The Bible as Parable and Not History, and Q&A

About this episode

Hank Hanegraaff discusses the interpretation of the Bible as parable rather than history and answers various listener questions.

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (04/17/26), Hank comments on statements made by Bill Maher that the entirety of the Bible was not meant to be read as history, but as parable. Hank also answers the following questions: Can you explain the meaning of 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 with respect to building upon the foundation of Christ and testing with fire? Alan - Oklahoma City, OK (7:12) Can you define praying in the Spirit? Duncan - High River, AB (8:50) What about the ministries of Joseph Prince and Joyce Meyer? Reliable teachers? Jim - WA (15:14) What about the Gap Theory between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2? Paul - Vancouver, BC (21:41)

People in this episode

Host: Hank Hanegraaff

Topics covered

• Bible interpretation
• parables
• Christian teachings
• Q&A
• spirituality
• historical context

Keywords

• Bible
• parable
• history
• 1 Corinthians 3:10-15
• praying in the Spirit
• Joseph Prince
• Joyce Meyer
• Gap Theory
• Genesis

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Oklahoma City, OK, High River, AB, WA, Vancouver, BC

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