Discover Jesus – Update
By Mike Robinson
Discover Jesus – Progress!
After launching the Discover Jesus website on our new platform DiscoverJesus.com in January, we have continued to add new articles and images to improve the reader experience for desktop and mobile visitors. Our commitment to the project is unwavering, and we are all invested in creating the most comprehensive and user-friendly website based upon the Life and Teachings of Jesus in The Urantia Book.
Social Sharing Capabilities
One of the features we have recently added to the desktop and mobile version of DiscoverJesus.com is the ability to share articles via Facebook, X (Twitter), Pinterest, and email. We hope that this facilitates sharing opportunities for those articles that you feel particularly moved by and want to share with others.
Content Development Progress
We now have 230+ published essays with profile images on the Discover Jesus website (up from 200 last month). These new essays include the following:
- Event - Choosing Philip and Nathaniel as Apostles
- Event - Discourse on Reality
- Event - Discourse on Science
- Event - Discourse on the Soul
- Event - Encounter with the Man Mistreating His Wife
- Event - Events at Alexandria
- Event - Events at Caesarea
- Event - Jesus Counsels the Rich Man
- Event - Jesus' Sojourn at Rome
- Event - Jesus' Twenty-Ninth Year
- Event - Jesus Counsels the Chinese Merchant and Others
- Event - Jesus Delivers the Urmia Lectures
- Event - Jesus Destroys All of His Writings
- Event - Jesus Goes with John Zebedee to Jerusalem
- Event - Jesus Spends a Year of Solitary Wandering
- Event - Jesus Welcomes Children to the Repair Shop
- Event - On the Way to Naples and Rome
- Event - The Great Temptation
- Event - The Talk with Gonod & Ganid about Buddhism
- Event - The Young Man Who Was Afraid
- Event - Zebedee Hires Jesus in His Boatbuilding Shop
- Group - The Disciples of John the Baptist
- Location - Hebron
- Location - Iron
- Person - Jacob (Son of the Stone Mason)
- Topic - Accidents and Divine Intervention
- Topic - After Pentecost - Peter, Paul and Christianity
- Topic - True Values
- Topic - What Did Jesus Say about Wealth?
- Topic - What Teaching Methods Did Jesus Use?
- Topic - Why Do We Suffer from Affliction?
Featured Essays
Another development that was just released is a rotation of Featured Essays on the homepage of the website to better introduce visitors to the variety of available articles. Upon each new visit to the site, you will be presented with a different featured Person, Event, Location, and Topic essay with its accompanying image to entice you to explore and discover.
Your Help is Appreciated
This project remains a significant endeavor, and a dedicated group of enthusiastic Urantia Book students is committed to finishing it. Software development progresses by incorporating feedback on user experience and interface design. We are actively engaged in marketing and fundraising efforts to enhance the volume of visitors to the website. We have a multitude of writers and individuals who are making valuable contributions through their remarkable dedication of time.
We kindly request your assistance through a donation and express our gratitude for your participation in this endeavor and your ongoing support in 2024.