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GodWorshipPurposeSpiritAfterlifeValuesMotaPrayerReligionGrowthLoveJesusPhilosophyFaithScienceTruthAdjusterWillTimeCourageSufferingKingdom

0:0.1The opening words of the ForewordPaper 0, ForewordGod

1:0.1Creator, controller, infinite upholderPaper 1, The Universal FatherGod

1:0.3The long, long Paradise journeyPaper 1, The Universal FatherGod

2:5.1God is lovePaper 2, The Nature of GodGod

2:5.10God is love, but love is not GodPaper 2, The Nature of GodGod

2:7.12Truth is coherent, beauty attractivePaper 2, The Nature of GodGod

3:4.7Man's nearest approach to God is by lovePaper 3, The Attributes of GodGod

5:1.12God has embarked on the eternal adventure with manPaper 5, God’s Relation to the IndividualGod

5:3.3The difference between worship and prayerPaper 5, God’s Relation to the IndividualWorship

12:7.8The Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of manPaper 12, The Universe of UniversesGod

23:2.12Why Urantia is not made a paradisePaper 23, The Solitary MessengersPurpose

32:5.7A plan that embraces every creaturePaper 32, The Evolution of Local UniversesPurpose

34:6.13The fruits of the spiritPaper 34, The Local Universe Mother SpiritSpirit

47:0.1The many mansionsPaper 47, The Seven Mansion WorldsAfterlife

56:10.20Truth, beauty, and goodnessPaper 56, Universal UnityValues

56:10.21Love is the desire to do good to othersPaper 56, Universal UnityValues

48:7.13The act is ours; the consequences God'sPaper 48, The Morontia LifeMota

48:7.14The greatest affliction of the cosmosPaper 48, The Morontia LifeMota

48:7.15Stars are best discerned from the depthsPaper 48, The Morontia LifeMota

48:7.18Truth you cannot know until you feel itPaper 48, The Morontia LifeMota

91:8.13Pray for values, not thingsPaper 91, The Evolution of PrayerPrayer

144:4.5Prayer as detachment from the daily grindPaper 144, At Gilboa and in the DecapolisPrayer

100:3.1Religion is an impulse to servicePaper 100, Religion in Human ExperienceReligion

100:3.7Man cannot cause growthPaper 100, Religion in Human ExperienceGrowth

100:4.6Learn to love one more human beingPaper 100, Religion in Human ExperienceLove

100:7.18The perfectly unified human personalityPaper 100, Religion in Human ExperienceJesus

101:7.1An idea is only a theoretical plan for actionPaper 101, The Real Nature of ReligionPhilosophy

101:8.1When belief attains the level of faithPaper 101, The Real Nature of ReligionFaith

101:8.2Belief fixates, faith liberatesPaper 101, The Real Nature of ReligionFaith

103:7.10Nothing can be absolutely provedPaper 103, The Reality of Religious ExperienceScience

155:5.11The religion of the spirit means effortPaper 155, Fleeing Through Northern GalileeReligion

159:4.9Truth is sealed only by human bigotryPaper 159, The Decapolis TourTruth

111:1.9Mind is your ship, the Adjuster your pilotPaper 111, The Adjuster and the SoulAdjuster

130:2.7The will of God is the way of GodPaper 130, On the Way to RomeWill

130:7.4Time is the stream of flowing temporal eventsPaper 130, On the Way to RomeTime

196:3.34The great challenge to modern manPaper 196, The Faith of JesusAdjuster

132:7.2The man was not hungry for truthPaper 132, The Sojourn at RomeJesus

140:3.13You are the light of the worldPaper 140, The Ordination of the TwelveJesus

146:3.2Courage is the confidence of honestyPaper 146, First Preaching Tour of GalileeCourage

148:6.11The Father does not willingly afflictPaper 148, Training Evangelists at BethsaidaSuffering

169:4.8The fatherhood of God, the brotherhood of manPaper 169, Last Teaching at PellaJesus

170:1.13The kingdom is within youPaper 170, The Kingdom of HeavenKingdom

196:1.3What it means to follow JesusPaper 196, The Faith of JesusJesus

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