Editorials

When you read through the writings of Mary Baker Eddy, there is no encouragement to believe that Christian faith or living or strength can be measured by simply numbering the people inside a building on Sunday morning or on a membership list. On the other hand, you'll find evidence that Mrs.

It is hard to have something happen that hurts and to be caught unprepared. Many have had this type of experience.

A review of a current book relates a thoughtful comment made by pioneer news commentator Edward R. Murrow, who said of broadcasting: "It can become a powerful force for mutual understanding between nations.

As of this month's Journal , the twenty-first century is just fourteen years away. In terms of world history that's only the blink of an eye.

Some have thought that the Christian call to peacemaking is perhaps little more than an idealistic noninvolvement in the actual events of our world—a kind of spiritual naivete. But clearly nothing could be further from the truth.

Judas had the world's weapons. Jesus had not one of them, and chose not the world's means of defence.

The angel Gabriel brought to Mary a highly unconventional message. But Mary responded and received it.

We're entering a season of remembering. Veterans Day, Remembrance Day, Thanksgiving, the Christmas holidays, and the retrospection attending a New Year hint at how much memories mean to us.

Genuine theology must be known by its beneficial effects. True theologians, therefore, could be said to be known by their works.

If Thomas Edison were to walk into the typical kitchen or living room of a middle-income home today, he would see an extraordinary assemblage of mechanical and electrical wonders. Even the famous inventor would surely marvel at the impact made on people's day-to-day lives by the tremendous advances in technology since 1880 when the incandescent light bulb first became available commercially.