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Christian Science Lectures

John Q. Adams, CSB

A member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship

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John’s great joy is healing. Here are his words: “There is nothing that compares to the moment of healing, of realizing God’s actuality, and one’s innocence as His child. Healing directly impacts families, friends, neighbors, and communities.”

John spent his early years in the Midwest being taught in the Christian Science Sunday School with his brother and three sisters. Later, in his teens, he moved to New York City, where he pursued an acting career, studying with Lee Strasberg and Herbert Berghoff.

In his mid twenties, John was healed of a serious drug habit by reading Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy three times cover to cover. His healing was life altering, and since then he has devoted his life to church participation in a full range of commitments, caring for his family, and his continued spiritual development.

John owned a total of nine flower stores in New York City while raising a family of three children with his former wife.

In 1985, he sold the last of his businesses and went into the full-time public practice of Christian Science. John is also a teacher of Christian Science.

He served for six years as a Trustee of Daycroft School in Greenwich, Connecticut.

He has had several articles appear in The Christian Science Journal and Christian Science Sentinel. He also has recorded for “The Truth That Heals” radio series and been interviewed on Sentinel Radio.

Titles

  • Does Christian Science really heal sickness and sin?

    This lecture emphasizes the healing power of practical scientific prayer. It offers four healing illustrations showing how simply turning to God in prayer brought perfect solutions: 2 physical healings; one dramatic financial turn around; and a medically treated case for many years of a Bi-Polar condition.

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  • If God is All, where is He at this moment?

    This lecture includes John’s own healing of a severe drug habit while in his mid-twenties. Its message focuses on the 2 cardinal points of Christian Science: the absolute nothingness of material life and intelligence and the mighty actuality of all-inclusive God, good. There are 2 other healing illustrations: a quick recovery from the effects of a car accident and an instantaneous healing of a small lump.

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  • Oh boy, what do I do now?

    This lecture invites the listener to explore the thought atmosphere of God, the beauty of holiness, where all lasting solutions exist. Healings include protection from a high-speed collision; loss of income and property value restored after the market plunged 22% in 1987; a medically diagnosed case of a terminal illness; and instant recovery from heat stroke.

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  • Who is Mary Baker Eddy?

    This lecture offers a comprehensive portrait of Mary Baker Eddy as she understood God, her fellow man, and the universe through the lens of Christian Science. It also gives special insight into the way she defines herself through her writings. It includes three accounts of healing: 1) of an individual who appeared to have passed on, 2) a healing effected by Mary Baker Eddy with an analysis of her treatment, 3) the speaker’s own account of fighting off ill effects through spiritual regeneration which brought him into the public practice of Christian Science.

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  • Spiritual rebirth – transforming your life

    This lecture addresses the deep significance of “being born again.” John speaks briefly of renewal taking place in some of the countries he visited on an around – the – world lecture tour. He focuses on how Christ, the ever-advancing light of Truth, holds the power to transform any situation, however severe. The testimonials of healing include an individual freed from a 17 year drug addiction; one whose life was transformed from a debilitating illness and loss of confidence to fresh insights and new opportunities; and the complete restoration of a severe knee condition of the speaker as he overcame some aggressive character traits. This lecture is designed to waken thought from hopelessness and despair to the regenerating power of Christian Science.

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