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Hank Unplugged
Dig Deeper with Hank Unplugged — Hank Unplugged is a podcast brought to you by the Christian Research Institute, where Hank Hanegraaff takes you beyond the sound bites and into thoughtful, in-depth explorations of the critical issues confronting Christians today. Drawing on Scripture, history, theology, and culture, Hank equips listeners to think Christianly about the questions that matter most and to contend for “the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 3).
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The Human Cost of Cultic Control
What happens when a religious movement demands absolute obedience, suppresses critical thinking, and turns followers against their own families? In this…
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What Makes a Cult? Here Are the Defining Characteristics
What are the defining characteristics of a cult? Hank Hanegraaff uses the memorable acronym C-U-L-T-S — Counterfeit, Unbiblical Revelations, Linguistic…
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Sharia Law in the West? What Would Life Be Like? | Part 4
What would life in Western civilization look like under Islamic law (sharia)? In Part Four of his series on sharia, Hank Hanegraaff looks to Islamic Spain…
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Does Sharia Mandate War? | Part 3
In Part Three of his series on sharia law, Hank Hanegraaff examines what sharia has historically taught about jihad and warfare. Hank argues that Islamic…
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Can Women Ever Be Free Under Sharia Law? | Part 2
In Part Two of his series on Islamic law (Sharia), Hank Hanegraaff examines the status and treatment of women under Sharia and contrasts Islamic law with the…
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Understanding Sharia: Is It Really Like Christian Canon Law? | Part 1
In a recent exchange with Jesse Watters, Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed compared Sharia law to Christian canon law, arguing that Muslims should…
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Can We Trust Iran’s Islamic Leadership?
As America seeks an agreement with Iran amid the current war, Hank Hanegraaff asks a crucial question: How should we understand the thinking of Iran’s Islamic…
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Fr. Stephen Freeman | Christian Atheism: God as an idea is no God at all (Preview of Commitment to Reality)
Fr. Stephen Freeman is one of the best there is when it comes to calling out our contemporary world and the false and flattened view of reality which he calls…
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Martin Shaw | What Part of You Has Come to Die? (Preview of Commitment to Reality)
Martin Shaw is one of those people who challenges you by asking provocative questions like “what part of you has come here to die?” Shaw offers these kinds of…
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The Pre-Tribulation Rapture Has No Biblical Basis
Popularized in the 19th century, the pre-tribulational rapture is the idea that millions of Christians will suddenly vanish before a future seven-year…
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Was the Iran War Prophesied in the Bible?
Hank Hanegraaff addresses the popular claim that the present conflict in Iran is a direct fulfillment—or foreshadowing—of biblical prophecy. Some modern…
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Hank Reflects on Visiting Iran: Many Iranians Are Peaceful But Islam is not a Religion of Peace
Hank Hanegraaff reflects on his personal experiences in Tehran during the anniversary of the shah’s overthrow, remembering repeated encounters with the warmth…
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The Resurrection of Jesus Christ Changed Everything
Hank Hanegraaff reflects on the significance of Holy Week and the transformational power of Christ’s resurrection. Why do Eastern and Western Christians…
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The War in Iran—A Clash of Civilizations and Perspectives on Eternity
Hank Hanegraaff reflects on the death of Iran’s supreme leader as a stark reminder of the reality of death and eternity. Hank contrasts Islamic and Christian…
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Jay Richards—Reality, AI, and the Courage to Change Your Mind (Preview)
Jay Richards has made more appearances on Hank Unplugged than any other guest. As the longtime producer of the podcast, Dave Hanegraaff thought it would be…
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Frederica Mathewes-Green — Making a Commitment to Reality (Preview)
Frederica Mathewes-Green was the very first guest on Hank Unplugged. As the longtime producer of the podcast, Dave Hanegraaff thought it would be fitting for…
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Because Truth Matters, Reality Matters–Hank Hanegraaff on A Commitment to Reality
Hank Hanegraaff brings an important announcement about a brand-new initiative at the Christian Research Institute: a new podcast titled A Commitment to…
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Why Commitment to Shared Reality Matters
Frederica Mathewes-Green and Dave Hanegraaff unpack why the most important word in A Commitment to Reality is commitment—because reality doesn’t disappear when…
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When a Culture Can’t Name Reality–What Happens Next?
What happens to a culture that can no longer name what it sees? In this clip from A Commitment to Reality, Jay Richards argues that when a society rejects…
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They Want You Angry–TV and the Internet–Architects of Anger
Frederica Mathewes-Green explains how TV and the internet are engineered for outrage—training us to argue instead of understand. This clip comes from A…
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I Used to Hate You–What Changed My Mind
Dave Hanegraaff tells Jay Richards: “I used to hate you.” What changed? He listened. In this clip from A Commitment to Reality, Dave and Jay talk about how we…
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Why Reality Matters
A Commitment to Reality is a podcast for a post-truth—and increasingly post-reality—age. We are living through one of the most disorienting periods in human…
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Fake ID: How AI and Identity Ideology Are Collapsing Reality―and What to Do About It with Abdu Murray
AI and identity ideology are not issues that we are able to ignore. And yet, they are dramatically altering the way that the world perceives reality. As…
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The Forgotten Discipline We Must Recover– A Message from Hank Hanegraaff
Time is flying by so fast—it’s hard to believe. “Only one life, ’twill soon be past; only what’s done for Christ will last.” As Hank reflects on another year…
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Christ is Born—Glorify Him! A Message from Hank Hanegraaff
We wish you a Merry Christmas—and a reminder of the proverbial reason for the season. Our prayer is that, amid the noise surrounding modern-day Christmas…
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Is Annihilationism Biblical?
Annihilationism is the view that no one suffers for eternity in hell--because according to annihilationism there is no hell. Rather, those who persist until…
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Has Christ Returned as a Female? The Dangerous Cult Making This Claim with Hank Hanegraaff
Has Christ returned as a female in China? Believe it or not, this is the shameless assertion of the Church of the Almighty God, also known as Eastern…
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Why You Should Read Proverbs Every Day
Hank Hanegraaff reads The Book of Proverbs every single day. On this short edition of the Hank Unplugged podcast Hank tells you why that is such an important…
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Is Mormonism Christianity?
In the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination, Hank Hanegraaff would like to propose an all too relevant question: “Is Mormonism Christian?” Why? Because a…
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Charlie Kirk: Casualty of the Woke War on the West
On September 10th Charlie Kirk was killed in broad daylight on a college campus in Utah by the alleged assassin Tyler Robinson. Another casualty of the woke…
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The Little Red Book of Wisdom with Mark DeMoss
If wisdom is so important in the life of a Christian, why is it that so many of us fail to develop disciplines that will lead us to lives of wisdom? Hank…
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God’s View of Time: Kairos vs. Chronos with David Hanegraaff
God doesn’t see time the way we do. While we live according to hours, deadlines, and a focus fixed on the future (chronos), God operates in kairos—sacred…
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When God Calls You He Equips You with David Hanegraaff
Have you ever felt like the least qualified person in the room? David Hanegraaff discusses what it is like growing up as the son of the “Bible Answer Man” and…
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Exposing Eastern Lightning: Hank Hanegraaff’s Urgent Fiscal Year-End Message
Make sure to listen to this special message as Hank Hanegraaff reflects on the fiscal year’s end, he underscores Christian unity and global missions while…
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Nothing Left to Prove, So Much Left to Do with Larry Johnston
The following interview is from 2017, when Hank Hanegraaff was joined by the eminently quotable Larry Johnston, a friend and colleague of over forty years, for…
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Stockholm Syndrome Christianity: Why America’s Christian Leaders Are Failing — and What We Can Do About It with John West
What if American culture isn’t collapsing because of crusading secularists? What if it’s failing because many leading Christians identify more with secular…
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Priests of History: Stewarding the Past in an Ahistoric Age with Sarah Irving-Stonebraker
How can Christians engage meaningfully with history? In an age underpinned by the idea that life is about self-invention and fulfilment, contemporary Western…
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Does the West Need a Religious Revival? with David Hanegraaff
Does the West need a religious revival? This was the subject of a debate hosted by The Free Press at the Paramount Theater in Austin Texas on February 27th…
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Are you ready for Humans 2.0? Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Perspectives on Transhumanism with Fuz Rana
Are you ready for Humans 2.0? Whether you like it or not—this is happening. From transhumanism to AI, science and technology are progressing at a pace…
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Unnatural Death: Medicine’s Descent from Healing to Killing with Richard Weikart
What was the 5th leading cause of death in Canada in 2023? Shockingly, it was medical assistance in dying (MAiD) and accounted for one out of every twenty…
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The Harvest is Plentiful, The Workers Are Few with K.P. Yohannan
This year was a reminder of the ephemeral reality of our earthly experience. Last Christmas we sent out a Christmas card featuring a joyful photo of Hank from…
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The Greatest Partition in Human History—Christmas 2024
Once again you and I find ourselves perched on the eve of the annual Christmas day celebration. And as such, we do well to remember our Lord’s words concerning…
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God Saved My Life 5 Years Ago—What Now? A Personal Message From Hank
I am five years removed from a stem-cell transplant that saved my life. And seven years removed from an initial cancer diagnosis of stage four mantle cell…
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The Paradisaical Transformation of the Cosmos
What does Hank Hanegraaff mean when he talks about the "Paradisiacal Transformation of the Cosmos?" It is a message with a mandate—a reminder of the energy by…
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Apostle to the Hungry: Bishop Themi of Sierra Leone
A rock star, atheist, Marxist, world-class theologian, African missionary, and a Greek Orthodox Bishop all in one lifetime? Hank Hanegraaff is joined by Bishop…
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The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos is Designed for Discovery
Is earth a privileged planet or merely an insignificant speck of soil aimlessly adrift in a meaningless universe? Evidence refutes the principle of…
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An Iconoclast of Evolution– A Tribute to Jonathan Wells
Other than Scripture, Darwin’s magnum opus, The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, might be the most significant literary work in history. light…
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The Palestinian Delusion
The people of Palestine are caught in the crosshairs of the only significant religious system in the history of the human race with a sociopolitical structure…
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The Most Important Issue of Them All—Abortion
Most Americans want legal access to abortion. It is likely one of the issues that will determine what politicians get elected—as many politicians today say…
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Journey to Reality–Sacramental Life in a Secular Age
We live in an era deeply shaped by secularism. Because secular ideas are at the heart of our culture, modern people tend to think in secular ways without…
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Is this Hank’s Most Beautiful Book? The NEW Complete Bible Answer Book
What do you do when you don’t know the answer to a question? “Research and return” is Hank’s policy when asked a question on the Bible Answer Man that he is…
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Will God’s People Be Raptured? The Heart of Christian Zionism
The heart of Christian Zionism is that God has two distinct people—one of whom must be raptured (the church) before God can continue His plan with the other…
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The Most Significant Christian Leader of Our Generation with Metropolitan K.P. Yohannan
Our guest on this episode is the most significant Christian leader of our generation—at least in the opinion of Hank Hanegraaff. On May 8th this…
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What is Replacement Theology?
The phrase replacement theologian is designed to be an insult. It is the ultimate pejorative leveled at those who deny the heart of dispensationalism—namely…
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What Should Christians Believe about the Millenium?
Multitudes today hold to the belief that there will be a thousand-year semi-golden age following the second appearing of Jesus Christ. As such they suppose…
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Should Christians Believe in the Pre-tribulational Rapture Theory?
The pre-tribulational rapture theory, popularized by John Nelson Darby in the nineteenth century, contends that God has two distinct people and two distinct…
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Age of Nihilism: The Great War to the Culture Wars of Today
“Before there was a West, there was Christendom.” Fr. John Strickland has written a monumental four-part history of Christendom—from the first millennium of…
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How Secular Humanism Displaced Christianity in Modern Culture
“Before there was a West, there was Christendom.” Fr. John Strickland has written a monumental four-part history of Christendom—from the first millennium of…
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Age of Division—Great Schism to Protestant Reformation
Before there was a West, there was Christendom.” Fr. John Strickland has written a monumental four-part history of Christendom—from the first millennium of…
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The First Thousand Years: Christendom from Pentecost to the First Millennium
“Before there was a West, there was Christendom.” Fr. John Strickland has written a monumental four-part history of Christendom—from the first millennium of…