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The Christian Research Institute

Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations

Have You Joined the Conversation on Hank Unplugged? – Hank Unplugged is a podcast brought to you by the Christian Research Institute where Hank Hanegraaff takes you out of the studio and into his study to engage in free-flowing, essential Christian conversations on critical issues with some of the most interesting, informative and inspirational people on the planet. For more information visit www.equip.org and to support CRI and our global outreaches visit https://www.equip.org/donate/

The Christian Research Institute

Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations

Episodes

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2025-04-10

Priests of History: Stewarding the Past in an Ahistoric Age with Sarah Irving-Stonebraker

How can Christians engage meaningfully with history? In an age underpinned by the idea that life is about self-invention and fulfilment, contemporary Western culture holds that the past has little ...

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2025-03-20

Does the West Need a Religious Revival? with David Hanegraaff

Does the West need a religious revival? This was the subject of a debate hosted by The Free Press at the Paramount Theater in Austin Texas on February 27th. The debate pitted two religious advocate...

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2025-02-18

Are you ready for Humans 2.0? Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Perspectives on Transhumanism with Fuz Rana

Are you ready for Humans 2.0? Whether you like it or not—this is happening. From transhumanism to AI, science and technology are progressing at a pace unprecedented in human history and this rate o...

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2025-01-21

Unnatural Death: Medicine’s Descent from Healing to Killing with Richard Weikart

What was the 5th leading cause of death in Canada in 2023? Shockingly, it was medical assistance in dying (MAiD) and accounted for one out of every twenty deaths. Unfortunately, Canada is not an an...

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2025-01-02

The Harvest is Plentiful, The Workers Are Few with K.P. Yohannan

This year was a reminder of the ephemeral reality of our earthly experience. Last Christmas we sent out a Christmas card featuring a joyful photo of Hank from a trip to India—a trip with his dear F...

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2024-12-24

The Greatest Partition in Human History—Christmas 2024

Once again you and I find ourselves perched on the eve of the annual Christmas day celebration. And as such, we do well to remember our Lord’s words concerning the reason He condescended to cloak H...

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2024-12-19

God Saved My Life 5 Years Ago—What Now? A Personal Message From Hank

I am five years removed from a stem-cell transplant that saved my life. And seven years removed from an initial cancer diagnosis of stage four mantle cell lymphoma. I greet you with a heart of grat...

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2024-12-05

The Paradisaical Transformation of the Cosmos

What does Hank Hanegraaff mean when he talks about the "Paradisiacal Transformation of the Cosmos?" It is a message with a mandate—a reminder of the energy by which we are able to transform the cos...

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2024-11-14

Apostle to the Hungry: Bishop Themi of Sierra Leone

A rock star, atheist, Marxist, world-class theologian, African missionary, and a Greek Orthodox Bishop all in one lifetime? Hank Hanegraaff is joined by Bishop Themi—a personal hero of his and a be...

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2024-10-31

The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos is Designed for Discovery

Is earth a privileged planet or merely an insignificant speck of soil aimlessly adrift in a meaningless universe? Evidence refutes the principle of mediocrity—demonstrating that our earth is singul...