Appendix A: Is Hank Hanegraaff the Rightful Successor of Walter Martin? As we saw in chapter 8, Jill Martin Rische makes the following allegation regarding Hank Hanegraaff on her Walter Martin’s Religious InfoNet Web site: Was Hank the man of integrity that my father...
Appendix D: Setting the Record Straight: A Response to Recent [1] Attacks against the Christian Research Institute by Elliot Miller, CRI Editor-in-Chief In its 35-year history the Christian Research Institute (CRI) has never been sued by any of the groups we...
March 30, 2012 Hank addresses a question on money and debt (0:40) Questions / Comments I heard Benny Hinn say if you do not tithe, God will take ten percent of your wages. Does the Bible say that if we don’t tithe and take care of God’s house, He won’t take care of...
March 16, 2012 Hank comments on President Barack Obama stating that if the GOP candidates lived in the days of Columbus, they would have been founding members of the flat Earth society (0:32) Questions / Comments I feel called into the ministry, but my wife quit...
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...
February 21, 2012 Hanks shares on what our bodies will be like in eternity at the resurrection (0:44). Hank talks on his trip to Iran for a speaking engagement at Allameh Tabataba ’i University and discovering that he had many misconceptions about the country (4:54)...
February 17, 2012 Hank shares on the arguments for the Darwinian Evolution theory are astonishingly weak (0:31) Questions / Comments Concerning the Jewish nation and the Jewish people. Do gentiles have the same favor that God shown them? (2:58) Where did Old Testament...
January 23, 2012 Questions / Comments How can I explain to Mormons what the Bible means when it says Christ is seated at the right hand of God? (2:37) Can you explain the parable of the sower? Which groups (soils) refer to saved and/or unsaved? (8:24) Shouldn’t...
January 12, 2012 Hank comments on the USA Today Cathy Lynn Grossman article "Mormons Optimistic about Fitting In" (0:35) Questions / Comments We were blessed to birth a new church. Looking into a discipleship program. Found one I sense is almost a kind of legalism....
November 18, 2011 Questions / Comments: What does the Bible mean by the 144,000 being “marked by the seal” who survive the tribulation? How to look at Revelation as symbols or literarily? (3:21) What about the three levels of heaven talked about by E.W. Bullinger?...
This review first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 33, number 02 (2010). For further information about to the Christian Research Journal, click here. When you support the Journal, you join the team and help provide the resources at equip.org that...
This article first appeared in the Practical Hermeneutics column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 33, number 02 (2010). The term "anthropomorphism," in its restricted sense, refers to the representation of God with the forms of humanity (such as an arm...
October 28, 2011 Hank critiques the authority Mormons place upon the Book of Mormon (0:53) Questions / Comments: How can I witness a religious pluralist? (4:30) Is it ok for a Christian to celebrate Halloween? (7:16) How can I help a friend who is being witnessed to...
October 26, 2011 Hank shares the Mormon moment in history that we are experiencing in the present (0:38) Questions / Comments Why do Christians consider Islam a false religion? (7:58) Mormons stopped polygamy not because of illegalization in America but they done so...
October 7, 2011 Hank shares on the way Mormon Church has a P.R. department better than anyone else, which tries to make Mormonism sound like Christianity, but such is like trying to say a cat is a dog. Find out more in the Memorable Keys to the M-O-R-M-O-N Mirage...
October 4, 2011 Hank shares on the Memorable Keys to the M-O-R-M-O-N Mirage which outlines the way Mormons appear to share the same beliefs and Christianity, but it is a wholly different gospel. (0:38) Questions / Comments What is the unpardonable sin? (7:33) Is...
September 7, 2011 Hank shares on the practices of Old Testament copyists and the reliability of the transmission of the sacred text (0:32) Questions / Comments Can a Christian lose their salvation? (6:36) Can women serve as deacons in the church? (6:36) Can you...
August 11, 2011 Hank speaks on the question “Has God spoken?” Muslims speak of the Qur’an. Mormons the Book of Mormon. But God has not spoken through the Qur’an and the Book of Mormon (0:33) Questions / Comments Deuteronomy 22:5-7 condemns women wearing pants and...
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal , volume 32, number 06 (2009). For further information about the Christian Research Journal please click here. When you support the Journal, you join the team and help provide the resources at equip.org...
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 32, number 06 (2009). For further information a the Christian Research Journal please click here. When you support the Journal, you join the team and help provide the resources at equip.org that...
This News Watch column first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 31, number 06 (2008). For further information about to the Christian Research Journal, click here. On June 8, 1978, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon...
June 10, 2011 Hank Hanegraaff answers the question: What is your authority? (0:31) Questions / Comments 62 years old, Vietnam veteran, had conversion experience, converted to Mormonism, prayed about the Book of Mormon, found passages in Book of Mormon like the Bible....
April 27, 2011 Hank shares on the Book of Knowledge and the Book of Nature (0:52) Questions / Comments What is the best English Bible translation? (10:02) Can a divorcee after leaving an abusive marriage remarry another divorcee? (21:15) How can I discuss the deity of...
March 16, 2011 Hank Hanegraaff continues the interview with Joel Kramer of Living Hope ministries on the problems with the theological claims of the Book of Mormon. Questions / Comments Since there are lots of scientific problems with the Old Testament, why ignore...
Volume 34:Issue 1 To purchase this individual issue click here. CONTENTS: 04 From the Editor Reaching the Children of the Revolution 06 Effective Evangelism Witnessing to Black Theological Liberals 08 Practical Hermeneutics Can a Loving God Hate Someone? Examining the...
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 32, number 03 (2009). For further information about the Christian Research Journal, click here. In 1835 Joseph Smith, Jr., announced what he thought was the most important discovery in the...
October 11, 2010 Hank comments on the USA Today Forum op-ed article “Science and religion aren’t friends: religion in America is on the defensive “ by Jerry Coyne (0:52) Questions / Comments Discussing eschatology and end times in young adult group. Like the idea of...
October 4, 2010 Hank shares on the undeniable fact that human life begins at conception and about meeting the Elise, who was a frozen embryo, but she was adopted by parents who brought her to maturity. (0:030). Questions / Comments Can you explain the letter S in the...
Well it’s finally out. The US Religious Knowledge Survey was released today by the Pew Forum on religion and public life. This religious knowledge survey says that atheists, agnostics, Jews and Mormons, a group adding up to less than 7% of all Americans, scored the...
September 28, 2010 Hank comments on the findings in the US Religious Knowledge Survey 2010, which found that atheists, agnostics, Jews and Mormons, a group adding up to less than 7% of all Americans, scored the highest on understanding world religions. The survey...
August 16, 2010 Questions / Comments How to evangelize Mormons? (0:37) Address problems with couples living together outside of marriage. Sharing Christian ideals of marriage with non-Christians (4:01) Responding to public controversy about Muslims building a Mosque...
August 6, 2010 Hank comments on taking on the mark of the beast and the FDA approved Verichip technology (0:42) Questions / Comments Work at company that uses RFID tech but heard criticism it is intrusive to privacy (3:36) Is tithing for the net or gross income?...
June 22, 20 Hank interviews Chad Meister on his Christian Research Journal article “Atheists and the Quest for Objective Morality” (0:35) Questions / Comments What about the Joel Osteen saying Mormons being “born again” on Larry King (22:52) What about spiritual...
A teacher who has recently become popular over television is a man named Arnold Murray of the Shepherd’s Chapel in Gravette, Arkansas. We at the Christian Research Institute do not endorse the teachings of Arnold Murray. This paper will demonstrate why we consider Mr....
September 17, 2009 Questions: Ezekiel 28 talks about Lucifer. Did God know Lucifer was going to rebel? How does this square with God’s regret on account of Adam’s fall? (3:10) God wanted to wipe out mankind, the birds, and so forth, and start over with the Flood....
August 27, 2009 Hank shares that new dangers of Word of Faith teachers in the twenty first century have arisen which are dealt with in Christianity in Crisis 21st Century (0:47) Questions: Many Mormons I know have good character. What is dangerous about them? (5:33)...
August 11, 2009 Hank comments on the USA Today article “We believe in evolution and God: Nearly half of Americans still dispute the Indisputable that humans evolved to our current form over millions of years. We’re scientist and Christians our message to the faithful...
Volume 31:Issue 1 Contents: Feature Articles: Is the Son Eternally Submissive to the Father? An Egalitarian-Complementarian Debate by Kevin Giles and Robert Letham Civilization and Its “Malcontent”: Sigmund Freud and the Problem of Guilt by C. Wayne Mayhall The...
Volume 30:Issue 4 To purchase this individual issue click here. CONTENTS: 03 From the Editor 10 Effective Evangelism Apologetic Nonstarters: Arguments to Avoid in Defending Christianity 12 The Dark Side of Eternity: Hell as Eternal Conscious Punishment by Robert A....
Volume 30:Issue 2 To purchase this individual issue click here. Contents: Feature Articles: Apocalypse When? by Hank Hanegraaff Neither Hindu nor Muslim: Inside the Universal Brotherhood of Sikhism by Natun Bhattacharya and C. Wayne Mayhall Storytelling as Subversive...
Volume 29:Issue 6 To purchase this individual issue click here. Contents: From the Editor: Look! The Emperor Has No Clothes by Elliot Miller Feature Articles: Speaking of Homosexuality: A Christian Response to the Arguments of the Gay Rights Movement by Joe Dallas...
Volume 28/Issue 4 To purchase this individual issue click here. Contents: From the Editor: Discerning the Defects in Discernment Ministry by Elliot Miller Feature Articles: Holocaust Apologetics: Undoing the Death of God by Barry R. Leventhal Bible Versions (Part 2)...
To purchase this individual issue click here. Contents: From the Editor: <What Are We to Teach about How to Handle Scripture? by Elliot Miller Feature Articles: Bible Versions: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Part One) by James R. White Faith’s Psychology and the...
Volume 26/Issue 2 From the Editor: Books, Books, and More Books by Elliot Miller Current State of NDE Research (Part One) by Michael Sabom The Great Divide: The Church and the Postmodernist Challenge by Don Williams Should We Keep the Sabbath? by James Borland Book...
1995 Spring Contents: Feature Articles: Tibetan Buddhists: Exiled from Their Homeland, Extolled in the West by J. Isamu Yamamoto Close Encounters of the Celestial Kind: Evaluating Today’s Angel Craze by Ron Rhodes Psychology and the Church: The “Biblical Counseling”...
1992 Fall To purchase this individual issue click here. Contents: Feature Articles: Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism: Mystical Materialism for the Masses by John Weldon Catholicism for the New Age: Matthew Fox and Creation-Centered Spirituality by Mitchell Pacwa Identity: A...
1988 Winter/Spring Contents: Feature Articles: Channeling: Spiritistic Revelations for the New Age by Elliot Miller News Watch: Watchtower Instructs Followers to Breach Professional Confidentiality by David A. Reed Witnessing Tips: Witnessing to Mormons—Some First...