The Bible Answer Book

by Hank Hanegraaff

Overview

Hank Hanegraaff has heard it all. He knows what questions plague believers and nonbelievers. And he's done something about it--he's spelled out the answers. The Bible Answer Book is a simple guide covering 80 of the top questions that the Bible Answer Man has dealt with in his ministry. Topics include parents and kids, religions, difficulty, faith, fear, sin, salvation, and many more issues vital to understanding the path to better understanding God. Each question is approached in Hanegraaff's scholarly, easy-to-understand style, and he even suggests additional sources for readers who want to explore the topics further.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781418539931
Publisher:	Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Publication date:	02/25/2004
Sold by:	THOMAS NELSON
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	437 KB

About the Author

Hank Hanegraaff serves as president and chairman of the board of the North Carolina–based Christian Research Institute. He is also host of a nationally syndicated radio broadcast, which is heard daily across the United States and Canada—and around the world via the Internet at equip.org. Hank is the author of more than twenty books. 

Widely regarded as one of the world’s leading Christian authors and apologists, Hank is deeply committed to equipping Christians to be so familiar with truth that when counterfeits loom on the horizon, they recognize them instantaneously. Through his live call-in broadcast, Hank answers questions on the basis of careful research and sound reasoning, and interviews today’s most significant leaders and thinkers. 

Hank and his wife, Kathy, live in Charlotte, North Carolina, and are parents to twelve children.

Table of Contents

1	What must I do to be saved?	12
2	What are the secrets to spiritual growth?	16
3	What is sin?	18
4	How can I be certain that I've not committed the unforgivable sin?	22
5	Can a Christian lose their salvation?	26
6	What is the biblical definition of faith?	29
7	What does it mean to say that the Holy Spirit is in you?	31
8	How were people who lived before the time of Christ saved?	34
9	Can a person be argued into the kingdom of God?	37
10	How do I find a good church?	39
11	Why pray if God already knows what we need?	47
12	What are some secrets to effective prayer?	49
13	Why pray 'Your will be done'?	54
14	Why do people end their prayers with 'Amen'?	58
15	Does Isaiah 53:5 guarantee our healing today?	62
16	Must I forgive those who refuse forgiveness?	65
17	Why do Christians worship on Sunday rather than on the Sabbath day?	70
18	Is the tithe for today?	74
19	What is the biblical view of wealth?	79
20	Is being 'slain in the spirit' consistent with a biblical worldview?	82
21	Should Christians celebrate Christmas?	86
22	How should Christians respond to Halloween?	89
23	Is the 'binding and loosing' of demons biblical?	92
24	Can Christians be demonized?	95
25	Does Satan have access to our minds?	97
26	Is Satan always the cause of sickness?	102
27	Did demons have sexual relations with women in Genesis 6:4?	106
28	Is it ever morally permissible to lie?	109
29	What is abortion?	112
30	Can human cloning be harmonized with a Christian worldview?	115
31	Is capital punishment biblical?	117
32	Does the Bible promote slavery?	120
33	Does homosexuality demonstrate that the Bible is antiquated and irrelevant?	123
34	Is cremation consistent with the Christian worldview?	130
35	How old will we be in heaven?	133
36	Will there be animals in heaven?	135
37	Will there be sex in heaven?	137
38	If heaven is perfect, won't it be perfectly boring?	141
39	Can chance account for the universe?	145
40	How many explanations are there for the existence of our universe?	148
41	Who made God?	150
42	What is Truth?	152
43	What distinguishes Christianity from other religions?	154
44	How do we know that the Bible is divine rather than human in origin?	157
45	Don't all religions lead to God?	160
46	What happens to a person who has never heard of Jesus?	163
47	Is there evidence for life after death?	165
48	Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people?	170
49	If Christianity is true, why are so many atrocities committed in the name of Christ?	172
50	Can God create a rock so heavy that he cannot move it?	176
51	What does it mean to say that God is omnipresent?	178
52	Is the Trinity biblical?	180
53	Does the Bible claim Jesus is God?	183
54	Did Jesus claim to be God?	185
55	What credentials back up Jesus' claim to deity?	188
56	How can we be sure about the resurrection of Christ?	192
57	Do the gospel accounts contradict one another?	197
58	What does it mean to say that Jesus ascended into heaven?	201
59	Was Christianity influenced by ancient pagan mystery religions?	203
60	Is the virgin birth miracle or myth?	206
61	Why should I believe in hell?	211
62	Is annihilationism biblical?	216
63	What about Purgatory?	219
64	Is the Allah of Islam the God of the Bible?	221
65	Is the Qur'an credible?	224
66	What is a cult?	231
67	Are there apostles and prophets today?	235
68	Are Jehovah's Witnesses Christian?	238
69	Is the New World Translation of the Bible credible?	242
70	Is Mormonism Christian?	246
71	Is the Book of Mormon credible?	250
72	What sets Christianity apart from an Eastern worldview?	254
73	Can reincarnation and resurrection be reconciled?	256
74	What is the New Age movement?	260
75	What is wrong with astrology?	262
76	Can we be certain that evolution is a myth?	266
77	Is Archaeopteryx the missing link between dinosaurs and birds?	269
78	Is evolutionism racist?	272
79	What about theistic evolution?	276
80	Did Darwin have a deathbed conversion?	279
81	How can a person find more Bible answers?	282
	Acknowledgements	290
	Additional Resources	292