The Urantia Papers— the “fifth epochal revelation”— constitute the most recent presentation of truth to the entire mortal population of Urantia. The “papers” differ from all previous revelations propounded in the spiritual realm, in that they are not the work of a single universe personality, but a composite presentation by many beings. “But no revelation short of the attainment of …
It is the mission of religion to prepare man for bravely, even heroically, facing the vicissitudes of life. Religion is evolutionary man’s supreme endowment, the one thing which enables him to carry on and “endure as seeing Him who is invisible.”
On a billion screens like yours, a billion people are watching the technology of search transforming millions of isolated books into the Library of All Human Knowledge. The old saw has been turned on its axis: a lot of knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Blind Willie Johnson’s plaintive question— What is the soul of a man?— still reverberates today, precisely because men still seek the answer. And fortunately, we live in a time when you can learn more about the soul than you can probably understand.
The attack against Christians by Beck may turn out to be the most interesting opportunity for Religion to finally provide some genuine open criticism of itself, and quickly provide the sort of self-correction Christianity so desperately needs. So you go, Jim Wallis, and don’t stop until Christianity is once again the religion of Jesus.
The extraordinary event began unfolding at approximately 9 AM EST at the Bainbridge House Ballroom when a man…strode to the podium and exclaimed, “Peace be upon you. I am the person you know as Jesus of Nazareth.”
You know the cliché: Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. The reason it’s a cliché is because it’s also a truism; for us as well as for you.
