters
Vicki Knickerbocker, Diane Ward, Karen Rippberger, Louise Worsham
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'Written in heaven'
Jeff Ward-Bailey, Staff Editor
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Superstition and witchcraft–null and void
Lyle Young
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Thoughts aligned with God–not the stars
Michelle Nanouche
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Let divine Love lead you
Evan Bryant
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My prayer for the rhinos
Yvonne Prinsloo
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Asking with the heart
Alex Cook
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'Begone, dull care!'
Andrew Wilson
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'There is no spot where God is not.'
Judith Hardy Olson
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'Spiritual armor' at summer camp
Brittany Duke
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Reprinted from The Christian Science Monitor: What's the hurry?
Katherine Stephen
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Stay in Church
Evan Mehlenbacher
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Insight while flying over Iraq
John Kohler
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Silence the serpent
Kathleen Collins
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Of cats and Christianity
Andrea Moon
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Honor everyone
Sentinel staff
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Women in military ministry
Sentinel staff
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Love heals
Ute Keller
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Leg pain quickly healed
Paul Muriuki Ngugi
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Healing of a urinary problem
Nicolas Mupepe Lata
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Breaking the cycle of bullies and victims
The Editors