The Cosmic Citizen

An Investigation into The New Testament Bible Whistleblower: From 3 perspectives * The Biblical Worldview * The Academic/Scholastic * The Urantia Book  139:4.13.John was in prison several times and was banished to the Isle of Patmos for a period of four years until another emperor came to power in Rome. Had not John been tactful and sagacious, he would undoubtedly have been killed as was his more...

If there’s one goal . . . it’s to dispel the myth that bullying is just a harmless rite of passage or an inevitable part of growing up. It’s not.  —President Barack Obama at the first-ever White House Conference on Bullying Prevention, 2011 Cosmic Citizen continues from last week's show on Bullying, with inspirational speaker, author, activist. researcher Kristen Caven - Co-Author (along with her...

An Investigation into The New Testament Bible Whistleblower: From 3 perspectives * The Biblical Worldview * The Academic/Scholastic * The Urantia Book  139:4.13.John was in prison several times and was banished to the Isle of Patmos for a period of four years until another emperor came to power in Rome. Had not John been tactful and sagacious, he would undoubtedly have been killed as was his more...

Do bullies have free rein in our churches? Who are the bullies? What is scapegoating? Is it possible to practice the mercy and forgiveness demanded by Gospel ethics while also protecting people from emotional and professional damage? These are some of the questions that Dr. Stephen Finlan will seek to answer this week on the Cosmic Citizen. We'll be looking for an ethic of behavior that is both sp...

An Investigation into The New Testament Bible Whistleblower: From 3 perspectives * The Biblical Worldview * The Academic/Scholastic * The Urantia Book As Paul reminded Timothy, "All Scripture is inspired by God and is [therefore] useful for teaching, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness" (2 Tim. 3:16)--all Scripture, not just our "life verses." At the same time, the Westminster Co...

This show is an archived REPRISE edition of The Cosmic Citizen.  It originally broadcast on June 30, 2012.  Please do not call in. Last summer Paula Thompson and Christilyn Biek-Larson interviewed author and long-time student of The Urantia Book, Larry Mullins, on his thorough and revealing research in his book entitled, A History of The Urantia Papers; now in its 2nd edition. We explored some iss...

Do bullies have free rein in our churches? Who are the bullies? What is scapegoating? Is it possible to practice the mercy and forgiveness demanded by Gospel ethics while also protecting people from emotional and professional damage? These are some of the questions that Dr. Stephen Finlan will seek to answer this week on the Cosmic Citizen. We'll be looking for an ethic of behavior that is both sp...

An Investigation into The New Testament Bible Whistleblower: From 3 perspectives * The Biblical Worldview * The Academic/Scholastic * The Urantia Book:  How did this new message of Jewish origin, which had almost failed in the land of its birth, so quickly and effectively capture the very best minds of the Roman Empire? The triumph of Christianity over the philosophic religions and the mystery cul...

Tom and Patty Strawser are Founders of Spiritual Engineering, the new science for happiness and extraordinary relationships. They have introduced these groundbreaking concepts through lectures, seminars, and couching in China, Mexico, the Middle East and the US. Currently, they are working on a fascinating project: PERSONALITY UNIFICATION CHILDREN CAMP. The goal is to introduce children to the Nat...

An Investigation into The New Testament Bible Whistleblower: From 3 perspectives * The Biblical Worldview * The Academic/Scholastic * The Urantia Book: (paper 93:4.8) 2. You shall not doubt that faith is the only requirement for eternal salvation. 3:5.9.4. Is faith—the supreme assertion of human thought—desirable? Then must the mind of man find itself in that troublesome predicament where it ever...

This week on the Cosmic Citizen: Daniel Love Glazer will join us this week with a special Father's Day Sermon and a great conversation about the importance of fathers and fatherhood in the lives of growing children. He will also share his outreach work and discuss how he effectively brings the Urantia Book concepts into his church environment, without ever mentioning The Urantia Book. You can find...

An Investigation into The New Testament Bible Whistleblower:  HOW JESUS BECAME CHRISTIAN From 3 perspectives * The Biblical Worldview * The Academic/Scholastic * The Urantia Book Building upon the view that Paul - not Jesus - invented Christianity, our program today demonstrates conclusively where and how this is so. Paul’s religion differed from that of Jesus and his first followers in terms of i...

Dave Tucker is a regular contributor at 1GOD.com, YouTube, and serves as founder of Good Cheer Services, and as a member of The Urantia fellowship's Outreach committee. He aims to spread Good Cheer as far and as wide as possible with any who are in need of it. His ministry on YouTube, has new episodes every Thursday www.youtube.com/user/goodcheerdave Dave declares his mission is the living pursuit...

An Investigation into The New Testament Bible Whistleblower: From 3 perspectives * The Biblical Worldview * The Academic/Scholastic * The Urantia Book : Christianity has elevated the concept of anthropomorphism from the ideal of the human to the transcendent and divine concept of the person of the glorified Christ. And this is the highest anthropomorphism that man can ever conceive. 5:4.10.The Chr...

This week we are featuring the planners of 'The Gathering at the Hood' - Sept 17-20th.  This inaugural event is organized by a newly formed group, the Urantian Communities of the Pacific Northwest (UCPNW). Ninety people will gather in the intimate, natural beauty of Mt Hood, Oregon. The event theme is 'Getting to Know You.'  Barb Maier, Nancy Votrain and Pamela Chaddock will share their personal s...

An Investigation into The New Testament Bible Paul and the Epistles #1 From 3 perspectives * The Biblical worldview * The Academic/Scholastic * The Urantia Book The Apostle Paul, in his efforts to bring the teachings of Jesus to the favorable notice of certain groups in his day, wrote many letters of instruction and admonition. Other teachers of Jesus' gospel did likewise, but none of them realize...

This is a Reprise episode.  The gang are off on UB business this week….sooooo This week we'll explore the most precious gifts giving to humanity by Jesus with a reading of two amazing sections from the Urantia Book, Paper 100: Section 7 - The Acme of Religious Living and Paper 171: Section 7 - As Jesus Passed By. Here is a preview: Jesus spread good cheer everywhere he went. He was full of grace a...

The Acts of the Apostles: Paul as Missionary   From 3 perspectives   * The Biblical worldview * The Academic/Scholastic * The Urantia Book It was only natural that the cult of renunciation and humiliation should have paid attention to sexual gratification. The continence cult in later days it became the practice of "saints."  Many of the world's great religions have been adversely influenced by th...

An Investigation into The New Testament Bible   The Book of Acts From 3 perspectives * The Biblical worldview * The Academic/Scholastic * The Urantia Book ABOUT one o'clock, as the one hundred and twenty believers were engaged in prayer, they all became aware of a strange presence in the room. Peter stood up and declared that this must be the coming of the Spirit of Truth These men had been traine...

This week we'll be interviewing our good friend David Glass. David is a beloved poet, musician and a 40+ year student of The Urantia Book. He has agreed to share his personal journey of evolving devotion to Jesus. He hopes to share his childhood lessons on Jesus at Baptist, Presbyterian and Methodist churches. “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name!” His spiritual alienation and darkish night of the s...

An Investigation into The New Testament Bible The Book of Acts:  Luke-Acts of the Apostles.  From 3 perspectives * The Biblical worldview * The Academic/Scholastic * The Urantia Book The Gospel by Luke. Luke, the physician of Antioch in Pisidia, was a gentile convert of Paul, and he wrote quite a different story of the Master's life. He began to follow Paul and learn of the life and teachings of J...

This week we'll be interviewing Angela Thurston, one of the brightest young millienial stars we know. Angie Thurston is at Harvard Divinity School to deepen spiritual community among millennials amidst increasing religious disaffiliation. A graduate of Brown University, Angie spent six years as a playwright and arts administrator in New York City. She now applies her creative energy to collaborati...

An Investigation into The New Testament Bible The Story of Jesus  : THE ASCENSION OF JESUS From 3 perspectives * The Biblical world viiew * The Academic/Scholastic * The Urantia Book In paper 193:5.2. Jesus said to his Apostels, "I bade you tarry in Jerusalem until you were endowed with power from on high. I am now about to take leave of you; I am about to ascend to my Father, and soon, very soon,...

Jesus asked his followers to dedicate their lives to the regeneration of all humankind, by living and proclaiming a new and higher way of life.  In our generation, The Urantia Book asks us to take up this same call. And it provides the guidance we need, in great detail, to begin to address this mission.  If we could develop a dynamic evolutionary movement, that powerfully conveyed the spiritual es...

An Investigation into The New Testament Bible The Story of Jesus  : THE ASCENSION OF JESUS From 3 perspectives * The Biblical world viiew * The Academic/Scholastic * The Urantia Book 189:2.6.The Christian belief in the resurrection of Jesus has been based on the fact of the "empty tomb." It was indeed a fact that the tomb was empty, but this is not the truth of the resurrection. The tomb was truly...