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Are you tempted to answer, "It all depends" or "In certain cases .

Physical healing in Christian Science results from a powerful rebellion against sickness and suffering. It demonstrates that good, not evil, governs man.

When Christ Jesus declared, "Before Abraham was, I am," John 8:58; he underlined one of the most important themes of his ministry. Jesus knew more about the meaning, purpose, and origin of true existence than anyone else.

Each one of us, as a child of God, is irreplaceable in his or her expression of the infinite qualities of the creator. Each reflects and expresses God as no one else can.

Regardless of religious or philosophical background or views, regardless of race, color, social or economic status, or political views, no one is excluded from attending Christian Science services. When announcements are read on Sunday morning, there is usually a cordial invitation extended to all to attend the Church of Christ, Scientist, and to visit and make use of Christian Science Reading Rooms for quiet study of the Word of Truth.

Sensitive readers of the Old Testament may be disturbed by the long descriptions of the wars waged in the land of Canaan and the brutality displayed by the Israelites against their adversaries. "How could God ever command this?" the earnest thinker asks.

Home is not really a comfortable apartment, a shack, a room in a ghetto, a mansion, or a few feet of space on the sidewalk. It isn't a material structure or place or environment at all, nor is it made up of personal relationships.

In the Bible story of Abraham and Isaac, Abraham lays his own son on an altar as a human sacrifice. See Gen.

Have you been praying for a healing? Take courage. "Why?" we may ask, if healing seems delayed.

There is great concern today about the evil influences besetting humanity. Some evils are so cloaked in clever rhetoric that it takes special skill even to identify them and separate convincingly what is corrosive to society from what is beneficial.