Hank Hanegraaff > Quotes

“As Os Guinness explains, Christianity is not true because it works (pragmatism); it is not true because it feels right (subjectivism); it is not true because it is “my truth” (relativism). It is true because it is anchored in the person of Christ. Furthermore, truth is anything that corresponds to reality.”
― Hank Hanegraaff, The Complete Bible Answer Book

“First, the fact that something cannot be seen does not presuppose that it doesn’t exist. We know that black holes, electrons, the laws of logic, and the law of gravity exist despite the fact that we cannot see them.”
― Hank Hanegraaff, The Complete Bible Answer Book

“finite creations will never come to the end of exploring the infinite Creator.”
― Hank Hanegraaff, Afterlife: What You Need to Know about Heaven, the Hereafter & Near-Death Experiences

“Hell is God’s great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.”
― Hank Hanegraaff, Afterlife: What You Need to Know about Heaven, the Hereafter & Near-Death Experiences

“Even a cursory reading of the Bible is sufficient to recognize that the Bible is a treasury replete with a wide variety of literary styles, ranging from poetry and psalms to historical narratives, didactic epistles, and apocalyptic revelations. To dogmatically assert that the Bible was written in parables and that those who read it literally must be “idiots” is a serious misunderstanding of the literal principle of biblical interpretation.”
― Hank Hanegraaff, Has God Spoken?: Proof of the Bible's Divine Inspiration

“Charles Capps: «En esto [el Pacto de Abraham], Dios establece una entrada legal en la tierra, y le da a Abraham acceso a Él mismo… Este pacto le dio a Dios entrada legal a la tierra por medio de Abraham… Hasta ese momento Dios estaba, hasta cierto grado, aún en mirando desde el exterior. Él necesitaba una entrada legal por medio de un hombre a fin de poder destruir las obras del diablo, que campaba a sus anchas en la tierra. Abraham fue el medio de entrada de Dios en la tierra» (Authority in Three Worlds, pp. 60–61).”
― Hank Hanegraaff, Cristianismo en crisis: Siglo 21

“The subjective texture of our conscious mental experiences—the feeling of pain, the experience of sound, the awareness of color—is different from anything that is simply physical. If the world were only made of matter these subjective aspects of consciousness would not exist. But they do exist! So there must be more to the world than matter.”
― Hank Hanegraaff, Afterlife: What You Need to Know about Heaven, the Hereafter & Near-Death Experiences

“tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life” (John 5: 24).”
― Hank Hanegraaff, The Complete Bible Answer Book

“Mystery is our mind’s food. If we truly said, “I have seen everything,” we would conclude, as did the author of Ecclesiastes, “all is vanity.”
― Hank Hanegraaff, Afterlife: What You Need to Know about Heaven, the Hereafter & Near-Death Experiences

“Cumulatively, the sheer volume of papyrus and parchment under-girding sacred Scripture dwarf that of any other work in classical history. Consider, for example, Homer’s Iliad, Bible to the ancient Greeks. While its manuscript numbers are singularly impressive—650 copies—this pales by comparison to the almost 6,000 Greek manuscript fragments undergirding the New Testament.”
― Hank Hanegraaff, Has God Spoken?: Proof of the Bible's Divine Inspiration

“Kenneth Copeland: «Como creyente, tiene usted derecho a dar órdenes en el nombre de Jesús. Cada vez que se apoya en la Palabra, está ordenando a Dios hasta cierto nivel porque es Palabra de Él» (Our Covenant with God [KCP Publications, 1987], p. 32).”
― Hank Hanegraaff, Cristianismo en crisis: Siglo 21

“Far from minimizing biblical truth, metaphors serve as magnifying glasses that identify truth we might otherwise miss.”
― Hank Hanegraaff, Afterlife: What You Need to Know about Heaven, the Hereafter & Near-Death Experiences

“The Bible is a rock of diamonds, a chain of pearls, the sword of the Spirit; a chain by which the Christian sails to eternity; the map by which he daily walks; the sundial by which he sets his life; the balance in which he weighs his actions. —THOMAS WATSON”
― Hank Hanegraaff, Has God Spoken?: Proof of the Bible's Divine Inspiration

“Jerry Savelle: «“ ¿Quiere decirme que puedo dar existencia a mi mundo con mis palabras?” Sí que puede. Así es como obtuvo el mundo en que vive ahora. Usted habló para que estuviese ahí… Usted habló para que estuviese ahí, el mundo en que usted vive ahora, hermano. No puede culpar a ninguna otra persona. Sus palabras lo trajeron aquí. Usted lo formó. Alguien dice: “ ¿Quiere usted decir que el mundo en que vivo ahora se originó por las palabras de mi boca?” Sin duda, sí, porque la Biblia dice que usted está atado por las palabras de su boca; usted está tomado por sus palabras. ¿Amén?» (Framing Your World with the Word of God, parte 1, cinta de audio #SS-36, cara 1). Joel Osteen: «Quiero hablarle hoy sobre la importancia de hablar palabras llenas de fe sobre su vida. Las palabras son como semillas; tienen poder creativo. Cuando hablamos algo, damos vida a lo que estamos diciendo. Es como cuando plantamos una semilla. Y si lo decimos el tiempo suficiente, finalmente obtendremos una cosecha» (Discover the Champion in You, 3 mayo 2004). Joyce Meyer: «Las palabras son recipientes de poder. Llevan poder creativo o poder destructivo, poder positivo o poder negativo. Y por tanto, necesitamos decir cosas correctas sobre nuestra vida y nuestro futuro si esperamos que sucedan cosas buenas. Porque lo que usted dice hoy es lo que probablemente terminará teniendo mañana» (Enjoying Everyday Life, Trinity Broadcasting Network, 16 julio 2002). T. D. Jakes: «Si el poder de la vida y la muerte está en la lengua y usted puede tener cualquier cosa que diga, es momento de que usted lo declare, lo confiese, ¡saque su lista!» (The Potter’s House, 3 diciembre 2001).”
― Hank Hanegraaff, Cristianismo en crisis: Siglo 21

“Kenneth Copeland: “I was shocked when I found out who the biggest failure in the Bible actually is . . . The biggest one is God . . . I mean, He lost His top-ranking, most anointed angel; the first man He ever created; the first woman He ever created; the whole earth and all the fullness therein; a third of the angels, at least—that’s a big loss, man . . . Now, the reason you don’t think of God as a failure is He never said He’s a failure. And you’re not a failure till you say you’re one” (Praise the Lord: Praise-a-Thon, Trinity Broadcasting Network, April 1988).”
― Hank Hanegraaff, Christianity in Crisis: 21st Century

“Indeed, more than two-thirds of Revelation’s four hundred four verses allude to Old Testament passages. The reason we often cannot make heads or tails out of them is that we have not sufficiently learned to read the Bible for all it is worth. When our interpretations are tethered to the hottest sensation rather than to the Holy Scripture, we are apt to grab at anything—and usually miss.”
― Hank Hanegraaff, The Apocalypse Code: Find Out What the Bible Really Says About the End Times and Why It Matters Today

“They kick off their meetings with the testimonies of those who allegedly once feared deception but now embrace the exotic experiences of the Counterfeit Revival as a genuine move of God. The “time of testimony” is followed by a “time of teaching” designed to further pressure people to work themselves into an altered state of consciousness. The grand finale is a “time of ministry” in which virtually anything goes. The peer pressure to participate during the ministry time is so potent that even otherwise discerning Christians often end up casting caution to the wind.”
― Hank Hanegraaff, Counterfeit Revival: Looking For God in All the Wrong Places

“Without choice, love would be rendered meaningless. God is neither a cosmic rapist who forces his love on people, nor is he a cosmic puppeteer who forces people to love him. Instead, God, the personification of love, grants us the freedom to revel in his love or to loathe him. Such freedom provides a persuasive polemic for the existence of hell. If there is freedom then there must also be hell.”
― Hank Hanegraaff, Afterlife: What You Need to Know about Heaven, the Hereafter & Near-Death Experiences

“The Dead Sea Scrolls predated the earliest extant text—Masoretic—by more than a millennium.3 Yet when compared to one another, differences in style and spelling were noted but no significant difference in substance.”
― Hank Hanegraaff, Has God Spoken?: Proof of the Bible's Divine Inspiration

“Kenneth Copeland: «Dios no tenía medio de fe duradera o de movimiento en la tierra. Tenía que tener un pacto con alguien… Él tenía que ser invitado, en otras palabras, o no podría venir… Dios está mirando desde el exterior. A fin de tener palabra en la tierra, Él tiene que estar en acuerdo con un hombre aquí» (God’s Covenants with Man II [Kenneth Copeland Ministries, 1985], cinta de audio #01-4404, cara 1).”
― Hank Hanegraaff, Cristianismo en crisis: Siglo 21