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I Love Jesus, But Do I Need Church?
/in Trending Now!Christian Today offers a perspective on the question, ‘I love Jesus, but do I need church?’ “Let’s be honest: the hesitation some people have toward church is not unfounded. The past few decades have brought deeply painful revelations about the church – abuse, manipulation, scandal, and hypocrisy.”
“We’ve all heard the phrase “Be the change you want to see” and, yes, sometimes we can feel like we’ve heard it one too many times. But there’s real wisdom in these words. Rather than walking away, can we be the ones to roll up our sleeves and put in the hard work of building the Church God wants to see in this world? That can’t happen if we’re not a part of it.”
The Urantia Book is not anti-church. It teaches us that “all live religions encourage human friendship, conserve morality, promote neighborhood welfare, and facilitate the spread of the essential gospel of their respective messages of eternal salvation.” Read More
And: “There is great hope for any church that worships the living God, validates the brotherhood of man, and dares to remove all creedal pressure from its members.Read More
People Are Using AI to Communicate with God – But Why?
/in Trending Now!In a piece on KRON4 TV in San Francisco, they took on this question because humanity has long yearned to understand the fundamental question of why we exist on Earth, and many have historically turned to religion for answers. “People feel disconnected from community, from elders, from temples. For many, talking to an AI about God is a way of reaching for belonging, not just spirituality,” Read More
But is there a better, more accurate way of finding God? Urantia Book teachings offer advice on achieving spirit-consciousness—contact with the divine presence. Here are a couple: “By opening the human end of the channel of the God-man communication, mortals make immediately available the ever-flowing stream of divine ministry to the creatures of the worlds. When man hears God’s spirit speak within the human heart, inherent in such an experience is the fact that God simultaneously hears that man’s prayer.” Read More and “The great challenge to modern man is to achieve better communication with the divine Monitor that dwells within the human mind. Man’s greatest adventure in the flesh consists in the well-balanced and sane effort to advance the borders of self-consciousness.” Read More
At Easter, A Message of Peace
/in Trending Now!It emphasizes lasting peace, urging believers to reject violence, foster reconciliation, and invest in “weapons of peace” to combat hunger and division.
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