July 31, 2025 • 28 mins
On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (07/31/25), Hank says a few words about apologetics, which is the defense of the faith once for all delivered to the saints.
Hank also answers the following questions:
How dangerous is L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology? Jim - El Paso, TX (3:44)
How can I witness to an atheist? How can we convince them that the Bible is authoritative? Jeremy - Ada, OK (6:54)
Are abuse and alcoholism grounds for a divorce? Kay - Lincoln, NE (15:11)
What is the origin of all the races? Donna - Sharpsburg, GA (17:17)
What are your thoughts on Judas concerning John 17:12? Was he predestined to betray Christ? Brian - Oakdale, CA (19:43)
Was Job a real person? Howard - Everett, WA (22:17)
Does original sin still exist? Didn’t Jesus abolish this by His death on the cross? Judy - Springfield, MO (22:48)
What does it mean to rest on the Sabbath? Ryan - Nashville, TN (24:46)
Hank also answers the following questions:
How dangerous is L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology? Jim - El Paso, TX (3:44)
How can I witness to an atheist? How can we convince them that the Bible is authoritative? Jeremy - Ada, OK (6:54)
Are abuse and alcoholism grounds for a divorce? Kay - Lincoln, NE (15:11)
What is the origin of all the races? Donna - Sharpsburg, GA (17:17)
What are your thoughts on Judas concerning John 17:12? Was he predestined to betray Christ? Brian - Oakdale, CA (19:43)
Was Job a real person? Howard - Everett, WA (22:17)
Does original sin still exist? Didn’t Jesus abolish this by His death on the cross? Judy - Springfield, MO (22:48)
What does it mean to rest on the Sabbath? Ryan - Nashville, TN (24:46)
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
From Charlotte, North Carolina. You are listening to the Bible
answer Man broadcast with Hank Hanagraph, president of the Christian
Research Institute. The reason the Bible answer Man is on
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Speaker 2 (00:53):
Thank I Muchrendi, and as always we are delighted to
be in studio as we answer your questions throughout the
United States and Canada. Want to mention just a couple
of things about apologetics as we get started. As we
move into what has been best described as post Christian America,
it is increasingly important for Christians to know not only
what they believe, but why they believe it as well.
(01:15):
The apostle Peter put it this way, always be prepared
to give an answer to everyone who asks you to
give the reason for the hope that you have, But
do this with gentleness and with respect. Just as a
good attorney defends a client in a court of law
by presenting solid evidence and sound reasoning, so too, apologists
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defend the truth of Christianity through well reasoned answers to
the questions of skeptics and seekers alike. Apologetics as such
is the handmaid into evangelism. It is using your logical
answers as springboards or as opportunities to share the good
news of the Gospel. The Christian faith is not blind faith,
(02:04):
but rather faith firmly rooted in history and evidence. Apologetics
also is post evangelism in the swirling ways of doubt
and despair that often threaten to submerge our faith. It
is crucial to be familiar with the pillars or posts
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on which our faith is founded, namely that God created
the universe, that Jesus Christ demonstrated that he is God
through the immutable fact of his resurrection, and that the
Bible is demonstratably divine as opposed to merely human in origin.
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And then, of course, in a nutshell, is what apologetics
is all about. And remember, if you're looking for a
truly rewarding experience, try becoming an apologist a defender of
the faith. Not only will you you experience the power
and presence of the Holy Spirit, but you may just
find yourself in the middle of an angelic praise gathering
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when you've helped a lost son or daughter of Adam
find his or her way into the Kingdom of God.
I've written about apologetics in many different places, but the
three great apologetic issues again the issue of origins, the
issue of resurrection, and finally, the issue of demonstrating that
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the Bible is divine as opposed to merely human in origin.
My three books in this regard are the Creation answer
Book that's a book for origins, the book Resurrection, and
then finally has God spoken? A lot of you hanging
on will go right to our phone callers. First step
is Jim. He's listening in El Paso, Texas.
Speaker 3 (03:51):
Hi Jim, thank you for taking my call.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
My pleasure.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
Ell Ron Hubert, how dangerous do you think his scientology
and dionetics And you know you used to be a
science fiction writer and a They say it's a non
Christian cult mind control sort of thing. How dangerous do
you think they.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Are, well, I think it's a very dangerous cult in
that they teach that humans are immortal, thetans that are
trapped in a physical universe of their own mental construction,
and therefore humans aren't sinners in need of a savior,
but immortal beings who can overcome the accumulation of trillions
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of years of painful subconscious memories through what they have
developed as the process of auditing. And this is a
counseling process through which devotes can locate and resolve traumatic
experience as and experienced spiritual enlightenment. Just as you say,
this is nothing more than just wild imagination in science fiction,
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and of course in the the process is a rejection
of creation, of original sin, and of salvation through Jesus Christ.
In their view, unless you go through this auditing process
that they've contrived, you're resigned forever to a continuous cycle
of reincarnation. And in order to escape this vicious cycle,
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you have to become self actualized through the pseudopsychology of scientology.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
So they're a Hindu philosophy basically, yeah, they're supreme being
does bear a remarkable resemblance to the Brahmin of Hinduism.
They don't claim to be Christian, right, No, not at all.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
They are a science fiction cult, as you have very
well described. And when we use the word cult, we're
always very careful to establish that word in two different ways.
One is sociologically, the other is theologically. And I'm speaking
about a group of people who deny essential Christian doctrine,
so they're theologically averrant.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
So the Mormons would be a Christian cult as opposed
to the Scientology.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Well, Mormonism is a unique case in that they claim
to be Christian, but again they deny the essentials of
the historic Christian faith. Scientology doesn't claim to be Christian. Again,
their whole worldview is antithetical to the biblical worldview, and
they know that, and they certainly are very fond of
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communicating that. But that's not the same situation with Mormonism.
Mormonism wants to say that we are a Christian religion
and oftentimes wants to offuscate the differences between what they're
teaching and what the historic Christian Faith is taught.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
Okay, well, thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
You got it. Thank you so much for your call.
When to back the phone lines, Doctor Jeremy listening in Ada, Oklahoma. Hi, Jeremy,
you doing I'm doing well, thank you?
Speaker 5 (07:02):
He ye.
Speaker 6 (07:03):
My question is I work with a lot of non believers.
In doing so, you know, we get to talk a
little bit about Christ and just the validity of the Bible. Essentially,
my question would be working with an atheist and talking
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to them about scripture. How would you make that leap
from getting them to also realize and understand that the
Bible is also a true and historical document, that it's not,
you know, something that we created.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Yeah, I mean, I think that if you're dealing with
an atheist, the first thing to be able to demonstrate
in a cohesive in a compelling fashion would be the
issue of origins. I've often said how one views their
origins ultimately determines how they live their life. If you
think you're a function of random chance, you're going to
live your life by a different standard than if you
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know you're creating the image of God and accountable to him.
And remember that those that live in an atheistic worldview,
they are fatalistically determined by that worldview, which is to say,
what happens in their life is a function of brain
chemistry and genetics. In a Christian worldview, our lives are
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not at all fatalistically determined. So I think the issue
of origins is of paramount importance. So you need to
demonstrate the utter implausibility of suggesting an age of scientific
enlightenment that nothing created everything, that life came from non life,
and that the life that came from non life produced morals.
But once you've established that it makes not only good
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scientific sense but good common sense to believe that there
is a God. You can also therefore demonstrate that God
revealed himself in time and space, not only through the
person and work of Jesus Christ, but through sixty six
love letters etched and heavenly handwriting. And to that end,
you can build a cumulative case for the Bible being
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divine as opposed to merely human origin through the manuscript
evidence buttressing the Word of God. Through archaeological evidence. In
other words, the people, places in particulars that are found
in the soil correspond to what is found in the
Biblical text through prophecy, which cannot be pawned off to
good guessing or luck or common sense, and also through
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what I call scriptural lights. In other words, if you
read the Bible correctly. You find that it is a
cohesive whole that corresponds to reality. And I've written a
book that does all of that. It's titled Has God Spoken.
And in this book you'll find memorable proofs for the
divine inspiration scripture.
Speaker 6 (09:54):
Okay, well, I appreciate that you got it.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Thank you so much for your call. And again, the
book Has God Spoken is very important because the issue
ultimately becomes what is your authority. I mentioned Mormonism earlier.
Their authority is the Book of Mormon. Now they have
a quad but their principal authority is the Book of Mormon,
and that they say it is the most correct of
any book on earth, and therefore has become the keystone
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to their religion. We would say, no, that's simply not correct.
What you find in the Book of Mormon does not
correspond to reality. What you find in the Bible corresponds
to reality. So the Bible is in fact the most
correct of any book on earth, and it is the
keystone to our religion. But you can argue this, you
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can make dogmatic assertions with respect to this, but ultimately
you have to demonstrate that this is in fact true.
And I do that and Has God Spoken? Check it
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Speaker 2 (15:09):
Thank you very much for Randy, and let's go right
back to our phone callers. Next up is Kay listening
in Lincoln, Nebraska. Hi, K, I'm doing well.
Speaker 5 (15:18):
Thank you all right, I have a question for you.
I recently left my alcoholic and abusive husband, and I
know that this is not something that he's going to
be willing to get help with or overcome, and I'm
just wondering if this is going to be something that
is ground for divorce.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
Well, there's an interesting article that appeared in the Christian
Research Journal on Biblical grounds for divorce and remarriage. It
was written by doctor Michael Ross, and what he says
in that article is that adultry and wilful desertion are
obvious and potentially irrepairable violations of covenant love. And he
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also says it would seem that there are other sins
against marriage that could rise to the same level of
covenant unfaithfulness as adultery and desertion, including physical abuse, refusal
to work and support the family, illicit illegal activities that
threaten the safety of the family, and the like. So
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he makes a case that there are violations of covenant
relationship that could rise to the level of being a
ground four divorce, very much as communicated in the Bible
by both Jesus and the Apostle Paul, The Apostle Paul,
and First Corinthian, Chapter seven. So it's a worthwhile article
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to read. But I think the overarching governing principle is
that we should seek reconciliation as believer. So that is
the highest calling, the highest good, to always seek to
be reconciled to one another. So as long as the
door to reconciliation is open, we should be willing to
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walk through that door. But you don't want to put
yourself in harm's way in the process.
Speaker 3 (17:14):
All right, thank you going that you got to.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
Thank you so much for your call. I want to
go back the phone lines. Talk to Donna in Sharpsburg, Georgia.
Speaker 7 (17:21):
Hi, Donna, Hi, Hey, thank you for taking my call.
I'm so excited to talk to you.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
It's nice to talk to you.
Speaker 8 (17:28):
Thank you.
Speaker 7 (17:29):
A question for you, when the flood occurred over the
earth and Noah and his sons were left to pro
create the world again, do we as a people come
from those three men?
Speaker 2 (17:45):
Well, actually there's eight and all that were saved through
the waters of the flood. But yes, the answer to
that question is that is the derivation after the flood
for all humanity Okay, so I give us.
Speaker 7 (18:00):
My question also would be how did so many races
come from?
Speaker 4 (18:05):
That?
Speaker 2 (18:07):
Well, the first thing I would say in this regard
is the Bible does not so much speak of race
as much as it does of language and people and
tribes and nations and the like. But in terms of
races in modern vernacular, there are various theories that have
been proposed by geneticists. For example, there's a theory called
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the founder principle, and that is the notion that groups
isolated because of the confusion of their languages and in
that process only drew upon a fraction of the total
gene pool. But there are a lot of theories. The
evolutionary theory believes that some races are more advanced than others,
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and therefore some races are headed for extinction because they
believe that only the strong survive. But again, in the
biblical worldview, we don't really talk about except to run
the race.
Speaker 7 (19:02):
Okay, well, maybe that was a poor choice of wording
on my part, but just seeing different aspects of humans
and their features and so forth, I was just curious
about that.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
Yeah. Well, again, the founder principle is one of the theories.
But geneticists are as noted by my answer to your question,
there are wildly divergent in terms of giving answers to
this question.
Speaker 7 (19:28):
Okay, well, thank you very much for taking my call.
Thank you for your ministry. It has certainly helped me
with my study. And I definitely do not look at
scripture like I used to.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
Well, bless you, Donna, thank you for those very kind words.
Want to go back to the phone lines. Talk to
Brian next in Oakdale, California.
Speaker 9 (19:47):
Hi, Brian, Hey, Hey, how you doing a long time listener?
All the way back to Walter and I appreciate you
taking my call.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
You're welcome.
Speaker 10 (19:56):
Hey.
Speaker 9 (19:57):
I'm a believer in the turn of predestination and election,
and there's been a lot of controversy and talk about
Judas Iscariot, and of course I don't like to send
anybody the hell. You know, anybody commits suicide or you know,
just you didn't think it was living a Christian life.
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That's a christ job. But when I read in the
Book of John the High Priestly Prayers Food chapter, and
he speaks to his father in the prayer saying, you
have given me these and they have all been safe
except for the want the son of tradition in order
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that Scripture should be fulfilled. And I was just wondering
what your thoughts were on that in regard to the
fact that it seems to me like Christ and God
the Father Pray determined his life to do what he
did in order that Scripture would be fulfilled.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
Yeah. My first thought on this is that, of course
you believe in predestination and election because these are biblical notions.
These are biblical teachings, and all Christians believe in predestination
and election. The issue is not whether Christians believe in this,
but the question is what meaning do you pour into
those words. There are some that would hold that there
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is such a thing as theistic fatalism. I don't hold
to that idea. I think the fact that God knows
what is going to happen does not mean that what
happens is fatalistically determined or theistically determined. I think that we,
of our own free will either respond in disobedience or
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we respond in obedience. And therefore, as the Old Testament
makes plain, vessels are made for noble purposes because they
respond in obedience, and ignoble purposes because they respond in disobedience.
So I don't think this is capricious on the part
of God in any way. But again, the fact that
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God knows does not presuppose that what is going to
happen is fatalistically determined. But this is an honest point
of disagreement among Christians and various theological categories. Let's go
right back to the phone lines. Talk to Howard in Everett, Washington.
Speaker 4 (22:21):
Hi, Howard, Hi, I've ordered.
Speaker 9 (22:24):
Is the book of Job to be taken as a
parable or is he an actual human being?
Speaker 1 (22:30):
No?
Speaker 2 (22:30):
I think he was an actual human being that lived
at the time of the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph.
So yeah, it has written in terms of poetry with
respect to the genre, but I think this was a
real human being who lived in real time and space.
Thank you, You're welcome. We'll to go back to the
phone lines. Talk to Judy listening in Springfield, Missouri.
Speaker 10 (22:51):
Hi, Judy, Hi, thank you for your show. Hank. I've
listened to you for years and learned lots of things.
My question has to do with original sin. I understand
that when Jesus came that he can't sacrifice replaced, removed
original sin. So how is it that they keep talking
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about it now like it's still here.
Speaker 2 (23:15):
Well, Jesus did not remove original sin. In fact, all
of us continue to be sinners to the point of
our glorification, and that takes place after death. So what
happens is not that our original sin is removed. We
are yet born and conceived in sin, and we continue
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to be subject to the powerful lure of sin. And
we certainly see that exemplified in the life of the
apostle Paul, who speaks about that very thing in graphic terminology.
He says, I know that nothing good lives in me,
that is in my sinful nature. For I have a
desire to do what is good, but I can't carry
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it out. For what I do is not the good
I want to do. Know the evil I do not
want to do, This I keep on doing. Now if
I do what I do not want to do, it
is no longer I who do it, But it is
the sin living in me that does it. And again,
this is not a statement that is meant to escape
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moral responsibility, but it is a statement regarding the powerful
lure of sin, and we're all subject to that to
the point of glorification. Then that takes place after they die.
We are then glorified and forever able not to sin.
Speaker 10 (24:35):
Got it. Where is it that you said about Paul
and his discussion of his problem.
Speaker 2 (24:40):
That's in Romans chapter seven?
Speaker 6 (24:42):
Thank you you got it?
Speaker 2 (24:45):
Thank you for your call back to the phone lines.
We'll talk next to Ryan and Nashville, tennesse Say hi, Ryan.
Speaker 8 (24:50):
How are you good?
Speaker 1 (24:51):
Thank you good?
Speaker 8 (24:53):
Just a couple of things. First, loved Apocolytch Code and
has got spoken awesome books. Thank you for writing notes.
Speaker 2 (24:59):
Thank you you.
Speaker 8 (25:01):
One quick question about the Sabbath in reading from your
books and understanding how the Sabbath has changed and how
we look at the Sabbath going from back in the
times of Genesism of it it just into now and
what it means today. Now we see the Sabbath as
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the rest that we have in Christ. What does that
mean for us on the actual Sabbath day? I mean,
when what are our boundaries as far as rest? I
mean people who need to work in this, that and
the other. I'm just trying to kind of wrap my
mind around that.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
Well, again, the rest we have in Christ is we
now know that Christ did what we could never do
and we celebrate Christ primarily and principally in his resurrection,
and of course his resurrection is the earnest of our resurrection.
But the idea is not to be controlled by legalism,
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but to use one day or to set one day
of part so that we can remember that God owns
all of our time out of here for today. We'll
see you next time with more of the show.
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God spoken? Are the words of Scripture merely human in origin?
Or are they in fact the very words of God himself?
Three years in the making, and based on two decades
of research and reflection, Hank Henagraph's monumental book Has God
Spoken answers what is surely the most important question facing
(27:27):
our world. In Has God Spoken, Memorable Proofs of the
Bible's Divine inspiration, Hank counters the contentions of the Bible
attackers and clearly shows that belief in the Holy Scriptures
is not a guess or wishful thinking. It is the
only logical conclusion after an honest examination of overwhelming evidence.
Ordered Has God Spoken from the Christian Research Institute by
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equip dot org. Equip dot org
From Charlotte, North Carolina. You are listening to the Bible
answer Man broadcast with Hank Hanagraph, president of the Christian
Research Institute. The reason the Bible answer Man is on
the air is to defend the Christian faith, proclaim the
gospel of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and to
teach discipleship to his followers, because life and truth matter.
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For more information or to order equipping resources, call eight
eight eight seven thousand CRII, which translates to eight eight
eight seven thousand two seven four, or go online to
equip dot org. That's equip dot org. The following program
was pre recorded, and now here's your host, Hank Canagraph.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Thank I Muchrendi, and as always we are delighted to
be in studio as we answer your questions throughout the
United States and Canada. Want to mention just a couple
of things about apologetics as we get started. As we
move into what has been best described as post Christian America,
it is increasingly important for Christians to know not only
what they believe, but why they believe it as well.
(01:15):
The apostle Peter put it this way, always be prepared
to give an answer to everyone who asks you to
give the reason for the hope that you have, But
do this with gentleness and with respect. Just as a
good attorney defends a client in a court of law
by presenting solid evidence and sound reasoning, so too, apologists
(01:39):
defend the truth of Christianity through well reasoned answers to
the questions of skeptics and seekers alike. Apologetics as such
is the handmaid into evangelism. It is using your logical
answers as springboards or as opportunities to share the good
news of the Gospel. The Christian faith is not blind faith,
(02:04):
but rather faith firmly rooted in history and evidence. Apologetics
also is post evangelism in the swirling ways of doubt
and despair that often threaten to submerge our faith. It
is crucial to be familiar with the pillars or posts
(02:24):
on which our faith is founded, namely that God created
the universe, that Jesus Christ demonstrated that he is God
through the immutable fact of his resurrection, and that the
Bible is demonstratably divine as opposed to merely human in origin.
(02:46):
And then, of course, in a nutshell, is what apologetics
is all about. And remember, if you're looking for a
truly rewarding experience, try becoming an apologist a defender of
the faith. Not only will you you experience the power
and presence of the Holy Spirit, but you may just
find yourself in the middle of an angelic praise gathering
(03:10):
when you've helped a lost son or daughter of Adam
find his or her way into the Kingdom of God.
I've written about apologetics in many different places, but the
three great apologetic issues again the issue of origins, the
issue of resurrection, and finally, the issue of demonstrating that
(03:30):
the Bible is divine as opposed to merely human in origin.
My three books in this regard are the Creation answer
Book that's a book for origins, the book Resurrection, and
then finally has God spoken? A lot of you hanging
on will go right to our phone callers. First step
is Jim. He's listening in El Paso, Texas.
Speaker 3 (03:51):
Hi Jim, thank you for taking my call.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
My pleasure.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
Ell Ron Hubert, how dangerous do you think his scientology
and dionetics And you know you used to be a
science fiction writer and a They say it's a non
Christian cult mind control sort of thing. How dangerous do
you think they.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Are, well, I think it's a very dangerous cult in
that they teach that humans are immortal, thetans that are
trapped in a physical universe of their own mental construction,
and therefore humans aren't sinners in need of a savior,
but immortal beings who can overcome the accumulation of trillions
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of years of painful subconscious memories through what they have
developed as the process of auditing. And this is a
counseling process through which devotes can locate and resolve traumatic
experience as and experienced spiritual enlightenment. Just as you say,
this is nothing more than just wild imagination in science fiction,
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and of course in the the process is a rejection
of creation, of original sin, and of salvation through Jesus Christ.
In their view, unless you go through this auditing process
that they've contrived, you're resigned forever to a continuous cycle
of reincarnation. And in order to escape this vicious cycle,
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you have to become self actualized through the pseudopsychology of scientology.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
So they're a Hindu philosophy basically, yeah, they're supreme being
does bear a remarkable resemblance to the Brahmin of Hinduism.
They don't claim to be Christian, right, No, not at all.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
They are a science fiction cult, as you have very
well described. And when we use the word cult, we're
always very careful to establish that word in two different ways.
One is sociologically, the other is theologically. And I'm speaking
about a group of people who deny essential Christian doctrine,
so they're theologically averrant.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
So the Mormons would be a Christian cult as opposed
to the Scientology.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Well, Mormonism is a unique case in that they claim
to be Christian, but again they deny the essentials of
the historic Christian faith. Scientology doesn't claim to be Christian. Again,
their whole worldview is antithetical to the biblical worldview, and
they know that, and they certainly are very fond of
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communicating that. But that's not the same situation with Mormonism.
Mormonism wants to say that we are a Christian religion
and oftentimes wants to offuscate the differences between what they're
teaching and what the historic Christian Faith is taught.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
Okay, well, thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
You got it. Thank you so much for your call.
When to back the phone lines, Doctor Jeremy listening in Ada, Oklahoma. Hi, Jeremy,
you doing I'm doing well, thank you?
Speaker 5 (07:02):
He ye.
Speaker 6 (07:03):
My question is I work with a lot of non believers.
In doing so, you know, we get to talk a
little bit about Christ and just the validity of the Bible. Essentially,
my question would be working with an atheist and talking
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to them about scripture. How would you make that leap
from getting them to also realize and understand that the
Bible is also a true and historical document, that it's not,
you know, something that we created.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Yeah, I mean, I think that if you're dealing with
an atheist, the first thing to be able to demonstrate
in a cohesive in a compelling fashion would be the
issue of origins. I've often said how one views their
origins ultimately determines how they live their life. If you
think you're a function of random chance, you're going to
live your life by a different standard than if you
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know you're creating the image of God and accountable to him.
And remember that those that live in an atheistic worldview,
they are fatalistically determined by that worldview, which is to say,
what happens in their life is a function of brain
chemistry and genetics. In a Christian worldview, our lives are
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not at all fatalistically determined. So I think the issue
of origins is of paramount importance. So you need to
demonstrate the utter implausibility of suggesting an age of scientific
enlightenment that nothing created everything, that life came from non life,
and that the life that came from non life produced morals.
But once you've established that it makes not only good
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scientific sense but good common sense to believe that there
is a God. You can also therefore demonstrate that God
revealed himself in time and space, not only through the
person and work of Jesus Christ, but through sixty six
love letters etched and heavenly handwriting. And to that end,
you can build a cumulative case for the Bible being
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divine as opposed to merely human origin through the manuscript
evidence buttressing the Word of God. Through archaeological evidence. In
other words, the people, places in particulars that are found
in the soil correspond to what is found in the
Biblical text through prophecy, which cannot be pawned off to
good guessing or luck or common sense, and also through
(09:34):
what I call scriptural lights. In other words, if you
read the Bible correctly. You find that it is a
cohesive whole that corresponds to reality. And I've written a
book that does all of that. It's titled Has God Spoken.
And in this book you'll find memorable proofs for the
divine inspiration scripture.
Speaker 6 (09:54):
Okay, well, I appreciate that you got it.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Thank you so much for your call. And again, the
book Has God Spoken is very important because the issue
ultimately becomes what is your authority. I mentioned Mormonism earlier.
Their authority is the Book of Mormon. Now they have
a quad but their principal authority is the Book of Mormon,
and that they say it is the most correct of
any book on earth, and therefore has become the keystone
(10:21):
to their religion. We would say, no, that's simply not correct.
What you find in the Book of Mormon does not
correspond to reality. What you find in the Bible corresponds
to reality. So the Bible is in fact the most
correct of any book on earth, and it is the
keystone to our religion. But you can argue this, you
(10:43):
can make dogmatic assertions with respect to this, but ultimately
you have to demonstrate that this is in fact true.
And I do that and Has God Spoken? Check it
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Speaker 2 (15:09):
Thank you very much for Randy, and let's go right
back to our phone callers. Next up is Kay listening
in Lincoln, Nebraska. Hi, K, I'm doing well.
Speaker 5 (15:18):
Thank you all right, I have a question for you.
I recently left my alcoholic and abusive husband, and I
know that this is not something that he's going to
be willing to get help with or overcome, and I'm
just wondering if this is going to be something that
is ground for divorce.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
Well, there's an interesting article that appeared in the Christian
Research Journal on Biblical grounds for divorce and remarriage. It
was written by doctor Michael Ross, and what he says
in that article is that adultry and wilful desertion are
obvious and potentially irrepairable violations of covenant love. And he
(16:03):
also says it would seem that there are other sins
against marriage that could rise to the same level of
covenant unfaithfulness as adultery and desertion, including physical abuse, refusal
to work and support the family, illicit illegal activities that
threaten the safety of the family, and the like. So
(16:24):
he makes a case that there are violations of covenant
relationship that could rise to the level of being a
ground four divorce, very much as communicated in the Bible
by both Jesus and the Apostle Paul, The Apostle Paul,
and First Corinthian, Chapter seven. So it's a worthwhile article
(16:46):
to read. But I think the overarching governing principle is
that we should seek reconciliation as believer. So that is
the highest calling, the highest good, to always seek to
be reconciled to one another. So as long as the
door to reconciliation is open, we should be willing to
(17:08):
walk through that door. But you don't want to put
yourself in harm's way in the process.
Speaker 3 (17:14):
All right, thank you going that you got to.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
Thank you so much for your call. I want to
go back the phone lines. Talk to Donna in Sharpsburg, Georgia.
Speaker 7 (17:21):
Hi, Donna, Hi, Hey, thank you for taking my call.
I'm so excited to talk to you.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
It's nice to talk to you.
Speaker 8 (17:28):
Thank you.
Speaker 7 (17:29):
A question for you, when the flood occurred over the
earth and Noah and his sons were left to pro
create the world again, do we as a people come
from those three men?
Speaker 2 (17:45):
Well, actually there's eight and all that were saved through
the waters of the flood. But yes, the answer to
that question is that is the derivation after the flood
for all humanity Okay, so I give us.
Speaker 7 (18:00):
My question also would be how did so many races
come from?
Speaker 4 (18:05):
That?
Speaker 2 (18:07):
Well, the first thing I would say in this regard
is the Bible does not so much speak of race
as much as it does of language and people and
tribes and nations and the like. But in terms of
races in modern vernacular, there are various theories that have
been proposed by geneticists. For example, there's a theory called
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the founder principle, and that is the notion that groups
isolated because of the confusion of their languages and in
that process only drew upon a fraction of the total
gene pool. But there are a lot of theories. The
evolutionary theory believes that some races are more advanced than others,
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and therefore some races are headed for extinction because they
believe that only the strong survive. But again, in the
biblical worldview, we don't really talk about except to run
the race.
Speaker 7 (19:02):
Okay, well, maybe that was a poor choice of wording
on my part, but just seeing different aspects of humans
and their features and so forth, I was just curious
about that.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
Yeah. Well, again, the founder principle is one of the theories.
But geneticists are as noted by my answer to your question,
there are wildly divergent in terms of giving answers to
this question.
Speaker 7 (19:28):
Okay, well, thank you very much for taking my call.
Thank you for your ministry. It has certainly helped me
with my study. And I definitely do not look at
scripture like I used to.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
Well, bless you, Donna, thank you for those very kind words.
Want to go back to the phone lines. Talk to
Brian next in Oakdale, California.
Speaker 9 (19:47):
Hi, Brian, Hey, Hey, how you doing a long time listener?
All the way back to Walter and I appreciate you
taking my call.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
You're welcome.
Speaker 10 (19:56):
Hey.
Speaker 9 (19:57):
I'm a believer in the turn of predestination and election,
and there's been a lot of controversy and talk about
Judas Iscariot, and of course I don't like to send
anybody the hell. You know, anybody commits suicide or you know,
just you didn't think it was living a Christian life.
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That's a christ job. But when I read in the
Book of John the High Priestly Prayers Food chapter, and
he speaks to his father in the prayer saying, you
have given me these and they have all been safe
except for the want the son of tradition in order
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that Scripture should be fulfilled. And I was just wondering
what your thoughts were on that in regard to the
fact that it seems to me like Christ and God
the Father Pray determined his life to do what he
did in order that Scripture would be fulfilled.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
Yeah. My first thought on this is that, of course
you believe in predestination and election because these are biblical notions.
These are biblical teachings, and all Christians believe in predestination
and election. The issue is not whether Christians believe in this,
but the question is what meaning do you pour into
those words. There are some that would hold that there
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is such a thing as theistic fatalism. I don't hold
to that idea. I think the fact that God knows
what is going to happen does not mean that what
happens is fatalistically determined or theistically determined. I think that we,
of our own free will either respond in disobedience or
(21:44):
we respond in obedience. And therefore, as the Old Testament
makes plain, vessels are made for noble purposes because they
respond in obedience, and ignoble purposes because they respond in disobedience.
So I don't think this is capricious on the part
of God in any way. But again, the fact that
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God knows does not presuppose that what is going to
happen is fatalistically determined. But this is an honest point
of disagreement among Christians and various theological categories. Let's go
right back to the phone lines. Talk to Howard in Everett, Washington.
Speaker 4 (22:21):
Hi, Howard, Hi, I've ordered.
Speaker 9 (22:24):
Is the book of Job to be taken as a
parable or is he an actual human being?
Speaker 1 (22:30):
No?
Speaker 2 (22:30):
I think he was an actual human being that lived
at the time of the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph.
So yeah, it has written in terms of poetry with
respect to the genre, but I think this was a
real human being who lived in real time and space.
Thank you, You're welcome. We'll to go back to the
phone lines. Talk to Judy listening in Springfield, Missouri.
Speaker 10 (22:51):
Hi, Judy, Hi, thank you for your show. Hank. I've
listened to you for years and learned lots of things.
My question has to do with original sin. I understand
that when Jesus came that he can't sacrifice replaced, removed
original sin. So how is it that they keep talking
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about it now like it's still here.
Speaker 2 (23:15):
Well, Jesus did not remove original sin. In fact, all
of us continue to be sinners to the point of
our glorification, and that takes place after death. So what
happens is not that our original sin is removed. We
are yet born and conceived in sin, and we continue
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to be subject to the powerful lure of sin. And
we certainly see that exemplified in the life of the
apostle Paul, who speaks about that very thing in graphic terminology.
He says, I know that nothing good lives in me,
that is in my sinful nature. For I have a
desire to do what is good, but I can't carry
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it out. For what I do is not the good
I want to do. Know the evil I do not
want to do, This I keep on doing. Now if
I do what I do not want to do, it
is no longer I who do it, But it is
the sin living in me that does it. And again,
this is not a statement that is meant to escape
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moral responsibility, but it is a statement regarding the powerful
lure of sin, and we're all subject to that to
the point of glorification. Then that takes place after they die.
We are then glorified and forever able not to sin.
Speaker 10 (24:35):
Got it. Where is it that you said about Paul
and his discussion of his problem.
Speaker 2 (24:40):
That's in Romans chapter seven?
Speaker 6 (24:42):
Thank you you got it?
Speaker 2 (24:45):
Thank you for your call back to the phone lines.
We'll talk next to Ryan and Nashville, tennesse Say hi, Ryan.
Speaker 8 (24:50):
How are you good?
Speaker 1 (24:51):
Thank you good?
Speaker 8 (24:53):
Just a couple of things. First, loved Apocolytch Code and
has got spoken awesome books. Thank you for writing notes.
Speaker 2 (24:59):
Thank you you.
Speaker 8 (25:01):
One quick question about the Sabbath in reading from your
books and understanding how the Sabbath has changed and how
we look at the Sabbath going from back in the
times of Genesism of it it just into now and
what it means today. Now we see the Sabbath as
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the rest that we have in Christ. What does that
mean for us on the actual Sabbath day? I mean,
when what are our boundaries as far as rest? I
mean people who need to work in this, that and
the other. I'm just trying to kind of wrap my
mind around that.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
Well, again, the rest we have in Christ is we
now know that Christ did what we could never do
and we celebrate Christ primarily and principally in his resurrection,
and of course his resurrection is the earnest of our resurrection.
But the idea is not to be controlled by legalism,
(25:59):
but to use one day or to set one day
of part so that we can remember that God owns
all of our time out of here for today. We'll
see you next time with more of the show.
Speaker 1 (26:11):
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