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I have long been a fan of The Bible Answer Man program, and I am also in debt to and edified by the work of CRI. In a time when more and more Christians want to build walls and be dogmatic about non-essential elements of doctrine, I appreciate Hanegraaff’s ministry through CRI. It is one of the few ministries I have supported financially beyond the local church.
Hank has taken quite a bit of heat regarding his stance that, though dispensationalism is a prevalent belief among many modern Christians, it is not the only historically orthodox view of eschatology. We must be unified upon the essential element of doctrine–that Christ is alive and will one day future return bodily to receive his bride the church–while recognizing the liberty of all believers to differ in how they are convinced Scripture lays out the specific details of that occurrence. If for nothing else, you should read Hanegraaff’s The Apocalypse Code to learn how dispensationalism came about (it’s relatively new), what it means, what modern dispensationalist teachers say in their own words (Hanegraaff always includes copious endnotes), and–above all–what it means to read your Bible for all it’s worth.
God has truly blessed Jeane and me with our work. We meet (and even get to work with) some of the most fascinating and talented writers with whom God has blessed the world. I won’t even mention their names because it sounds like name-dropping. One of the great fringe benefits of what we do is that once in a while I get to meet someone I have admired and respected for a long while. That happened with Hank, and I am thrilled.



