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There is a quite well-known Biblical theme that identifies divine power as the "right hand of the Lord. " In Exodus we read, for example, "Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power.

Who doesn't love to be inspired! Genuine inspiration is like a deep-drawn breath; it feeds the hungering heart, nourishes the intellect, and satisfies and uplifts both mind and body. It is actually an evidence of spiritual power, the might of divine good, which is capable of transforming one's view from darkness to light, bringing out peace, productivity, and healing in present experience.

Coming into my town from the north is a little-used road that winds steeply down the mountain. As it leaves the national forest it straightens and then slopes past the outlying homes.

Modern communications are shrinking and informing our world. It's a significant development, affecting the way we think and how we relate.

A little boy I know has a large and wonderful sense of God. He had his first visit to a Christian Science Sunday School when he was three.

Before I started studying Christian Science, I often questioned the supposed logic of the belief that God, who is good, can create or allow suffering. I couldn't accept the concept that God is a mystery or that suffering is part of His plan for us.

Up to now I have assimilated much information about the truth, thanks to my study of Science and Health. My life has been improved and transformed.

Sin and evil are never necessary. In contrast to the traditional theological view that humanity is descended from Adam, born with the taint of so-called original sin, Christian Science teaches that each of us is actually God's idea, not Adam's kin.

Power belongs to God alone. It does not belong to evil, not ever.

Do we have to consent to the theory that all the evils of the world are due to the sins of Adam and Eve, to their disobedience to God and the curse inflicted on them? No, we don't! If the Biblical allegory of Adam and Eve were a true account of creation, it would mean that all of us originated in dust, or matter, and we could not escape being in subjection to the so-called laws of the material world—sin, sickness, and ultimate death. Yet the Bible says, "As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.