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This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume31, number3 (2008). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org SYNOPSIS Critics and supporters agree that the veracity of Mormonism hinges...
This article first appeared in the Effective Evangelism column of the Christian Research Journal, volume30, number6 (2007). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org The central pillar of historic belief in...
This article first appeared in the Effective Evangelism column of the Christian Research Journal, volume31, number2 (2008). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org There are few better tests of Joseph...
On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (01/24/20), Hank answers the following questions: I spoke with Mormons who claim that John the Baptist visited Joseph Smith and gave him the authority to baptize. Have you heard anything about this? From an Orthodox point of view,...
This article first appeared in the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 38, number 05 (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:...
WAS JOSEPH SMITH A PROPHET?- Introduction Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon church, claimed to be a prophet of God. Was he? WAS JOSEPH SMITH A PROPHET?- Smith's Vision In determining whether Joseph Smith was a prophet of God we need first to look at Smith’s...
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 32, number 03 (2009). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org/christian-research-journal/ In 1835 Joseph Smith, Jr., announced what he...
Summary The Mormon organization FARMS is producing the most widely read and seemingly scholarly defenses of the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith available in Mormonism today. The organization focuses primarily on a defense of the Book of Mormon as a historical...
This article first appeared in Christian Research Journal, volume 34, number 02 (2011). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org. The full text of this article in PDF format can be obtained by...
This article first appeared in the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 37, number 02 (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 go to:...
The saga of Mormonism began in 1820, when a young man named Joseph Smith, Jr., purportedly experienced a spectacular vision. Two celestial personages appeared to him, claiming all existing churches were wrong, all their creeds were an abomination, and all their...
This is arguably the most important new book to appear on Mormonism in the past quarter century, since Fawn Brodie’s landmark biography of Joseph Smith, No Man Knows My History (1971). Quinn’s subject is the evolution and function of the Mormon...
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 28, number 4 (2005). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org SYNOPSIS When it comes to stereotypical caricatures, Islam and Mormonism...
Joseph Smith, the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, claimed that an angel named Moroni visited him and told him the location of gold plates chronicling the ancient inhabitants of the Americas. It was from these alleged plates that Smith...
Click Here to listen In the early 1800s, 1823 to be exact, the angel Moroni allegedly visited Mormon prophet Joseph Smith and divulged the location of some golden plates which contained the "fullness of the everlasting gospel." The plates abridged by Moroni and his...
This article first appeared in the Ask Hank column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 28, number 3 (2005). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org “I am astonished that you are so quickly...
This review first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume31, number1 (2008). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org With the publication of Robert Millett’s A Different Jesus,1 major...
The Mormon church is well known for its equivocations. The new and everlasting covenant of plural marriage is perhaps the best example of Mormon equivocation. Under threat of exile to Mexico the Mormon church officially abolished polygamy in the earthly realm in 1890....
This article first appeared in the News Watch column of the Christian Research Journal, volume31, number3 (2008). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org A recent word change to the introduction of the Book...
In 1823, the angel Moroni allegedly visited Mormon prophet Joseph Smith and divulged the location of some golden plates containing the “fullness of the everlasting gospel.” These plates—abridged by Moroni and his father, Mormon, fourteen hundred years earlier—were...
MORMONS AND RESTORATION- Introduction Mormons claim that there was a falling away from the faith after the death of the Apostles. Does this mean that the church needed to be restored through Mormonism? MORMONS AND RESTORATION- The Church Corrupted? Joseph Smith, the...
This article first appeared in the Practical Hermeneutics column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 31, number 04 (2008). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org Sometimes the oddest quirks of church...
This review first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 28, number 4 (2005). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org The advertisement for the book from Eerdmans includes this claim:...
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 28, number 1 (2005). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org SYNOPSIS Apologetics, historically, has not been a high priority for the...
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 40, number 06 (2017). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal please click here. SYNOPSIS The use of testimony by Mormons is praiseworthy, but its misuse by Mormons...
September 17, 2010 Hank shares thoughts on biblical significance of the Holy City of Jerusalem and the doctrinal, social and political problems the come as the result of biblical illiteracy (0:30) Questions / Comments It appears all the knowledge you display is...
THE REORGANIZED LATTER-DAY SAINTS- Introduction Mormons refer to themselves as Latter-day Saints. But what exactly is the difference between them and the Reorganized Latter-day Saints? THE REORGANIZED LATTER-DAY SAINTS- Different from Mormons? Both the Utah Latter-day...
Volume 30:Issue 6 To purchase this individual issue click here. Contents: Feature Articles: The Star of Bethlehem? Light from Heaven? by T. Michael Davis Returning to Rome: Should Evangelicals Abandon the Reformation? by H. Wayne House The Secret Revealed: Assessing...
June 8, 20210 Hank addresses the myth propped up by secular skeptics that Scripture sanctions slavery, a case in point being President Barack Obama who has overtly stated that the Bible supports slavery, but nothing can be further from the truth... (0:51) Interview...
This article first appeared in the Volume 23 / Number 3 issue of the Christian Research Journal. For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org Part One A significant difficulty when witnessing to a member of the...
June 9, 2010 Hank comments on the problematic claims made in the Book of Mormon. No evidence for Reformed Egyptian hieroglyphics, no evidence for the Land of Moron, and no evidence for Jaredites, Nephites, and Laminates migrated from Israel to the Americas. These are...
Topics include:Joseph Smith's view of all churches and creeds.What is the age of the earth?Why do you criticize John Hagee?In Zechariah 3, is Joshua the High Priest prefiguring Jesus?If Jesus is God, why didn't he know the time of his return?Is cremation ok?What are...
Volume 38:Issue 5 To purchase this individual issue click here. CONTENTS: 04 From the CAO On Caverns, Capsules, and Cocoons 06 Effective Evangelism Contemporary Atheists and Sneer 08 Practical Hermeneutics What Does the Bible Teach about the Cannabis Plant? 10...
This review first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 33, number 02 (2010). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org The Book of Mormon has been controversial since it was first published by...
This article first appeared in the Practical Hermeneutics column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 26, number 2 (2003). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org “If any of you lacks wisdom, let...
Most Christians who critique the Mormon view of God do so from a strictly biblical perspective. Christian apologists have correctly pointed out that Mormon theology conflicts with biblical doctrine in a number of important areas, including the nature of God, the plan...
Topics include:Did Jesus fulfill the law according to Matthew 5:17?Was Peter one of the disciples on the road to Emmaus?Would you consider Joseph Smith a wolf in sheep's clothing?Can you explain your view of degrees of punishment in hell?Is Perry Stone a sound...
Volume 32:Issue 3 To purchase this individual issue click here. CONTENTS: Feature Articles: A Reconsideration of Romantic Love by Rob Whitely (feature Viewpoint) Joel’s Army Marches On by Bob Hunter The Oldest Biblical Text? Joseph Smith’s Book of Abraham Examined by...
On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (12/04/19), Hank reads a testimony from a new listener named Jim who shared how the Bible Answer Man has changed his life. Since listening to the broadcast, he has been able to delve deeper into his study and understanding of...
May 3, 2010 Comments / Questions What are the beliefs of Bill Maher? (14:21) What is your position on creationism? (17:28) Clarify your view on the will of God and divine healing. Is it the will of God for some to be ill? (26:01) Pondering a question from Hebrews...
This article first appeared in Christian Research Journal, volume 30, number 04 (2007). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org SYNOPSIS Since the time Joseph Smith, Jr., founded the Church of Jesus...