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This is an ever-expanding collection of quotes that grab me, whether I agree with them or not. Quotes to Remember

Hayward is a Christian anthropologist who lectures at Biola University. This is a very helpful presentation explaining how anthropologists view religion and how a Christian anthropologist adds to this. Hayward has some excellent things to say which are relevant to evangelism and ministry across cultures. His wide-sweeping lecture also concerns the relationship between the science [...]

1. The Assimilating Model of the Buddha 2. Absolute Causation 3. Word-Centeredness

The Buddha Vehicle Denigration of Those Who Refuse to Listen to its Teaching Enlightenment Through Venerating Buddhas Esoteric Knowledge and Dependence on Shakyamuni Immense Suffering for All Who Reject Shakyamuni’s Teaching Is Shakyamuni’s Teaching Demonic? Nirvana and Omniscience The Parable of the Blind Man The Parable of the Clay Pots The Parable of the Magic [...]

All About No-Thing: A Critical Summary of the Teaching of the Dalai Lama An Armless Monk? Ashoka and the Early Development of Buddhism Barriers to Buddhist Belief in Christ Series Body and Soul Buddhism and Christianity: Contrasting Stances on Historical Foundations Buddhism and the Triple Gem Buddhism, Augustine and the Mystery of the Self Buddhist [...]

1. The Creator-Creature Relationship 2. Genesis 1 and the Hymn to Ptah 3. Genesis 1 and the Hymn to Atum 4. Genesis 1, Psalm 74 and Enuma Elish

Human Rights and Social Station The Idol of Self-Reliance Imaging God and Human Rights Is There Hope for the Self-Reliant? Self-Reliance and Self-Deception in American Individualism Worldly Rights and Church Commitment

1. Christian Beginnings 2. Imperial Patronage 3. Nestorianism in China 4. The Rites Controversy in China 5. Martyn and Muir’s Contrasting Approaches to Islam 6. American Slavery and Misuse of Paul

1. Fatalism and Triumphalism in River Plate Culture 2. Above the Law in River Plate Culture 3. Life and Death in River Plate and Latin American Culture 4. Self-Reliance and Self-Deception in American Individualism 5. The Idol of Self-Reliance 6. Human Rights and Social Station

1. Cultures with a Self-Destruct Button 2. Table Manners 3. Dead Serious? Culture and Ancestors 4. Servanthood or Status? 5. The Hidden Request 6. Eyes Right! 7. Willing to Pay the Price? 8. The Dog and the Chickens 9. The Lamp 10. Question Time