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here's Hank Hannah.
Speaker 2: Thank very much, Randy. I am delighted to be back
in studio. The first thing on my mind today is
our year end. We are approaching the end of our
fiscal year, and as I've said over the years, this
is one of those critical months in our history every
single year, so we ask people in a very special way.
We try not to overdo it, but we let people
know what the need is. If you don't ask, you
will not receive. And so we are asking people to
stand shoulder to shoulder with us in the battle for
life and truth. This ministry, beyond the peradventure of a doubt,
is making a difference in the lives of people all
over the globe. I see the testimonies myself. I got
a number of them handed to me today as I
came into the studio. David, for example, says in prayer
for you and Cri over two years ago, I had
to hope for a healing miracle, but prayed for God's
will to be done. Even though a healing miracle has
occurred in my life, I'm just as dependent upon His
healing hand as ever, because, as you have said, Jesus
holds are every breath in his hands, whether we have
cancer or not. So a word of encouragement, and these
are the kind of people that are standing shoulder to
shoulder with us in the battle for life and truth.
And we're asking you to join that team. We're not
asking you to give to this ministry, but we're asking
you to give through this ministry so that you might
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can think of. I'm talking to some of the brightest
minds in the Christian world. The conversations are all conversations
you want to listen in on, and you have the
opportunity to do that through the podcast, so please take
advantage of that. I want to say a little bit
about a biblical view of wealth, and then we'll go
to our callers. The first thing I want to mention
is that I am persuaded and by the way, I'm
not just talking to you, I'm talking to myself. But
I'm persuaded that the Bible teaches responsibility associated with wealth,
and I suppose from the standpoint of the broader globe
all of us, where the vast majority to whom I'm
speaking right now, are wealthy, God's word encourages us to
use money for the sake of the kingdom. And it's
not just money. I don't mean to trivialize everything to
what you actually give, because the giving of your time,
the giving of your talent is very significant for kingdom purposes.
But obviously we ask that people support this ministry financially
as well. It's a very practical way in which you
can continue to standder to shoulder with us in the
battle for life and truth. Why well, it's crucial to
realize that the earth is the Lord's and everything in it,
the world and all all who live therein So the
bottom line here, according to the text, is that God
is the Landlord. We are just tenants. We didn't arrive
with anything, and we will not take anything with us
when we leave. I mean, every single breath is held
in the hollow of the Lord's hand. We didn't come
with anything, We're not going to leave with anything. So
in those moments, you think, when I stand before you, Lord,
are you going to be pleased with how I used
my time and my talent and my treasure. So it's
important to view wealth with eternity and mind to lead
our lives here down below as responsible stewards, whether we
have a little or a lot, so that one day
at the judgment God himself will reward us. So ultimately,
it's not a bank statement on earth accounts, it's the
one in heaven. And I want to share just one
verse with you and then go on to the questions,
and that is this. The Bible chronicles the prayer of David,
and I love this prayer because David is thanking God
for the very privilege of being able to give to
the work of the Lord. So this is what David says,
But who am I and who are my people? That
we should be able to give as generously as this.
Everything comes from you, and we have given you only
what comes from your hand. And now I have seen
with joy, how willingly your people who are here have
given to you. And I think about that verse because
as a result of the giving, a temple is built,
and that temple contained the glory of God. And that
temple remained significant to the children of Israel because through
that temple the priest gave sacrifices pointing to an ultimate
sacrificial lamb. So there was immense significance to the temple.
It had a huge, huge impact on the world, in fact,
only from the perspective of eternity, where we fully know
how huge that impact was. Of course, when Christ came,
there's no need for the temple, but that temple was
the way shower, as it were to Christ. So Christ
comes and that temple has made a huge difference in
the meantime. And so I suppose that what I'm saying
here is that there's no telling what could be accomplished
in our generation. If we too catch the joy of
contagious giving, we would be empowered to spread the Gospel
around the globe. We would be enabled to feed the hungry,
clothe the naked, care for the sick, and like our forefathers,
our generation might yet leave an indelible mark on this world.
So what does Solomon say in Proverbs, honor the Lord
with your possessions and with the first fruits of your increase,
so that your barns will be filled with plenty, and
your vats will overflow with new wine. In other words,
the arm of the Lord is longer than yours, and
he will supply to you as you supply to ministries.
God ordains the ends as well as the means. He
doesn't need our money, but he is teaching us something
through giving, and so give as you have been given.
Give generously. If you love this ministry, if this ministry
has made a difference in your life, if you're seeing
the difference it's making the lives of others. We're asking
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seven thousand and the letters c R. I. Let's see
if I can just so many people hanging on, let
me at least get one called in. This will have
to be very quick. James Dallas, Texas listing on the web.
Hi James, HELLOK.
Speaker 3: First of all, I don't say thank you to you
for your ministry, for you for your books you've written.
I've listened to you since the nineties and talents in
high school and right now your ministry, you and your
family learning my prayers. But I had a quick question
on the cannon.
Speaker 4: I read in Luke where Luke Tostiopolis. Hey, you know
a lot of people have taken you know, an orderly account.
I'm gonna do the same thing to make sure that
you're certain of the things you've been taught. And then
in Corinthians polses that he wrote another letter. So my
question is being that there's other sources and also the
theory of Q what determined twenty seven books of the
New Testament cannon?
Speaker 2: Okay, I'm going to have to give you a short
sound bite to be elaborated if you look on the web.
A lot of resources that we have on this subject,
but the sound bite. The early church fathers accepted books
as part of the canon on the basis that they
were widely used within the churches and ultimately traceable to
the authority of the apostles and the prophets. Much more
could be said. This is a deep well subject, but
unfortunately up against a time clock. Thanks for calling in
and again, thank you from the bottom of my heart
to those who are already standing with us, shouldered to
shoulder in the battle for life and truth. You're making
a difference not only for time, but also for eternity.
We'll be right back.
Speaker 1: If you were going into combat, what would be more
important the number of those who were for you or
the number of those who were with you? Now apply
that question to today's battle for the hearts and minds of
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Speaker 2: If I'm what yourndy and we will go to our
phone callers. John in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
Speaker 5: Hi, John hik, thanks for taking that call. How are
we as Christians supposed to assess react feel about movies
that fall or take inspiration or bon naratives and themes
and different things from the Bible and put them into
a secular sense, Really talking more about the more innocuous
generic ones. I know there's some movies out there that
we just don't go near. Wanted to get your take
on it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I guess you have to feel sorry
for the people because the people really don't have a
clue about what they're boring. They don't know the riches
of the Book of Revelation. Unfortunately, the problem there is
not only with secular movie producers. But the problem is
also with many people in the church as well. They
don't know how to read the Book of Revelation in
the sense in which it's intended, and so they typically
use this in some apocalyptic twenty first century since And
even al Gore, when he's talking about global warming, did this.
He said, this global warming we're experiencing right now is
like taking a trek through the Book of Revelation. In
other words, it's like everything that we have in Revelation
now coming true as a result of global warming. Well,
whether you believe in global warming or not, or what
you consider the cause of global warming to be, is
not my point. My point is simply to say that
al Gore has no clue what the Book of Revelation
is all about. And I think that's the systemic problem.
It is learning to read the Biblical text in the
sense in which it is intended. And there's no greater
example of where we've got to get good at this
than the Book of Revelation. And the way this all
starts is just to go to the very first chapter
and then you find out that this is the revelation
of Jesus Christ, which God gave to John to show
him what must soon take place. So John, as a
result of the revelation of Jesus Christ, is writing to
seven churches in the epicenter of a Caesar cult, and
he's simply telling them to be faithful and fruitful. They
are going to go through a tempestuous time. They're going
to lose the very edifice that gave them their spiritual
and their social significance. The Temple Jerusalem is going to
be destroyed. It's going to be eventually plowed over as
it were like a field. You won't even know that
a city endures there for all these centuries. And so
it's going to be apocalyptic. When will this happen? What
will be the sign of your coming and the end
of the Age's sacrifice? Well, John is explaining it's about
to happen. The end of the Age's sacrifice is near.
This will happen soon. So what does John do in response, Well,
he writes seven letters to seven churches in the epicenter
of a Caesar cult that are going to endure this apocalypse,
and he's saying, don't do the same thing that the
prostituted bride is done. Don't go to bed with the beast,
they'll go to bed with the Roman Empire, they'll go
to bed with the world. But instead stand faithful, because
if you do, you will receive a crown, an everlasting crown,
and you will be accounted with the full complement of
God's people that Christ carries over the threshold of Jordan
into the New Jerusalem, which is depicted a course in
Revelation chapter twenty one. And then you see the eternal
state in full view in Revelation chapter twenty two. So
this book is no different than the other books of
the Bible in this regard. It's written to first century
people about a first century situation. Wasn't written to us.
It was written for us. It was written to them,
just like the Book of Romans is written to Romans.
My point here is simply to say that people have
taken the Book of Revelation and prostituted it. Now you
can talk about application, because astrophees and every single epic
of time, certainly in our epic of time. So the
words of Revelation apply to them. Right, be faithful and fruitful.
You're going to suffer, But even though you lose all
the world's possessions, your reward is ultimately an eternal reward.
So it is the message of the Bible encapsulated in
a book, and it's a beautiful book. But you got
to learn how to read it. And unfortunately the world
doesn't know how to read it. I think even more
systemically problematic is that the Church no longer seems to
know how to read the Book of Revelation. I wrote
a book about this called The Apocalypse Code. Find out
what the Bible really says about the end times and
why it matters today. It does teach you how to
read the Book of Revelation for all it's worth. Margaret
next in California. Hi Margaret, Hi, oh, and.
Speaker 6: Thank you for taking my call, and God's bless you.
December twenty sixth of twenty eleven, I was diagnosed with
stage four small cell neuroendocren carcinoma. Incurable. Life expectancy was
ten years. Well. Just as of May thirtieth of two fifteen,
my oncologists informed me I was cancer free.
Speaker 4: Wow.
Speaker 6: Yes, and I'm elated, though I have to be honest,
I was a little disappointed because I do believe in
our Lord with all of my heart, and I was
looking forward, looking forward to that in spite of the
fact that you know, people see this is a negative
thing in cancer, I want to be giddy with anticipation
when my time comes to meet our Lord. That I
just wanted to give you that statement for my doctor
that I am now cancer free. And I don't know.
Is this a miracle? That's the only thing I can
get get two, that this is a What else could
it possibly be other than is my oncologist termed at me?
He says, I cure you. So I bless my cancer
team and everyone involved, my family, my friend's strangers even
and I know it can return. But still, is this
a miracle?
Speaker 2: Yeah? First of all, let me say that that was
one of the most eloquent testimonies I have ever heard,
particularly the part about being giddy, which is a perfect
way of describing how we should feel, because the alternative
to not being healed in this world is the best
of all possibilities because we will be in the presence
of the Lord. And so I really appreciate your testimony.
And we don't know. I mean, obviously, the whole thing
is a miracle in many different ways. A miracle in
terms of the transformation of the person, a miracle in
that God can supernaturally heal you. I don't know the
circumstances of your life and your situation well enough to
speak authoritatively. The thing that I do know with certainly
given your testimony, is that your priorities aren't exactly the
right place. And the great wonder of it all is, Margaret,
that you are left here for a purpose, and that
is to be a testimony to His goodness and grace,
which you've just been.
Speaker 6: Oh well, thank you for that. Because I didn't write
this down, I didn't become prepared. It just came from
the heart. But yes, my belief too is it's God's will.
I prayed that every day many times, and God helped
me with this, help me with that. But your will
be done, and I believe in that. Also. My son
is a Buddhist and he's been in the military for
almost twenty years, and he is the past three years
they moved him out here. He has to be relocated
nearer to me because of my health condition. Well, he's
been going into a slump and I don't even know
other than prayer, I don't know what to do for
my son's not paid his bills. Luckily, he was able
to withdraw some of his money from his military accounts
to cover him, you know, to take care of all
the things that he didn't bother to pay his car,
car insurance, rents, etc. And he's not a drug addict,
but he does drink alcohol that he's cutting down on that.
And I this is my big worry that he was
my only reason for really not wanting to leave. He's
my only child. If I didn't have Robert, I don't
know if I would have gone through chemo or not.
Speaker 2: Hey, Margaret, I don't mean to be rude or disrespectful
in any way. I'm just right up against the clock
and I had no choice but to cut you off there.
Let's pray for him right now. Father, thank you so
much for Margaret and for her words, which truly were
like apples of gold and settings of silver, spoken in
the right circumstance and encouragement to me and I'm sure
too many many people around the world. We do take
the opportunity to lift Robert before your throne of Christ,
and we pray Lord that he might be liberated from
the hell of reincarnation and find what his mother has
the hope of resurrection, which is an absolutely certain hope.
Lord made the testimony not just of her lips, but
the testimony of her love and life be so compelling
that Robert makes a u turn on the road of life,
that he finds Jesus Christ to be his all, that
he finds not only the port of salvation, but he
goes beyond that port to find that the shipwrecked ultimately
on their journey to union with God. Please, Lord, continue
to be the balm of Gilead in the life of Margaret,
and through the prayers of God's people reach Robert through
the power of your spirit. Again up by might, nor
by power, but by your Spirit. In the name of Christ,
Jesus Our Lord, we pray, Amen, Amen, Bless you Margaret
so long for now.
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merely human in origin? Or are they, in fact the
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and based on two decades of research and reflection, Hank
Henagraph's monumental book Has God Spoken answers what is surely
the most important question facing our world. In Has God Spoken?
Memorable proofs of the Bible's Divine inspiration, Hank counters the
contentions of the Bible attackers and clearly shows that belief
in the Holy Scriptures is not a guess or wishful thinking.
It is the only logical conclusion after an honest examination
of overwhelming evidence. Ordered Has God Spoken from the Christian
Research Institute by calling eighty eight seven thousand CRII or
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