Truth Matters, Life Matters More

“Hank Hanegraaff’s Truth Matters, Life Matters More is a remarkable tapestry of vast historical and scriptural knowledge, woven from personal experience, chronicles of faith journeys, and marvelous spiritual insights that mesh to create more than a compendium of theology. Indeed, he pulls the strands together with deftness and devotion, such that they form a map, a sacred topography of the life in Christ. And as a good cartographer would do, Hanegraaff makes sure that the reader has all the keys and legends to read his map. He knows how to point the reader in all the right directions, but he also knows that it is grace that ‘will lead us home.”

Fr. Alex Karloutsos

“Quoting from a wide range of sources, Hank Hanegraaff makes an impassioned case for calling the church back to her earliest roots in this book that is sure to stir and provoke any reader. Participation, union, and even the controversial word deification have been making a quiet comeback in the wake of more and more calls to broaden our collective understanding of what salvation entails. In this book, Hanegraaff wages a battle on two fronts. On the one hand, he wants to maintain that biblical truth matters. On the other hand, he insists that this truth is neither abstract nor impersonal, but a living truth because it is anchored in the living Christ. As someone passionately interested in recovering the reality of our union with Christ, I hope readers will thoughtfully engage with Hanegraaff’s challenging conclusions.”

Rankin Wilbourne

“As Hank has masterfully pointed out, ‘there can be no life without truth, but above all, no truth without life, deification is God’s greatest gift. It is the high peak truth of redemptive revelation.’ Hank elucidates this life-changing lesson revealing that ‘while truth is necessary, it is hardly sufficient. That the map is not the territory. That the menu is not the meal. That we must never mistake the cradle for its occupant. And that we are destined even now to experience life that is life to the full.’ This book will further allow us to take His life as source of our living, in our church life, for His satisfaction, to bring to light the Kingdom of God on earth.”

Samuel Nee

“In this moving and compelling book, Hank Hanegraaff recapitulates the apologetic themes that he has spent decades honing and defending—from human origins, to the reality of the resurrection, to the reliability of Scripture. But, more than that, he shows how this vital defense of truth must be part of the larger cause of uniting our life with the life of God. This is a theme that for too long has been missed by millions of believing Christians. Hank shows, with characteristic precision, how the traditional Christian idea of ‘deification’ is not some doubtful sidelight, but represents the culmination of the Christian life, and the source of Christian unity. Whether you’ve read all of Hank’s books, or none of them, I urge you to read this one.”

Jay Richards

“Hank Hanegraaff’s Truth Matters, Life Matters More is a wonderfully written reminder that we are made for more than merely knowing the truth about God—we are made to be Christ’s brothers and sisters, and the Father’s sons and daughters, through deification. This is a forgotten, deeply biblical truth that the early Christians well understood, and one that all Christians must recover.”

Benjamin Wiker

“Hanegraaff’s masterpiece guides us toward ultimate Truth in the context of Christ’s promise that He has come to give us life—deified life that is life to the full.”

Norris J. Chumley

“Truth Matters, Life Matters More details Hank Hanegraaff’s life journey from his childhood to the present day, a voyage guided by Providence. Hanegraaff rightly recognizes salvation as a step towards a higher state—deification—which is not a reality to be expressed conceptually but lived out through the transformation of our life in Christ, through the Holy Spirit, by means of the grace communicated in the Church by the sacraments and the personal practice of spiritual disciplines. “What makes Hanegraaff’s approach interesting is that it is not a theoretical presentation but a testimony of his personal journey. Though Hank’s reflections are rooted in personal experience, there is a clear desire for others to experience similar spiritual growth, exhibiting a youthful enthusiasm for evangelism. In traversing the stages of the long way that led him to True Life, he does not forget to pay homage to those who, often without knowing it, illumined his path.”

Jean-Claude Larchet

“My wife, Marsha, and I have known Hank and his family for over twenty-five years. We have traveled together, played golf, and experienced much time sharing our lives and the love of Christ. Years ago, Hank shared with me the revelation he received from Elijah Widjaja that ‘truth matters, but life matters more’ and the impact that statement has had on his life. Truth Matters, Life Matters More is a testament to the transformation of Hank’s life since that revelation. I learned from this book that my relationship with Jesus Christ means everything to me and the more I allow Him to fill my life with His presence, the more I become complete in Him. May you be blessed by the reading of this profound book.”

Jack Countryman

“The truth here is that salvation is so much greater than most people allow themselves to believe. We have been saved not only FROM sin, but FOR divine life. God has shared his inner life with us and made us partakers of his divine nature. This book tells how the Bible Answer Man arrived at the Bible’s most important answer.”

Scott Hahn

“Having appreciated Hank Hanegraaff’s writings for decades, I find Truth Matters, Life Matters More to be his most personal and engaging work to date. It features the disciplined attention to detail we expect from Hank, but also gives us reflections from a man who’s assessing the state of the modern church with a prophetic voice and a scholarly eye. Well worth reading.”

Joe Dallas