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Becoming Reproducing Disciple-Makers, and Q&A

Becoming Reproducing Disciple-Makers, and Q&A

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Is the New World Translation of the Bible Credible?

Is the New World Translation of the Bible Credible?

By Hank Hanegraaff Jehovah's  Witnesses claim that the New World Translation (nwt) is the “work of competent scholars.” Conversely, they contend that other Bible translations are corrupted by religious traditions that are rooted in pagan- ism. In reality, the NWT is...

What are the Characteristics of C-U-L-T-S?

What are the Characteristics of C-U-L-T-S?

By Hank Hanegraaff What are the characteristics of C-U-L-T-S? In common parlance the word cult connotes theological and/or sociological perversion. As such, cults run the gamut from theologically perverse Mormons to the sociologically deviant Heaven’s Gate cult, which...

A Jealous God, and Q&A

A Jealous God, and Q&A

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Hiding God’s Word in Our Hearts, and Q&A

Hiding God’s Word in Our Hearts, and Q&A

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Q&A: Understanding the Trinity

Q&A: Understanding the Trinity

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Holding to a Biblical Worldview, and Q&A

Holding to a Biblical Worldview, and Q&A

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Una pregunta que los mormones no pueden responder

Una pregunta que los mormones no pueden responder

The following article was an Online-exclusive. For the purposes of academic citation, it would be considered part of Volume 46 No. 01-02.   Al suscribirse al Christian Research Journal, se une al equipo de suscriptores impresos cuyas suscripciones de pago ayudan a...

Una pregunta que los mormones no pueden responder

A Question Mormons Can’t Answer

The following article was an Online-exclusive. For the purposes of academic citation, it would be considered part of Volume 46 No. 01-02. ​When you to subscribe to the Journal, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources...

Did Jesus Claim to be God?

Did Jesus Claim to be God?

By Hank Hanegraaff When Jesus came to Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples the mother of all questions: “Who do you say that I am?” (Matthew 16:15; Mark 8:29; Luke 9:20). Mormons answer this question by saying that Jesus is the spirit brother of Lucifer;...

Who are the 144,000 of Revelation?

Who are the 144,000 of Revelation?

By Hank Hanegraaff Jehovah’s Witnesses believe there is a “little flock” of 144,000 (Revelation 7:4) who get to go to heaven and a “great multitude” (v. 9) of others who are relegated to earth. What does Revelation really reveal? First, the 144,000 and the great...

Best of BAM: A Common Mistake Christians Make, and Q&A

Best of BAM: A Common Mistake Christians Make, and Q&A

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A Common Mistake Christians Make, and Q&A

A Common Mistake Christians Make, and Q&A

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Q&A: Pornography, Understanding the Bible, and Cain’s Wife

Q&A: Pornography, Understanding the Bible, and Cain’s Wife

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God and Our Ignorance

God and Our Ignorance

This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 43, number 03 (2020). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal please click here. Ignoramus is not a term we use to compliment others. However, I find it apt to...

The Most Important Kind of Christian, and Q&A

The Most Important Kind of Christian, and Q&A

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Q&A: Belief in the Trinity, Falling Away, and Marriage

Q&A: Belief in the Trinity, Falling Away, and Marriage

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (11/22/21), Hank answers the following questions: What do you think about passages of Scripture that make belief in the Trinity difficult? Can you address the Jehovah’s Witnesses' interpretation of Proverbs 8:22 regarding Jesus?...

1 Cor. 6:2-3 says believers will judge the world and angels. Why will we Judge Angels?

1 Cor. 6:2-3 says believers will judge the world and angels. Why will we Judge Angels?

Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the 𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘯 broadcast and the 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘜𝘯𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 podcast, answers Bill's question about a verse in 1 Corinthians that seems to affirm a heretical belief held by Jehovah's Witnesses. The Old Testament says for example in Daniel 7 that...

What Scientific Materialism Fails To Explain

What Scientific Materialism Fails To Explain

Volume 44:Issue 2  To purchase this individual issue click here. To subscribe to the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL click here. CONTENTS: 04 From the President: The Menace of Modern Materialism by Hank Hanegraaff 06 Effective Evangelism: Witnessing to a Wayward Child by...

Athanasius A C.S. Lewis of the Early Church

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...

Best of BAM: What Is the Most Important Kind of Christian? and Q&A

Best of BAM: What Is the Most Important Kind of Christian? and Q&A

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank addresses the question: what is the most important kind of Christian? With the state of the church and the culture today, the most important kind of Christian is the one who is actually making a positive difference. The...

What Is the Most Important Kind of Christian? and Q&A

What Is the Most Important Kind of Christian? and Q&A

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (01/14/21), Hank addresses the question: what is the most important kind of Christian? With the state of the church and the culture today, the most important kind of Christian is the one who is actually making a positive...

Best of BAM: The Battle for Truth, and Q&A

Best of BAM: The Battle for Truth, and Q&A

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank mentions at the outset that your partnership really makes a difference in the lives of real people around the globe. And quite frankly, Hank doesn’t know when in our lifetimes making a difference mattered more; not just us...

The Battle for Truth, and Q&A

The Battle for Truth, and Q&A

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (12/07/20), Hank mentions at the outset that your partnership really makes a difference in the lives of real people around the globe. And quite frankly, Hank doesn’t know when in our lifetimes making a difference mattered more;...

Autobiography as Apologetic

Autobiography as Apologetic

The following article was an Online-exclusive. For the purposes of academic citation, it would be considered part of Volume 43 No. 02.   A way you can support keeping our resources free is by leaving us a tip.  A tip is just a small amount, like $3 or $5, which is the...

Offering Pearls to Pigs and Dogs

Offering Pearls to Pigs and Dogs

This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 42, number 1 (2019). For further information about the Christian Research Journal please click here.   Recently I held up my sign advertising my website “FollowTheChrist.com” as five thousand...

A Practical Guide to Teaching Students Apologetics

A Practical Guide to Teaching Students Apologetics

This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 41, number 4 (2018). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal please click here. Generation Z — the 70 million kids born between 1999 and 2015 — is another testament...

Best of BAM: Postmodern Death with Richard Poupard, and Q&A

Best of BAM: Postmodern Death with Richard Poupard, and Q&A

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank welcomes Dr. Richard J. Poupard to discuss his article in the Christian Research Journal titled, “Postmodern Death: Organ Transplantation and Human Value.” Hank and Dr. Poupard talk about the ethical questions regarding...

Best of BAM: Winsome Apologetics and Q&A

Best of BAM: Winsome Apologetics and Q&A

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank shares a note from a listener who was encouraged by his gentle manner when dealing with a hostile caller who disagreed with him. This is a lesson for us all to remember, not to just give good answers and win arguments, but...

Only the Holy Spirit Can Change the Heart, and Q&A

Only the Holy Spirit Can Change the Heart, and Q&A

  On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (03/18/19), Hank shares his thoughts on a common mistake that people often make in thinking that someone can be talked into the kingdom of God. Reason alone will not convince anyone to believe in the Lord Jesus because only...

Best of BAM: Fake News, Homosexuality, and Q&A

Best of BAM: Fake News, Homosexuality, and Q&A

Today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast includes the following topics:   Hank's Prologue: Hank opens the broadcast with the topic of homosexuality by discussing “New Study Finding Lesbians Are ‘Just As Good’ As Married Biological Parents Is Fake News,” an...

Bart Ehrman, Hell, and Q&A

Bart Ehrman, Hell, and Q&A

Today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast includes the following topics: Hank's Monologues: Hank reminds his listeners that they make all of CRI’s outreaches possible. Why People Stop Believing by Paul Chamberlain is one of CRI’s outreach resources for July. Hank continues...

2018 USA Russia Summit, Semantics, and Q&A

2018 USA Russia Summit, Semantics, and Q&A

Today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast includes the following topics:   Hank's Prologue: Hank mentions that he just finished watching the 2018 U.S.A.—Russia Summit with President Trump and Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland. Hank goes on to address the issue...

Medical Issues, Faith in Crisis, and Q&A

Medical Issues, Faith in Crisis, and Q&A

Today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast includes the following topics:   Hank's Prologue: Hank mentions his medical appointment yesterday that prevented him from doing the Bible Answer Man broadcast live. The program for the day was a portion of an episode of...

Mormonism, the Afterlife, and Striving after Godhood

Mormonism, the Afterlife, and Striving after Godhood

  This article first appeared in the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 40, number 01 (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:...

Martin Luther King Jr., Discrimination, and Q&A

Martin Luther King Jr., Discrimination, and Q&A

Today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast includes the following topics:   Hank's Prologue: Hank reminds his listening audience that today is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, and discusses the major impact of...

The “Dash” in The Date, Hugh Hefner, and Q&A

The “Dash” in The Date, Hugh Hefner, and Q&A

Today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast includes the following topics:   Hank's Prologue: Hank mentions he completed a new Hank Unplugged podcast today with Andreas Knapp, author of The Last Christians: Stories of Persecution, Flight, and Resilience in the...

Hiding Among the Animals

Hiding Among the Animals

Year: Topics covered in this issue of the CRJ include: Hiding Among the Animals by Harold O. J. Brown  Visualization: God-Given Power or New Age Danger? (Part 1) by John Weldon and John Ankerberg  Of Cities and Swords: The Impossible Task of Mormon Apologetics by...

Doctor-Assisted Suicide Debate

Doctor-Assisted Suicide Debate

Year: Spring 1996 Topics covered in this issue of the CRJ include: Did Early Christians “Lust After Death”? A New Wrinkle in the Doctor-Assisted Suicide Debate by Darrel W. Amundsen with sidebars by Joni Eareckson Tada  Kevorkian: A Glimpse into the Future of...

How to Choose a Study Bible

How to Choose a Study Bible

Year: Winter 1996 Topics covered in this issue of the CRJ include: How to Choose a Study Bible by John R. Kohlenberger III  Is Your Modern Translation Corrupt? Answering the Allegations of KJV Only Advocates by James R. White Faith of our Fathers: Were the Early...

The Pensacola Outpouring

The Pensacola Outpouring

  Year: November 1997 Topics covered in this issue of the CRJ include: The Counterfeit Revival: Separating Fact from Fabrication on the Pensacola Outpouring (Part 3) by Hank Hanegraaff  The Mormon Doctrine of Salvation for the Dead: An Examination of Its Claimed...

Charts of Cults, Sects, & Religious Movements

Charts of Cults, Sects, & Religious Movements

Visually organized, essential information on the many cults, sects, and movements throughout today's religious landscape. This collection of charts gives Christians both the overview and the details on the most significant groups, starting with facts about history,...