Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations

By Hank Hanegraaff

Religion & Spirituality

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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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02.22.2021

The world around us is consumed by issues of identity—the church included. Responding to these issues from an orthodox Christian perspective is critical to the future of the church, however, it isn’t always easy for Christians to follow their convictions ...

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02.22.2021 A Christian Response to Homophobia and Racism with Rev. Matt Kennedy The world around us is consumed by issues of identity—the church included. Responding to these issues from an orthodox Christian perspective is critical to the future of the church, however, it isn’t always easy for Christians to follow their convictions ...
02.02.2021 Rewriting History: Exposing the Fake History That Turned a Generation against America with Mary Grabar In a world filled with fake news—Research — the ‘R’ in CRI — is more critical than ever. While researching Columbus Day, Hank Hanegraaff read countless articles conveying Christopher Columbus as one of history’s greatest villains—far from the hero of ...
01.19.2021 The Demon in Democracy: Totalitarian Temptations in Free Societies with Ryszard Legutko Professor Ryszard Legutko lived and suffered under communism for decades and fought in the Polish anti-communist movement to abolish it. Having now live for over two decades under a liberal democracy, Legutko has discovered that liberal democracy and communism have ...
01.05.2021 Totalitarianism in America? with Rod Dreher For years, émigrés from the former Soviet Union have been telling Rod Dreher they see telltale signs of “soft” totalitarianism cropping up in America. Identity politics are intruding into every aspect of life. Progressives are marginalizing conservative Christians. Technology and ...
12.22.2020 The Price of Panic: How the Tyranny of Experts Turned a Pandemic into a Catastrophe with Jay Richards For the first time in history, the world shut itself down — by choice — fearful of a virus that wasn’t well understood. The government ordered the closure of countless businesses — many never to return. Schools sent students home ...
12.09.2020 Holy Tradition with Hank Hanegraaff, Francis Chan and Metropolitan Yohan Tradition has become a dirty word to many Christians in the West, often pitting Holy Scripture and Holy Tradition against one another. However, if Holy Tradition is Scripture rightly understood then there is no need for them to be viewed ...
11.24.2020 Discussing On Wealth and Poverty by John Chrysostom with Dr. Bogdan Bucur The sermons of St. John Chrysostom are some of the richest classical commentaries on the Christian life. Rev. Dr. Bogdan Bucur joins Hank Hanegraaff to discuss Chrysostom’s Christian classic On Wealth and Poverty.https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-cri2011hup/ Throughout their conversation he eloquently reminds listeners ...
11.12.2020 You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit with James K.A. Smith You are what you love. But you might not love what you think. Christians desire to shape culture, yet are often unaware of how culture shapes us—unaware of the ways our hearts are being taught to love rival gods instead ...
10.29.2020 Planned Parenthood to Pro-Life with Abby Johnson (A Former Director of Planned Parenthood) Abortion is one of the most divisive issues in the United States and the most powerful advocate for abortion is Planned Parenthood. Abby Johnson went from being a clinic director for Planned Parenthood to an outspoken leader of the Pro-Life ...
10.26.2020 Politics for Christians with Francis J. Beckwith Should Christians be involved in politics? Christians in America have the historically unique power to enact laws that advance the common good and must take this special obligation seriously by using good judgement while voting and supporting legislation and political ...
10.14.2020 Heretics! What Divides Christians? with Francis Chan, Hank Hanegraaff and Metropolitan Yohan Heretic! Hank Hanegraaff, Francis Chan and Metropolitan Yohan have all been accused of being heretics. The backlash that Francis Chan received after making comments about the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist was the inspiration to have this conversation ...
09.29.2020 Are We Living in the Last Days? with Gary DeMar Are we living in the last days? Many people point to the deluge of disorder and division in the world today as evidence that we are living in the last days. However, this is often the result of sacred scripture ...
09.09.2020 Why You Shouldn't Fear Death—Immortal: How the Fear of Death Drives Us with Clay Jones Is there life after death? Yes! For many death is terrifying, leading us to try to live as long as possible while hoping that science will find a way for us to live longer—if not forever. However, most people are ...
08.27.2020 The Key to Christian Unity is Humility with Francis Chan and Metropolitan Yohan We are thrilled to present a series of conversations between our dear brothers in Christ, Francis Chan and Metropolitan Yohan (aka KP Yohannan). These conversations were initiated by criticism that Francis Chan received as a result of publicly discussing the ...
08.19.2020 History, Mystery and the Eucharist with Francis Chan and Metropolitian Yohan (K.P. Yohannan) We are thrilled to present a series of conversations between our dear brothers in Christ, Francis Chan and Metropolitan Yohan (aka KP Yohannan). These conversations were initiated by criticism that Francis Chan received as a result of publicly discussing the ...
08.10.2020 The Word Crisis that Threatens to Undo Western Civilization with D.K. Matthews Hank is joined by D.K. Matthews, author of Seduced? Shameless Spin, Weaponized Words, Polarization, Tribalism, and the Impending Disintegration of Faith and Culture and the cover article of the Christian Research Journal, “Seduced? The Crisis of Word and the Fragmentation ...
07.08.2020 Gay Girl, Good God with Jackie Hill Perry Jackie Hill Perry is an incredible writer, poet, artist and a gifted communicator of Christian truth. She is also the author of one of Hank’s favorite books in years, Gay Girl, Good God and joins Hank to discuss her journey ...
06.23.2020 Fission or Fusion? A Call for Christian Unity with Nathan Jacobs Nathan Jacobs is a renaissance man. As an artist, author, philosopher, professor and filmmaker, Dr. Jacobs is truly an inspirational, informative and interesting individual. He joins Hank Hanegraaff for a series of podcasts seeking to better explain Eastern Orthodoxy and ...
06.09.2020 Never Give Up with K.P. Yohannan Welcome to a special edition of the Hank Unplugged podcast where we celebrate the 100th episode of Hank Unplugged with a close, personal friend of Hank Hanegraaff who fits the billing for the podcast from its inception—truly one of the ...
05.19.2020 The Mystery of the Eucharist with Nathan Jacobs Nathan Jacobs is a renaissance man. As an artist, author, philosopher, professor and filmmaker, Dr. Jacobs is truly an inspirational, informative and interesting individual. He joins Hank Hanegraaff for a series of podcasts seeking to better explain Eastern Orthodoxy and ...
05.05.2020 When the Church Was Young: Voices of the Early Fathers with Marcellino D’Ambrosio Long before the schism between East and West, Protestant and Catholic, long before the words catholic, orthodox, and evangelical referred to communities distinct and separated from each other, the Fathers of the Church gloried in the one faith of the ...
04.21.2020 The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity with Douglas Murray Douglas Murray, the author of The Madness of Crowds, joins Hank to discuss the most defining and divisive issues of our era—sexuality, gender, technology and race—revealing the culture wars playing out in our workplaces, universities, schools and homes in the ...
04.07.2020 Free to Believe:The Battle Over Religious Liberty in America with Luke Goodrich Luke Goodrich is the vice president and senior counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, where he has won multiple Supreme Court victories for clients like the Little Sisters of the Poor and Hobby Lobby. As one of America’s ...
03.30.2020 The Coronavirus—Comfort and Insight from Fr. Themi This edition of Hank Unplugged was organized by Paradise 4 Kids Global, including Fr. Themi’s Orthodox mission in Sierra Leone, where it is his work to preach the Gospel and meet the needs of the poor in the name of ...
03.27.2020 The Coronavirus and the Church’s Call to Action Hank Hanegraaff believes that as serious as the present pandemic is, we desperately need perspective. While trillions in government assistance may well be needed, what is needed far more acutely is to turn our hearts and our hopes toward God. ...
03.17.2020 Fragments of Truth–Can We Trust the Bible? with Dr. Craig Evans Can we trust the Bible? The Christian faith is firmly rooted in the teachings of the New Testament—but can we really trust the Bible? Skeptics will tell you that the authenticity of the Bible cannot be trusted, arguing that the ...
03.05.2020 Sola Scriptura with Nathan Jacobs Nathan Jacobs is a renaissance man. As an artist, author, philosopher, professor and filmmaker, Dr. Jacobs is truly an inspirational, informative and interesting individual. He joins Hank Hanegraaff for a series of podcasts seeking to better explain Eastern Orthodoxy and ...
03.03.2020 Misunderstanding Faith, Works and Mary, the Mother of God with Nathan Jacobs Nathan Jacobs is a renaissance man. As an artist, author, philosopher, professor and filmmaker, Dr. Jacobs is truly an inspirational, informative and interesting individual. He joins Hank Hanegraaff for a series of podcasts seeking to better explain Eastern Orthodoxy and ...
02.18.2020 Remembering Dr. Walter Martin the Founder of the Bible Answer Man Broadcast with daughter Cindee Martin Morgan Cindee Martin Morgan is the daughter of the late Dr. Walter Martin, who was the founder and former president of the Christian Research Institute, and the original Bible Answer Man. On this episode of Hank Unplugged she joins Hank for ...
02.06.2020 A Historical and Biblical Defense of Icons with Nathan Jacobs Nathan Jacobs is a renaissance man. As an artist, author, philosopher, professor and filmmaker, Dr. Jacobs is truly an inspirational, informative and interesting individual. He joins Hank Hanegraaff for a series of podcasts seeking to better explain Eastern Orthodoxy and ...
02.04.2020 Understanding Eastern Orthodoxy with Nathan Jacobs Nathan Jacobs is a renaissance man. As an artist, author, philosopher, professor and filmmaker, Dr. Jacobs is truly an inspirational, informative and interesting individual. He joins Hank Hanegraaff for a series of podcasts seeking to better explain Eastern Orthodoxy and ...
01.23.2020 Loving God in the Midst of Suffering with Douglas Groothuis “How do you continue to find God as dementia pulls your loved one into the darkness?” Douglas Groothuis details the gradual loss of his wife to dementia and ultimately death in his book Walking Through Twilight: A Wife's Illness―A Philosopher's ...
01.09.2020 Eat, Fast, Feast: A Christian Guide to Health & Fasting with Jay Richards Like millions of others concerned about their health, Hank Hanegraaff never knew which diet plan to trust, but he believes that he has found the secret to healing the whole of you–body, mind and spirit. Eat, Fast, Feast: Heal Your ...
12.23.2019 How to Explain Hell with Louis Markos Hell can be hard to explain. Professor Louis Markos joins Hank to discuss how works of art can help us understand and explain complex topics like hell, which is the topic of Markos’ feature article in the Christian Research Journal ...
12.10.2019 Jesus Skeptic with John S. Dickerson Award winning journalist John S. Dickerson joins Hank to discuss the credibility and impact of Christianity as detailed in Dickerson’s new book Jesus Skeptic. They discuss how Christianity has impacted and shaped our culture, including how followers of Jesus helped ...
11.26.2019 History of Jihad: From Muhammad to ISIS with Robert Spencer Robert Spencer has not only faced death threats for speaking the truth about Islam, people have actually attempted to kill him. In an era of political correctness gone crazy it is downright dangerous to have an honest conversation about Islamic ...
11.12.2019 Exclusive–Truth Matters, Life Matters More Audiobook Preview In a special edition of the Hank Unplugged podcast, Hank Hanegraaff offers an exclusive preview of his new book, Truth Matters, Life Matters More. https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-cri1909wa/ Essentially, Truth Matters, Life Matters More is two books in one. Because truth matters, part ...
10.29.2019 The Cross Before Me The Way to the Good Life with Rankin Wilbourne Rankin Wilbournes Union with Christ is one of Hanks favorite books, so when Wilbournes newest book The Cross Before Me The Way to the Good Life arrived in the mail he read it immediately. As soon as he finished reading ...
10.28.2019 The Cross Before Me The Way to the Good Life with Rankin Wilbourne Rankin Wilbournes Union with Christ is one of Hanks favorite books, so when Wilbournes newest book The Cross Before Me The Way to the Good Life arrived in the mail he read it immediately. As soon as he finished reading ...
09.26.2019 Truth Matters, Life Matters More Hanks Conversation with David Hanegraaff, Part Two Hank Hanegraaff and his son David continue their discussion with focus on Hanks magnum opus Truth Matters, Life Matters More: The Unexpected Beauty of an Authentic Christian Life.https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource1909hup/ See Episode 79 Journey through Cancer and Eastern Orthodoxy Hanks Conversation with ...
09.19.2019 Journey through Cancer and Eastern Orthodoxy Hanks Conversation with David Hanegraaff, Part One Hank sits down with his eldest son David to reflect on his journey through Mantle Cell Lymphoma, his recent allogeneic stem cell transplant, and spiritual surgery. God is not interested in healing us physically; He is interested in healing the ...
06.26.2019 How Should Christians View Climate Change? with Dr. Patrick Michaels Climate change is one of the most contentious issues of our time, leaving many Christians unsure of how they should view climate change. A key issue of concern at the Christian Research Institute is discernment, which is precisely why Hank ...
06.12.2019 Special Message from Hank Prior to Stem Cell Transplant Welcome to a special edition of the Hank Unplugged podcast. Hank has been in the hospital undergoing an allogenic stem cell transplant and has been documenting his journey through a series of Facebook Live recordings that you can find on ...
02.13.2019 Can Suffering Bring You Closer to Christ? With Jean-Claude Larchet and Nicole Roccas This edition of Hank Unplugged features exceptional excerpts from conversations with two Christian thinkers that offer refreshing perspectives on the role that illness and anxiety play in our struggle toward holiness. The first conversation you will hear is with Dr. ...
02.13.2019 Can Suffering Bring You Closer to Christ? With Jean-Claude Larchet and Nicole Roccas This edition of Hank Unplugged features exceptional excerpts from conversations with two Christian thinkers that offer refreshing perspectives on the role that illness and anxiety play in our struggle toward holiness. The first conversation you will hear is with Dr. ...
01.29.2019 Hank’s Testimony — A Personal Look at Hank’s Journey as a Christian and Thirty Years as Leader of CRI, with Cindee Martin Morgan On this special edition of the Hank Unplugged podcast, Hank is joined by Cindee Martin Morgan, the daughter of Dr. Walter Martin (founder of the Christian Research Institute), who interviewed Hank last year for a personal project. One of the ...
01.29.2019 Hank’s Testimony — A Personal Look at Hank’s Journey as a Christian and Thirty Years as Leader of CRI, with Cindee Martin Morgan (daughter of Dr. Walter Martin, founder of CRI :On this special edition of the Hank Unplugged podcast, Hank is joined by Cindee Martin Morgan, the daughter of Dr. Walter Martin (founder of the Christian Research Institute), who interviewed Hank last year for a personal project. One of the ...
01.15.2019 Angels: Who They Are, What They Do, and Why It Matters with Jack Graham Jack Graham is the pastor of Prestonwood Baptist and among the most influential Christians in America. Graham joins Hank to discuss his book Angels: Who They Are, What They Do, and Why It Matters and the underestimation of the influence ...
01.08.2019 Global Warming and Evolution and Artificial Intelligence, Oh My! The Dangers of Groupthink with Jay Richards Dr. Jay Richards humbly calls himself a shameless generalist due to the diversity of his intellectual endeavors, making him the perfect guest for educationally engaging conversations on a variety of topics. Richards has no problem going against the status quo, ...
12.21.2018 An Important Message from Hank Hanegraaff As we celebrate the first advent of Christ coming in flesh, Hank Hanegraaff shares a message of hope for the future with thanksgiving, remembering what a remarkable year 2018 has been. If you’ve already made a gift to the Christian ...

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