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LOVE AND LIGHT

ADIN E. BALLOU

Perhaps no part of the message of Christian Science is more misunderstood than is its teaching concerning the unreality of evil.
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PROGRESS WITHOUT SUFFERING

VIOLET KER SEYMER

Assuming that a Christian Scientist has reached the point where he daily strives after reformation and complete redemption from sin, granted that he is willing to make every sacrifice for holiness, and to subordinate every lesser desire to the supreme one of working out his salvation, should this warfare seem to be grievous and discouraging?

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

From Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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THANKFULNESS

A. B. FICHTER

The expressions of gratitude so frequently heard at our testimonial meetings are perhaps, for outsiders, the most unusual part of the Christian Science services.

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RESISTING EVIL

CLARENCE W. CHADWICK

A subtle argument which often presents itself to the Christian Scientist is to the effect that it is best not to resist certain phases of evil for fear of resorting to human will-power.
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FROM OUR EXCHANGES

with contributions from Robert Stuart MacArthur

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Christian Science is founded on the understanding of...

Olcott Haskell

Christian Science is founded on the understanding of Truth, and teaches strict adherence to the spirit of the Mosaic Decalogue and to the teachings of Jesus.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on a spiritual approach to healthcare.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

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MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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The suggestion conveyed is that Christian Scientists are...

Willard S. Mattox

The suggestion conveyed is that Christian Scientists are unsympathetic with those who suffer, and that they are fanatical and dogmatic in preaching the doctrine of Christian Science to others, and arbitrary in insisting upon its practice by those around them.
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In these tolerant days with so many varying religious...

In these tolerant days with so many varying religious beliefs, it is not an easy matter in any progressive state to get a law on the statute-books that seems in any way to trench on any of them.
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A discovery cannot be considered apart from the discoverer,...

Algernon Hervey-Bathurst

A discovery cannot be considered apart from the discoverer, but Mrs.
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Christian Science teaches that pain is a mental effect, and...

Frederick Dixon

Christian Science teaches that pain is a mental effect, and in doing this it follows the long line of idealist thinkers, who have upheld the theory stated by Huxley in the words that "nothing exists beyond the facts of consciousness and the substance of mind.
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It is to be regretted that some members of the medical...

M. S. Bruen

It is to be regretted that some members of the medical profession should allow themselves to believe that any Christian system which aims at—and accomplishes—the lessening of disease in this country, is an enemy.
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It is not pleasant to think that one professing to be a...

Charles K. Skinner

It is not pleasant to think that one professing to be a follower of the Master would wilfully distort and misrepresent the teachings of other professing Christians.