The quintessential call for repentance is found in the Old Testament book of Jonah which reveals that Israel was never chosen as an expression of racial favoritism. Rather they were chosen as a light to the nations. Out of a patient desire that none should perish,...
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The Christian Citizen*
This article first appeared in Christian Research Journal, volume 34, number 03 (2011). For more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here. SYNOPSIS Contemporary Christians in the Western world live in nations with governments that are...
Financial Crisis Rocks First Church of Christ, Scientist
This article first appeared in the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, Spring (1992). 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:...
Oneness Pentecostalism: Heresy, Not Hairsplitting: Far from a “Moot Point,” the Nature of the Trinity is Essential Christian Doctrine
This article first appeared in CRI’s newsletter Christian Research REPORT, volume 11, number 1 (January 1998). For more information about the Christian Research Journal click here. The June 1997 issue of Charisma features an article by executive editor J. Lee...
Putting Race in Biblical Perspective
This article first appeared in the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 38, number 04 (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:...
Dancing Alone
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 18, number 1 (1995). For further information or to support the Christian Research Journal please click here. Eastern Orthodoxy has over 255 million adherents worldwide, with over five...
How Do I Find a Good Church?
By Hank Hanegraaff This question has taken on added significance as pop culture beckons and post-modern Christians take the bait. Far too many modern churches partake of an unhealthy diet of fast-food Christianity—long on looks, dreadfully short on substance. A...
Two or More: Christian Polyamory’s Problematic Theology
This article first appeared in the Postmodern Realities column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 41, number 2 (2018). For further information about the Christian Research Journal please click here. When Chuck and his wife revealed their desire on...
The Masculine Journey of Promise Keepers
This article News Watch column first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 18, number 2 (Fall 1995). For more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here. HERE’S A THREE-QUESTION QUIZ: Promise Keepers represents an effort of... ❑...
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:...
What Think Ye of Rome Part 1 An Evangelical Appraisal of Contemporary Catholicism
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, Winter 1993. For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal please click here. SYNOPSIS A crucial starting point in an appraisal of the Roman Catholic church is to...
Did Pope Francis Authorize Priests to Bless Same-Sex Couples?
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Was Saint Peter the First Pope?
This article first appeared in the Practical Hermeneutics column of 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 further information or to subscribe to the...
Questions and Answers with Hank
November 6, 2009 Hank comments on the biggest problem with Christians is that we have become biblically illiterate. We have Bibles in every color, shape, and size, but most of us are allowing our Bibles to gather dust. Get into the Word of God and get the Word of God...
Spiritual Friendship: Temptation or Belonging?
This is an online-exclusive from the Christian Research Journal. For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal please click here. Starting in February 2021, online-exclusive articles, have been locked and are only available for Journal...
Athanasius A C.S. Lewis of the Early Church
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 42, number 1 (2019). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal please click here. C. S. Lewis once claimed that “the Central Miracle asserted by Christians is the...
Recovering from Churches That Abuse
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 18, number 1 (1995). For more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here. AS THE SEQUEL TO HIS BEST-SELLING CHURCHES THAT ABUSE. Ronald Enroth’s Recovering from Churches...
Episode 126 What’s the Problem with Conversion Therapy?
“Ban Conversion Therapy” is the current rallying cry of the gay rights movement. Across the United States, LGBTQ activists and their allies call for the criminalization of counseling geared to helping people turn from homosexual behavior (a form of counsel often...
Is Science Being Picked On?
This article first appeared in 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 RESEARCH JOURNAL go to:...
Community Chapel and Bible Training Center
This article first appeared in Forward volume 9, number 1 (1986). The full PDF can be viewed by clicking here. For several years now we have received requests to comment on the teachings and practices of Community Chapel and Bible Training Center in Seattle (hereafter...
Are the Local Churches, Founded by Watchman Nee and His Protégé Witness Lee, a Pseudo-Christian Cult?(A Reassessment of the “Local Church” Movement of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee)
This article first appeared in the Ask Hank column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 32, number 6 (2009). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org On the basis of a six-year primary research project...
A Review of the Oscar Winning-Avatar: the Way of Water-The Way of Family in Avatar: the Way of Water
Avatar: The Way of Water Directed by James Cameron Screenplay by James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, and Amanda Silver Story by James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Josh Friedman, and Shane Salerno Produced by James Cameron and Jon Landau Distributed by 20th Century...
An Ontological Imperative
Don’t let the title scare you. Unlike most articles on ontology, I promise this won’t leave you feeling like you’re trying to eat fog with chopsticks! But before I share what’s on my heart – or more accurately what’s at the core of my being – let me clarify my use of...
Anglican Synod Concludes Freemasonry Is Heretical
This News Watch column first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 10, number 1 (Summer, 1987). For more information about the Christian Research Journal click here. Officials of the Church of England overwhelmingly accepted the results of a...
A Book Review of Truth Matters, Life Matters More: The Unexpected Beauty of an Authentic Christian Life Hank Hanegraaff Reviewed and endorsed by Jean-Claude Larchet
To learn more about receiving this book click here. A Book Review of Truth Matters, Life Matters More: The Unexpected Beauty of an Authentic Christian Life Hank Hanegraaff (W Publishing, 2019) Reviewed and endorsed by Jean-Claude Larchet Truth Matters, Life...
Restoring the Soul to Christianity
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 23, number 1 (2001). For more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here. SYNOPSIS For two thousand years, virtually every Christian thinker has believed that a human being...
High-Tech Apocalypse? Millennium Computer Bug Provokes Varied Responses
This article first appeared in News Watch column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 21, number 1 (1999). For more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here. Hal Lindsay couldn’t have planned it better. After three decades of largely...
One Shot, One Book, One God: Apologetics and the Unity of Scripture
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 27, number 5 (2004). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org SYNOPSIS Christians are often asked, How do you know that the Bible is the...
Hank’s Testimony — A Personal Look at Hank’s Journey as a Christian and Thirty Years as Leader of CRI, with Cindee Martin Morgan (daughter of Dr. Walter Martin, founder of CRI)
On this special edition of the Hank Unplugged podcast, Hank is joined by Cindee Martin Morgan, the daughter of Dr. Walter Martin (founder of the Christian Research Institute), who interviewed Hank last year for a personal project. One of the objectives of the Hank...
Doctrine of Unity with Hank Hanegraaff
On this special edition of Hank Unplugged, Hank brings you a message that he delivered for the “Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative,” a conference uniting Orthodox and evangelical Christians to support one another with mutual respect and cooperation in the spirit of our...
Questions and Answers with Hank
July 28, 2011 Hank shares on Jesus: The Superstar of Biblical Prophecy (0:51) Questions / Comments Nobody can see the Heavenly Father. Are the appearances of the Angel of the Lord in the Old Testament Christophanies? (4:33) Is the United Church of God an orthodox...
God’s Directive or Political Adjustment? Change Made to Controversial LDS “Policy” for LGBTQ Members
This is an exclusive online feature article from the Christian Research Journal. For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal please click here. When you subscribe to the JOURNAL, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid...
The Normalization of Premarital Sex: Satan’s Master Stroke?
This article first appeared in the From the Editor column of the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 33, number 04 (2010). For further information or to subscribe to the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL go to: http://www.equip.org/christian-research-journal/ When I was an...
Biblical Sexuality Joe Dallas
With so many Christians capitulating to the culture, it has never been more important to understand issues of sexuality from a biblical perspective. Joe Dallas has been our lead expert on the subject at the Christian Research Institute for decades once again he joins...
Think Christianly about Homosexuality
In light of the spiritual climate of our current culture, we understand the importance of equipping as many believers as possible to defend the faith, and the specific reasons are varied but important. In USA Today op-ed column, Baptist pastor Oliver Thomas...
The Churches of Christ, the Christian Churches, the Disciples of Christ
CRI seldom publishes critiques of established Christian denominations which adhere to the essential teachings of the Bible. Normally we prefer to limit our published critiques to cults, heresies circulating among Christians, and controversial new Christian movements. ...
The End of the Church Age and After: Camping’s New Book Continues His Rejection of the Church
This article first appeared in the News Update column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 25, number 3 (2003). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org Failed end-times prognosticator Harold Camping,...
Watching the Unrest in Egypt Remembering the Persecution of Christians
Hard to believe but we’ve already had a month and a week pass by us in the year 2011, and we are now glued to our television sets watching turmoil unfold in Egypt. I was arrested by an article in the forum of USA Today. That article by Joseph Bottum, by the way...
Swami Yogananda and the Self-Realization Fellowship: A Successful Hindu Countermission to the West
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 22, number 02 (1999). 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, click here. ...
The “Local Church” as Movement and Source of Controversy (Part 1 of A Reassessment of the “Local Church” Movement of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee)
This article first appeared in the Ask Hank column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 32, number 6 (2009). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org The LC as a movement can be traced to the conversion...
CaoDai: Eclectic Vietnamese Religion Sees Rebirth
This article first appeared in the News Watch column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 29, number 5 (2006).For more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here. At 8971 Orangewood Avenue in Garden Grove, California, stands a half-built...
Best of BAM: Moral Law, Abortion on Demand, and Q&A
Today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast includes the following topics: Hank's Prologue: Hank discusses the world’s continual assault on moral law. An article found at Lifenews.com shows how our culture continues to decay and exposes the holocaust in our midst: “66...
Q&A: The Angel of Death, Josephus, and Satan’s Access to Heaven
On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (05/22/20), Hank answers the following questions: With respect to the Passover, I have always heard about the angel of death that struck down the firstborn, but where does the Bible speak of the death angel? I have been reading...
Muffin Ministry, The Resurrection, and Q&A
Today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast includes the following topics: Hank's Comments: Hank mentions he visited The Muffin Ministry in Charlotte, a ministry of the First United Methodist Church, with his family this past Sunday. The Muffin Ministry invites...
Angels: Who They Are, What They Do, and Why It Matters with Jack Graham
Jack Graham is the pastor of Prestonwood Baptist and among the most influential Christians in America. Graham joins Hank to discuss his book Angels: Who They Are, What They Do, and Why It Matters and the underestimation of the influence of angels in our lives. Their...
Q&A: Josephus, Satan, and the Gospel in the Stars
On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank answers the following questions: With respect to the Passover, I have always heard about the angel of death that stuck down the firstborn, but where does the Bible speak of the death angel? I have been reading Josephus...
Is The Benedict Option a Live Option?
This review first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 40, number 04 (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:...