By Hank Hanegraaff In our age of historical and biblical illiteracy, it has become popular to perpetuate the notion that Jesus was married. The role of Mrs. Jesus in these fanciful depictions is most often played by Mary Magdalene. Dan Brown’s bestselling novel The Da...
This article first appeared in the News Watch column of the Christian Research Journal, volume29, number2 (2006). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org Revisionist portraits of Jesus promulgated today by...
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a book review ofThe Jesus Papers: Exposing the Greatest Cover‐Up in Historyby Michael Baigent(HarperSanFrancisco, 2006) This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 30, number 1 (2007). The full text of this article in PDF format can be...
a summary critique ofThe Da Vinci Codeby Dan Brown(Doubleday, 2003) This review first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 24, number 01 (2004). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal please click here. Every few years...
In 1929, D. H. Lawrence fantasized that, after surviving crucifixion, Jesus ended up in Egypt. There he fell in love with the priestess Isis. In 1972, Donavan Joyce published The Jesus Scroll. Christian philosopher Gary Habermas explains that in Joyce’s rendition...
This review first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 27, number 01 (2004). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org/christian-research-journal/ If someone were to write a book that recounted...
October 14, 2009 Questions / Comments Why did Jesus call the Father “my God,” I always believed they were co-equal? (1:21) Was Jesus always the eternally begotten Son? (3:12) Did Jesus need to eat, drink, and worship God? (3:38) Friend was murdered. He was a new...
By Hank Hanegraaff During a prime-time television special titled The Search for Jesus, host Peter Jennings asserted that according to some scholars, “the New Testament has four different and sometimes contradictory versions of Jesus’ life.” The Jesus Seminar scholars...
I’ve said it before and let me say it again, the Bible is under siege. It is under siege in the classroom, the media, in the books we read, in entertainment, and on the Web. If you are a genuine believer in Jesus Christ, you had better wake up to that fact. As...
This article 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 more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here. The so-called Gospel...
This article first appeared in theChristian Research Journal, volume 39, number 04 (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. SYNOPSIS An...
This article first appeared in Forward volume 6, number 1 (1983). The full text of the article can be obtained by clicking here. If someone were to sit down and write a book that discussed the life of Jesus and completely disregarded the accepted historical...
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:...
This review first appeared in the Christian Research Journal , volume 19, number 03 (1997). Book review of Eyewitness to Jesus: Amazing New Manuscript Evidence About the Origin of the Gospels Carsten Peter Thiede and Matthew d'Ancona (New York: Doubleday, 1996)...
This article first appeared in the Effective Evangelism column of the Christian Research Journal, volume30, number3 (2007). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org The Discovery Channel recently aired...
April 11, 2012 Hank warns about placing our trust in politicians, particularly with respect to the 2012 Presidential election (0:32) Questions / Comments Can you explain what Paul means by “fullness of the Gentiles” in Romans 11:25? (7:34) Does the “remnant, chosen by...
This article first appeared in the Effective Evangelism column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 27, number 4 (2004). For more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here. Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code has generated the sort of...
The following is an excerpt from article DG040-2 from the Christian Research Journal. The full article can be viewed by following the link below the excerpt. THE RELIABILITY OF THE GNOSTIC DOCUMENTS Historicity is related to trustworthiness. If a document is...
Frequently in America today, radicalism of any type is viewed as wrong and even repugnant. People with strongly held beliefs, especially of the "fundamentalist" sort, are labeled as fanatics or religious zealots. For many Americans there are no spiritual absolutes,...
The full text of this article in PDF format can be obtained by clicking here. a Movie Review of Risen Directed by Kevin Reynolds (Sony Pictures, 2016) Risen tells the story of Clavius, a Roman tribune in Jerusalem whom Pontius Pilate tasks with finding the...
A Review of The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women became Gospel Truth by Beth Allison Barr Brazos Press, 2021 This is an online-exclusive from the Christian Research Journal. For further information or to subscribe to the Christian...
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Television Series Review The Chosen Created by Dallas Jenkins (2017–) **Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers for The Chosen.*** This is an online-exclusive from the Christian Research Journal. For further information or to subscribe to the Christian...
This article first appeared in the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 13, number 03 (1991). 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:...
This article first appeared in the Practical Hermeneutics column of the Christian Research Journal , volume 41, number 03 (2018). ). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal please click here. “Imagine playing ‘telephone,’” writes Bart...
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 more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here. SYNOPSIS The...
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...
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 27, number 2 (2004). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org SYNOPSIS It is generally assumed that archaeological digs in the Near East...
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 40, number 05 (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:...
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 18, number 4 (Spring 1996). For more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here. SUMMARY In setting forth his views on spiritual and mental health, Dr. M. Scott Peck has...
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal volume 21, number 4 (1999). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: www.equip.org. SUMMARY Has an unusual increase in the frequency of big earthquakes...
This world-class audio production immerses listeners in the dramatic reality of the Scriptures as never before with an original music score by composer Stefano Mainetti (Abba Pater), feature film quality sound effects, and compelling narration by Michael York and the...