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Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations

Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations

By: The Christian Research Institute
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 Have You Joined the Conversation on Hank Unplugged? – Hank Unplugged is a podcast brought to you by the Christian Research Institute where Hank Hanegraaff takes you out of the studio and into his study to engage in free-flowing, essential Christian conversations on critical issues with some of the most interesting, informative and inspirational people on the planet. For more information visit www.equip.org and to support CRI and our global outreaches visit https://www.equip.org/donate/The Christian Research Institute Social Sciences Spirituality
Episodes
  • When God Calls You He Equips You with David Hanegraaff

    When God Calls You He Equips You with David Hanegraaff
    Jul 10 2025
    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 how he does his best to say yes to the call of the Lord even when he feels unqualified. David has learned to overcome self-doubt by trusting the Lord and taking those leaps of faith—because when God calls you, he equips you.


    Recorded during a talk at the Set Apart retreat for young adults at Gospel for Asia in Wills Point, Texas, this candid presentation by David Hanegraaff offers encouragement for anyone seeking to follow God’s will for their life. Interested in serving with Gospel for Asia? Contact young@equip.org, and the CRI team will connect you with GFA.



    • Listen to Hank’s podcast and follow Hank off the grid where he is joined by some of the brightest minds discussing topics you care about. Get equipped to be a cultural change agent.
    • Archived episodes are on our Website and available at the additional channels listed below.
    • You can help spread the word about Hank Unplugged by giving us a rating and review from the other channels we are listed on.
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    48 mins
  • Exposing Eastern Lightning: Hank Hanegraaff’s Urgent Fiscal Year-End Message

    Exposing Eastern Lightning: Hank Hanegraaff’s Urgent Fiscal Year-End Message
    Jun 24 2025
    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 warning of The Church of Almighty God (Eastern Lightning), which claims a Chinese woman is the reincarnated Christ and fulfillment of Jesus’s Olivet Discourse. Doctrinally deviant and sociologically subversive, this group masquerades as a persecuted Christian movement to advance dangerous dogmas. In CRI’s special issue of the Christian Research Journal, believers are equipped to recognize and confront such cults. Hank shows how your prayers, partnership, and generosity make an eternal difference in fulfilling the Great Commission. Donate Now to Receive this Special Issue of the Christian Research Journal! Click here.
    https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-special-print-issue-48-02-03-the-eastern-lighting-cult-christ-returns-to-earth-as-a-female-hup0625/


    • Listen to Hank’s podcast and follow Hank off the grid where he is joined by some of the brightest minds discussing topics you care about. Get equipped to be a cultural change agent.
    • Archived episodes are on our Website and available at the additional channels listed below.
    • You can help spread the word about Hank Unplugged by giving us a rating and review from the other channels we are listed on.
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    19 mins
  • Nothing Left to Prove, So Much Left to Do with Larry Johnston

    Nothing Left to Prove, So Much Left to Do with Larry Johnston
    May 29 2025
    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 a wide-ranging conversation certain to send you searching for a dictionary. Today, Larry is absent from the body, present with the Lord. We don’t know the date of our death, but apart from the return of the Lord, we know that day will come. Larry’s testimony will impact your life, and we hope that you will walk away with a greater perspective of eternity—“Only one life, ’twill soon be past; only what’s done for Christ will last.”

    **This podcast was originally recorded and released in 2017. The introduction, however, is NEW**

    Topics discussed include:
    Hank begins the podcast by commemorating his dear friend and colleague Larry Johnston (1:00)
    Hank and Larry discuss understanding their ages and the importance of making a difference while they still can (17:30)
    Their interwoven journeys in ministry over the past forty years (23:50)
    The battle for the mind in an age when evidence is seemingly trumped by authority (34:45)
    Apologetics as antidote to the atheistic ambush in educational institutions today (40:05)
    The false conflict between science and religion (45:50)
    Larry’s testimony as a “Road to Damascus” soteriological experience (50:30)
    The effects of uncreated energy on our soul (57:55)
    Apprehensive allowance for faithful mysteries to remain mysterious (1:10:30)
    Why the Christian Research Institute changed their moniker to “because life and truth matter” (1:14:45)
    Their passion for podcasts as a vehicle to think deeper and reignite the art of dialogue (1:20:05)
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    1 hr and 27 mins
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As a convert who was indoctrinated with the Protestant presentation of the gospel, albeit in a abusive cult, this presentation of the Orthodox tradition of the gospel is based on that which is laid out for us in holy scripture and apostolic tradition. I admit this realignment from that which is false to that which is true has been difficult and has raised many more questions, but I encourage everyone to start here and listen to this podcast.

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