Hank Unplugged

In a recent exchange with Jesse Watters, Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed compared Sharia law to Christian canon law, arguing that Muslims should simply be free to practice their faith just as Christians practice theirs.1

But are Sharia and Christian canon law really comparable?

In this episode of Hank Unplugged, Hank Hanegraaff examines that claim and explains the fundamental differences between Sharia, Christian canon law, and the Mosaic law of the Old Testament. He considers the scope of Sharia as a comprehensive system governing religious, political, social, and private life; the historical and theological purpose of Mosaic law; and the Christian understanding that the Mosaic covenant finds its fulfillment in Jesus Christ.

Hank also looks at the contemporary application of Sharia in nations such as Brunei and explains why understanding what Sharia actually teaches and how it functions matters enormously in the modern world.

This is Part One of Hank’s examination of Sharia law. In the next episode, he turns specifically to the impact of Sharia on women.

For a more comprehensive treatment, see Hank Hanegraaff’s MUSLIM: What You Need to Know About the World’s Fastest Growing Religion.https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-muslim-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-worlds-fastest-growing-religion-0926va/
“El-Sayed GRILLED: ‘I Don’t Think You’re Very Good at Math’” Jesse Watters Primetime, Fox News video, 25:25, August 24, 2026, relevant discussion at 10:56–13:40, https://youtu.be/9j0e6Ur7S6g?si=HWkda5fqfZI0snQD&t=656.

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As America seeks an agreement with Iran amid the current war, Hank Hanegraaff asks a crucial question: How should we understand the thinking of Iran’s Islamic leadership?

In this episode of Hank Unplugged, Hank looks back to the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, Muhammad’s ten-year truce with the Meccans in A.D. 628, and examines its enduring significance in Islamic history and political thought. From Muhammad’s eventual conquest of Mecca to Yasser Arafat’s invocation of Hudaybiyyah during the Oslo peace process, Hank argues that the past provides an important lens through which to assess negotiations with Iran today.  

Hank also considers the historic expansion of Islam through conquest and migration, the transformation of formerly Christian centers such as Constantinople, and the profound differences between the examples set by Muhammad and Jesus Christ.  

Jesus commanded His followers to love their enemies, pray for those who persecute them, and be peacemakers. Ultimately, He gave His life so that others might live.  

As Hank often says, “Contrast is the conduit to clarity.” And in this episode, he contends that the contrast between Christ and Muhammad—and between Christianity and Islam—could hardly be more consequential.  

Topics include Iran, the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, Muhammad, jihad, Yasser Arafat and the Oslo Accords, Islam in Europe, Constantinople and Hagia Sophia, Christianity and Islam, and the teachings of Jesus Christ.  

For more information on Islam please see Hank’s book MUSLIM: What You Need to Know About the World’s Fastest Growing Religion. https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-muslim-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-worlds-fastest-growing-religion-wa0426/

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Fr. Stephen Freeman is one of the best there is when it comes to calling out our contemporary world and the false and flattened view of reality which he calls a two-storey universe. The truth is this—we live in a one-storey universe. And it is enchanted.

This is a preview of an episode of Commitment to Reality, where Fr. Stephen Freeman joins Dave Hanegraaff to explore how we can recover a a right vision of the universe in an age that has taught us to see reality as cold, secular, and disenchanted

For more information on Fr. Freeman’s book Everywhere Present: Christianity in a One-Storey Universe please click here. https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-everywhere-present-christianity-in-a-one-storey-universe/

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Martin Shaw is one of those people who challenges you by asking provocative questions like “what part of you has come here to die?”  

Shaw offers these kinds of provocations to a world where Christianity has been domesticated and desperately needs to recover its wildness.

This is a preview of an episode of Commitment to Reality, where Martin Shaw joins Dave Hanegraaff to explore how to recover a wild Christianity in a world where faith for many has become cold, abstract, and domesticated.

To hear the full conversation, search for Commitment to Reality wherever you listen to podcasts and subscribe to the show so you never miss an episode.

You can also watch full episodes and clips on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ACommitmenttoReality

Popularized in the 19th century, the pre-tribulational rapture is the idea that millions of Christians will suddenly vanish before a future seven-year tribulation. This is one of the most widely held beliefs in modern Christianity—but is this teaching actually grounded in Scripture? Hank Hanegraaff examines the case on this episode of Hank Unplugged.   

Drawing from key biblical passages—including John 5, Matthew 24, 1 Thessalonians 4, 1 Corinthians 15, and Revelation 21—Hank argues that the Bible presents a very different picture:  One unified resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous
One visible, final return of Christ
One redeemed creation, liberated together with the people of God
  Hank also explores:  The historical roots of rapture theology
The meaning of the “abomination of desolation” and first-century tribulation
Whether Scripture supports a future seven-year tribulation or rebuilt temple
Misconceptions surrounding “replacement theology”
The true nature of the Church as one covenant people in Christ
 Rather than a secret rapture or a divided plan for Israel and the Church, Hanegraaff presents the biblical hope of resurrection, restoration, and the renewal of all things.  

Timestamp below:
0:00 Introduction: The Imminent Rapture Belief
0:35 What the Pre-Tribulation Rapture Teaches
3:25 Is the Rapture Biblical?
4:25 One Resurrection of All (John 5:28–29)
5:35 The Real “Great Tribulation(s)” in History
9:00 No Future Seven-Year Tribulation or Rebuilt Temple
10:50 No Second-Chance Salvation after Christ’s Second Appearing
11:20 One Redemption: Creation and Our Bodies (Romans 8)
12:40 What 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 Actually Teaches
16:00 Misreading John 14 and the “Mansions” Passage
19:15 What about “Replacement Theology”?
24:15 Reaffirming 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18
27:00 Christians Must Test All Things, Holding to What’s Good and True.  

For further study, see The Apocalypse Code: Find Out What the Bible Really Says About the End Times and Why It Matters Today https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-the-apocalypse-code-for-gift/  

See also the many related articles at www.equip.org, including:  
 “Apocalypse When? Why Most End-time Teaching Is Dead Wrong” https://www.equip.org/articles/apocalypse-when/  

Which generation is “this generation”? https://www.equip.org/bible_answers/which-generation-is-this-generation/  

Modern Israel in Bible Prophecy: Promised Return or Impending Exile? https://www.equip.org/articles/modern-israel-in-bible-prophecy-promised-return-or-impending-exile/

Does the Bible Make a Distinction between Israel and the Church? https://www.equip.org/articles/does-the-bible-make-a-distinction-between-israel-and-the-church/  
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