In this episode, I continue reading and discussing the section Atonement without Sacrifice, in which the Course gives a new interpretation to the old idea of religious sacrifice.

I begin Chapter 3 by reading and discussing Jesus' correction of another Christian idea (Episode 025 was the correction of the Last Judgment). That idea being that God is punishing, therefore Atonement involves sacrifice, as with the traditional teaching of the Crucifixion. 

This episode turns the traditional meaning of the Last Judgment on its head. I finish reading and discussing Chapter 2 with this final section The Meaning of the Last Judgment.  

I begin this episode by emphasizing the importance of your own Internal Teacher as your guide through the Text, over anyone else's ideas and teachings. I then read and discuss paragraphs 4-7 of the section Cause and Effect. 

In this episode, I answer a listener's question about why the separation occurred, and then read and discuss paragraphs 1-3of the section Cause and Effect.