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Doubt is an element of most delayed healing. The doubt may be about God: "Can He heal me? Is He willing to heal me?" Or the doubt may be more personal: "Do I have enough faith to be healed? Do I know enough?" Left to feed on itself, doubt may take on a life of its own and look like a mountainous obstacle to healing.

Every Christian Science healing is an instance of spiritual progression. More than a change in a physical condition or an improvement in human experience, it represents a yielding of thought to God.

Can you imagine a more hopeless, despairing scene than that which faced the disciples at Christ Jesus' crucifixion? Their Teacher and Master, invincible in every conceivable human situation, was now hanging, apparently helpless, on the cross. He had told them that he was "the light of the world," but now darkness covered everything.

Whether at a shopping mall, on a college campus, or in the foyer of a church, a bulletin board is a great place for people to share information. You can learn a lot about an active community from reading local bulletin boards.

The Church's worldwide publishing activities The Christian Science Monitor An international newspaper established in 1908 by Mary Baker Eddy. "The object of the Monitor ," she stated, "is to injure no man, but to bless all mankind.

I was a student in college when I learned of Christian Science, and there were many challenging theological concepts I was considering for the first time. Yet one of the things that I found most appealing was the essential practicality of its teachings.

He arrived from the "Children's Room" and trotted down the aisle to take a seat with his family, just as we finished singing the second hymn. As soon as the First Reader invited the congregation to testify, he was on his feet.

Many of us have heard sermons—at church, on the radio or television, or in some other context. At their best they inspire us to try to lead better lives or to follow Christ Jesus.

Few things are more humbling or demanding than a young family's finding their plans and expectations must be adapted to the challenges of life with a child who has severe physical or mental disabilities. Sometimes extraordinary expressions of patience and love become a daily standard, and there is progress where it was not predicted.

When I first looked seriously into the teachings of Christian Science and began to apply them in my life, I had some unforgettable experiences. For me, the deepest impression was left when I felt severe angina disappear while I was praying.