May 20, 2011 Hank shares on there being less than 24-hours to the so-called May 21, 2011, end of the world prediction made by Harold Camping and points out many other similar kinds of false end time predictions, such as those made by Joseph Smith, William Miller, and...
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Questions and Answers with Hank
August 18, 2009 Questions: Did Muhammad receive his revelations in the same way as Joseph Smith did for the Book for Mormon? Moroni inspired both Islam and Mormonism? (7:31) Are we to have total abstinence of alcoholic beverage or drink in moderation? (12:39) Are...
Responding to the Mormon Missionary Message
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 over 2,000 articles, as...
Pinning Down Mormon Doctrine (Part 2)
This article first appeared in the Volume 23 /Number 4 issue of the Christian Research Journal. For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org Part Two In our previous installment on how Latter-day Saints (LDS)...
The Bridge or the Beehive? Mormon Apologetics in a Postmodern Age
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...
Questions and Answers with Hank
October 12, 2011 Hank critiques the Mormon teaching about God the Father having sex with the virgin Mary to conceive Jesus Christ (1:19) Questions / Comments The Book of Mormon claims Joseph Smith is the last prophet, but are there not modern-day apostles and...
Witnessing Tips: Mormon Priesthood
This article first appeared in Forward volume 9, number 1 (Spring / Summer 1986). The full PDF can be viewed by clicking here. One of the first subjects a Mormon will bring up in an encounter with a Christian is authority and priesthood. Mormonism teaches that...
National Prayer Breakfast, the Mormon Mirage, and Q&A
On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (02/06/20), Hank mentions today's National Prayer Breakfast, where various religious leaders, political leaders, and others assemble in Washington D.C. to pray together. Hank takes this opportunity to bring up a prayer he wrote...
Suicide
Volume 31:Issue 3 To purchase this individual issue click here. CONTENTS: Suicide: Answering Against Eternity by C. Wayne Mayhall The Yoga Boom: A Call for Christian Discernment (Part Two: Yoga in Its Contemporary Western Context) by Elliot Miller The “Martyrdom” of...
How Wide the Divide? A Mormon and an Evangelical in Conversation
“Both Mormons and Evangelicals trust that they will be brought into a right relationship with God by Jesus Christ, who is both the Son of God and God the Son. Both believe in the substitutionary atonement of Christ, justification by faith in Christ, and...
Questions and Answers with Hank
October 24, 2011 Hank shares about the 19th century having lots of predicting the end of the world, such as Joseph Smith, and the Millerites. Then in the 20th century false predictions about the end of the world revolved around 1948 and the establishment of the modern...
Christian Families on the Edge
Volume 26/Issue 1 To purchase this individual issue click here. From the Editor: And Now, the Bimonthly Christian Research Journal by Elliot Miller Feature Articles: Feng Shui: New Dimensions in Design by Marcia Montenegro How to Interpret Your Bible Correctly (Part...
Left Behind
Volume 24/Issue 4 Contents: From the Editor: The Peril of Newspaper Eschatology by Elliot Miller Feature Articles: When Truth Gets Left Behind by Gene Edward Veith Life in the Big Tent: Traditional Creationism and the Intelligent Design Community by Paul A. Nelson...
Unexplaining the Mormon Priesthood Ban on Blacks
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:...
Privileged Species – Part 2, with Dr. John West
On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank welcomes Dr. John West, a Vice President and Senior Fellow at the Seattle-based Discovery Institute, as well as the writer and director of the DVD Privileged Species. Dr. West claims that the evidence for design in the...
The Book of Mormon and the Bible and Q&A
Today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast includes the following topics: Hank's Prologue: Hank discusses The Book of Mormon, which is an alleged account of two great civilizations, the Nephites and the Lamanites, who migrated from Israel to the ancient Americas. Supposedly,...
Witnessing to Mormons – Some First Principles
This article first appeared in Christian Research Journal volume 10, number 2 (Fall 1987). The full text of the article can be obtained by clicking here. For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal click here. When witnessing to...
Navigating The Emerging Church Highway
Volume 31:Issue 4 To purchase this individual issue click here. CONTENTS: Feature Articles: Navigating the Emerging Church Highway by Mark Driscoll Jesus as “God”: Scriptural Fact or Scribal Fantasy? By Brian J. Wright The Yoga Boom: A Call for Christian Discernment...
Questions and Answers with Hank
February 23, 2012 Hank addresses the question of whether the Big Bang can be harmonized with Genesis (0:37) Questions / Comments What is your opinion of the book Charismatic Chaos by John MacArthur? (5:09) I have charismatic relatives who believe everyone should speak...
Mormonism and the Question of Truth
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...
Why Mormonism Isn’t Christian (part 1)
Click Here to listen The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was birthed back in the 1800s by an alleged vision in which two celestial personages appeared to Joseph Smith and claimed that all existing churches were wrong, that all their creeds were an...
Yoga
Volume 31:Issue 2 To purchase this individual issue click here. Contents: Feature Articles: The Yoga Boom: A Call for Christian Discernment (Part One: Yoga in Its Original Eastern Context) by Elliot Miller Addiction Recovery and the Burden of Self by C. Wayne Mayhall...
Questions and Answers with Hank
March 12, 2010 Hank shares on the profoundness of the Book of Ecclesiastes. Ecclesiastes was written by Solomon, who reigned at the height of Israel’s glory. He was the wisest, richest, and most influential king in the entire history of Israel… (2:33) Questions /...
How Wide Is the Mormon Divide?
One of the questions I get over and over again is "How wide is the divide between Mormonism and Christianity? Is it really substantive?" Well, in 1997 Stephen Robinson, a professor at a Mormon university, BYU, and Craig Blomberg, a professor at a Christian seminary,...
Warren Jeffs and His Prophecies from Prison
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 go to:...
Jeremiah, Preacher of Prosperity?
This article first appeared in the Practical Hermeneutics column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 41, number 2 (2018). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal please click here. The prophet Jeremiah lived in perilous times....
Bible Versions (Part Two)
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 Christians who are serious about the Bible tend to gravitate...
A FAIR Question: Does Mormon Apologist Marc A. Schindler Successfully Harmonize Celestial Marriage with Matthew 22:23–30?
This article first appeared in the Practical Hermeneutics column of the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 35, number 02 (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...
Between Radical Freedom and Total Determinism
Volume 34:Issue 2 To purchase this individual issue click here. CONTENTS: 04 From the Editor Let’s Resurrect the Response Page! 06 Effective Evangelism Reincarnation: Lifetimes for Enlightenment? 08 Practical Hermeneutics Jesus: The “Begotten” of the Father 10Literary...
Popular Mormon Apologetics — Staking Claims on Christian Ground
This book review first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 24, number 4 (2002). For more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here. A Summary Critique of Biblical Mormonism: Responding to Evangelical Criticism of LDS Theology...
Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 20, number 5 (1998). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal please click here. Back in 1831, Alexander Campbell observed that Joseph Smith had gathered in the Book...
Mormonism: Christian, Cult, or ???
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:...
Manga as Theological Reflection
Volume 36:Issue 5 To purchase this individual issue click here. CONTENTS: 04 From the Editor Minivan-Driving Soccer Moms and Theology 06 Response Facing the Islamic Challenge… The Great Debate about English Bible Versions… Contemplative Prayer and Psalm 46:10 08...
Mormon Filmmakers Seek Box-Office Blessings
This article first appeared in the News Watch column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 25, number 2 (2002). For more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here. The advertisement for The Other Side of Heaven appeared promising. “From...
The Mormon Doctrine of Salvation for the Dead: An Examination of Its Claimed Biblical Basis
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 20, number 2 (November-December 1997). For more information about the Christian Research Journal click here. SUMMARY The Mormon church cites 1 Peter 3:18-20, 4:6, and 1 Corinthians 15:29 as...
DNA Science Challenges LDS History
This article first appeared in the News Watch column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 27, number 1 (2004). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal, click here. DNA evidence is offering a serious challenge to the Mormon...
Is It Permissible for a Christian to Vote for a Mormon?
This article first appeared in the Viewpoint column of the Christian Research Journal, volume30, number5 (2007). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org The campaign for the 2008 U. S. presidency is...
When Tomorrow Is Too Late
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...
Does James 1:5 Teach about Praying for a Testimony?
This article first appeared in the Practical Hermeneutics column of the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 37, number 06 (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...
An Alternative Approach to Reaching Mormons
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...
New Age Messiah Identified
Troy Lawrence, author of New Age Messiah Identified (Huntington House), is exposed as a fraud. According to an article by Eric Pement in Cornerstone magazine (vol. 20, no. 95), “Troy Lawrence” — an alias for Darrick Evenson — “has...
Mormon Proof-Texts from the Bible
EZEKIEL 37:15-17 Mormonism teaches to investigators and followers alike that the correct interpretation of this passage is that, the sticks are really scrolls, the ‘stick of Judah’ is the Bible, the ‘stick of Joseph’ is the Book of Mormon, the joining of these sticks...
The Jesus of Mormonism: Differences That Make a Difference
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 41, number 3 (2018). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal please click here. “It is Infinity, which, joined to our Ideas of Existence, Power, Knowledge, etc....
2 Nephi 2 in the Book of Mormon
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 27, number 3 (2004). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org SYNOPSIS Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, emerged on the scene in...
Was the Fall Necessary
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 27, number 3 (2004). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org SYNOPSIS Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, emerged on the scene in...
Historical Artifacts and Biblical Sources: Determining What Is True
This article first appeared in the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 36, number 05 (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:...