Posted on 04/10/2017 6:40:46 PM PDT by fishtank
Evangelical Apologist Hank Hanegraaff Converts to Eastern Orthodoxy
Posted by: Rob Bowman
On Palm Sunday, April 9, 2017, Hank Hanegraaff formally joined the Orthodox Church. Since 1989 Hanegraaff has been the President of the Christian Research Institute (CRI) and (since ca. 1992) the host of CRI’s Bible Answer Man radio program.[1] Hank, his wife Kathy, and two of their twelve children were inducted by a sacramental rite called chrismation into the Orthodox faith at St. Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, near where CRI is based. In chrismation, a baptized individual is anointed with oil in order to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.[2]
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But not anymore, else he would never have converted to contemporary Orthodoxy, which, like Catholicism, makes evolution a test-case to prove one is no longer Protestant.
As one who has been there, or at least the other "one true church" (RC) I ask, unless you have not been born from above and grown in grace and knowledge of the Lord, why would you change to a church that is not seen (in its distinctives) in the record of the NT church much like Rome ?
Yeah. He can build his evolution and higher critical library now.
PS: Evangelicals . . . this is what Catholics and Orthodox really think of you. Remember that next time they call you "narrow-minded."
First, evangelicals need to understand Catholicism and especially Orthodoxy much better than most of us currently do. It is safe to say that most evangelicals know little about the Eastern Orthodox tradition and are ill-equipped to say anything substantive about the subject. Fortunately, some good evangelical resources on Orthodoxy are available, but more is needed and more teaching generally in evangelical churches and schools is especially needed.[5]
Second, evangelicals need to do a better job explaining and defending the evangelical Protestant view of Scripture and authority. All too often the slogan sola scriptura is understood superficially to mean a naïve biblicism or to denigrate the role of the church as the custodian of God’s revelation to the world. For a classic statement with biblical proof texts of the Protestant evangelical view of Scripture, see (for example) the first chapter of the Westminster Confession of Faith. And how many more evangelicals need to be caught in the vise grip of the objection “But where does Scripture teach sola scriptura?” before we learn how to answer it effectively? I won’t present a fully-developed answer here, but the scriptural case for sola scriptura can be distilled down to the following simple deductive argument (this is a summary of the argument I presented in my debate with Orthodox theologian Laurent Cleenewerck in 2013):....
Because I recognize that it isn't an authentic expression of chrstianity. Ironically, it's far superior to the authentic versions, but still a totally vain faith.
That's what I thought, when I was a Catholic. I guess at death, we will really know for sure, won't we?
You're welcome. It's the truth.
PS: Evangelicals . . . this is what Catholics and Orthodox really think of you. Remember that next time they call you "narrow-minded."
That's what I thought, when I was a Catholic. I guess at death, we will really know for sure, won't we?
Were you a hypocrite who demanded respect from Protestants while refusing to give any in return? That's what we deal with here.
“PS: Evangelicals . . . this is what Catholics and Orthodox really think of you.”
Yes, I really believe they live in poverty. And?
True, but Protestants are just taking chrstianity's rejection of the Law of Moses to its logical conclusion. The organic historical chrstians are the hypocrites here.
Oh how ironic. You scold Protestants for rejecting religion when your religion began as a "protestant" rejection of the religion your founder practiced!
I didn't want to let this one slip by without comment. For a person who prides himself on his scholarship and honesty, I was frankly surprised to see your accusation against Luther that you MUST know by now, at least, is simply untrue. How many times will this old falsehood be disputed before FRoman Catholics finally let it sink in? Luther "cut" NO books from the New Testament canon. NOT A ONE. Here is an excellent source for that: https://web.archive.org/web/20140803220107/http://tquid.sharpens.org/Luther_%20canon.htm
As for him changing "scripture at will to serve his purposes", that is also a misleading statement - one that has also been disputed multiple times here. He translated from Greek to common German for his German Bible. He freely admits that he used the word "allein" (English 'alone') to Romans 3:28 and that it was because that was what the context required. He was far from alone in that and this can also be studied HERE.
If I were being petty, I might have a space on my profile page where I note the lies I have caught anti-Protestant Catholics telling on these threads, but I'm not that kind of person. I only hope to educate those who are genuinely seeking to know the truth and I try to do so to the best of my ability with gentleness and respect out of obedience to my Lord and Savior. Just as I cannot know the true depth of your spiritual wealth, so can you not know what is in the hearts of those who differ with you. You ought to leave the judgment up to Almighty God instead of insulting people who are your brothers and sisters in the Lord.
Just as chrstianity is impoverished by rejecting the Oral Torah.
As I said . . . all chrstianity is "protestant" in origin.
Thanks for that list. The way some talk, this “schism” was no big deal and was mainly “politically” motivated. Funny how such a minor issue remains great enough that there has been no reconciliation after nearly a thousand years.
“PS: Evangelicals . . . this is what Catholics and Orthodox really think of you.”
Yes, I really believe they live in poverty. And?
All chrstians live in poverty because they reject the Torah (and Noachide Law).
Well, I don't think I was quite like that. I thought born again Christians were wrong, and I had a certain amount of animosity toward them, but it wasn't all consuming to me.
This was many moons ago, like back in the 60s, however. I went to a Catholic grade school, and high school, so I was insulated from others. Besides, all I really cared about, was playing hockey and baseball. I don't really recall for sure, if I ever even had a conversation with any of them.
When I got into the Air Force, I had pretty much given up on anything spiritual, till I ran into several Airmen, that were really clean livers, so I was curious, and listened to them.
But there can be edifying content among uninspired deuteros as with the portion from Sirach and Wisdom, and thus Luther included most in his translation.
As for now, he giveth his beloved sleep. (Psalms 127:2) 111100
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