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BFFs (Best Friends First): Honoring God in Dating and Romance

BFFs (Best Friends First): Honoring God in Dating and Romance

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 more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here.   SYNOPSIS  We live in...

Q&A: Contradictions, Genesis, and Radiometric Dating

Q&A: Contradictions, Genesis, and Radiometric Dating

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Episcopal Court Demotes Doctrine of Marriage

This article first appeared in News Watch column in the Christian Research Journal, volume 19, number 1 (1996).   In September 1990, retired Bishop Walter C. Righter laid hands on the head of Barry Stopfel, a man living openly with a homosexual lover, and...

The Divorced Pastor: Is He the Husband of One Wife?

The Divorced Pastor: Is He the Husband of One Wife?

This article first appeared in the Viewpoint column of the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 37, number 01 (2014). Viewpoint articles address relevant contemporary issues in discernment and apologetics from a particular perspective that is usually not shared by all...

A More Unconditional Love: Modern Iterations of Platonic Marriage

A More Unconditional Love: Modern Iterations of Platonic Marriage

This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 45, number 2/3  (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...

Same-Sex Marriage: Stealing Rights from God

Same-Sex Marriage: Stealing Rights from God

This article first appeared in the Viewpoint column of the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 37, number 05 (2014). Viewpoint articles address relevant contemporary issues in discernment and apologetics from a particular perspective that is usually not shared by all...

Identity, Terminology, and the Revoice Conference

Identity, Terminology, and the Revoice Conference

(see Part One of this series). Synopsis After Exodus International, the largest and most prominent ministry to address homosexuality, closed its doors in 2013, the public, both Christian and secular, became more skeptical about the possibility of homosexuals “going...

Spiritual Friendship: Temptation or Belonging?

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...

A Dangerous Narrative and Q&A

A Dangerous Narrative and Q&A

Today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast includes the following topics: Hank's Prologue: Hank discusses an article in USA Today titled "Pakistani Hindus Lose Daughters to Forced Muslim Marriages." The article tells the story of many girls who are abducted and forced to...

Sexual Sanity for Women in a World Gone Mad

Sexual Sanity for Women in a World Gone Mad

This article first appeared in CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 36, number 03 (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:...

Sheila Wray Gregoire, Sex and The Evangelical Girl

Sheila Wray Gregoire, Sex and The Evangelical Girl

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Identity and Obedience in Revoice 2021

Identity and Obedience in Revoice 2021

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Can Same-Sex-Attracted Men Be Pastors

Can Same-Sex-Attracted Men Be Pastors

This article first appeared in the Viewpoint column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 41, number 2 (2018). Viewpoint articles address relevant contemporary issues in discernment and apologetics from a particular perspective that is usually not shared by all...

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...

Plural Marriage and Joseph Smith: A PR Nightmare in Mormonism

Plural Marriage and Joseph Smith: A PR Nightmare in Mormonism

  This article first appeared in the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 38, number 05 (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:...

Single in Christ and a Sexual Being

Single in Christ and a Sexual Being

This article first appeared in the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 37, number 01 (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:...

Responding to Pro-Gay Revisionist Talking Points

Responding to Pro-Gay Revisionist Talking Points

This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 38, number 05 (2015). The full text of this article in PDF format can be obtained by clicking here. For more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here.   Not long ago, I...

How the West Really Lost God

How the West Really Lost God

This article first appeared in CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 36, number 03 (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:...

A Reconsideration of Romantic Love

A Reconsideration of Romantic Love

  This article first appeared in the Viewpoint column of the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 32, number 03 (2009). 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...

Q&A: Racism, Embryo Adoption, and the Shemitah

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast Hank answers questions on the following topics: What does the Bible teach about racism? What about the Samaritan woman that Jesus spoke with? What does the Bible say about interracial marriage? I am infertile. According to 1...

Did Pope Francis Authorize Priests to Bless Same-Sex Couples?

Did Pope Francis Authorize Priests to Bless Same-Sex Couples?

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Promiscuity Is for The Birds

This review first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 24, number 3 (2002). For more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here.   Summary Critique of The Myth of Monogamy: Fidelity and Infidelity in Animals and People David P....

Warren Jeffs and His Prophecies from Prison

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:...

Solo Sex and the Christian: Is Masturbation Permitted?

Solo Sex and the Christian: Is Masturbation Permitted?

This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 41, number 5 (2018). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal please click here. SYNOPSIS Although masturbation (solo sex) is a nearly universal behavior, it is...

Should Christians Use Birth Control?

Should Christians Use Birth Control?

This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 18, number 03 (Winter, 1996). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org/christian-research-journal/   SUMMARY Christian couples are...

Evaluating the Star Wars Worldview

Evaluating the Star Wars Worldview

Volume 38:Issue 5  To purchase this individual issue click here. CONTENTS: 04 From the CAO On Caverns, Capsules, and Cocoons 06 Effective Evangelism Contemporary Atheists and Sneer 08 Practical Hermeneutics What Does the Bible Teach about the Cannabis Plant? 10...

Marketing Moon’s Movement

This article first appeared in CRI’s Newsletter Christian Research REPORT, Volume 11, Issue 3 (May/June 1998). For further information go to: http://www.equip.org   Why would a prominent public figure like former president George Bush accept invitations to speak...

The Enormity of Marriage Redefinition and Q&A

Today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast includes the following topics:   Hank's Prologue: Hank describes the enormous implications of same-sex marriage. The redefinition of marriage is no small thing. At all times and in all cultures, marriage has always been...

Wrestling With The “Gay Christian” Label

Wrestling With The “Gay Christian” Label

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When Someone You Love Says, “I’m Gay”

When Someone You Love Says, “I’m Gay

This article first appeared in the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 38, number 03 (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:...

Unexplaining the Mormon Priesthood Ban on Blacks

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:...

Defiling the Undefiled

Defiling the Undefiled

This article first appeared in the 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:...

Tinder For Love

Tinder For Love

This article first appeared in the Postmodern Realities column of 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...

Baptism and Salvation

Is baptism necessary for salvation? There are a variety of viewpoints on this question. At one extreme, some in the Church of Christ movement teach that a person must be immersed after hearing a “gospel preacher,” repenting, and believing in Christ, and must consider...

Is “Gay Christian” an Acceptable Identity?

Is “Gay Christian” an Acceptable Identity?

This article first appeared in the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 39, number 03 (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:...

Should We Continue to Use the Term Sexual Purity?

Should We Continue to Use the Term Sexual Purity?

  This article first appeared in the Viewpoint column of the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 39, number 05 (2016). Viewpoint articles address relevant contemporary issues in discernment and apologetics from a particular perspective that is usually not shared...

What does the Bible say about Marriage?

A called to the Bible Answer Man broadcast, hosted by Hank Hanegraaff wants to know what the Bible has to say about marriage. Connect with Hank Hanegraaff, the Christian Research Institute (CRI) and the Christian Research Journal     DAILY (M-F) BIBLE ANSWER MAN Mon....

How could the Bible command a rape victim to marry her rapist?

How could the Bible command a rape victim to marry her rapist?

By Hank Hanegraaff According to Mosaic law, “If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, he shall pay the girl’s father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the girl, for he has violated her. He can never...