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By Hank Hanegraaff To defend the faith, we must be equipped to demonstrate that the Bible is divine rather than human in origin. When we accomplish this, we will be able to answer a host of other objections by simply appealing to Scripture. To begin with, the Bible...
By Hank Hanegraaff In John 3, Jesus told Nicodemus that “no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.” Thus, the question: what does it mean to be “born of water and the Spirit”? First, let me point out that from its very inception,...
By Hank Hanegraaff This is a classic smoke-screen question often asked to avoid having to grapple with the evidence for authentic Christianity. At best, it involves a hasty generalization. At worst, it’s a way of “poisoning the well.” To begin with, this question was...
Richard Dawkins, formerly Oxford’s professor of the Public Understanding of Science and arguably the best-known Darwinist on the planet, claims that those who do not believe in evolution are “ignorant, stupid or insane.” But in place of rhetoric and emotional...
By Hank Hanegraaff First, while not all evolutionists are racists, the theory of evolution is racist in the extreme. In The Descent of Man, Charles Darwin speculated, “At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will...
“Cultural Critique Column” This is an online article from the Christian Research Journal. When you support the Journal, you join the team and help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our ever-growing database...
“Cultural Critique Column” This is an online article from the Christian Research Journal. When you support the Journal, you join the team and help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our ever-growing database...
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This is an online article from the Christian Research Journal. When you support the Journal, you join the team and help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our ever-growing database of more than 2,000...
By Hank Hanegraaff At present, two communities are heading toward each other with blinding speed: one that finds its Life in God and Biblical Truth (LGBT) and the other comprised of LGBTQ activists who are pushing for a radical redefinition of marriage and gender, a...
By Hank Hanegraaff Abortion is the painful killing of an innocent human being. Painful for the child because the methods employed involve burning, smothering, dismembering, and crushing. Killing in that, from the beginning, that which is terminated fulfills the...
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 45, number 1 (2022). 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...
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...
Theological Trends Column When you support the Journal, you join the team and help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our ever-growing database of more than 2,000 articles, as well as our free Postmodern...
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...
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...
MORMON TEMPLE RITUALS- Introduction Temples play a central role in Mormonism. What exactly happens inside these somewhat mysterious structures? What are these Mormon Temple Rituals? MORMON TEMPLE RITUALS- Necessary for Godhood Only after meeting certain requirements...
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 28, number 3 (2005). For more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here. SYNOPSIS The patristic period of church history refers to the first few centuries following the New...
Hank answers a question from a child who is wondering whether or not it is okay for Christians to have Mormon friends. http://www.equip.org, 1-888-7000-CRI
Despite the claims of Mormonism, Hank explains why there cannot be new extra-biblical revelations, as well as the lacking archaeological and anthropological evidence for the Book of Mormon. http://www.equip.org, 1-888-700-0274
Fall 1978 Contents: Feature Articles: The Mormon Church and the Negro: Preisthood Issues by Marian Bodine Book Review: The Clergyman and the Psychiatrist: When to Refer by Robert Mason et al., reviewed by Howard Pepper
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....
WITNESSING TO MORMONS- Introduction Are there some practical strategies for dealing with Mormonism? What’s the best way to witness to Mormons? WITNESSING TO MORMONS- Getting Started Harry L. Ropp, a Christian author who, by the way, served as a missionary to Mormons,...
ARE MORMONS CHRISTIANS- Introduction Better known as Mormons, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints now numbers over 9 million members in almost 130 territories around the globe. Are they really the true followers of Jesus Christ as they claim to be? ARE...
This review first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 15, number 2 (Fall 1992). For more information about the Christian Research Journal click here. A Summary critique of Are Mormons Christians? Stephen E. Robinson (Bookcraft, 1991) Although a...
By Hank Hanegraaff The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was birthed in 1820 by an alleged vision in which two celestial personages appeared to Joseph Smith claiming all existing churches were wrong, all their creeds were an abomination, and all their...
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...
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...
By Hank Hanegraaff 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...
This article first appeared in CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 35, number 03 (2012). 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:...
Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast, talks with Jeff who wants to know how to witness to Mormons about the nature of God. Connect with Hank Hanegraaff, the Christian Research Institute (CRI) and the Christian Research Journal DAILY...
On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (02/10/20), Hank continues his series of monologues on Mormonism, today focusing on the God of Mormonism. Hank gives listeners the top three things you ought to know about the God of Mormonism. Upon examining what Mormonism...
1986 Winter Contents: Feature Articles: The New Myth: Outline of New Age Ideology by Elliot Miller Document Discoveries Shake Mormon Foundations by Wally Tope To Every Muslim an Answer by Joseph Gudel Witnessing Tips: Is There a Higher, More Spiritual Interpretation...
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 15, number 1 (Summer 1992). For more information about the Christian Research Journal click here. SUMMARY The Mormon concept of, and approach to, the subject of truth is radically different...
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...
This review first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 18, number 4 (Spring 1996). For more information about the Christian Research Journal click here. Review of The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power D. Michael Quinn (Signature Books, 1994) This...
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...
This Effective Evangelism column first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 17, number 4 (Spring 1995). For more information about the Christian Research Journal click here. In your attempts to reach Mormons with the historical gospel of...
This article first appeared in the Effective Evangelism column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 22, number 04 (2000). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal click here. What are we after when we talk with members of the...
This article first appeared in the Effective Evangelism column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 34, number 04 (2011). The full text of this article in PDF format can be obtained by clicking here. For further information or to subscribe to the Christian...
This article first appeared in the Christian Research REPORT, issue 1 (September / October 1997). For more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here. After 97 days of walking, riding, pushing handcarts and pulling wagons over more than 1,100...
This article first appeared in the Effective Evangelism column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 35, number 06 (2012). The full text of this article in PDF format can be obtained by clicking here. For more information about the Christian Research Journal click...