Bible Answer Man or Eastern Orthodox Man?

I wonder how Walter Martin would feel about the way Hanegraaff has disgraced the ministry he created and led so gallantly for almost thirty years?

What sort of false doctrines do you think the Eastern Orthodox hold to?

Very Interesting!! Does Coptic religion fit in here anywhere? In 2015 when 20 Copts were beheaded in Libya that sure seemed like an act of true faith and especially the 21st martyr who wasn"t Copt, Matthew Ayariga of Ghana, and he voluntarily said "there God is my God".

It's not so much about individual false teachings, although there are plenty of those; but the big picture.

Orthodoxy considers itself the "true" historical church, even truer than Catholicism. It split from Catholicism over the papacy and purgatory, among other things. It believes it's in direct succession from apostolic times. But let me ask: Does this look like something the apostles, or the churches we read about in the New Testament, would do? The video is long but you don't have to watch much of it to understand this is false Christianity.

Speaking in Russian is not a sin. Having a nice Church is not a sin. Celebrating a special holy day or practicing a sacrament of remembrance is not a sin. I am more interested in what they teach and believe. Litle can be gleaned from this video because I cannot understand Russian, but it makes perfect sense to people in Moscow. Do they embrace sound doctrine? If so, maybe we shall all learn Russian and move there.

Many may know, many may not, that Hank Hanegraaff, formerly a Protestant evangelical for many years and host of the Bible Answer Man radio program converted to Eastern Orthodox in 2017. Needless to say I was shocked when I heard of this.

By way of a little history, in 1989 Hanegraaff took over the office of president of the Christian Research Institute (CRI), Walter Martin's conservative countercult ministry which he founded in 1960. Hanegraaff is also a prolific author.

I don't understand how Hanegraaff can continue to call himself the "Bible Answer Man" when all he does is defend Eastern Orthodoxy. Someone will call in expecting an explanation from the Bible and all they get is a rant on Orthodox dogma. When anyone challenges him he dodges behind what he calls "mere Christianity"; that is, the "essentials" of the faith that, according to Hanegraaff, unite us all. The problem is these "essentials" are so vague as to be meaningless.

All his books are still for sale. He tries to make the argument that what he teaches now is the same thing he's always taught. But this is laughable. Either he's Orthodox or he's invented a new meaning of what it means to be Orthodox. If you listen carefully to him on his broadcast it's clear he's abandoned core Biblical doctrines such as grace alone and faith alone. He defends Catholicism, calling it a true church with grave errors. Huh?

I wonder how Walter Martin would feel about the way Hanegraaff has disgraced the ministry he created and led so gallantly for almost thirty years?

Hanegraaff needs to get honest and change the name of his broadcast to Eastern Orthodox Man.

It's not so much about individual false teachings, although there are plenty of those; but the big picture.

Orthodoxy considers itself the "true" historical church, even truer than Catholicism. It split from Catholicism over the papacy and purgatory, among other things. It believes it's in direct succession from apostolic times. But let me ask: Does this look like something the apostles, or the churches we read about in the New Testament, would do? The video is long but you don't have to watch much of it to understand this is false Christianity.

oyster, your defense of this shows you're already very deluded; too deluded to even discuss it with you at this point.

In this video, Hanegraaff apologizes for not teaching the perpetual virginity of Mary.