Breaking the mocking habit

Breaking the mocking habit

Breaking the mocking habit

By Louise White - San Diego, California

From the July 9, 2012 issue of the Christian Science Sentinel

 

My children and I used to spend a short time each morning reading together a section from the Christian Science Bible Lesson.

One week the children were deeply touched by the courage Jesus showed through his trial before Pilate. The Bible tells of the soldiers mocking Jesus: “When they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!” (Matthew 27:29).

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Overcoming Hatred with Love

By William Milford Correll

From the May 18, 1968 issue of the Christian Science Sentinel

One of the most urgent problems of the present day is the overcoming of hatred with love. This problem ranges from the broadest international context to the most intimate human relationship. No one is exempt from this necessity. It has much to do with our experiencing health and harmony, and it is pertinent both to individual and nation.

 

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Love's triumph over hate

By Naomi Price

From the September 1979 issue of The Christian Science Journal

One of mankind's worst enemies is hatred. It may be discomforting to be hated, but it's injurious to do the hating. One who hates, harboring intense animosity against another, sometimes feels the bad effects physically in tension and other unhealthy stimulation of the body. These symptoms should warn him of the danger he is courting by hating.

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