Editorials

The author shares the importance of focusing on good's ever-presence and encourages gratitude "for the whole concept of spiritual healing—in which we deprive evil of any supposed place, presence, and power."

The Christian who ponders statements and actions of Christ Jesus can't help feeling profoundly impressed by the consistency and depth with which he related his life to God. Today we attempt to follow his example in relating to God—we think of God and pray to Him.

The Christian Science textbook contains a pivotal chapter titled "Recapitulation. " It is this chapter of questions and answers in Science and Health that the author, Mary Baker Eddy, informs us comprises a careful revision of her class-book—that earlier manuscript having formed the basis of her class teaching in the first years after her discovery.

The Bible and the writings of Mary Baker Eddy can be studied from many perspectives. If we dig into them with a specific desire to learn how to heal more effectively, we'll find fresh views and clear direction.

Christian Science is a religion of the heart. Its meaning really cannot be grasped just in the head, as a theory.

The author points out that Christ is man's ideal selfhood, and the anti-Christ is ”anything that regards man as less than this ideal.”

How can we define continuity of life? In one way, doesn't it imply uninterrupted activity? It also means permanence and persistence without essential change, extending beyond the mortal, illusory limitations of time and space. That which evidences spiritual continuity is eternal.

In searching for an understanding of our true identity, we soon learn in Christian Science that man is in reality God's reflection. But what does this mean to us? We find the answers richly illumined in Christ Jesus' words and example.

What happened on the Day of Pentecost almost twenty centuries ago is not just a matter of history. Like Christ Jesus' crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension (with which it is sequentially related), the Pentecostal experience has a vital place in our lives today.

People who do not understand divine healing sometimes react with unexpected views when they discover examples of such healing in their community or neighborhood. One family found this out in an interesting way.