
Bible Answer Man Podcast with Hank Hanegraaff
Welcome to the podcast of the Bible Answer Man broadcast with bestselling author and CRI President Hank Hanegraaff! On the Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank answers your questions with well-reasoned answers to equip you in the essentials of the historic Christian faith and strengthen your walk with the Lord. When it comes to the essentials of Christianity, there must be unity: "In essentials, unity; nonessentials, liberty; and in all things, charity."
Latest episodes

Jun 26, 2025 • 28min
Q&A: Jesus’ Words on the Cross, Tithing Challenge, and the Rapture
On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (06/26/25), Hank answers the following questions:Why do the Gospels record a different version of the words of Jesus on the cross? Roger - Modesto, CA (1:31)I heard about a church doing a 90-day tithing challenge, basing it on Malachi 3:10. They promised to refund tithers if they didn’t get their blessings. Is this right? Pam - Due West, SC (4:41)I heard a man preaching that he doesn’t believe in the rapture, that it was founded a hundred or so years ago. What is biblically correct? Cassandra - Charlotte, NC (15:13)Revelation 20 talks about “the first resurrection,” which suggests a second resurrection. Where do you get that there will be no seven-year tribulation? Olivia - Marion, AR (19:02)

Jun 25, 2025 • 28min
Q&A: False Gospels, Future End-Time Events, and Debating With Muslims
On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (06/25/25), Hank answers the following questions:I’ve noticed more and more on Christian TV and radio, I am hearing false gospels, such as the prosperity gospel. What do you think is causing this? Doug - Moorestown, NJ (0:55)If you take out the rapture in the Book of Revelation, is the millennial reign of Jesus, the regeneration of Earth by fire, and peace on Earth still in the future? Ed - Colorado Springs, CO (6:31)Can you clarify your comments about God acting “trans-temporally”? If this is true, does such mean that Adam and Eve came into a fallen world? Ross - Alva, OK (15:14)I have Muslim friends. We debated that their Allah is the same God as Christianity. They claimed Christians have several gods. We also discussed radical Islam, and they brought up Christians who protest at abortion clinics. How should I respond to them? Sherry - El Dorado, KS (18:49)

Jun 24, 2025 • 28min
Exposing Eastern Lightning
On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (06/24/25), Hank reflects on the end of the fiscal year, underscoring Christian unity and global missions while warning about The Church of Almighty God (Eastern Lightning), which claims a Chinese woman is the reincarnated Christ and the fulfillment of Jesus’ Olivet Discourse. Doctrinally deviant and sociologically subversive, this group masquerades as a persecuted Christian movement to advance dangerous dogmas. In CRI’s special issue of the Christian Research Journal, believers are equipped to recognize and confront such cults. Hank shows how your prayers, partnership, and generosity make an eternal difference in fulfilling the Great Commission.

Jun 23, 2025 • 28min
Death Before Adam, and Q&A
On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (06/23/25), Hank comments on the issue of death prior to Adam in the age of the Earth debate.Hank also answers the following questions:I’m doing a study on God’s will for our lives. Are some people created as vessels of honor and others for dishonor according to Romans 9:18-23? Lisa - Oklahoma City, OK (6:07)Is it arrogant to be firm in your beliefs? Tina - Bellevue, NE (15:11)How does the passage about Jesus and the moneychangers relate to today? Someone keeps talking about multi-level business opportunities in church. Kevin - Oklahoma City, OK (19:02)

Jun 21, 2025 • 28min
Best of BAM: Generational Giving, and Q&A
On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank discusses giving as it relates to different generations; comparing the War Generation with Baby Boomers, Gen X, and Millennials, and how we as Christians should be generous.Hank also answers the following questions:My friend does not believe Jesus is the Son of God, he thinks we are gods. He points to Psalm 82:6 and John 10 to support this idea. Can you respond? Jahira - Brooklyn, NY (15:11)Was the Earth one large continent prior to the flood called Pangaea? Does the split of the continents have anything to do with the Tower of Babel? Kyle - Oklahoma City, OK (20:09)Scripture mentions the New Heaven and New Earth. What is the purpose of the New Earth? Kyle - Oklahoma City, OK (22:19)Scripture says a person will be judged according to their knowledge of the Law. Is this correct? Kyle - Oklahoma City, OK (24:08)

Jun 20, 2025 • 28min
Stockholm Syndrome Christianity with John West - Part 5
On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (06/20/25), we pick up where we ended on our previous broadcast and present more of an episode of the Hank Unplugged podcast. Hank is talking with Dr. John West, author of Stockholm Syndrome Christianity: Why America’s Christian Leaders Are Failing—And What We Can Do About It. Hank and Dr. West discuss how Stockholm Syndrome Christians abandoned religious liberty, the importance of discernment when it comes to the entertainment we consume, and the problems with simply “following the science”.

Jun 19, 2025 • 28min
Stockholm Syndrome Christianity with John West - Part 4
On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (06/19/25), we pick up where we ended on our previous broadcast and present more of an episode of the Hank Unplugged podcast. Hank is talking with Dr. John West, author of Stockholm Syndrome Christianity: Why America’s Christian Leaders Are Failing—And What We Can Do About It. Hank and Dr. West discuss sexual suicide—how the devaluation of marriage within churches came before the culture, if Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy an example of Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, the slippery slope for individuals, when “anti-racism” is actually racist, and how Stockholm Syndrome Christians abandoned religious liberty.

Jun 18, 2025 • 28min
Stockholm Syndrome Christianity with John West - Part 3
On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (06/18/25), we pick up where we ended on our previous broadcast and present more of an episode of the Hank Unplugged podcast. Hank is talking with Dr. John West, author of Stockholm Syndrome Christianity: Why America’s Christian Leaders Are Failing—And What We Can Do About It. Hank and Dr. West discuss the problems with secularism influencing scientific inquiry, if Neo-Darwinism and Christianity can co-exist, if theistic evolution is the worst of all possibilities, how the evolutionary paradigm is foundational for many of the other problematic “-isms”, and sexual suicide—how the devaluation of marriage within churches came before the culture.

Jun 17, 2025 • 28min
Stockholm Syndrome Christianity with John West - Part 2
On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (06/17/25), we pick up where we ended on our previous broadcast and present more of an episode of the Hank Unplugged podcast. Hank is talking with Dr. John West, author of Stockholm Syndrome Christianity: Why America’s Christian Leaders Are Failing—And What We Can Do About It. Hank and Dr. West discuss Andy Stanley’s assertion that the Old Testament is obsolete, If it is necessary to call out Christian leaders by name, the ongoing Battle for the Bible—from Robert Gundry to Mike Licona, and the problems with secularism influencing scientific inquiry.

Jun 16, 2025 • 28min
Stockholm Syndrome Christianity with John West - Part 1
On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (06/16/25), we present an episode of the Hank Unplugged podcast. Hank’s guest is Dr. John West, author of Stockholm Syndrome Christianity: Why America’s Christian Leaders Are Failing—And What We Can Do About It. Hank and Dr. West discuss what Stockholm Syndrome Christianity is, Seattle Pacific University as an example of Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, how parents can be sure of where to send their kids to school, and Andy Stanley’s assertion that the Old Testament is obsolete.