Product Description

The Bible Answer Book Volume 1 covered 81 of the top questions that Hank Hangegraaff, the Bible Answer Man, has answered in his ministry. Now he's coming back in Volume II with more questions and answers. Selected from among the thousands of topics he's addressed over the years, topics include family, faith, fear, sin, salvation, and many more issues vital to better understanding God. Each question is approached in Hanegraaff's scholarly, concise, yet easy-to-understand style, and he even suggests additional sources for readers who want to explore the topics further.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #172601 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

Customer Reviews

Another Apologetics Must Read

The Bible Answer Book, Volume 2 is the second collection of most popular questions posed on Hanegraff's radio show. Like the first book, he distills the answers to the essentials so this is meant to be a starting point, not a detailed exposition. These books are small, but handy references and the majority of answers are agreeable. Both books are essential additions to your apologetics library. Many thanks to Hanegraff for continuing to equip believers and answering skeptics.

Nice: Hanegraaff does it again -- pay attn to the end-times theology
The original Hanegraaff Bible Answer Book was outstanding. This one is good too, though not quite up to snuff with the first. Seems like there's a little bit less in this one, and a few of the subjects are repetitive. But here's what I like.....

...The end-times views!!! There's 82 specific questions in this book, ranging from basic apologetics, to intriguing queries (Was Jesus Married? How could the bible command a rape victim to marry her rapist? Is euthenasia ever permissable?), to quite a few concerning Hank's end-times eschatology --- which I'm becoming more and more a fan of.

#72 "Is 'Coming on the clouds' a reference to Christ's Second Coming?'
Hanks answer, in part... "...clouds were a common Old Testament symbol pointing to God as the sovereign judge of the nations." (p. 208) After quoting Isaiah 19:1 (in which the Lord rides on a cloud and is coming to judge Egypt), Hank writes "Furthermore, the 'coming on the clouds' judgment metaphor was clearly intended for Caiaphas and the first-century crowd that condemned Christ to death..." obviously, Jesus was in this instance as in others, referring to the judgment upon 'this generation' --- the fall of Jerusalem in 70 a.d.

#78 'What is the meaning of 666?'
Hank's assessment -- "Placing the beast in the twenty-first century, however, may well pose insurmountale difficulties. First John, the author of Revelation, told a first-century audience that with 'wisdom' and 'insight' they would be able to 'calculate the number of the beast, for it is man's number...." (p. 229) Hank then teaches that "...transforming names into numbers (gematria) was common in antiquity...." and that Nero "... transliterated into Hebrew equals 666. Moreover, the presence in some ancient manuscripts of a variation in which 666 is rendered 616 lends further credence to Nero as the intended referent. The Hebrew transliteration of the Latin spelling of 'Nero Caesar' totals 616." (p.230) Writing of the times of the deaths of Peter and Paul, Hank concludes, "Indeed this was the only epoch in human history in which the Beast could directly assail the foundation of the Christian Church of which Christ himself was the cornerstone."

Other questions on this line of thought in the book are "Which generation is 'this generation'?", and "Does the Bible make a distinction between Israel and the church?".

Overall, another great question and answer book complete with verse references and some good sources for further study. Definitely not too heady, though you'll want to read the answers through and study them thoroughly, like you're supposed to do (Acts 17:11).

Good resource to have!
This book was smaller and shorter than I thought, but it does the job. It helps answers questions that people have about the Bible. It even has questions that I have never thought of. It's a good little book to have to help you understand the Bible more and to help answer or defend your faith. Obviously nobody can really know everything and a lot of things are predictions, but Hank does a great job of backing up his thoughts with Biblical insights. Overall it's a nice book to have and it has helped me be more knowledgeable about the Bible as well as other religions because Hank also helps you understand what the other religions are about.