Discussion Questions
for a study of
The Urantia Book
by Dr. Meredith J. Sprunger
Paper 172: Going
Into Jerusalem
1. What prejudices and self-righteous attitudes
are characteristic of our culture?
2. What Judas' criticism of Mary reasonable?
How did Jesus' view Mary's action?
3. Why did Bethany accept Jesus when Nazareth,
Capernaum, and Jerusalem rejected him?
4. Had the Jerusalem leaders accepted Jesus and
his message, what might have happened during the last 2000 years of history?
5. Did Jesus call attention to the widow's offering
to encourage people to give all of their wealth to spiritual purposes, or
to contrast attitudes between the poor and rejected and the rich and respected?
6. Why were the apostles so confused on Palm
Sunday?
7. Why do you think Jesus did not speak to the
crowd when they reached the temple?
8. Why do you think the authors
described the attitudes of each of the apostles?
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The Urantia Book Fellowship