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Salvation–Glorification in the Christian Life: Fellowship in the Trinity (T-H-E-O-S-I-S)
The last S in THEOSIS which serves to remind us of salvation. Salvation more than being “saved from sin; for we are saved for sonship; saved to be divinely adopted sons and daughters of God. Forgiveness is the precondition for God’s greater gift, the gift that will...
Incarnation–Glorification in the Christian Life: Fellowship in the Trinity (T-H-E-O-S-I-S)
This video turns our attention to the matter of Incarnation—the I in the acronym THEOSIS. This is no doubt the greatest of all mysteries. To imagine that the One who knit you together in your mother's womb would himself inhabit Mary’s temple boggles the mind. Yet this...
Old & New Testaments–Glorification in the Christian Life: Fellowship in the Trinity (T-H-E-O-S-I-S)
This video discusses the O in the acronym T-H-E-O-S-I-S…which represents the Old and New Testaments which provide the substructure for the marvelous reality of Theosis—and that from Genesis to Revelation. From the beginning to the end. Christians “partakers of the...
Essence & Energies–Glorification in the Christian Life: Fellowship in the Trinity (T-H-E-O-S-I-S)
This video focuses on the E in T-H-E-O-S-I-S, which underscores the distinction between the essence and the energies of the Triune God. What must be understood here is that we are compelled to recognize in God an ineffable distinction—a distinction other than that...
Holy Fathers–Glorification in the Christian Life: Fellowship in the Trinity (T-H-E-O-S-I-S)
In this video, Hank Hanegraaff, highlights the “H” in Theosis which will serve to remind us of Holy Fathers who were the principal expositors of theosis. Fathers like Polycarp of Smyrna and Ignatius of Antioch who surrendered their lives for the faith “once for all...
Theotokos-Glorification in the Christian Life: Fellowship in the Trinity (T-H-E-O-S-I-S)
Hank Hanegraaff explains what it means to have an appropriate appreciation for the grandeur of the Mother of God. Saint Gregory Palamas wrote, "In sum, Theotokos— Mother of God, is the quintessential exemplar of union with God and the first-fruits of the glorified...
Glorification in the Christian Life: Fellowship in the Trinity (T-H-E-O-S-I-S)-Introduction
Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast, first wrote on deification in the early 1990s in his bestselling book Christianity in Crisis—where he noted that ever since the dawn of time Satan has tried to peddle the lie that mere men and women can...
Heading to 2020–Truth Matters. Life Matters More.
Decades of ministry have brought us to this moment. Hank believes that the Lord is going to use the ministry of the Christian Research Institute in unprecedented ways and your pledge of financial partnership, combined with the Lord’s providential guidance, makes all...
Bible Reading—The Map: Spiritual Disciplines of the Christian Life
The Bible is the ultimate power source of uncreated energy. Bible is not God. What it entails, however, is “the experience of hundreds of people who really were in touch with God—experiences compared with which any thrills or pious feelings you and I are likely to get...
Another Milestone on the Road to Complete Recovery…and More
Hank’s absolute neutrophil and white blood cell counts are up on their own, without pharmaceutical intervention! That’s huge—magnify the Lord! And he is now out of the danger zone for Graft Versus Host Disease, so the doctors have taken him off the harsh preventive...
Truth Matters, Life Matters More—The Unexpected Beauty of an Authentic Life by Hank Hanegraaff
Special day for Hank as he signs hundreds of copies of his soon-to-be released book Truth Matters, Life Matters More: The Unexpected Beauty of an Authentic Christian Life. Throughout his ordeal with cancer, Hank prayed he would see the day when the new book, his...
The Vanishing Pro-Life Apologist: Putting The “Life” Back Into The Abortion Debate
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 22, number 1 (1999). For further information about the Christian Research Journal, click here. SYNOPSIS The past few years have witnessed a stunning development in the pro-life movement. Many...
Pro-Life Arguments and the Vanishing Pro-Life Apologist
Pro-Life Arguments- SYNOPSIS The past few years have witnessed a stunning development in the pro-life movement. Many pro-life leaders now think we can make abortion rare by downplaying the moral question, “Does abortion take the life of a defenseless human...
Has Science Swallowed the Myth of Jonah’s Whale?
This article was published exclusively online in the Christian Research Journal, Volume 48, number 03 (2025). 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...
Critical Race Theory: An Introduction and Critique
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 46, number 1/2 (2023). Note: This is part of our ongoing Philosophers Series. For further information or to support the Christian Research Journal please click here. When you support...
Q&A: What Happens After Death, One Day Is Like a Thousand Years, and God’s Eternality
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Priests of History: Stewarding the Past in an Ahistoric Age with Sarah Irving-Stonebraker
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Q&A: The Crusades, Pornography, and Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit
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Apostle to the Hungry: Bishop Themi of Sierra Leone
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Q&A: Little Gods, Creation of Water, and the Mormon Jesus
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Q&A: Pre-Existence, the Unification Church, and Abortion
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Why You Should Trust the New Testament: Reasons for Reliability
Back to Basics Apologetics Column This article was published exclusively online in the Christian Research Journal, Volume 47, number 03 (2024). When you support the Journal, you join the team and help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people...
Blessings and Liberty: The Politics and Religion of David French
Theological Trends Column This article was published exclusively online in the Christian Research Journal, Volume 47, number 03 (2024). This is also a Viewpoint article. Viewpoint articles address relevant contemporary issues in discernment and apologetics...
Christ’s Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem
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A Christian Response to Scrolling and Doomscrolling
This article was published exclusively online in the Christian Research Journal, Volume 47, number 01 (2024). 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...
Q&A: Limited Atonement, Dreams, and the Role of the Holy Spirit
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Synergism and Divine Hiddenness
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My Prayers Feel Repetitious. How Can I Refresh my Prayers?
Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the 𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘯 broadcast and the 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘜𝘯𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 podcast, answers Sheldon from Chicago who is having a problem with his prayers and wonders how can he please God again. And Hank replies that it's a topic he writes about in his book...
What Does True Worship Look Like? with Nathan Jacobs, Hank Hanegraaff, and Metropolitan K.P. Yohannan
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How Are Christians to Blame for the Demise of Western Civilization? with Nathan Jacobs, Hank Hanegraaff, and Metropolitan K.P. Yohannan
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On Grace, Salvation and Prayer with Nathan Jacobs, Hank Hanegraaff, and Metropolitan K.P. Yohannan
Please see video interview here. Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, is joined by Nathan Jacobs and Metropolitan K.P. Yohannan for the second in a series of wide-ranging roundtable discussions. A professor,...
Why are you a Christian? The Hope of Christianity with Nathan Jacobs and Metropolitan K.P. Yohannan
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Christians Now a Minority in England Hank Unplugged Short
Hank Hanegraaff, president of the Christian Research Institute and host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast, comments on an article in The Economist, “Christianity Is a Minority Religion in England and Wales,” which notes the precipitous decline of Christianity in...
Political Activism Is Necessary but Insufficient (Hank Unplugged Short)
Hank Hanegraaff, president of the Christian Research Institute and host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast, is thinking about the recent mid-term elections. We put so much hope in our political system, and certainly political activism plays a necessary role. Yet while...
The Manhattan Massacre 21 Years Ago (Hank Unplugged Short)
Hank Hanegraaff, president of the Christian Research Institute and host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast, offers some thoughts on the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In New York City, the National September 11 Memorial and Museum hosted an annual ceremony...
I’m the Head and Not the Tail: A Christian Decides to Skip the Daily Affirmation
The following article was an Online-exclusive. For the purposes of academic citation, it would be considered part of Volume 45 No. 02-03. A way you can support our online articles is by leaving us a tip. A tip is just a small amount, like $3, $5, or $10 which is the...
Western Governments Lead the Charge toward Chaos (Hank Unplugged Short)
Hank Hanegraaff, president of the Christian Research Institute and host of the 𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘯 broadcast, is reminded of how Western governments, mandated by God to ennoble life, promote justice, and restrain sin, are instead leading a charge toward social chaos....
Identity and Obedience in Revoice
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Prayer of a Righteous Person Is Powerful (Hank Unplugged Short)
Hank Hanegraaff, president of the Christian Research Institute and host of the 𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘯 broadcast, reflects on an opinion piece in USA Today by Steven Petrow, titled, “Stop Gloating When Anti-vaxxers Die of COVID-19. It’s Tragic” (December 20, 2021, 7A). The...
The Transgender Tipping Point: America’s Next Civil Rights Frontier?
This article first appeared in the Ask Hank column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 37, number 4 (2014). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal please click here. I recently watched Conchita Wurst (alter ego of...
Matthew 3: Baptism and the Energies of God (Bible Study with Hank Hanegraaff)
Hank Hanegraaff, host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast continues his study through Matthew 3. In baptism, the Lord Jesus transforms believers in such a way that they repent and are forgiven. They're washed and cleansed, and incorporated into Christ — united to the...
Humanity’s Ascension: Assessing the History Channel’s New Age, Time Travel Guru David Wilcock
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 43, number 03 (2021). For further information about the Christian Research Journal please click here. The tension was palpable. Along with 19,000 people, I was waiting for New York Times...
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Heretics! What Divides Christians? with Francis Chan, Hank Hanegraaff and Metropolitan Yohan
Please see the video interview here! Heretic! Hank Hanegraaff, Francis Chan and Metropolitan Yohan have all been accused of being heretics. The backlash that Francis Chan received after making comments about the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist was the...
Autobiography as Apologetic
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Assessing the Confession of Norma McCorvey in AKA Jane Roe
The following article was an Online-exclusive. For the purposes of academic citation, it would be considered part of Volume 43 No. 02. A Documentary Film Review AKA Jane Roe FX and Hulu, 2020 Directed by Nick Sweeney (Rated TV-MA) When you to subscribe to...
Sex Parties in Silicon Valley: How to Fight Back against a Culture of Sexual Exploitation
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 41, number 2 (2018). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal please click here. Editor’s Note: This article includes descriptions of disturbing sexual activity....