Hank Speaks Out Archive

In light of the spiritual climate of our current culture, we understand the importance of equipping as many believers as possible to defend the faith, and the specific reasons are varied but important.   In USA Today op-ed column, Baptist pastor Oliver Thomas writes this:   Lutherans, Episcopalians and the United Church of Christ have [...]

Our purpose is to make you so familiar with genuine Christian doctrine that when counterfeits loom on the horizon, you know it instantaneously. The importance of essential Christian doctrine can hardly be overstated. These are the very doctrines that form the line of demarcation between the kingdom of Christ and the kingdom of the cults. [...]

Only one life, soon twill be passed.       Only what’s done for Christ will last.   If you are following the Legacy Reading Plan, we’re going to take a short detour from Hebrew history. We’ve just gone through the Hebrew Pentateuch, and before we get into Hebrew history—starting with Joshua and the Promised Land—we’re going [...]

We are getting so close to the time that we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. As you prepared your heart for Christmas; likewise, prepare your heart for Easter—the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, which is the capstone in the arch of Christianity.   There is nothing more significant than the reality of [...]

One of the verses that I often inscribe in personalized Bibles is Joshua 1:8. “Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it.”. Joshua, the Jesus of the Old Testament, goes on to say, [...]

If you’re in the Legacy Reading Plan, then you need to be looking at Proverbs 22 today, because it’s the 22nd day of the month, and it is one of my favorite chapters in Proverbs. Verse 1 starts with “A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, loving favor rather than silver [...]

Most of you in the Legacy Reading Plan are pretty close to opening or cracking the fifth book of Moses entitled Deuteronomy. These messages of Deuteronomy were delivered east of the Jordan River on the plains of Moab at the edge of the Promised Land. Deuteronomy consists of a series of farewell messages by Israel’s [...]

Our goal at the Christian Research Institute is to make you so familiar with truth so that when a counterfeit looms on the horizon, you will know it instantaneously. Of course, we answer questions not to demonstrate our mental acumen, but far more importantly, we take well-reasoned answers, and use them as springboards and opportunities [...]

Let me ask all of you some questions: Are you getting into the Word of God and getting the Word of God into you? Are you reading the Bible for all it’s worth? If not, why not? Why not get started now?   I’ve said many times that meditating on the Word of God is [...]

A couple of words before we go to our phone callers: I want to mention the Christian Research Journal, which probes today’s religious movements, promotes doctrinal discernment and critical thinking, and provides reasons for Christian faith and ethics. It is an award-winning magazine available to listeners just like you. You can subscribe to the journal [...]