{"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":"Giving Through the Ministry of CRI, and Q&A","slug":"giving-through-the-ministry-of-cri-and-q-a","published_at":"2026-06-30T22:00:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bible-answer-man-podcast-with-hank-hanegraaff-452147/giving-through-the-ministry-of-cri-and-q-a","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bible-answer-man-podcast-with-hank-hanegraaff-452147","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/giving-through-the-ministry-of-cri-and-q-a--72740796","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72740796/bam20260630.mp3","summary":"On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (06/30/26), Hank discusses the advantages and blessings of being part of the CRI Support Team. Hank also expands on and defines four groups of people associated with CRI: Support Team members, donors, occasional givers, and non-giving listeners. Hank also answers the following questions: I have an associate who thinks the Church of Christ is the only church and that other churches are false. What are your thoughts on this? Venice - Bakersfield, CA (4:07) How can Jesus be listed as a descendant of Joseph in the Bible? Leia - Charlotte, NC (7:03) Must we tithe only to a church, or does it not matter as long as it is going to God’s kingdom? Andrew - Moore, OK (15:42) Is the creation account in Genesis chapter 1 literal, or is it an allegory? Are the accounts of the fall and the flood literal? Mark - NC (20:18) Can we infer from the Bible that man has been around for thousands of years, not millions of years? Mark - NC (23:53)","meta_description":"On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (06/30/26), Hank discusses the advantages and blessings of being part of the CRI Support Team. Hank also expands on…","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/giving-through-the-ministry-of-cri-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/giving-through-the-ministry-of-cri-and-q-a.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}