{"podcast":{"title":"Bible Answer Man Podcast with Hank Hanegraaff","slug":"bible-answer-man-podcast-with-hank-hanegraaff-452147","podcast_index_feed_id":452147,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/2328676/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-best-of-the-bible-answer-man","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ab030797477250073dcb9fd85cc76e7f.jpg","author":"The Christian Research Institute","episode_count":1000,"summary":"Welcome to the podcast of the Bible Answer Man broadcast with bestselling author and CRI President Hank Hanegraaff! On the Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank answers your questions with well-reasoned answers to equip you in the essentials of the historic Christian faith and strengthen your walk with the Lord. When it comes to the essentials of Christianity, there must be unity: \"In essentials, unity; nonessentials, liberty; and in all things, charity.\"","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T10:20:33.090940+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bible-answer-man-podcast-with-hank-hanegraaff-452147"},"episode":{"title":"Best of BAM: Why God Would Allow Bad Things to Happen, and Q&A","slug":"best-of-bam-why-god-would-allow-bad-things-to-happen-and-q-a","published_at":"2026-05-09T10:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bible-answer-man-podcast-with-hank-hanegraaff-452147/best-of-bam-why-god-would-allow-bad-things-to-happen-and-q-a","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bible-answer-man-podcast-with-hank-hanegraaff-452147","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/best-of-bam-why-god-would-allow-bad-things-to-happen-and-q-a--71929366","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71929366/bambof20260509.mp3","summary":"On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank brings up the issue of why God would allow bad things to happen. Hank also answers the following questions: The word “lie” means any intentional deception. Isn’t God’s command to Abraham to kill Isaac an intentional deception? Mike - Trinidad, CO (6:02) I heard teachings about “little Jesuses.” Have you addressed this teaching? Susan - AZ (9:22) Regarding Celebration of Disciplines by Richard Foster, is what he says about simplicity and redistribution of wealth accurate? Susan - CA (15:10) How do you know that God exists? Tom - Kansas City, MO (18:36)","meta_description":"On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank brings up the issue of why God would allow bad things to happen. Hank also answers the following questions: Th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1681,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bible-answer-man-podcast-with-hank-hanegraaff-452147/episodes/best-of-bam-why-god-would-allow-bad-things-to-happen-and-q-a/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bible-answer-man-podcast-with-hank-hanegraaff-452147/best-of-bam-why-god-would-allow-bad-things-to-happen-and-q-a.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}