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PETA or just P-E-T?

PETA or just P-E-T?

By Hank Hanegraaff People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) embrace a worldview that elevates animals to equivalency with humans. From their perspective, that is precisely what animals are: fellow beings on a level playing field with humanity. Some, such as...

Should abortion be permitted in the case of rape or incest?

Should abortion be permitted in the case of rape or incest?

By Hank Hanegraaff When the subject of abortion comes up, rape and incest are often used as an emotional appeal designed to deflect serious consideration of the pro-life position: “How can anyone deny a hurting woman safe medical care and freedom from the terror of...

Is Divine Determinism Biblical?

Is Divine Determinism Biblical?

This is an online Viewpoint article from the Christian Research Journal. Viewpoint articles address relevant contemporary issues in discernment and apologetics from a particular perspective that is usually not shared by all Christians, with the intended result that...

We Were Wrong

We Were Wrong

To purchase copies please click here.  Volume 32:Issue 6 The Christian Research Journal, Volume 32, Number 06 (2009) Download in English Download in Spanish Download in German Download in Cebuano Download in Korean Download in Russian Download in Simplified Chinese...

We Were Wrong with Chris Wilde

We Were Wrong with Chris Wilde

This week Hank is joined on Hank Unplugged by one of his closest friends and brothers in Christ, Chris Wilde. Hank and Chris became friends as a result of the providential meeting between the local church and the Christian Research Institute that resulted in an...

Critical Theory and Abortion as An Act of Oppression

Critical Theory and Abortion as An Act of Oppression

  This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 44, number 4 (2021). For further information or to support the Christian Research Journal please click here. When you  support the Journal, you join the team and help provide the resources...

Q&A: Creation, Technology, and Understanding the Bible

Q&A: Creation, Technology, and Understanding the Bible

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Wrestling With The “Gay Christian” Label

Wrestling With The “Gay Christian” Label

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No Longer A Heretical Threat; Now Dear Brothers And Sisters In Christ:  Why, Concerning the Local Churches, I No Longer Criticize, But Instead Commend (A Reassessment of the “Local Church” Movement of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee)

No Longer A Heretical Threat; Now Dear Brothers And Sisters In Christ: Why, Concerning the Local Churches, I No Longer Criticize, But Instead Commend (A Reassessment of the “Local Church” Movement of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee)

This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 32, number 06 (2009). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal please click here. The teachings of Witness Lee were first criticized in publication in America in...

Q&A: Giving, Revelation, and Fasting

Q&A: Giving, Revelation, and Fasting

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A Fond Farewell, Not A Good-Bye

A Fond Farewell, Not A Good-Bye

This article first appeared  in the From the Editor Column of the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 46, number 1/2  (2023). For further information or to support the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, please click here. When you  support the JOURNAL., you join the team of...

Discernment in an Age of Information Overload

Discernment in an Age of Information Overload

  This article first appeared in CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 33, number 03 (2010). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org SYNOPSIS In our age of information overload, Christians must learn to...

Is There a Gospel in the Stars?

Is There a Gospel in the Stars?

By Hank Hanegraaff Over the years I have observed an alarming trend toward what I call “magic apologetics.” In place of an emphasis on such great apologetic verities as the creation of the cosmos, the resurrection of Christ, and the inspiration of Scripture, we are...

Imagine there’s no Heaven

This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 22, number 3 (2000). For more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here.   Atheism, rejection of any belief in God, has come far in the past century. Shaking off the negative...

The Justice of Hell?

The Justice of Hell?

This article first appeared in the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 39, number 01 (2016). The full text of this article in PDF format can be obtained by clicking here. For further information or to subscribe to the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL go to:...

Atheists and the Quest for Objective Morality

Atheists and the Quest for Objective Morality

This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 33, number 02 (2010). The full text of this article in PDF format can be obtained by clicking here. For more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here.   SYNOPSIS Atheists...

There’s Something about Relativism

There’s Something about Relativism

This article first appeared in the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 39, number 02 (2016). The full text of this article in PDF format can be obtained by clicking here. For further information or to subscribe to the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL go to:...

Science and Religion Aren’t Friends?

One of my habits every morning is to read through USA Today among some of the other newspapers that I peruse, and this morning I read the Forum in USA Today, and quite frankly did so before I had breakfast. I think that if I was eating breakfast at the time I would...

Is it ever morally permissible to lie?

Is it ever morally permissible to lie?

By Hank Hanegraaff In the interest of truth, I should first disclose the fact that Christian theologians are divided on this subject. Some—like Saint Augustine—believe that it is never permissible to lie. Others—like Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who had ample time to...

Walking a Mile in Another Man’s Gay Shoes

Walking a Mile in Another Man’s Gay Shoes

This review first appeared in the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 36, number 01 (2013). The full text of this article in PDF format can be obtained by clicking here. For further information or to subscribe to the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL go to:...

Gosnell: When Preaching to the Choir is a Good Thing

Gosnell: When Preaching to the Choir is a Good Thing

A movie review of Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer Directed by Nick Searcy (Hat Tip Films, 2018) (Rated PG-13, 2018) God told Jeremiah to testify against child sacrifice even though the entire nation of Judah would ignore him. You can forgive...

Should Christians Be Cobelligerents in Ecumenical Coalitions?

Should Christians Be Cobelligerents in Ecumenical Coalitions?

This article first appeared in the Viewpoint column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 29, number 03 (2006). For more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here.   Evangelical Christians who are committed to sound doctrine must...

The Ethics of Modern Board and Card Games

The Ethics of Modern Board and Card Games

  This article first appeared in the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 40, number 02 (2017). The full text of this article in PDF format can be obtained by clicking here. For further information or to subscribe to the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL go to:...

Abortion and Health Care Reform

This article first appeared in the Viewpoint section of the Christian Research Journal, volume 32, number 6 (2009). Viewpoint articles address relevant contemporary issues in discernment and apologetics from a particular perspective that is usually not shared by all...

The Euthanasia Debate: Part Two: Assessing the Options

The Euthanasia Debate: Part Two: Assessing the Options

This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 14, number 03 (1992). The full text of this article in PDF format can be obtained by clicking here. For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to:...

How Should Christians Approach the Problem of Evil?

How Should Christians Approach the Problem of Evil?

This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 30, number 5 (2007). For more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here.   SYNOPSIS Perhaps the thorniest issue in Christian apologetics is commonly known as the problem of...

Is the Bible an Ancient Oppressive Text?

I’m working on a book demonstrating that the Bible is divine as opposed to merely human in origin, and I can’t think of a time in recent history, where that topic is more salient and more significant. People all over the world are misquoting the Bible. We...

Is It Immoral to Believe in God?

Is It Immoral to Believe in God?

  This article first appeared in the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 38, number 04 (2015). The full text of this article in PDF format can be obtained by clicking here. For further information or to subscribe to the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL go to:...

Ghosts for the Atheist

This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 32, number 3 (2009). For more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here.   In an essay responding to a debate on the existence of God, Dallas Willard uses the phrase,...

Osteenification and What It Portends

Osteenification and What It Portends

This article first appeared in the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 37, number 03 (2014). The full text of this article in PDF format can be obtained by clicking here. For further information or to subscribe to the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, click here.  ...

Why Biologists Tend to Make Bad Ethicists

Why Biologists Tend to Make Bad Ethicists

  This article first appeared in the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 39, number 03 (2016). The full text of this article in PDF format can be obtained by clicking here. For further information or to subscribe to the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL go to:...

Responding to Evil Christianly

Responding to Evil Christianly

This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 39, number 06 (2016). The full text of this article in PDF format can be obtained by clicking here. For more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here.   In the early morning...

The Menace of Modern Materialism

The Menace of Modern Materialism

This article first appeared in the From the President column of the  Christian Research Journal, volume 44, number 2 (2021). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal please click here. In The Atheist’s Guide to Reality, the vaunted R....

Euthanasia Arguments

In Part One of this series I examined two central aspects of the euthanasia debate. First, several important background concepts in ethical theory were explained. Second, the main features of the libertarian and traditional views of euthanasia were set forth. The...