Understanding Evil in Human Experience, Meredith J. Sprunger
New Religious Movements
No Credible Theology
Worship and the Urantia Community
Scientist Intrigued by The Urantia Book
Sharing the Revelation
Sermon: The Only Life Worth Living
Book Reviews:
A New Morality from Science: Beyondism, Raymond Cattell
Consilience, The Unity of Knowledge, Edward Wilson
¶ The Spiritual Fellowship of Students of The Urantia Book
A Journal Established to Promote Theological, Philosophical, and Polity Discussions Germane to An Appropriate Symbolism and Socioreligious Expression of the Fifth Epochal Revelation.
The central objective of a group of people interested in initiating a new religious organization based on the teachings of the Fifth Epochal Revelation should be to create a polity with maximum flexibility that would function with small groups or large congregations, utilize lay leadership and/or ordained clergy, have crosscultural adaptibility, and broad theological inclusiveness.
Such an institution would be “ a gathering of persons who have accepted a common purpose, and a common discipline to guide the pursuit of that purpose, to the end that each involved person reaches higher fulfillment as a person, through serving and being served by the common venture, than would be achieved alone or in a less committed relationship.”[2]
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New Religious Movements
Throughout history advanced spiritual insights have largely failed to reform traditional religions but have resulted in new religious movments.
No Credible Theology
Present day theology does not speak credibly and creatively to the contemporary mind and soul.
Theology vs. Spirituality
When theology masters religion, religion becomes more of a form than a force. Spirituality brings power even when associated with a deficient theology.
Contemporary Theology Anticipates The Urantia Book
If theologians were open enough to seriously examine a new paradigm of reality, The Urantia Book, they might just find what they are so diligently looking for!
Articles
Disseminating the Teachings
History demonstrates that only religious organizations, institutional religion, is effective in infusing spiritual teachings into civilization.
Meta-Values
Understanding how to work with Meta-Value energies is as important as anything we will ever learn.
Doing the Father’s Will
Doing the Father’s will is a multi-faceted enterprise that encompasses a complete lifestyle.
Understanding Evil in Human Experience.
The ultimate problem of theism is the enigma of evil. The paradigm presented in the Urantia Papers provides the best answer now available to humankind.
Columns and Features
Mission Statement
Psalms Today
Interface: Worship and the Urantia Community
Creative Outreach: Scientist Intrigued by The Urantia Book