It couldn’t get a whole lot worse. For the “crime” of practicing Christian healing in accordance with the teachings of Christ Jesus, and in the presence of a violent mob, they’d been arrested, beaten, and thrown into an inner dungeon, where their feet were locked into stocks. These weren’t characters in a fictional adventure story. Paul and Silas, the two early Christians going through this extreme experience, were real people.  The Bible reports that their response was to pr

by Isaac Ayozie As a journalist in Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria, I spent several months filing stories for a news organization based in Lagos, the former capital.  Eventually, however, I lost my job due to a reorganization in the company. Of course, the situation gave rise to loss of income.  One thing led to another, and I was compelled to return to my home state of Imo  I was brokenhearted over the job loss. Shortly after, well-meaning suggestions poured in about ho

by Kate Mullane Robertson The Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, may not have been an institutionally educated scholar of...

Three times daily, the church bells can be heard ringing throughout the city.  Two children wanted to see them, so their mother dutifully took them to what would become a city landmark--The Christian Science Mother Church in Boston's Back Bay. When the children--a boy and a girl--arrived at the Church, they were surprised to learn the bells were located atop the Church's massive dome--in a small, circular structure, known as the lantern.  Undaunted, they wanted to see the be

by Mary Baker Eddy Who is thine enemy that thou shouldst love him? Is it a creature or a thing outside thine own creation?         Can...

by Mary Baker Eddy "There is immense wisdom in the old proverb, “He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty.” Hannah More* said,...

from "The New Testament: A Student's Introduction" by Stephen L. Harris (note: the editing is mine -- Rich). John's gospel was popular...

The one disciple who understood Jesus’s message with the greatest clarity was John, “The Beloved Disciple.” This is the very John who...

Who was Jesus? All Christian faiths look to him as their Lord and Savior. In the first century, he was given the title of Messiah, which...

I first learned how to pray—and the value of humility—in Christian Science Sunday School. Once, when I was seven or eight years old, I...

The Bible was the book most quoted at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. Indeed, the very ideals that exalted the Declaration of...

It was not a good time to be a prophet in Judea. The tiny nation-state had been occupied for the past 300 years, and the latest occupiers...

If you belong to any one of a number of the protestant religions, you owe a debt of gratitude to Martin Luther. It was he who launched...

by Lynne Blundensen A group of women from Seattle, has been publishing a newsletter about women and religion for several years.  For the...

American educators are scratching their heads over how to get screen-seduced students to read books (the paper kind).  According to the...

"God makes happy those who know that they need Him.  The kingdom of heaven is for them" (Mathew 5:3 -- Worldwide English Version). What...

By far the most popular English Bible of all time, the King James translation was authorized by James I, son of Mary, Queen of Scots, who...

(This is the second book of Robert Peel's three-volume biography of Mary Baker Eddy). A life-long Bible reader, reared in Calvinist...

There are three things you need to know about the early life of Mary Baker Eddy. First, from young childhood she refused to accept the...

Among Genesis's innumerable meanings is a theory about how truth is gained.  Starting with the famous opening "In the beginning," the...