The Cosmic Citizen

Whistleblower:   GOD'S GUMSHOE INVESTIGATES: " Episode # 7" An Investigation into The New Testament Bible Whistleblower: From 3 perspectives * The Biblical Worldview * The Academic/Scholastic * The Urantia Book Did The Apostle Paul Highjack The Jesus Movement and create his own Franchise Called Christianity? Paul recognized and wisely eliminated from his pre-Christian basic theology many, but not...

This is a REPRISE EPISODE that originally aired on June 8, 2013 and was the 3rd of a 6-part series.  The Cosmic Citizen proceeded with the exploration of Seraphic Planetary Government. We reprised Paper 114 §6 The Master Seraphim of Planetary Supervision and immediately moved to our resumption with  "The Unceasing Campaign of The Master Seraphim" with Neal Waldrop and Charles Olivea.  Paula Thomps...

Whistleblower:   GOD'S GUMSHOE INVESTIGATES: " Episode #6 " An Investigation into The New Testament Bible Whistleblower: From 3 perspectives * The Biblical Worldview * The Academic/Scholastic * The Urantia Book The Conclusion of the Back Story to NT Bible The Mediterranean Roman Empire, the Parthian kingdom, and the adjacent peoples of Jesus' time all held crude and primitive ideas regarding the g...

Reprise, Part 2 -  "The Unceasing Campaign of The Master Seraphim" with Neal Waldrop and Charles Olivea. We'll follow Neal's lead through his remarkable study and continue with Part II of the study: History since Pentecost.  Among other questions we pondered: What strategies might the planetary government have adopted over the 35,000 years from Adam & Eve's default in order to reduce and, if p...

Whistleblower:   GOD'S GUMSHOE INVESTIGATES: " Episode # 5" An Investigation into The New Testament Bible From 3 perspectives * The Biblical Worldview * The Academic/Scholastic * The Urantia Book The Greco-Roman World 6th BC - 1 A.D. Greece provided a language and a culture, Rome built the roads and unified an empire, but the dispersion of the Jews, with their more than two hundred synagogues and...

A reprise of Neal Waldrop's remarkable study. Neal Waldrop encountered The Urantia Book in 1973 and read it cover to cover in just four weeks. He attended Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. He had a distinguished career as a Foreign Service Officer employed by the U.S. Department of State. His service included postings in Geneva, Switzerland; Taipei, Taiwan; Hong Kong; Canberra, Australia;...

Whistleblower:   GOD'S GUMSHOE INVESTIGATES: " Episode #4 " An Investigation into The New Testament Bible Whistleblower: From 3 perspectives * The Biblical Worldview * The Academic/Scholastic * The Urantia Book The Tmes of Jesus: Jesus did not come to this world during an age of spiritual decadence; at the time of his birth our planet was experiencing such a revival of spiritual thinking and relig...

This reprise episode of Cosmic Citizen explored Seraphic Planetary Government. We picked up at Paper 114 §6 The Master Seraphim of Planetary Supervision and immediately moved to our first exploration of our study of  "The Unceasing Campaign of The Master Seraphim" with Neal Waldrop and Charles Olivea.  Your host Paula Thompson and cohosts Christilyn Larson and André Radatus followed Neal's lead th...

Whistleblower:   GOD'S GUMSHOE INVESTIGATES: "  " THE NEW TESTAMENT BIBLE" Episode # 3 " An Investigation into The New Testament Bible Whistleblower: From 3 perspectives * The Biblical Worldview * The Academic/Scholastic * The Urantia Book Did Jesus Exist? The Scriptures are sacred because they present the thoughts and acts of men who were searching for God, and who in these writings left us recor...

In all the words that have ever been written or said about Jesus, his living FAITH is seldom contemplated. The Urantia Books teaches that "Jesus enjoyed a sublime and wholehearted faith in God. He experienced the ordinary ups and downs of mortal existence, but he never religiously doubted the certainty of God's watchcare and guidance. ... His faith was neither traditional nor merely intellectual;...

An Investigation into The New Testament Bible Whistleblower:  Who Wrote The Bible? From 3 perspectives * The Biblical Worldview * The Academic/Scholastic * The Urantia Book The Scriptures are sacred because they present the thoughts and acts of men who were searching for God, and who in these writings left us record of their highest concepts of righteousness, truth, and holiness. The Scriptures co...

This week on the Cosmic Citizen we'll again be discussing Paper 91 of The Urantia Book, The Evolution of Prayer. We've discussed how prayer has evolved and keeps evolving. We've covered not only the history of human prayer, the social repercussion of prayer, the ethics of prayer, the value and power of prayer but also what makes prayer effective. This week we will explore these remarkable sections...

An Investigation into The New Testament Bible Whistleblower: From 3 perspectives * The Biblical Worldview * The Academic/Scholastic * The Urantia Book: (Paper 159:4)Nathaniel took Jesus and asked: "Master, could you trust me to know the truth about the Scriptures?. What is the truth about the Scriptures?" When Jesus heard the question of his bewildered apostle, he answered: "Nathaniel, you have ri...

This week we continue our study from Paper 91 of The Urantia Book:The Evolution of Prayer. It's amazing how much something as simple as a prayer has the power to change our perceptions. The Urantia Book says the prayer can be a sincere expression of spiritual attitude, a declaration of soul loyalty, a recital of personal devotion, an expression of thanksgiving, an avoidance of emotional tension, a...

An Investigation into The New Testament Bible From 3 perspectives * The Biblical Worldview * The Academic/Scholastic * The Urantia Book.. This living faith of Jesus was more than an intellectual reflection, and it was not a mystic meditation.  Theology may fix, formulate, define, and dogmatize faith, but in the human life of Jesus faith was personal, living, original, spontaneous, and purely spiri...

We caught up last week with one of our favorite quests, Dr. Frank Kaufmann. Frank is an amazing representative of the interfaith and peace movements and we were delighted to have him back on.  [Paula and Christilyn will continue "Prayer" next week while Andre is at the UAI Study Group Symposium.] Is it possible to create peace and promote understanding between world faiths like Islam, Judaism and...

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...

This week we've been presented with a special opportunity to catch up with one of our favorite quests, Dr. Frank Kaufmann. Frank is an amazing representative of the interfaith movement and we are delighted to have him back on. We'll continue our study on prayer in the near future.  Is it possible to create peace and promote understanding between world faiths like Islam, Judaism and Christianity? I...

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...

This week on the Cosmic Citizen we'll be discussing Paper 91 of The Urantia Book, The Evolution of Prayer. Prayer has evolved and it keeps evolving. Some prayers can rise like a bird with outstretched wings on ascending spiritual currents while others sink like a stone. Paper 91 covers not only the history of human prayer but also the value and efficacy of our prayers.  Have you ever wondered if y...

Whistleblower: An Investigation into The New Testament Bible From 3 perspectives * The Biblical Worldview * The Academic/Scholastic * The Urantia Book Paper 195.4. The European Dark Ages 195:4.1.The church, being an adjunct to society and the ally of politics, was doomed to share in the intellectual and spiritual decline of the so-called European "dark ages." During this time, religion became more...

The Urantia Book provides comprehensive detail on what happens to you after death. It's says, "...you will resume your intellectual training and spiritual development at the exact level whereon they were interrupted by death." Further, "You begin over there right where you leave off down here." It's also says that death adds "nothing to the intellectual possession or to the spiritual endowment" bu...

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 week we continue our series on the afterlife.  In the last two weeks we covered the third and fourth Mansion Worlds. Jesus alluded to this phase of the afterlife when he said: "In my Father's house are many mansions." The Urantia Book provided comprehensive detail on what happens after death. It's says that, death adds "nothing to the intellectual possession or to the spiritual endowment" but...

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...