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Topic: Buddhism
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2023-12-15 		World Religions & Cults: Is Christianity the only real religion, or do some of the other religions have merit also? [Psalm 19:1, Romans 1:20].

2023-10-03 		Jesus, Confucious & Buddha: What are the differences between Christianity and all the other religions, particularly in how is Jesus different than Buddha or Confuscious?



2023-06-20 		Buddhism vs Christianity Buddhist caller discusses basic differences between the two faiths (Buddhist & Christianity) in the way truth is established (epistemology). Rec: Video; [Hebrews 11:6].

2023-03-07 		Doctrine of Sovereign Election (Calvinist): Buddhist caller objects to the "sovereign election" stance of the Calvinist (Reformed) denominations.[1 Timothy 4:1].

2022-11-02 		Buddhist; Believing: Buddist; How can Christianity demand "belief" to be saved, when "belief" itself doesn't actually establish the truth of anything?

2022-10-04 		Parallel between Christianity & Hinduism: Have you ever looked into Hinduism and its parallels to Christianity?

2022-04-27 		Prayer for Ukraine: Request for prayers for those ministering in the Ukraine (in particular Cheryl).
Mixing Buddhism & Christianity: Buddhist caller talks about how he is mixing his faith with Christianity. [John 14:6].

2021-11-18 		Pursuit of Buddhism & Self Awareness: Buddhist caller shares his conviction to measure things according to his heart and to assess by self.

2021-11-12 		Jewish Buddhist: Jewish Buddhist caller shares his testimony acknowledging a strong sense of the presence of Christ in a church Bible study.



2021-10-25 		Eastern Religions: Is there any reference in Christian writings to some of the things like the seven energies in eastern religions (Kundalini, chakra, etc.)?



2021-09-09 		Ontological Aspects of Christian Theology: Would you discuss the ontological aspects of the Christian theology and if He is the source, then isn't all of God, as in Monism?

2021-08-26 		A Christian Continuing Buddhist Meditation: Do I need to drop my Buddhist meditation practice if I were to pursue Christianity? [Philippians 4:6-7, John 16:33, Psalm 1:3, 2 Corinthians 10:5, Proverbs 4:23].

2021-07-16 		Experience vs Concept of the Divine: Is the Divine we experience different than what our concept of the Divine may be?

2021-05-27 		Evangelical Deconstruction: If you are familiar with DC Talk's, Kevin Max, what do you think of his and other's ex-evangelical deconstruction? [Galatians 1:10].
Michael, the Buddhist: How is Michael, the Buddhist doing?

2021-05-25 		Meditation for the Christian: Are you familiar with "The Practice of the Presence of the Lord" by Brother Lawrence". What parallel can be made between meditation for the Buddhist and the Christian? [Psalm 1:2-3].

2021-05-03 		"One Way" Through Jesus: If there is only "one way", through Jesus, then is there no provision for all those that never heard of this way or Jesus? [John 14:6, Ezekiel 18:32, 2 Peter 3:8-10, John 1:9-10].

2021-04-13 		Misunderstanding of the Gospel Truth: Is it not an unfortunate misunderstanding of the gospel to think it is anything but a universal message and there are not other ways to salvation and truth than through Jesus?

2021-03-04 		A Buddhist Explains His Rejection of the Christian God: A Buddhist called explains why he can't accept the Christian God.
Why Would God Create the World with Such Suffering: Why did God just leave well enough alone instead of creating a world with terrible suffering?


2020-12-08 		Those of Other Faiths: Do you think that people of other faiths possibly benefit from their beliefs, similarly, or even better than some Christians do? [John 1:8-9, Psalm 24:1] (A lot of static on the line.)

2020-09-14 		Statue of Buddha: Is having a statue of the Buddha in your home idolatry?

2020-08-31 		Why Christianity is the Correct Faith: In light of all the different religions in the world, what makes Christianity the correct and true faith? Are we looking all at the same God? [Deuteronomy 18, John 5, Philippians 4:6, James 4:2-3].

2019-02-21 		Reincarnation: What does the Bible say about reincarnation?
God Speaking to us: Does God speak to us through other people?

2018-08-10 		Let Thy Will Be Done: We say in the Lord's Prayer, "let Thy will be done". How do we know things have actually been done in His will for the last 2,000 years?
Future False Religions & Cults: Why didn't God have John specifically direct admonitions to Muslims and Mormon & Buddhists?


2018-04-24 		Jesus & Other Religious Leaders: How is Jesus different from Buddha & other religious leaders? What is the difference between Buddhism and Christianity?

2017-09-29 		Baptism: Is there only one way to do baptism? what about a Buddhist baptism?

2017-09-28 		Michael the Buddhist Caller: Mike's Buddhist's teacher is attending a Christian church, just letting him know that he & his teacher are both going now.

2017-08-11 		Buddhism & Reincarnation: Is not the resurrection a form of reincarnation?

2017-08-11 		Calling into the Narrow Path Show: How often can we call your show & ask a question?
Mike the Buddhist Calling in: Michael the Buddhist has been calling your show for 20 years, isn't that right?
Original Sin: Is sin passed down from every parent & have to live (or die) with the consequences of their sin? [Romans 5:12-21]

2017-07-27 		Calvinism & Election: Michael the Buddhist asks about Calvinism & the term "elect"

2017-07-05 		Comparison of Buddhism & Teachings of Christ: Buddhism & teachings of Christ comparison.

2017-06-08 		Buddhism & Christianity: Buddhist compares his faith/belief system & Christianity.

2017-05-24 		Buddhism & Christianity Parallels: I'm trying to show you that there are parallels between the Christian faith & buddhism! (regular Buddhist caller, Mike the Buddhist)

2017-05-02 		Christianity: Buddhist caller is a little bit convoluted, finally asks, What is the Christian life?

2017-04-25 		Dharma & the Gospel of Christ: Dharma of the Buddha & the gospel of Jesus are really beginning to, in my mind, merge together, says a regular Buddhist caller.

2017-03-29 		Buddhism: Buddhist calls to clarify what buddhists believe about the idea of sin is

2017-03-27 		Buddhist & Christianity: a buddhist caller talks about his differences between buddhism & Christianity

2017-02-03 		True Christianity: What is the true way to be a Christian, because Buddhists seemed more Christ-like than Christians?

2016-12-30 		Jesus No Different than Other Religious Leaders: Adult daughter of caller suggested Jesus taught the same thing as other religious leaders, & so is no different.

2016-12-19 		Hindu maybe turning Christian: A Hindu friend of Michael the Buddhist to Michael that it's all about Jesus & may be converting to Christianity

2016-11-07 		Capital Punishment: Michael the Buddhist wants to continue talking about capital punishment which he had talked about in 2 previous shows also, pointing out David wasn't killed.

2016-07-08 		Michael the Buddhist almost persuaded: A listener calls in anticipating that michael the Buddhist will be calling in to say he's a Christian. [Acts 26:28]

2016-06-28 		Recognizing Jesus as Messiah: Buddhist comments on last call, why it's hard for Jews to recognize Jesus as Messiah.



2016-05-25 		Express image of God & perception: Michael the Buddhist calling to say it's all about perception, it's all relative, seen different by different people, sin nature, perception & reality discussion.

2016-04-27 		Christianity to Buddhism: I have a friend who was raised a Christian but has now onverted to Buddhism. What are the eternal consequences?



2016-04-14 		Jesus' Sacrifice Paying for all Sin: How could Jesus die for all sins, past, present & future?



2016-03-16 		Overwhelming Presence of the Holy Spirit (about Michael the Buddhist): Caller thinks Michael the Buddhist needs to release his grip on Buddhism & firmly grip Christianity so he can really feel the presence of the Holy Spirit, which he had called & talked about in a previous show.
The Early Church in Jerusalem: In following God’s will & serving Him, what did the church in Jerusalem look like? Were they zealous for the law? Was it an underground church? [Acts 21:18]
Home Church Requirements: Are overseers or pastors required in a home church? Do you have to have apostolic leaders & titles?

2016-03-16 		Felt Christian Love: Michael the Buddhist touched by Christian’s presence & likes the fellowship or relationships with Christians but does God fulfill the need for love from others?

2016-01-15 		Reincarnation, Hypnosis & Eastern Religions: What can you tell me about Reincarnation, Hypnosis, Evil Spirits & the like?

2015-11-18 		Buddhism verses Christianity: Mike the Buddhist gives some thoughts about the perception of reality.

2015-10-29 		JW's: What do Jehovah's Witnesses believe regarding the Millennium. Where religions that raised up in the 19th century as a result of Jesus coming back soon?
Peace when going to Christian groups: I have a wonderful peace whenever I go to Calvary Chapel. (Steve then asks him what holds him back from accepting Jesus.)

2015-09-10 		Eastern Philosophy infiltrating the church: What is Steve's opinion about incorporating Christianity with Buddhism, Hinduism, Metaphysics, Transcendental meditation and so on?

2015-08-28 		Buddhist Attending a Bible Study: Buddhist attending a Bible study in a Calvary Chapel has no plan on changing his beliefs, so should he continue going?

2015-04-09 		Conscience & Witness of God: God & your own conscience would know when we did wrong, so what is the relationship between one's own conscience & that of a Higher Power?

2015-03-23 		Buddhism vs Christianity: Michael the Buddhist is calling again to converse about Buddhism verses Christianity.

2015-03-19 		Christianity & Buddhism: Michael the Buddhist calls again to continue the discussion about why he's not seeing it in Christianity. (He gives an interesting drowning scenario)

2015-03-13 		Buddhism: Michael the Buddhist called to critique yet another caller talking about him & Buddhism.

2015-03-09 		Michael the Buddhist: Michael wants to avoid pain, but the thing we need to get away from is sin, so he needs to change his entire belief structure.
Lewis Sperry Chafer: Caller reads a quote from Lewis Sperry Chafer & wondering what Steve's thoughts are on it, about works & Calvinism.

2015-03-02 		Michael the Buddhist: Michael the Buddhist is a popular fellow of late, people wondering about him (a call was about him last month also).
Size of the Universe: Why did God make the universe so big? Are there possibly other planets like ours, other "experiments" God has out there?

2015-03-02 		Spirit of America Rising with Humble Brian The Great: Michael the Buddhist thinks Steve needs to get on the program with the Humble Brian the Great as a guest & share his beliefs.
Michael the Buddhist calling about Michael the Buddhist: Michael the Buddhist calls back to reply to caller who called the week before about him being indecisive, & he tries to explain why he's not a Christian.

2015-02-24 		Michael the Buddhist: Michael the Buddhist has been calling for years, & doesn't he need to just make up his mind? He seems to be wavering.

2015-01-20 		Branches Bearing Fruit: Are there 3 different groups of Christians, Christians who bear fruit, Christians who don't, & Christians who break off, is that right? [john 15:1-5]
Falling Away (for Buddhism): If Steve were to fall for Buddhism, does that means that he fell from grace?

2015-01-19 		A couple of jokes are exchanged: Michael the Buddhist shares a joke & Steve shares one.
Karma: What does Steve think of Karma just being the hand of God?

2015-01-08 		Jesus & Eastern Religions: Wouldn't Jesus have been aware of all the Eastern Religions during His day?

2014-10-27 		Making Someone Pray: What do you think about me trying to make my son pray even though he says he's not a Christian, & doesn't want to participate, throwing back at me that if I was with a bunch of Buddhists, that I wouldn't pray to Buddha, even to be polite, so why should he, since he isn't a Christian?

2014-09-30 		Sam Harris: Sam Harris is looking into Buddhism.
Sanctification: Sanctification is change of the heart.

2014-09-18 		Being in touch w/ your Heart: Isn't Christianity to just be in touch w/ your heart, to come back to that innocence that a child possesses?

2014-09-05 		Michael the Buddhist: Caller wants to tell Michael the Buddhist to ask God to reveal Himself know to Michael the Buddhist? People should pray for him.

2014-08-15 		Beliefs Separate People: Michael the Buddhist called to followup on a call he had made a few days before & point out that beliefs separate people.

2014-08-12 		Losing Friends for lack of Mutual Faith: Mike the Buddhist calls to say he feels sad that he's losing Christian friends just because he hasn't converted over yet.

2014-07-29 		Non-judgmental Association w/ Christians: Michael the Buddhist was hoping he wouldn't be being judged or cutoff for not embracing Christianity.

2014-05-27 		Michael the Buddhist: Caller sad that Michael the Buddhist won't be calling anymore. He was learning some valuable insights from his discussions w/ Steve.

2014-05-07 		Michael the Buddhist's Last Call: (This wasn't his last call, though....he called in more recent years as well) Michael the Buddhist called to say this would be the last time he'd be calling.

2014-04-28 		Michael the Buddhist vs Steve Gregg Viewpoints: Long Discussion about what Michael thinks Steve sees him for since he's not embracing the Christian religion, but that Steve's wrong in his perception.

2014-04-10 		Freedom to Learn: Steve could learn from Michael the Buddhist too, as well as Michael should listen to Steve.
"Best they can": Even if Michael the Buddhist hasn't literally accepted Jesus as his Savior, at least he's trying his best.
Hell - Eternal Torment: Even though you say you don't believe in an eternal hell, & eternal torment, you actually really do.

2014-04-10 		Obedience: Obedience seems pretty childish, according to Michael the Buddhist.

2013-12-31 		Glory of God: Michael the Buddhist wants to talk a little bit about glory & God's glory.

2013-12-24 		Buddhist Principle of "Mindfulness": Are you familiar with the Buddhist Principile of "Mindfulness"? (and then a lengthy discussion about the principle insues.)

2013-12-19 		Going Towards the Light: Michael the Buddhist chimes in about being exposed by the light from the previous caller.

2013-11-26 		Explaining Buddhism: Michael the Buddhist calls & tries to explain the differences between Buddhism & Christianity. (A long discussion ensues.)

2013-11-14 		Jesus the Only Way: Michael the Buddhist has a hard time grasping that Jesus in the only way to the truth.

2013-11-11 		Born Again in the Spirit: Caller wanted to point out that it's really possible to be truly born again (sort've commenting to a previous call to michael the Buddhist).

2013-11-11 		Having a Kind Heart: Michael the Buddhist thinks that having a good heart is the important thing.
Dharma: Steve turned the tables around & asked Michael if the Dharma was a person who could respond back to him.

2013-11-07 		Peace without Understanding: We can only get real peace from Jesus, the caller wants to point out. [Philippians 4:7]

2013-11-07 		Job's Suffering verses Peace: We need to tell Michael the Buddhist about suffering, not peace. Or what about the things the people in Hebrews 11 suffered instead about obtaining peace at the moment? [Job, Hebrews 11]

2013-11-07 		Inner Peace & Fulfillment: Michael the Buddhist wanted to talk about having inner peace & fulfillment & a discussion ensues about the contrasts between Buddhism & Christianity.

2013-10-29 		Sinful Nature: Michael the Buddhist wants to talk a little more about sinful nature like he did last time he called.
Being Justified: Where in the Bible does it talk about justfication? [Genesis 15:6, Romans 3, Romans

2013-10-24 		Soul being Evil or Neutral: Is it the Soul or the carnal nature of man that is inherently evil?

2013-10-11 		Buddhism to Christianity: Caller wanted to explain things that made her switch over to Christianity & wanted Michael the Buddhist to know that too.

2013-10-11 		Michael's answers Previous call: Michael answers how much he believes of Buddhism, & answers how much he believes or doesn't believe of the sayings of Jesus.

2013-10-11 		Michael the Buddhist belief of Jesus: What is the percentage that Michael believes of what Jesus said? What percentage of Buddhism does Michael not believe?

2013-09-20 		Michael the Buddhist: Time & Space doesn't exist.

2013-08-27 		Michael the Buddhist answering the Question: Michael answers the question about whether Buddhism has division &/or unity like you might find the Christian faith.
Suffering for Eternity: How can there be any real peace for the people in Heaven who know their loved ones or friends are being tortured in hell for eternity?
Purgatory: What does the purgatory doctrine say again?

2013-08-27 		Ark of the Covenant: Many groups claim to have the Ark of the Covenant, but the caller doesn't thinks that's nonsense because if they did, Israel would have a vested interest in it because they want to build the temple again.
Question for Michael the Buddhist: The caller has a question for Michael the Buddhist, wondering if there's division or unity in Buddhism like you find in Christianity.

2013-08-15 		Michael the Buddhist: A buddhist visited a monastery, & the Buddhist reads a story about it, talking about it.

2013-07-31 		Buddhist Caller May be Near Conversion: Caller repents what he thought about Michael the Buddhist because it almost sounds like he's coming around. He thought Steve was wasting his time talking to him.

2013-07-31 		Buddhist Closer to Jesus: Buddhist caller feels he's getting closer to Jesus.

2013-07-25 		Buddhism & Christianity: Buddhist; Attempts to show the similarities between Buddhism & Christianity.

2013-07-17 		Being Sinful: Buddhist caller doesn't think he is inherently sinful. What does Steve think? [Deuteronomy 6:5]

2013-07-10 		America Prohibiting Buddhism: Buddhist caller voiced his opinion about a previous call suggesting that only Christianity being allowed in America.
Destroying Buddhist Relics: Buddhist shares his disappointment to hear that a Christian ought destroy Buddhist relics.

2013-07-09 		Statutes & Relics from Eastern Religions: What should I do wth my statutes & relics from the eastern religions to which I belonged? [Acts 19]

2013-06-13 		Salvation-Clarification of Conscience: Buddhist caller; Isn't Salvation just the clarification of the Conscience?
State of Mind is Heaven or Hell: Buddhist caller suggests that Heaven or Hell might be the state of mind you are in.

2013-06-05 		Christian Ethics: What is the difference between the ethics of Christian & other world religion?

2013-05-23 		Buddhist View of the Universe: Buddhist: Comments that the Buddhist doesn't have to be concerned with figuring it all out as some things just are -without labels.

2013-05-10 		Ex-Buddhist Responds to Previous Buddhist Caller: Former Buddhist responds to and corrects previous Buddhist caller and clarifies how mistaken he is about the similarities between Buddhism & Chrisitanity. Recommnds book by Ellis Potter.



2013-05-10 		Buddhist View-Self: Buddhist considers the Buddhist and Christian views of "self?" [Job 5:7, John 16:27-28].

2013-05-03 		Buddhist Caller; Something Greater: Isn't it natural to want to trust in something greater than ourselves, especially when we are aging and facing decay and death, which is what we often call God? [1 John 2:1-2, Ecclesiastes 7:2].

2013-04-09 		Non-Christian Caller (Buddhist): Philosophy-Existence of God: Non-Christian (Buddhist) caller: Regarding the "ontological argument" for the existence of God, how can we know God without having met Him, beyond simply an idea of Him?



2013-03-13 		Chakras: Chakras are discussed from a Buddhist perspective. Are Chakras more biological or spiritual?
Jesus in the Old Testament: Is Jesus prophesied in the Old Testament? [Isaiah 53].
Jewish Tradition of "Servant of Yahweh (YWHW): What does the Jewish tradition make of the "Servant of Yahweh (YWHW)" in Isaiah 53? [Isaiah 53:6-8].

2013-01-16 		No Bible Anywhere in America: It's kind've hypocritical of the American government to say we can not preach or teach the Bible, but accommodate any other religion that is not Christian such as Buddhism & Islam.
Trinity: Can you explain the Trinity?

2013-01-10 		Salvation: Michael the Buddhist wants to know what it is that frees people, especially the Christian, from the bondage of sin?
The Kingdom of God: The Kingdom of God is within us, isn't that what the Bible says? [Luke 17:21]
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