Bible Answer Man Podcast with Hank Hanegraaff

On today’s special edition of the Bible Answer Man broadcast, we present an episode of the Hank Unplugged podcast. Hank’s guest is cold-case homicide detective J. Warner Wallace, author of Cold-Case Christianity, God’s Crime Scene, and Forensic Faith.

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (10/02/18), Hank answers the following questions: Is Louis Farrakhan the real deal or just another cult leader? What is the proper Hebrew name for Jesus and God? Do you know anything about Black Hebrew Israelites? What are your thoughts on amillennialism? Can you address the beliefs of the Bahá’í Faith? Can you advise me on how to be a better witness to Muslims?

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (10/01/18), Hank discusses an article he read in the National Review by Jonah Goldberg titled, “The Moral-Panic Phase.” In this article, Goldberg is commenting on the idea that Judge Kavanaugh cannot be a Supreme Court Justice because of the passion he displayed in defending himself during the Senate Judiciary committee hearings on September 27th. If Kavanaugh had been coldly dispassionate, the opposition would be using that as evidence of him being an emotionless monster who lacks the basic human decency to take offence at being called a rapist. As Goldberg wisely notes, judges are not expected to be cold and dispassionate in the face of charges about themselves. That’s why they recuse themselves from cases in which they have a personal interest. Hank also answers the following question: What is your opinion on the Hippie Christian movement?

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank starts off by saying that he has something that he wanted to bring to your attention on today’s broadcast. This morning Hank read an article in the Federalist titled, “U.S. Doctors Are Performing Double Mastectomies On Healthy 13-Year-Old Girls” by Jane Robbins. In the article, Robbins highlights a trend of physicians performing double mastectomies on healthy teen girls—some as young as 13—under the justification of gender dysphoria. The article focuses on a study that was funded by the National Institutes of Health using federal tax money and led by researchers like Dr. Johanna Olson. As Robbins states, “the study is fundamentally skewed toward the conclusions transgender activists desire: it contains no control group of subjects who will be spared these drugs, and will expire after five years, long before many negative effects may surface.”

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (09/20/18), Hank starts off by saying that he has something that he wanted to bring to your attention on today’s broadcast. This morning Hank read an article in the Federalist titled, “U.S. Doctors Are Performing Double Mastectomies On Healthy 13-Year-Old Girls” by Jane Robbins. In the article, Robbins highlights a trend of physicians performing double mastectomies on healthy teen girls—some as young as 13—under the justification of gender dysphoria. The article focuses on a study that was funded by the National Institutes of Health using federal tax money and led by researchers like Dr. Johanna Olson. As Robbins states, “the study is fundamentally skewed toward the conclusions transgender activists desire: it contains no control group of subjects who will be spared these drugs, and will expire after five years, long before many negative effects may surface.”

On today’s special edition of the Bible Answer Man, we pick up where we ended on our previous broadcast and present the second half of an episode of the Hank Unplugged podcast in which Hank talked with Middle East and Islam research specialist Raymond Ibrahim.

On today’s special edition of the Bible Answer Man broadcast, we present another episode of the Hank Unplugged podcast. Hank’s guest is Raymond Ibrahim, a Middle East and Islam research specialist.

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (9/26/2018), Hank conveyed that in questioning Judge Brett Kavanagh during the confirmation hearing, Senator Diane Feinstein made it crystal clear that her ultimate concern was preserving Roe v. Wade. Feinstein told Kavanaugh, “In the 1950s and 60s, the two decades before Roe, deaths from illegal abortions in this country ran between 200,000 and 1.2 million…I don’t want to go back to those death tolls in this country.” Feinstein was quite obviously unconcerned about the 3000 preborn children who died in the United States that day. In the 21 days from then till now 63,000 more children have been put to death. Furthermore, as reported by the Associated Press, Feinstein “vastly overstated” the number of women who died in illegal abortions prior to Roe v. Wade. Whatever the number of women who may have died in the process of aborting their pre-born children, it pales by comparison to the number of babies who have been or are being killed. Hank also addresses these questions: Who was Mary Baker Eddy – and what was Christian Science? What happens to our spirit after death

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (9/26/2018), Hank conveyed that in questioning Judge Brett Kavanagh during the confirmation hearing, Senator Diane Feinstein made it crystal clear that her ultimate concern was preserving Roe v. Wade. Feinstein told Kavanaugh, “In the 1950s and 60s, the two decades before Roe, deaths from illegal abortions in this country ran between 200,000 and 1.2 million…I don’t want to go back to those death tolls in this country.” Feinstein was quite obviously unconcerned about the 3000 preborn children who died in the United States that day. In the 21 days from then till now 63,000 more children have been put to death. Furthermore, as reported by the Associated Press, Feinstein “vastly overstated” the number of women who died in illegal abortions prior to Roe v. Wade. Whatever the number of women who may have died in the process of aborting their pre-born children, it pales by comparison to the number of babies who have been or are being killed. Hank also addresses these questions: Who was Mary Baker Eddy – and what was Christian Science? What happens to our spirit after death

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (9/25/2018), Hank said that in tandem with unverified accusations against US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, repressed memories are in the daily news cycle these days—and with a vengeance. This, of course, is nothing new. In The Covering he noted Lauren Strafford’s bestseller Satan’s Underground, which became “a key source for promoting and validating the ‘repressed memories’ hysteria that peaked in the early 1990s.” Recovered memories are often disclosed in therapy settings. They begin with seemingly unrelated problems such as sleep, eating disorders, or depression. During the course of treatment, either the therapist or the client raises the possibility of repressed memories. At first the survivor may not remember anything but after long term intensive treatment gradually pieces together a complex history of abuse. Often the therapist decides that the repression was facilitated by a dissociative state—and that after prolonged questioning. Accusations against public officials, personalities, neighbors, or other more distant adults usually come only after cases have been sensationalized. Hank also addresses the following question: Should Christians be non-partisan and not take a side on the Kavanaugh controversy?

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (9/24/2018), Hank shared about his heart-wrenching experience of laying his dear mother’s body to rest over the weekend. “We do not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words” (1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 ESV). At the end of the broadcast, Hank also spoke about the necessity but rarity of truth in our current milieu—the 17th century French mathematician and Christian apologist Blaise Pascal’s words are prophetically appropriate: “Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.” Hank also addresses these questions: Prayer request from Dawn of Winter Springs, Florida to pray for her father who has stage four lung cancer. Why did God command the Israelites to annihilate the Canaanites?

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank discusses an article he wrote in the current edition of the Christian Research Journal on the incarnation, answering the question as to whether incarnation is logically incoherent. It is more than intoxicating to reflect on the reality that as Christ is incarnate in the image of humankind, so humanity in Christ is being refashioned in the image of God. Far from being reproductions of God, human beings are more correctly portrayed as reflections of God. It is liberating for believers to revel in the reality that in the consummation of all things God will completely restore the Imago Dei in fallen humanity. Had the incarnate Christ not come in the image and likeness of man, there would be no hope for humanity to be refashioned in the Imago Dei. Hank answers the following questions: How can I explain to my non-believing friends and family that God has no beginning? Why are there so many laws listed in Exodus and what are they meant to accomplish? How should you approach someone from another denomination who refuses to have a dialogue? What are your thoughts on paranormal activity?

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (09/20/18), Hank starts off by saying that he has something that he wanted to bring to your attention on today’s broadcast. This morning Hank read an article in the Federalist titled, “U.S. Doctors Are Performing Double Mastectomies On Healthy 13-Year-Old Girls” by Jane Robbins. In the article, Robbins highlights a trend of physicians performing double mastectomies on healthy teen girls—some as young as 13—under the justification of gender dysphoria. The article focuses on a study that was funded by the National Institutes of Health using federal tax money and led by researchers like Dr. Johanna Olson. As Robbins states, “the study is fundamentally skewed toward the conclusions transgender activists desire: it contains no control group of subjects who will be spared these drugs, and will expire after five years, long before many negative effects may surface.”

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (09/19/18), Hank discusses an article he read in the National Review that caused all kinds of thoughts to rattle through his mind. The article is titled “Democrats, Kavanaugh, and ‘The End of Civilization’” by Andrew C. McCarthy. In the article McCarthy recalls a story that Judge Robert Bork used to tell about watching Clarence Thomas’s Senate confirmation hearings. Bork described it in apocalyptic fashion—in fact, he quipped that it portended “the end of civilization.” He knew precisely what he was talking about as he too had been mugged during his own confirmation hearings. As McCarthy put it, with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, we appear to have reached the metaphorical end of civilization that Bork foresaw. A time in which a Supreme Court nominee is in danger of being disqualified based on unprosecuted, unprovable, and largely unremembered misconduct that allegedly occurred in high school. This sets a dangerous precedent that will eventually lead to decent, qualified people shying away from public service because they would want no part of this blood sport, leaving a vacuum to be filled by the least qualified. Hank answers the following questions: Do we have complete free will? Can God protect us from injury or the evil acts of others? You have been a blessing to me, is there anything that we can specifically pray for you? I’m a long-time listener and in 2007, you helped me out of despair after the death of my son. Thank you. How can we hear God’s voice? What’s the best way to study the Bible?

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (09/18/18), Hank starts off with the quote of the day in honor of his mother, who went home to be with the Lord early this morning. Hank shares her life verse—Philippians 4:4-7. Hank also discusses the great hope of resurrection. All who put their trust in Jesus can be absolutely certain that they will experience resurrection. Christ’s fulfillment of his promise to lay down his life and take it up again in three days is the guarantee that there is life after life-after-life. Hank answers the following questions: Will we be able to sin in heaven? In Isaiah 11:6 where it talks about the wolf living with the lamb, is it talking about the millennium? Will we experience time between death and resurrection or is it instantaneous?