Answering Islam – Historical Case for the Trinity

I recently had another article published by Answering Islam regarding the Trinity. I present a case for Trinitarian conviction in the early church. The material would also be valuable in discussing the Trinity with Mormons and JW’s.

The artcile can be accessed here: The Historical Case for the Trinity

Pure Land Buddhism after life compared to Christianity chart

CATEGORY	CHRISTIAN TEACHING	PURE LAND BUDDHISM
NAME	Heaven II Corinthians 12:1-9	Pure Land, Utmost Bliss, Buddha-Land Smaller Sutra 3
NATURE	It is both a spiritual state and physical reality: It is a city: Revelation 21:10-27; It is spiritual: II Corinthians 12:1-9.	It is a land located in the in the west Smaller Sutra 2
DESCRIPTION	A city filled with costly stones: “The foundations were decorated with every kind of precious stone; jasper…sapphire…chalcedony…emerald…sardonyx…carnelian…chrysolite…beryl…topaz…chrysoprase…jacinth…amethyst.” Revelation 21:19-20 Streets of gold: “…The great street of the city was of pure gold, like transparent glass.” Revelation 21:21	A land filled with costly stones: “The beds of the ponds are covered solely with gold sand, and from the four sides of each pond rise stairs of gold, silver, beryl and crystal. Above these stand pavilions adorned with gold, silver, beryl, crystal, sapphire, rosy pearls, and carnelian.” Smaller Sutra 3 Ground made of gold: “The ground is made of gold.” Smaller Sutra 3
INHABITANTS	No more suffering: “He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain” Revelation 21:4	No more suffering: “The beings in that land suffer no pain but only enjoy pleasures of various kinds.” Smaller Sutra 3
LENGTH	Eternal life: “The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.” I John 2:17	They stay until reaching Nirvana: “… all sentient beings born in the Land of Utmost Bliss dwell in the Stage of Non-retrogression.” Smaller Sutra 5
GAINING ENTRANCE	No works by only Grace through faith in Christ: “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9	By reciting the name Amida Buddha: “ If a good man or woman who hears of Amida Buddha holds fast to his Name even for one day, two days, three, four, five, six or seven days with a concentrated and undistracted mind, then, at the hour of death, Amida Buddha will appear before them with a host of holy ones. Consequently, when their life comes to an end, the aspirants’ minds will not fall into confusion and so they will be born immediately in the Land of Utmost Bliss of Amida Buddha.” Smaller Sutra 5

PURE LAND BUDDHISM AFTER LIFE TEACHING