The Cosmic Citizen

This week hosts Paula Thompson, Christilyn Biek Larson, and André Radatus explore the third installment in this series on the ideals surrounding a solid spiritual culture in families. Highly successful and happy families starts with a foundation of spiritual culture and consistent family practices contributing to the welfare of each member and the family as a whole. What does The Urantia Book have to say on the topic of the origins of wholesome family culture?     "The child must derive his first impressions of the universe from the mother's care; he is wholly dependent on the earthly father for his first ideas of the heavenly Father. The child's subsequent life is made happy or unhappy, easy or difficult, in accordance with his early mental and emotional life, conditioned by these social and spiritual relationships of the home. A human being's entire afterlife is enormously influenced by what happens during the first few years of existence." (177:2.5) "How unfortunate that little children should have their first introduction to concepts of public worship in cold and barren rooms so devoid of the beauty appeal and so empty of all suggestion of good cheer and inspiring holiness! The child should be introduced to worship in nature's outdoors...(167:6.6) Perhaps you have had success in encouraging personal religious growth in your children and family, perhaps not. We invite you to call in and share your experience. Did you foster spiritual culture in your family cooperatively or with difficulty? We have some special callers lined up. Call in!

An Investigation into The New Testament Bible The Story of Jesus Choosing the Apostels and his "1st Miracle" From 3 perspectives * The Biblical world viiew * The Academic/Scholastic * The Urantia Book 1. The apostles learned from Jesus about the kingdom of heaven, and Jesus learned much from them about the kingdom of men, human nature as it lives on Earth. These twelve men represented many different types of human temperament, and they had not been made alike by schooling. 2. The father of the bridegroom had provided plenty of wine for all the guests bidden to the marriage feast, but how was he to know that the marriage of his son was to become an event so closely associated with the expected manifestation of Jesus as the Messianic deliverer? Email:  [email protected]  On facebook: Godss Gumshoe Twitter: @godsgumshoe  YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/user/godsgumshoe?feature=mhee

A high, successful, and happiness-promoting family spiritual culture starts with a foundation in good principles and consistent family practices contributing to the welfare of each member and the family as a whole. This week hosts Paula Thompson, Christilyn Biek Larson, and André Radatus explore the second installment in this series on the roots and ideals surrounding a solid family spiritual culture and The Urantia Book’s unique contribution thereto. What does The Urantia Book have to say on the topic of the origins of wholesome family culture?     "The olden concept that God is a Deity dominated by kingly morality was upstepped by Jesus to that affectionately touching level of intimate family morality of the parent-child relationship, than which there is none more tender and beautiful in mortal experience." [2:6.2] "The animals love their children; man — civilized man — loves his children's children." [84:7.10] “The olden ideas of family discipline were biologic, growing out of the realization that parents were creators of the child’s being. The advancing ideals of family life are leading to the concept that bringing a child into the world, instead of conferring certain parental rights, entails the supreme responsibility of human existence.” [84:7.25]] We'll continue to see how "mixed marriages" with nonreaders work well and sometimes don't. Perhaps you have had success in encouraging personal religious growth in your children, perhaps not. We invite you to call in and share your experience. Did you foster spiritual culture in your family cooperatively or with difficulty? Let's talk.

An Investigation into The New Testament Bible The Story of Jesus  40 Days in The Wilderness From 3 perspectives * The Biblical world viiew * The Academic/Scholastic * The Urantia Book Jesus had endured the great temptation of his mortal bestowal before his baptism when he had been on Mount Hermon for six weeks. After his baptism he entered upon the forty days of adjusting himself to the changed relationships of the world and the universe occasioned by Union with The Spirit within him. During this isolation he determined upon the policy to be pursued and the methods to be employed in the new and changed phase of earth life which he was about to inaugurate. Email:  [email protected]  On facebook: Godss Gumshoe Twitter: @godsgumshoe  YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/user/godsgumshoe?feature=mhee

This week hosts Paula Thompson, Christilyn Biek Larson, and André Radatus explore Creating Family Spiritual Culture and The Urantia Book; a new series on The Cosmic Citizen. What does The Urantia Book have to say on the topic of religion and family culture? We'll study various places in the Book which speak about family and how to transmit family religious or spiritual culture to children. Many Urantia Book readers are married to someone who is not a reader of the Book. There may be objections to conveying ideas and ideals from The Urantia Book on religion and other topics to the children. Conversely, there may be insistence on teaching the doctrine and dogma of a spouse's faith of origin or choice. Inevitably, a lesser or greater family culture clash may result. How can both objectives be reconciled and tensions avoided? When these issues are unresolved it can lead spiritual parents to "teach nothing" or "let the kids discover spirituality on their own." This can result in undesirable long-term consequences. We will look at the effect that has on how one shares The Urantia Book's ideas. We'll also look at how to share your spirituality with your kids , and explore how to avoid potential conflicts. We must recognize the spirituality in our children and help them approach talking with peers about spiritual and religious concepts. Perhaps you have had success in encouraging personal religious growth in your children, perhaps not. We invite you to call in and share your experience. Did you foster spiritual culture in your family cooperatively or with difficulty? Let's talk.

An Investigation into The New Testament Bible The Story of Jesus Why was John the Baptist Necessary? From 3 perspectives * The Biblical World View * The Academic/Scholastic Narrative * The Urantia Book's perspective Today we return to the Story of Jesus as outlined in the NT Bible.  In this episode we invetigate John The Baptist: who was he and why was he necessary to the Public Ministry of Jesus. Email:  [email protected]  On facebook: Godss Gumshoe Twitter: @godsgumshoe  YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/user/godsgumshoe?feature=mhee

This Saturday on The Cosmic Citizen we're continuing our interview with Larry Mullins and will be joined by his wife and creative collaborator, Joan Batson Mullins. Joan and Larry started creating their book: Chronicle of the Life and Teachings of Jesus ... The Greatest News Stories, 7 BC to AD 30  together over 22 years. During that time this dynamic duo pursued other projects together including A History of the Urantia Papers, and The MetaValues Breakthrough. We look forward to talking to Larry and Joan about their many collaborations, more depth about about "metavalues" and their value to us in our journey through mortal life and to Paradise, and about the joys and trials of a collaborative partnership with The Urantia Book as a life guide.  Please join us in getting to better know Joan and Larry!

An Investigation into The New Testament Bible The Story of Jesus Return From ROME From 3 perspectives * The Biblical world viiew * The Academic/Scholastic * The Urantia Book   The New Testament’s  “Story of Jesus, ” has a Black Hole of time and activity, from the ages of  12 years old to approx.. 30 of Jesus' life.    Today, THE END of the  tour of the Roman world consumed most of the twenty-eighth and the entire twenty-ninth year of Jesus' life on earth. Jesus and the two natives from India—Gonod and his son Ganid—left Jerusalem on a Sunday morning, April 26, A.D. 22. They made their journey according to schedule, and Jesus said good-bye to the father and son in the city of Charax on the Persian Gulf on the tenth day of December the following year, A.D. 23. .. Email:  [email protected]  On facebook: Godss Gumshoe Twitter: @godsgumshoe  YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/user/godsgumshoe?feature=mhee

This Saturday we're privileged to interview Larry Mullins and Joan Batson Mullins on The Cosmic Citizen. About 22 years ago, Joan and Larry began a journey together, creating a book: “Chronicle of the Life and Teachings of Jesus ... The Greatest News Stories, 7 BC to AD 30.”  They wanted a means to teach younger Urantians about Jesus with “real time” news stories that were seemingly reported almost day by day. The idea evolved from a few pages passed out every week in their youth study group to the new publication of a completely revised, 240 page, full color adult book with over 350 illustrations. Mo Siegel said of the new book: “What a brilliant book. Hundreds of color pictures, paintings, and maps bring to life the story of Jesus. The book is laid out in newspaper style which makes you feel like you're reading current news. This book really helps me understand the life and teachings of Jesus. Stimulating book for kids and adults alike. But it's not fluff, there are deep pearls of truth embedded in this book. If you lost your Urantia Book and Bible, you could study the teachings of Jesus perfectly well in the Chronicles. A must buy. Great job to the authors. Visually intriguing and spiritually motivating.”    Listeners are invited to ask questions about the new publication coauthored with his wife, Joan. Larry will also entertain questions about his other derivative works from The Urantia Book. These include: “A History of the Urantia Papers,” “The MetaValues Breakthrough,” and “Jesus: God and Man.”

An Investigation into The New Testament BibleThe Story of Jesus: The " LOST YEARS" From 3 perspectives * The Biblical world viiew * The Academic/Scholastic * The Urantia Book   The New Testament’s  “Story of Jesus, ” has a Black Hole of time and activity, from the ages of  12 years old to approx.. 30 of Jesus' life.    Today, THE tour of the Roman world consumed most of the twenty-eighth and the entire twenty-ninth year of Jesus' life on earth. Jesus and the two natives from India—Gonod and his son Ganid—left Jerusalem on a Sunday morning, April 26, A.D. 22. They made their journey according to schedule, and Jesus said good-bye to the father and son in the city of Charax on the Persian Gulf on the tenth day of December the following year, A.D. 23. . Email:  [email protected]  On facebook: Godss Gumshoe Twitter: @godsgumshoe  YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/user/godsgumshoe?feature=mhee