The Bible Answer Book for Students

by Hank Hanegraaff

Teens question everything . . . they need good answers. Hank Hanegraaff, the Bible Answer Man, brings his straightforward style to address crucial questions for students ranging from middle school through college undergraduates. Chapters include answers about Real Life (money, conflict, media, jobs, friends, dating); Sex (pornography, homosexuality, purity) Friends Needing Help (drugs, alcohol, attitudes, parents, unhealthy relationships); Christianity (the basics) and Other Religions (Wicca, Buddhism, Mormonism, Islam, atheism, etc.). Additional resources will also be suggested for further study.

271 pages, Hardcover

First published August 19, 2007

About the author

Hendrik "Hank" Hanegraaff, also known as the "Bible Answer Man", is an American Christian author and radio talk-show host. Formerly an evangelical Protestant, he joined the Eastern Orthodox Church in 2017. He is an outspoken figure within the Christian countercult movement, where he has established a reputation for his critiques of non-Christian religions, new religious movements, and cults, as well as heresy in Christianity. He is also an apologist on doctrinal and cultural issues.

Reviews

[Emily Moore · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book instantly frustrated me. What was meant to be a fresh take on Biblical tenants was actually a crash-course in rude religion. It left a bad taste in my mouth; in opening the first page, I found a list of every sin a human can commit (apparently my current PR is 27), and, hoping to find something redeeming, I kept flipping through the pages. Issues like homosexuality, gender roles, ethical consumption and morality, etc. were treated without any of the gentility I'd expect from an author who's trying to sell his religion. It was more of a book on reasons to disagree with the Bible; it was short, bittersweet, and to the point, but it kind of defeated itself by being almost crass. Blech. I didn't like it. This of course is my emotional response to the book's message itself, but the author's tone certainly didn't help things.

[Camiwar · Rating 4 out of 5]

I picked up this book by chance. Now I wonder if I would like the "real" version even better. The author touches on many difficult subjects and I was very happy with his answers. One in particular struck me -- he says that when Paul was addressing the issue of women speaking in church, the point was that up to that time, women had no education. Therefore, before women should speak in church, they should be educated. Paul was a women's libber, praise the Lord! :)