Bible Lens

Complement your study of the weekly Christian Science Quarterly® Bible Lessons with the Bible Lens from the Christian Science Sentinel. This pullout section of the Sentinel provides a helpful mix of information about Bible verses, including history, context, verse translations, and word definitions. Articles and poems are hand-picked to inspire further exploration of the Scriptures -- and to show how others have applied insights from their Bible study.

Adam and Fallen Man

Who told you that you were naked?

Everlasting Punishment

Noah’s family members later repopulate the earth and become ancestors of God’s faithful servant Abram.

Probation After Death

“Many mansions” denotes room for all in God’s kingdom. 

Doctrine of Atonement

Paul urges great patience and gentleness when correcting fellow Christians.

Are Sin, Disease, and Death Real?

Good works result not from our own efforts but from God’s work in us.

Unreality

Christ Jesus equates knowledge of God with immortality:
The Psalmist declares God’s oversight of the isolated and lonely.

Reality

Light is identified with God from the earliest scriptural texts.

Matter

The Commandment to “have no other gods” is embraced by Jew and Christian alike.

Substance

With the advent of Christ Jesus, “children of Abraham” was applied to all followers of his teachings.

Man

In the Hebrew Bible, God’s will represented protection and guidance for His chosen people.

Christ Jesus

The Gospel of Matthew defines God’s realm as purely spiritual.