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Discussion Questions
for a study of
The Urantia Book
by Dr. Meredith J. Sprunger
Paper 195: After Pentecost
1. Are most Christians unwittingly secularists?
2. Is Christianity too involved in social and political action and neglecting the spiritual regeneration of humankind?
3. How do we distinguish between firsthand and secondhand religion? Who are the second-milers?
4. Are Christian churches serving, unconsciously, as barriers to the real religion of Jesus?
5. How do we prevent the “rationalizing, traditionalizing, and institutionalizing” of the religion of Jesus?
6. Do you think the Fifth Epochal Revelation will be able to correct the distortions of materialism and secularism in our culture?
7. Why have the leaders of Christianity largely ignored the Fifth Epochal Revelation?
8. Is the church too involved with Old Testament concepts and the theology of Paul and neglecting the teachings of Jesus?
9. Is there too much formalism, intellectualism, and over organization in the church?
10. Are contemporary leaders afraid of being "held" and “transformed” by religion?
11. Is nationalism the chief barrier to world peace?
12. Do you think our world is on the brink of "social readjustment, moral quickening, and spiritual enlightenment?"
13. How can we keep the facts and accomplishments of science while bringing our world back to the values of true religion?
14. Is the spiritual dynamic of the study of the Urantia Papers threatened by intellectualism?
15. What is the meaning of Jesus’ statement that the kingdom of God is within you?
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