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Discussion Questions
for a study of
The Urantia Book
by Dr. Meredith J. Sprunger
Paper 170: The Kingdom of Heaven
1. What is the meaning of Jesus' statement, "The kingdom is within you?"
2. Is there more truth hunger within religious institutions or among those outside congregations?
3. Does a proper motive make the highest forms of good unconscious?
4. Are the five cardinal features of the kingdom applicable to all of the religions of the world?
5. Is the Fifth Epochal Revelation a new revelation of the kingdom promised by Jesus?
6. Do you think we are close to sudden and unexpected changes in our world?
7. How does the spiritual brotherhood differ from the church?
8. What do contemporary Christians believe about the kingdom of heaven?
9. Is the "Family of God" a better concept that the "Kingdom of God?"
10. In what sense is the kingdom of God both a present reality and a future potential?
11. How were the teachings of Jesus distorted by the apostles' belief that Jesus would soon return and set up a kingdom on earth?
12. Will the Urantia Papers succeed in changing the concept of the kingdom of God to the will of God and the kingdom concept to the family concept?
13. How has the Christian Church supplanted Jesus' concept of the kingdom?
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