Mike Shreve“The accident report read, ‘Cause: Act of God.’” I was in a train station in Japan, making a pilgrimage to the head Buddhist temple, Daisekiji, at the foot of Mount Fuji, when a young man — in perfect English — warned: “Beware the winds of...
Buddha’s “Four Noble Truths” state that life is full of suffering and the cause of suffering is desire. So, the way to overcome suffering is to overcome desire. Is that true? Or is there a biblical view that solves the problem of suffering in a more...
Buddha’s main teaching focused on escape from suffering. When he claimed to experience Nirvana, one of the resulting insights was a concept labeled: “The Four Noble Truths.” These succinctly state that life is inevitably going to include...
Most New Age sects and Far Eastern religious groups insist there are many doors to an ultimate state of being (oneness with God). However, Jesus did not claim, “I am one of many doors to the sheepfold.” Promoting an exclusive approach, he asserted...
