Title: Christian Science Bible Lesson Subjects
Author: Gabriel Serafini
Published: <strong>June 15, 2010</strong>
Last modified: February 6, 2026

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# Christian Science Bible Lesson Subjects

 By [Gabriel Serafini](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gserafini/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/christian-science-bible-lesson-subjects.2.2.zip)

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## Description

Display upcoming Christian Science Bible Lesson topics in any widget area on your
site. Also includes shortcode and Spanish translation. Bonus new feature: Embed 
CSPS Internet Radio player in your site.

#### Widget Features:

 * Select number of upcoming subjects to display (default is 3 weeks)
 * Select whether to display ‘more info’ link to [ChristianScience.com](https://biblelesson.christianscience.com)
 * Configure number of days in advance of Thanksgiving Day service to display explanatory
   message
 * Option to disable Thanksgiving Day message if desired

#### Shortcodes:

_Christian Science Bible Lesson topics shortcode_

Insert `[cs_subject_of_the_week]` into any post or page to insert the default number
of upcoming subjects

Optional shortcode parameters

    ```
    [cs_subject_of_the_week weeks_to_display="3" display_more_info_link="1" thanksgiving_days_in_advance="30"]
    ```

 * weeks_to_display – configure number of weeks in advance to display
 * display_more_info_link – Set to ‘1’ to show more info link, ‘0’ to hide (Default)
 * thanksgiving_days_in_advance – Set to 0 to disable, or number of days in advance
   of Thanksgiving Day to show special message

_CSPS Internet Radio embed shortcode_

Insert `[csps_internet_radio]` in post or page to embed the player

Optional shortcode parameters

    ```
    [csps_internet_radio customize_player=false show_title_bar=true iframe_height="380" iframe_width="100%"]
    ```

 * customize_player – Default is false, load standard script directly from JSH site
 * show_title_bar – Include the standard title bar graphic for the player? Default
   is true
 * iframe_height – height of embedded playlist iframe – Default is 380 (px)
 * iframe_width – width of embedded playlist iframe – Default is 100%

## Screenshots

[⌊Widget configuration options⌉⌊Widget configuration options⌉[

Widget configuration options

[⌊Output of widget in a sidebar⌉⌊Output of widget in a sidebar⌉[

Output of widget in a sidebar

## Installation

 1. Unzip the ZIP file and drop the folder straight into your wp-content/plugins directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

#### Use as a widget

 1. Navigate to ‘Appearance’ -> ‘Widgets’
 2. Drag the ‘CS Bible Lesson Topics’ widget into a sidebar to display in that sidebar
 3. Configure widget if you’d like to change the default settings

#### Use as a shortcode

 1. Insert `[cs_subject_of_the_week]` into any post or page to insert the default number
    of upcoming subjects
 2. Optional shortcode parameters
 3.     ```
        [cs_subject_of_the_week weeks_to_display="3" display_more_info_link="1" thanksgiving_days_in_advance="30"]
        ```
    
 4.  * weeks_to_display – configure number of weeks in advance to display
     * display_more_info_link – Set to ‘1’ to show more info link, ‘0’ to hide (Default)
     * thanksgiving_days_in_advance – Set to 0 to disable, or number of days in advance
       of Thanksgiving Day to show special message
 5. Publish and view post or page to see output.

#### Use in Templates for Theme authors

You can use this plugin in your themes if you wish instead of using it as a widget.

Place into your theme to display list of upcoming subjects: <?php if (function_exists(‘
stp_getBibleLessonSubjects’)) echo stp_getBibleLessonSubjects( 3, true, 30); ?>

Function parameters are ( weeks_to_display, display_more_info_link, thanksgiving_days_in_advance).

You can also call the function without parameters and the defaults will be used.

#### CSS Classes for adding custom styles

Add the following declarations to your stylesheet if you’d like to further customize
the output of this plugin:

    ```
    /* Enclosing div */
    .stp_cs_bible_lesson_topics_widget { }

    /* span surrounding date in outputted list */
    .stp_cs_bible_lesson_topics_date { }

    /* span surrounding subject in outputted list */
    .stp_cs_bible_lesson_topics_subject { }

    /* class on enclosing li tag for more info link */
    .stp_cs_bible_lesson_topics_more_info_link { }

    /* enclosing class for special Thanksgiving message */
    .stp_cs_bible_lesson_topics_thanksgiving_message { }
    ```

## FAQ

### Is this provided by the Christian Science Publishing Society?

No, this has been coded by [ShareThePractice.org](http://sharethepractice.org/) 
for use by branch churches and societies.

### Is support available?

Yes, use the contact form on the ShareThePractice.org [website](http://sharethepractice.org/contact/).

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Christian Science Bible Lesson Subjects” is open source software. The following
people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Gabriel Serafini ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gserafini/)

[Translate “Christian Science Bible Lesson Subjects” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/christian-science-bible-lesson-subjects)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/christian-science-bible-lesson-subjects/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/christian-science-bible-lesson-subjects/),
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## Changelog

#### 2.2

 * Security: Add ABSPATH check to prevent direct file access
 * Improvement: Add proper GPL license header
 * Improvement: Remove deprecated load_plugin_textdomain call (WordPress 4.6+ loads
   translations automatically)
 * Coding standards: Full PHPCS WordPress-Extra compliance

#### 2.1

 * Release date: November 6, 2024
 * Security fix – Possible XSS: escape passed arguments in shortcode attributes (
   thanks to PatchStack for responsibly reporting)

#### 2.0

 * Release date: October 31, 2024
 * Fix for PHP 8.2 – removed deprecated use of strftime
 * Fix for PHP 8.2 – refactored how to instantiate WP_Widget class
 * Tested up to WordPress 6.7

#### 1.9.1

 * Release date: March 11, 2024
 * Update link to point to sample Bible Lesson, change to https
 * Tested using WordPress 6.4.3

#### 1.8

 * Release date: November 12, 2018
 * Fix PHP notice about undefined constant

#### 1.7

 * Release date: October 31, 2018
 * Tested to upcoming WordPress 5.0 version
 * Improve grammar / display of Thanksgiving date
 * Update CSPS Internet Player playlist URL

#### 1.6

 * Release date: March 9, 2018
 * Add CSPS Internet Player `[csps_internet_radio]` shortcode to plugin

#### 1.5

 * Release date: May 30, 2017
 * Add Spanish language translation of Bible Lesson subjects

#### 1.4

 * Release date: December 19, 2016
 * Permanent fix for correctly calculating week numbers using Sunday as start day
   for the week

#### 1.3

 * Release date: November 16, 2016
 * Add 2016 Thanksgiving Bible Lesson link to special Thanksgiving message box. 
   Change styling to use div instead of ul.

#### 1.2

 * Release date: January 12, 2016
 * Fix to re-synchronize weekly Bible study lesson topics for 2016
 * Update “More info about Bible Lesson” link to point to new URL

#### 1.1

 * Release date: January 9, 2013
 * Fix to re-synchronize weekly Bible study lesson topics for 2013
 * Fix widget so it correctly shows the More Info link depending on user input in
   widget options
 * Update “More info about Bible Lesson” link to point to new URL

#### 1.0

 * Release date: January 9, 2013
 * Initial public release of plugin

## Meta

 *  Version **2.2**
 *  Last updated **5 months ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.4**
 *  PHP version ** 7.2 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [christian science](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/christian-science/)[church](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/church/)
   [cs](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cs/)
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## Contributors

 *   [ Gabriel Serafini ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gserafini/)

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