Episodes
To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/207/29 On todays Bible Answer Man broadcast, we pick up where we ended on our previous broadcast and present more of an episode of the Hank Unplugged podcast. Hank is talking with the Reverend Doctor Bogdan Bucur, Associate Professor of Patristics at St. Vladimirs Orthodox Theological Seminary in New York. Hank and Dr. Bucur discuss the importance of putting the Gospel into practice, the need to develop a spirit of...
Published 12/03/20
To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/207/29 On todays Bible Answer Man broadcast, we pick up where we ended on our previous broadcast and present more of an episode of the Hank Unplugged podcast. Hank is talking with the Reverend Doctor Bogdan Bucur, Associate Professor of Patristics at St. Vladimirs Orthodox Theological Seminary in New York. Hank and Dr. Bucur discuss how to handle canonical and noncanonical books of the Bible, the parable of the Rich...
Published 12/02/20
To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/207/29 On todays Bible Answer Man broadcast, we present an episode of the Hank Unplugged podcast. Hanks guest is the Reverend Doctor Bogdan Bucur, Associate Professor of Patristics at St. Vladimirs Orthodox Theological Seminary in New York. Hank and Dr. Bucur discuss Why socialism and communism appeal to so many millennials in the West, why Second Temple Judaism is so important to Christianity and if Christianity is...
Published 12/01/20
To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/207/29 On todays Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank discusses socialism, which has been gaining popularity among American millennials and government leaders as of late. Hank refers to Congresswoman-elect Victoria Spartz, who grew up in the Socialist Republic of Ukraine. I grew up in socialism says Spartz, I saw what happens when it runs out of money. And its not pretty. Every country that has socialism has failed...
Published 11/30/20
To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/207/29 On todaysBible Answer Manbroadcast, Hank talks about an article he read in theWall Street Journalby Rabbi Soloveichik on the death of Lord Jonathan Sacks, a former Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth. Rabbi Sacks died at the age of 72, but while he lived, he was a spell-binding orator, an orator who combined science, sociology, and the wisdom of Scripture with an eloquence that...
Published 11/28/20
To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/207/29 On todays Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank talks about a commercial that caught his attention while watching the news. The commercial depicts a mysterious cloud and a voice asking, Do you know for sure when you die if you are going to heaven or not? Then the voice gives an invitation to go online via a particular website address shown on the screen apparently to discover the answer. On the website, you are...
Published 11/27/20
To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/207/29 On todays Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank encourages all that are listening in to enjoy their time on Thanksgiving Day with family members and friends to the extent that they can, given current social distancing guidelines. Thanksgiving is a day that Hank looks forward to every year. Yet thanksgiving is not just a day; it is a daily manner of life. It is a key that opens the gate of Christ and allows...
Published 11/26/20
To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/207/29 On todays Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank dives deep again into St. John Chrysostoms sermons on the parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man, collected in the book On Wealth and Poverty. Unlike so many sermons today, St. Johns are not feel-good sermons for a feel-good generation. Rather, they are sermons laden with truths that transformhis words thunder from the past with prophetic urgency. Chrysostom writes, For...
Published 11/25/20
To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/207/29 On todays Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank dives deep into John Chrysostoms third sermon on the parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man. In explicating the parable, St. Chrysostom continues to stress the importance of reading and studying the Scriptures, for the Scriptures are replete with wisdom that transforms. Consider a request the Rich Man makes of Father Abrahamthat Lazarus return from the dead to warn his...
Published 11/24/20
To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/207/29 On todays Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank remarks that he often thinks of recommending books and is often told that people dont read anymore. Not wanting to capitulate to that reality, Hank discusses the benefits of reading. Reading improves discipline, vocabulary, memory, creativity, reasoning, relaxation, and it can even stave off diseases such as Alzheimer's. More importantly, reading engages us with...
Published 11/23/20
To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/207/29 On todays Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank answers the following questions: I am both a Muslim and a Christian. I believe that if were going to follow Jesus, we need to submit our will to God, which falls into the definition of Muslim. What are your thoughts? I believe in the Unitarian view of God; do you view God as three distinct persons? How can one be certain that they are saved?
Published 11/21/20
To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/207/29 On todays Bible Answer Man broadcast, we pick up where we ended on our previous broadcast and present more of an episode of the Hank Unplugged podcast. Hank is talking with Professor James K. A. Smith, author of You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit. Hank and James K.A. Smith discuss the power of spiritual formation through repetition, the transcendent strangeness of historic Christian worship...
Published 11/20/20
To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/207/29 On todays Bible Answer Man broadcast, we pick up where we ended on our previous broadcast and present more of an episode of the Hank Unplugged podcast. Hank is talking with Professor James K. A. Smith, author of You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit. Hank and James K.A. Smith discuss why James believes worship is at the heart of discipleship, the importance of the church in the Christian life...
Published 11/19/20
To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/207/29 On todays Bible Answer Man broadcast, we present an episode of the Hank Unplugged podcast. Hanks guest is Professor James K. A. Smith, author of You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit. Hank and James K.A. Smith discuss how historic examples of the Christian faith were lost as Christianity remade itself in the image of the Enlightenment, the spiritual power of habit, regaining a perspective of the...
Published 11/18/20
To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/207/29 On todays Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank discusses an article he wrote for the current edition of the Christian Research Journal on free will. In the article, Hank answers the question, does free will affect faith? The answer is, absolutely! And it does so in three dramatic ways. It provides a proper perspective on the goodness of God, heightens our perception of God as the personification of love, and...
Published 11/17/20
To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/207/29 On todays Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank talks about an article he read in the Wall Street Journal by Rabbi Soloveichik on the death of Lord Jonathan Sacks, a former Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth. Rabbi Sacks died at the age of 72, but while he lived, he was a spell-binding orator, an orator who combined science, sociology, and the wisdom of Scripture with an eloquence...
Published 11/16/20
To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/207/29 On todays Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank discusses the life and teachings of St. John Chrysostom, the golden-mouthed preacher. St. John Chrysostom preached at a crossroad in the history of Christianity. He was born in 350, which was around the time that St. Constantine established Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire. This was before the Church had an officially ratified New Testament...
Published 11/14/20
To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/207/29 On todays Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank devotes his time to talk more about our resource of the month, On Wealth and Poverty, a book that contains multiple sermons from St. John Chrysostom on the parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man. The point of the parable is that if you are richand certainly most of us are, at least by world standardsyou immediately realize that wealth is worthless apart from virtue. And...
Published 11/13/20
To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/207/29 On todays Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank addresses an article in National Review, Bidens Pick for Coronavirus Task Force: Living Too Long is Also a Loss by Jim Geraghty. President-elect Joe Biden announced that his coronavirus task force will include Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. According to Dr. Emmanuel, its morally...
Published 11/12/20
To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/207/29 On todays Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank reminds listeners that today is a special day; today is Veterans Day. A day in which Americans honor those that have served in the United States Armed Forces. Today was not always known as Veterans Day, it originated in 1919 as Armistice Day, a day that commemorates the war to end all warsor so it was thought by President Woodrow Wilson. Armistice Day was formally...
Published 11/11/20
To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/207/29 On todays Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank answers the following questions: I heard a professor claim that there is no definitive answer to where Satan came from. What are your thoughts? I believe in the Unitarian view of God; do you view God as three distinct persons? How can one be certain that they are saved?
Published 11/10/20
To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/207/29 On todays Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank discusses transgenderism, after reading in USA Today about three trans women who have been elected to state positions. Sarah McBride will now be the highest-ranking trans legislator in the United States, serving as Delawares first transgender state senator. Taylor Small will be the first transgender person to serve in the Vermont state legislature. Stephanie Byers,...
Published 11/09/20
To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/207/29 On todays Bible Answer Man broadcast, we present an episode of the Hank Unplugged podcast. Hanks guest is Professor Francis Beckwith, author of Politics for Christians: Statecraft as Soulcraft. Hank and Beckwith discuss Statecraft as Soulcraftif politics is essentially about making people good citizens, the etymology of politics, the commonly held thought that lobbyists are bad, what liberal democracy is, the...
Published 11/07/20
To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/207/29 On todaysBible Answer Manbroadcast, Hank continues his discussion on the life and teachings of St. John Chrysostom, the golden-mouthed preacher. Hank focuses on the first sermon in the bookOn Wealth and Poverty, which contains a series of sermons St. John preached on the parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man. It is noteworthy that St. John began his first sermon on Lazarus and the Rich Man on the second day of...
Published 11/06/20
To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/207/29 On todays Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank discusses the life and teachings of St. John Chrysostom, the golden-mouthed preacher. St. John Chrysostom preached at a crossroad in the history of Christianity. He was born in 350, which was around the time that St. Constantine established Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire. This was before the Church had an officially ratified New Testament...
Published 11/05/20