Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations

Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, reminds us that it is scientifically correct to say that an individual human life begins at conception. The human nature of a human being from conception to old age is not a mere metaphysical contention but a scientific fact. While an embryo does not have a fully developed personality, an embryo does have full personhood from the moment of conception.

Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, asks what will be the fate of American and Afghan allies left captive behind enemy lines in Afghanistan. Tragically, the answer is borne out by history. Recall that precisely seven years ago, Mosul, Iraq fell. Muslim fighters thereafter captured village after village. Men were executed. Women and girls taken as slaves, with the sanction for raping captives issued directly from Allah in the Qur’an. Indeed, the consensus of sharia, in concert with the will of Allah, mandates war as a “religious duty, because of the universalism of the Muslim mission and (the obligation to) convert everybody to Islam either by persuasion or by force” (Ibn Khaldun, The Muqaddimah). The Islamic wars mandated by sharia will continue on as a plague on the landscape of humanity.

Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, reflects on what could cause someone to blow themselves up and kill so many others in the process. According to the Qur’an, women are promised to suicide bombers as soon as they depart this life. And these women, known as houris, do not sleep, get pregnant, menstruate, spit, blow their noses, or ever get sick, and these “good and lovely, buxom and virginal” women are created specifically as a reward for males of the Muslim community who have been faithful to Allah. Qur’anic descriptions of the houris are particularly intoxicating to modern-day Islamic jihadists. Tragically, most Muslims, like these young Islamic jihadists, are blithely unaware that the sensual visions of paradise that inflame and inform their lusts emanate from the fertile imaginations of mere people—a bankrupt Zoroastrian eschatology.

Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, reflects on the appointment of Harvard’s new Chief Chaplain atheist Greg Epstein. He is the author of Good without God and somehow knows with certainty that there is no life after death, and that we should not look to God for answers—rather we should look to him. Much has changed in Harvard’s four-hundred-year history. Consider Harvard’s original mission statement: “Let every student be plainly instructed and earnestly pressed to consider well the end of his life and studies is to know God and Jesus Christ, which is eternal life, and therefore to lay Christ in the bottom, as the only foundation of all sound knowledge and learning.”

Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, shares a profound letter from his sister Jobje as she continues through the arduous trial of pancreatic cancer treatment. Psalm 139 has been Jobje’s favorite Psalm—what she describes as a spiritual birth certificate summarizing what each of us can expect as we travel from the start of life to its very end. Jobje’s name in the Dutch language means “God is gracious.” “Search Me O God, and know my anxious thoughts. All the days ordained for me are written in your book before even one of them came to be.”

Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, recently broke the trophy that he won for coming in first place in a charity golf tournament. His initial disappointment quickly diminished as he remembered that our treasures on earth will pale in comparison to our treasures in heaven. Another reminder to set our sights on the life to come and live our lives for an audience of one.

Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, discusses the reservoir of wisdom literature available in books of the Bible such as Proverbs—may we all take advantage of this precious gift of God by immersing ourselves in the wisdom in the Word of God.

Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, recalls the experience of a ministry leader who believes he was inspired by the appearance of an angel and the voice of God to begin a charity that reaches out to the poor and the suffering. Hank discusses the term angelophany and whether or not angels appear in our midst today.

Joe Dallas rightly dubs cancel culture a spreading madness–a virus of twisted thinking. Belief in the normalcy of the male-female sexual union is viewed as homophobic, the immutable nature of our assigned sex, transphobic, and the value of the unborn, misogynistic. The dam has burst, submerging basic Christian morality and ethics.Joe Dallas joins Hank Hanegraaff to discuss his new book, Christians in a Cancel Culture, in which he uses his decades of wisdom as a counselor to guide Christians on how to have difficult discussions on issues such as abortion, homosexuality, race and transgenderism by using biblical discernment while wielding our Christian convictions with a gavel of grace.For more information, please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-cri2109hupPlease click here to see a review Joe Dallas did of the Netflix's documentary, Pray Away. https://www.equip.org/article/whoever-said-you-can-pray-the-gay-away-a-film-review-of-netflixs-pray-away/Topics discussed include: Why Christians should be concerned with cancel culture (3:45); are some churches too concerned with pleasing the culture? (6:10); when it comes to biblical truth many Christians are either holding the right position with the wrong attitude or the wrong position in an effort to appease the culture (7:35); why cancel culture is more similar to a virus than a revolution (12:30); what exactly is cancel culture? (16:10); committing violence in the name of social justice (18:10); are Christians dangerous to society? (22:30); Christians must view persecution from an eternal perspective (29:15); the rise of identity politics and expanded government (33:45); why would society want to silence Christians? (37:35); if abortion is always evil, why do many Christians have abortion fatigue? (46:00); is Roe v. Wade a settled issue? (50:30); is abortion strictly a women’s issue? (55:10); why are so many Christians embracing homosexuality (58:55); the Netflix documentary Pray Away (1:01:10); will society soon control what the church can and cannot say and do? (1:09:30); the roots of Critical Race Theory (1:14:55); will social justice lead to tyranny? (1:21:45); the rapid rise of the transgender movement (1:26:30); is cancel culture a new religion? (1:35:00); the pretty poison of progressive Christianity promoted by leaders like Rob Bell (1:36:20); will Christians soon lose their religious liberty and be censored? (1:37:55). Listen to Hank’s podcast and follow Hank off the grid where he is joined by some of the brightest minds discussing topics you care about. Get equipped to be a cultural change agent.Archived episodes are on our Website and available at the additional channels listed below.You can help spread the word about Hank Unplugged by giving us a rating and review from the other channels we are listed on.

Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, highlights a couple that he is honored to have known since the early days of his ministry—a couple that he considers to an incredible example of servant leadership and a reminder that we as Christians are called to use our resources to serve the poor. May we all heed the words of Matthew 6:19-20 and strive to be covenant-keeping servants of Christ.