Episodios

  • Best of BAM Q&A: Innocent Blood, the Narrow and Wide Gates, and the History of the Bible

    Best of BAM Q&A: Innocent Blood, the Narrow and Wide Gates, and the History of the Bible
    Apr 26 2025
    On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank answers the following questions:

    God hates the shedding of innocent blood according to Proverbs 6:17. What is considered innocent blood? How can God sanction the killing of children in 1 Samuel 15:3? Kim - Winston-Salem, NC (1:02)
    Can you explain what Jesus meant when He described the narrow and wide gates? Paul - Wheeling, WV (8:05)
    Can you give me an overview of the history and origin of the Bible? Ronald - Bethlehem, PA (15:11)
    Can you explain the parable of the wheat and the tares in Matthew 13:24-30? Brian - Norman, OK (20:51)
    Why would God create billions of people, knowing most of them would end up in hell? David - Trenton, NJ (24:33)
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  • Q&A: What Happens After Death, Listening to an Audio Bible, and Temple Sacrifices

    Q&A: What Happens After Death, Listening to an Audio Bible, and Temple Sacrifices
    Apr 25 2025
    On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (04/25/25), Hank answers the following questions:

    What happens after death? Keith - Las Vegas, NV (1:14)
    When believers die, they are in the presence of the Lord. How does that relate to Jesus' ascension into heaven? Dan - Seattle, WA (4:59)
    Why did God permit Samuel to come back and speak to Saul when he went to the medium of Endor? Richard - Braselton, GA (15:12)
    Is listening to an audio Bible the same as reading the Bible? Roy - Concordia, KS (17:06)
    Why did the Jews stop temple sacrifices if they did not accept Jesus as the ultimate sacrifice? Rebecca - Oklahoma City, OK (20:37)
    What is your opinion of the books and ministry of Rick Joyner and Benny Hinn? Umbaga - Raleigh, NC (22:16)
    What are the distinctions of the Apostolic Church, Pentecostal Holiness Church, and Oneness Pentecostalism? Myron - Leland, NC (24:03)
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  • Why Pray if God Already Knows? and Q&A

    Why Pray if God Already Knows? and Q&A
    Apr 24 2025
    On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (04/24/25), Hank explains why we need to pray even though God already knows what we need.

    Hank also answers the following questions:

    Can you explain the idea of being absent from the body, present with the Lord? Brandon - Oakland, CA (3:21)
    Do you know anything about the Institute of Divine Metaphysical Research? Rick - Springfield, MO (6:48)
    I have a hard time trying to understand the Trinity. Why can’t I get an understanding from a church? Rick - Springfield, MO (8:37)
    How did Peter recognize Moses and Elijah on the Mount of Transfiguration? John - Cleveland, OH (15:12)
    How could Methuselah live over 900 years? Bob - St. Louis, MO (19:35)
    How can I discern which member of the Trinity is speaking in the Old Testament? Sam - Longview, TX (21:42)
    What happens to animals at the second coming of Christ? Christine - Red Deer, AB (24:28)
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  • Q&A: The Man of Sin, Ash Wednesday, and the Mark of the Beast

    Q&A: The Man of Sin, Ash Wednesday, and the Mark of the Beast
    Apr 23 2025
    On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (04/23/25), Hank answers the following questions:

    According to 2 Thessalonians 2, the Man of Sin will be revealed and will sit in the temple. Is this a future event? Is the Man of Lawlessness the same as the Beast of Revelation? Richard - Braselton, GA (1:04)
    What is your take on Ash Wednesday? Is it biblical? Jesse - San Antonio, TX (5:58)
    Aren’t the ashes placed on the forehead related to the mark of the beast? Jesse - San Antonio, TX (7:12)
    You said that the mark of the beast is not literal. What about Revelation 13:17, where it says that no one will be able to buy or sell without it? Travis - Everett, WA (15:12)
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  • Pascha 2025—The Culmination of Holy Week

    Pascha 2025—The Culmination of Holy Week
    Apr 22 2025
    On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (04/22/25), Hank concludes his overview of the days of Holy Week, arriving at Pascha, also known as Easter. It is the day in which the body of Christ worldwide celebrates the ultimate game-changer, the resurrection of Jesus Christ. “If I face hardships in life for merely human reasons,” wrote Paul in his first letter to the Corinthian Christians, “what have I gained? If the dead are not raised, ‘Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.’ If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.” Without resurrection, Christianity crumbles. Thus, in 1 Corinthians chapter 15, the apostle Paul provides a four-part argument underscoring the irrevocable reality of Christ’s resurrection. Of one thing Hank has become certain; if twenty-first-century Christians would grasp the reality of resurrection like first-century Christians did, their lives would be totally transformed.
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  • Looking Back at Holy Saturday 2025, and Q&A

    Looking Back at Holy Saturday 2025, and Q&A
    Apr 21 2025
    On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (04/21/25), Hank resumes his overview of the days of Holy Week, arriving at Holy Saturday, which was observed by the Eastern Church this past weekend. Holy Saturday marks one of the most enigmatic of all mysteries—the mystery of Christ’s descent into Hades. Being “put to death in the body,” says Peter, he was “made alive by the spirit through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it, only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also.” Peter here reminds us of two great and glorious truths. First, we are saved through water, and second, the descent of Christ into Hades inaugurates resplendent triumph. A triumph by which Christ “tramples down death by death.”

    Hank also answers the following questions:

    When a person is baptized, do they become a new creation right away, or is it an ongoing process? Debra - Stony Plain, AB (15:14)
    What provision does the Bible make for young children or some adults who don’t have the mental capacity to accept Christ? Robert - Tallahassee, FL (20:35)
    I have a cross pendant that has discolored over time. I bought a replacement, but what should I do with the old one? Paul - San Diego, CA (23:03)
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  • Best of BAM: Beliefs About Death, and Q&A

    Best of BAM: Beliefs About Death, and Q&A
    Apr 19 2025
    On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank talks about death from a biblical worldview and the significance of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead.

    Hank also answers the following questions:

    What happens after death? Do we immediately go to heaven or hell, or do we enter soul sleep? Twila - Gresham, OR (3:01)
    I have been taught that suicide condemns a person to hell. Do Christians who commit suicide go to hell? Al - Kirkland, WA (5:25)
    Are the Gnostic gospels authoritative? Should I use English translations of them for my devotions? Brian - Nashville, TN (7:35)
    How can I explain to my 9-year-old that God always existed? Why cannot there be a beginning to God like the Big Bang? Ben – Kansas City, KS (15:13)
    Is there a point at which you give up witnessing to somebody? Bryan - Pocasset, OK (22:28)
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  • Holy Friday 2025—The Fatal Torment of Christ

    Holy Friday 2025—The Fatal Torment of Christ
    Apr 18 2025
    On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (04/18/25), Hank picks up his overview of the days of Holy Week, arriving at Holy Friday, the day a united Church is brought face-to-face with the fatal torment of Jesus Christ. A torment that began in the garden of Gethsemane following the emotional Last Supper of Holy Thursday. That night, Jesus was betrayed by Judas, disowned by Peter, and arrested by the temple guard. Before Caiaphas the high priest, he was mocked, beaten, and spat upon. The next morning, Jesus—battered, bruised, and bleeding—was stripped and subjected to the brutality of Roman flogging, reducing his body to quivering ribbons of bleeding flesh. As Christ slumped into the pool of his blood, soldiers threw a scarlet robe across his shoulders, thrust a scepter into his hands, and pressed sharp thorns into his scalp. After they mocked him, they took the scepter and repeatedly struck him on the head. A heavy wooden beam was thrust upon his bleeding body, and he was led away to a place called Golgotha. There, the Lord of glory experienced ultimate physical torture in the form of the cross.

    Today, as we remember the passion of the Christ upon the cross, as we recall his dying words, “Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit,” we are reminded that we, too, will breathe our last. Whether we are old or young, rich or poor, male or female, we light the sky for the briefest of moments. And then eternity. In the meantime, what we do today will have direct consequences for all eternity. Thus, while the culture seeks to focus your gaze on greatness, Christ rightly focuses your gaze on grace and godliness.
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