Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations

By Hank Hanegraaff

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Hank Hanegraaff's podcast designed to range farther and dive deeper into both perennial and contemporary issues of interest to thinking Christians.

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10.21.2021

Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, shares a parable of sorts from his sister Jobje, who is fighting pancreatic cancer. In the parable she receives a large mirror through which she ...

Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations episodes:

10.21.2021 Road of Life and Book of Sins: A Parable Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, shares a parable of sorts from his sister Jobje, who is fighting pancreatic cancer. In the parable she receives a large mirror through which she ...
10.15.2021 Exposing Fake History Hank Hanegraaff, president of the Christian Research Institute and host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast, reflects on the tension and debate over Christopher Columbus. Think of last year’s carnage in Portland on “Indigenous Peoples’ Day of Rage.” Or the ...
10.12.2021 What If Darwin Got It Wrong? (Spoiler: He Did) with Neil Thomas Hank Hanegraaff is joined by Neil Thomas to discuss his book Taking Leave of Darwin: A Longtime Agnostic Discovers the Case for Design. Neil Thomas was a committed Darwinist and agnostic — until an investigation of evolutionary theory led him ...
10.11.2021 Hope & Peace in Suffering for Hank's Sister Hank Hanegraaff, president of the Christian Research Institute and host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast, shares another note of deep and abiding encouragement to us all from his sister Jobje, who is an astonishing example of faithfulness in the ...
10.08.2021 Light at the End of the Tunnel for COVID-19 Hank Hanegraaff, president of the Christian Research Institute and host of the Hank Unplugged podcast, shares an article in the Wall Street Journal by Dr. Monica Gandhi, “Covid will Soon Be Endemic, Thank Goodness.” Dr. Gandhi says that “a disease ...
10.05.2021 Draconian Women’s Health Protection Act Hank Hanegraaff, host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, decries the recent passing of the deceptively named Women’s Health Protection Act (H. R. 3755) in the U. S. House of Representatives. This horrendous piece of ...
10.04.2021 Sowing the Wind, Reaping the Whirlwind Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, reacts to a New York Post article reporting on the claims of the beheading of two young boys and that the Taliban have been killing ...
09.29.2021 Coming Out as Trans at Age Four. Hank Hanegraaff, president of the Christian Research Institute and host of the Hank Unplugged podcast, responds to an article—a testimonial of a mother—in Insider, titled, “My Toddler Came Out as Trans at Age 4. He’s So Much Happier Now.” The ...
09.28.2021 Codifying Unlimited Abortion into Federal Law? (Hank Unplugged Shorts) Hank Hanegraaff, host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, reflects on the difficult-to-imagine reality that on Friday (September 24, 2021), “House Democrats united behind legislation [H.R. 3755]…enshrining in federal law a virtually unlimited right to ...
09.27.2021 Reflections on the Death of John Shelby Spong (Hank Unplugged Short) Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, reflects on the teachings and recent death of John Shelby Spong, who for many decades influenced a great number of people within the Episcopal Church. ...
09.24.2021 Boycott Texas for Following the Science? Hank Hanegraaff, president of the Christian Research Institute and host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast, reacts to Nancy Armour’s call in USA Today for another boycott. She says “NCAA and leagues shouldn't play big games in Texas.” Why? Because ...
09.24.2021 A Transgender Bishop? (Hank Unplugged Short) Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, notes that on September 11, 2021, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America furthered its slide into illiberal liberalism with the installment of their first transgender ...
09.22.2021 A Cold-Case Detective Uncovers the Truth About Jesus with J. Warner Wallace Hank Hanegraaff is joined by J. Warner Wallace to discuss his new book Person of Interest: Why Jesus Still Matters in a World that Rejects the Bible. As a former atheist, Wallace understands why people would be skeptical about the ...
09.20.2021 Jesus, a Person of Supreme Interest (Hank Unplugged Short) Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the
09.16.2021 Motherhood in Process of Erasure (Hank Unplugged Short) Hank Hanegraaff, host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, reflects on an excellent article by Cole Aronson, “In Defense of Motherhood.” Aronson reacts to the Department of Health and Human Services having replaced the moniker ...
09.14.2021 "I Don't Agree" That Life Begins at Conception (Hank Unplugged Shorts) Hank Hanegraaff, host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, received an image of his new pre-born grandchild and reflects on the president’s recent words, “I don’t agree” with “those who believe life begins at the ...
09.12.2021 “Let’s Roll,” The Story of Todd Beamer (Hank Unplugged Short) Hank Hanegraaff, host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, reflects on the heroic, Christ-honoring actions of Todd Beamer on Flight 93, September 11, 2001, who helped prevent the Muslim hijackers from crashing the Boeing 757 ...
09.11.2021 9/11 and Complacency about Resurgent Islam. (Hank Unplugged Short) Hank Hanegraaff, host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, reflects on the fact that with the passing of time—twenty years since September 11, 2001—we have become complacent to the Islamic terrorism that spawned the Manhattan ...
09.09.2021 Peace in the Midst of the Storm. (Hank Unplugged Shorts) Hank Hanegraaff, host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, shares that when his friend and publisher Jack Countryman asked him to write on peace, he considered it a daunting task. Not because he’s not experienced ...
09.08.2021 Being Redeemed into a New Image for His Glory. (Hank Unplugged Short) Hank Hanegraaff, host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, shares another profound letter from his sister Jobje, as she continues her arduous journey through pancreatic cancer treatment. “Each morning I eagerly look outside before the ...
09.07.2021 Migration Without Assimilation (Hank Unplugged Short) Hank Hanegraaff, host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, reminds us that Islam advances not only by sword but, as the late Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi boasted, by migration without assimilation. Indeed, said al-Qaddafi, “Allah ...
09.06.2021 The Problem of Evil (Hank Unplugged Short) Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, observes that the moral evils we see happening in the world, including horrendous events in Afghanistan and the ongoing holocaust of abortion on demand, as ...
09.03.2021 “Pro-Choice” Covers for a Nationally Sanctioned Holocaust (Hank Unplugged Short) 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 ...
09.02.2021 Has America’s Longest War Really Ended? (Hank Unplugged Shorts) 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 ...
08.31.2021 What Explains a Suicide Bombing? (Hank Unplugged Short) 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 ...
08.31.2021 Harvard Appoints Atheist as Chief Chaplain (Hank Unplugged Short) 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 ...
08.30.2021 God’s Immeasurable Grace—Psalm 139 (Hank Unplugged Short) 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 ...
08.30.2021 A Broken Trophy (Hank Unplugged Short) 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 ...
08.28.2021 Where Can we find Wisdom? (Hank Unplugged Short) 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 ...
08.27.2021 Angelophany: Do Angels Appear in our Midst Today? (Hank Unplugged Short) 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 ...
08.26.2021 Christians in a Cancel Culture with Joe Dallas 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, ...
08.25.2021 Covenant Keeping Servants (Hank Unplugged Short) 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 ...
08.24.2021 Islam Advances by the Sword (Hank Unplugged Short) Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, can’t get Afghanistan off his mind. In 635, three years after Muhammad died, Damascus (the city toward which Paul was advancing when he experienced a ...
08.23.2021 Our Collective Amnesia (Hank Unplugged Short) Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, recalls Hitler’s statement with respect to amnesia—he had given orders to his death units to exterminate the Polish and said, after all, “who remembers the ...
08.21.2021 Hank Unplugged Short: When Christian Leaders Cave Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, laments that it’s easy to blame a rapidly devolving culture on pagans, but the real problem is not pagans—it’s Christians ceasing to be salt and ...
08.20.2021 Hank Unplugged Short: Designating Christians as Dangerous Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, reflects on the relegation of Christians to the margins of society—not merely as wrong but dangerous. In doing so, it will become much easier for ...
08.19.2021 Hank Unplugged Short: Lord, Abide With Me Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, shares part of a missive from his sister Jobje, expressing love and gratitude for prayers as she battles cancer. She writes that her mind is ...
08.18.2021 Hank Unplugged Short: Tyranny of the Taliban and Progressive American Values Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, reflects on the devastating implications of America’s ill-conceived withdrawal from Afghanistan—as we simultaneously attempt to export progressive American values, such as encapsulated in a recent ...
08.17.2021 Hank Unplugged Short: What Do the Taliban Portend? Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, reflects on what happened over the weekend in Afghanistan (Aug. 2021). The Taliban represent an Islamic juggernaut bent on the enforcement of Islamic law not ...
08.16.2021 Hank Unplugged Short: When a Man Stops Believing in God Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, reflects on G. K. Chesterton’s quip that “When a man stops believing in God, he doesn’t believe in nothing; he believes in anything.” While other ...
08.15.2021 Hank Unplugged Short: Changing Roles of East & West Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man Broadcast and the Hank Unplugged Podcast, observes that Eastern European countries such as Hungary and Poland have retained their inherited identities and the ideologies that have made Western civilization the greatest ...
08.14.2021 Hank Unplugged Short: Standing for Truth, Experience Life Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man Broadcast and the Hank Unplugged Podcast, wonders how many of us today are men and women of conviction. John the Baptist was not like a reed shaking in the wind—not one ...
08.13.2021 Hank Unplugged Short: Hooked on Reading! Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, shares what he’s been reading lately in addition to Scripture — The Bridge at Andau by James A. Michener and Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De ...
08.12.2021 Hank Unplugged Short: COVID-19 Strikes Home As his family grapples with COVID-19, Hank Hanegraaff reminds us that while this life has ups and downs, including sickness and sorrow, our hope is not in a temporary universe in bondage to decay. Ultimately, our hope in Christ looks ...
08.11.2021 Hank Unplugged Short: Are Biological Gender Designations Bad for Your Health? Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast, starts a new series called "Hank Unplugged Shorts" where he regularly delves into today's headlines, issues, personal stories, and current events to equip Christians to ...
08.10.2021 Mary: Does the Mother of God Matter to Us? with Brandi Willis Schreiber Jesus Christ, God incarnate, had a fully human mother and her name was Mary. For most of his Christian life, Hank Hanegraaff lacked a proper appreciation for the grandeur and glory of the Mother of our Savior. As Christians, does ...
08.05.2021 Hank Unplugged Short: A Powerful Word of Encouragement from Hank's Sister Who is fighting Cancer In this Hank Unplugged Short, a new series, Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast, shares a powerful word of encouragement that he received from his sister Jobe who is fighting cancer and it touched him deeply. ...
07.22.2021 China, Communism and Christianity with Bob Fu Polling has shown that over a third of millennials approve of communism while socialism increasingly appeals to many young people in Western countries. This is a shocking development for those who have lived through the horrors of communism in places ...
07.07.2021 Return of the God Hypothesis: Evidence for the Existence of God with Stephen Meyer Beginning in the late 19th century, many intellectuals began to insist that scientific knowledge conflicts with traditional theistic belief—that science and belief in God are “at war.” In Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer argues that theism—with its affirmation ...
06.23.2021 Apatheism: Who Cares if God Exists? with Kyle Beshears Atheists don’t believe in God. Agnostics don’t know if God exists. Theists believe in God. What do Apatheists believe? In short, they simply do not care to answer the question of God’s existence. How can you share the gospel with ...

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Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations episodes:

Road of Life and Book of Sins: A Parable

Exposing Fake History

What If Darwin Got It Wrong? (Spoiler: He Did) with Neil Thomas

Hope & Peace in Suffering for Hank's Sister

Light at the End of the Tunnel for COVID-19

Draconian Women’s Health Protection Act

Sowing the Wind, Reaping the Whirlwind

Coming Out as Trans at Age Four.

Codifying Unlimited Abortion into Federal Law? (Hank Unplugged Shorts)

Reflections on the Death of John Shelby Spong (Hank Unplugged Short)

Boycott Texas for Following the Science?

A Transgender Bishop? (Hank Unplugged Short)

A Cold-Case Detective Uncovers the Truth About Jesus with J. Warner Wallace

Jesus, a Person of Supreme Interest (Hank Unplugged Short)

Motherhood in Process of Erasure (Hank Unplugged Short)

"I Don't Agree" That Life Begins at Conception (Hank Unplugged Shorts)

“Let’s Roll,” The Story of Todd Beamer (Hank Unplugged Short)

9/11 and Complacency about Resurgent Islam. (Hank Unplugged Short)

Peace in the Midst of the Storm. (Hank Unplugged Shorts)

Being Redeemed into a New Image for His Glory. (Hank Unplugged Short)

Migration Without Assimilation (Hank Unplugged Short)

The Problem of Evil (Hank Unplugged Short)

“Pro-Choice” Covers for a Nationally Sanctioned Holocaust (Hank Unplugged Short)

Has America’s Longest War Really Ended? (Hank Unplugged Shorts)

What Explains a Suicide Bombing? (Hank Unplugged Short)

Harvard Appoints Atheist as Chief Chaplain (Hank Unplugged Short)

God’s Immeasurable Grace—Psalm 139 (Hank Unplugged Short)

A Broken Trophy (Hank Unplugged Short)

Where Can we find Wisdom? (Hank Unplugged Short)

Angelophany: Do Angels Appear in our Midst Today? (Hank Unplugged Short)

Christians in a Cancel Culture with Joe Dallas

Covenant Keeping Servants (Hank Unplugged Short)

Islam Advances by the Sword (Hank Unplugged Short)

Our Collective Amnesia (Hank Unplugged Short)

Hank Unplugged Short: When Christian Leaders Cave

Hank Unplugged Short: Designating Christians as Dangerous

Hank Unplugged Short: Lord, Abide With Me

Hank Unplugged Short: Tyranny of the Taliban and Progressive American Values

Hank Unplugged Short: What Do the Taliban Portend?

Hank Unplugged Short: When a Man Stops Believing in God

Hank Unplugged Short: Changing Roles of East & West

Hank Unplugged Short: Standing for Truth, Experience Life

Hank Unplugged Short: Hooked on Reading!

Hank Unplugged Short: COVID-19 Strikes Home

Hank Unplugged Short: Are Biological Gender Designations Bad for Your Health?

Mary: Does the Mother of God Matter to Us? with Brandi Willis Schreiber

Hank Unplugged Short: A Powerful Word of Encouragement from Hank's Sister Who is fighting Cancer

China, Communism and Christianity with Bob Fu

Return of the God Hypothesis: Evidence for the Existence of God with Stephen Meyer

Apatheism: Who Cares if God Exists? with Kyle Beshears

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