Dave Hunt (Christian apologist)

David Hunt in 2008 in Canada

Dave Hunt (born 1926) is a Christian apologist, speaker, radio commentator and author. He has been in full-time ministry since 1973. The Berean Call, which highlights Dave's materials, was started in 1992. Hunt has travelled to the Near East, lived in Egypt, and written numerous books on theology, prophecy, cults, and other religions, including critiques of Catholicism, Islam, Mormonism, and Calvinism, among others. His books have sold over 4 million copies and have been translated into at least 50 languages.

Hunt is evangelical dispensational and is associated with the Plymouth Brethren Movement.^[1] Although he is not a Calvinist, he does hold to eternal security.

Early life

Hunt was born in 1926 and raised in a Christian family. He is an alumnus of UCLA and is married with four children. He worked as a CPA before his entry into full-time ministry.^[2]

Positions

Hunt is a strict Biblical Creationist - refutations of evolution are a frequent topic of his radio programs, Search the Scriptures Daily and According to God's Word. He has stated that "I think that you would have to be, in my opinion, an idiot to think that this universe happened by chance."^[3]

Hunt believes occult or pagan influences are pervasive in modern culture - this includes evolution, as well as all forms of psychology, some forms of entertainment, all forms of science-fiction or fantasy^{[citation needed]} - especially Harry Potter - yoga, some forms of medicine, environmental concern or conservation and much of public education. His book Occult Invasion is dedicated to this area, while several other books mention it in part.

Calvinism

Hunt addressed Calvinism in a book called What Love is This? Calvinism's Misrepresentation of God, published in 2002 and revised in 2004 and 2006. He refuted many misconceptions of Calvinism without taking an Arminian stance. He outlined a theological middle ground between Calvinism and Arminianism, where one can believe in eternal security but reject Calvinistic teaching. This book is currently being published by the Berean Call. James White, a Calvinist, has charged Hunt with misrepresenting Calvinistic teachings, and as having insufficient knowledge of Reformed theology, or original Biblical languages, to accurately evaluate Calvinism. Others have defended Hunt's work and refuted the Calvinist assertions that Calvinist systematics need a working knowledge of Greek or Hebrew to understand or refute. The disagreements between the two theological camps continue.

Also published in 2004 was Debating Calvinism: Five Points, Two Views, co-written in a point-counterpoint debate format by Hunt and Calvinist apologist James White.

Catholicism

In A Woman Rides the Beast, he identifies the Roman Catholic Church as the Whore of Babylon from the prophecies in chapters 17 and 18 of the Book of Revelation.

Mormonism

The Godmakers, which Dave Hunt co-wrote with Ed Decker, and the accompanying film, The God Makers, was an expose on Mormonism, highlighting the Mormon belief that Jesus is the spirit brother of Lucifer; Joseph Smith; Brigham Young; and many other facets of Mormonism. Jeremiah Films made a video that is based on the book.^[4]

Other

The Seduction of Christianity (co-written with Tom McMahon), which categorized Word of Faith teachings, meditation, and psychology-based counseling as New Age heresies, generated much debate in the 1980s. Responses from meditation proponents and from Calvinist reconstructionist writers include Seduction?? A Biblical Response and The Reduction of Christianity. Hunt has written a rejoinder to the latter critics in his Whatever Happened to Heaven?

Hunt was one of the few Christian authors who wrote about Y2K with the intent of refuting the fearful predictions being made by other Christian Fundamentalist writers (Y2K: A Reasoned Response To Mass Hysteria).

In his most recent book, "Cosmos, Creator and Human Destiny", Hunt supports the Creationist viewpoint and exposes deficiencies in both the Big Bang theory and the theory of evolution.

Bibliography

• America, Israel and Islam, ISBN 1-929125-32-1
• America, the Sorcerer's New Apprentice: The Rise of New Age Shamanism, ISBN 0-89081-651-4
• Battle for the Mind, ISBN 1-928660-09-6
• Beyond Seduction: A Return to Biblical Christianity, ISBN 0-89081-558-5
• Confessions of a Heretic
• Countdown to the Second Coming, ISBN 0-89081-910-6
• The Cult Explosion, ISBN 0-89081-241-1
• A Cup of Trembling: Jerusalem and Bible Prophecy, ISBN 1-56507-334-7
• Death of a Guru, ISBN 0-89081-434-1
• Debating Calvinism: Five Points, Two Views; Dave Hunt and James White, ISBN 1-59052-273-7
• The Devil and Mr. Smith
• Global Peace and the Rise of Antichrist, ISBN 0-89081-831-2
• The God Makers, ISBN 1-56507-717-2
• God of the Untouchables
• Honest Doubts, ISBN 1-928660-34-7
• In Defense of the Faith: Biblical Answers to Challenging Questions, ISBN 1-56507-495-5
• Judgment Day! Islam, Israel and the Nations, ISBN 1-928660-32-0
• The Mind Invaders (formerly titled The Archon Conspiracy), ISBN 1-56507-831-4
• Mission: Possible (currently titled To Russia With Love)
• The New Spirituality, ISBN 1-56507-121-2
• Occult Invasion, ISBN 1-56507-269-3
• Peace, Prosperity, and the Coming Holocaust subtitled "The New Age Movement in Prophecy", ISBN 0-89081-331-0
• The Power of the Spirit (by William Law, edited by Dave Hunt), ISBN 0-87508-247-5
• Revelation Hoofbeats (contributing author), ISBN 1-59160-873-2
• Sanctuary of the Chosen, ISBN 1-56507-215-4
• Secret Invasion, ISBN 0-89081-560-7
• Seduction of Christianity: Spiritual Discernment in the Last Days, ISBN 0-89081-441-4
• Seeking and Finding God, ISBN 1-928660-23-1
• To Russia With Love (formerly titled Mission: Possible), ISBN 978-1-928660-36-1
• Toward the 7th Millennium: A Penetrating Look into the Future (contributing author), ISBN 0-937422-42-8
• Understanding the New Age Movement, ISBN 0-89081-682-4
• Unmasking Mormonism, ISBN 0-89081-801-0
• An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith, ISBN 0-7369-0313-5
• What Love Is This? Calvinism's Misrepresentation of God, ISBN 1-929125-30-5, 2 nd ed: ISBN 1-928660-12-6
• Whatever Happened to Heaven, ISBN 0-89081-698-0
• When Will Jesus Come?: Compelling Evidence for the Soon Return of Christ, ISBN 0-7369-1248-7
• A Woman Rides the Beast, ISBN 1-56507-199-9
• Y2K: A Reasoned Response to Mass Hysteria, ISBN 0-7369-0167-1
• Also many audio and video materials, including adaptations of many of the above books.

Critical Assessments

• Cowan, Douglas E. (2003). Bearing false witness?: an introduction to the Christian countercult. New York: Praeger. ISBN 0-275-97459-6. OCLC 50339414. 
• DeMar, Gary; Peter Leithart (1988). The reduction of Christianity: a biblical response to Dave Hunt. Fort Worth, Texas: Dominion Press. ISBN 0-930462-63-7. OCLC 18172813. 
• Bunker, Michael (2002). "Chapter 4 A Jesuit Case Study: Dave Hunt". Swarms of Locusts: The Jesuit Attack on the Faith. IUniverse. p. 318. ISBN 0595252974. 
• Hexham, Irving (1992). "The Evangelical Response to the New Age". In James R. Lewis and J. Gordon Melton. Perspectives on the new age. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. pp. 152–163. ISBN 0-7914-1213-X. OCLC 24667142. 
• Pelphrey, Brant (Fall 1987). "Negative Thinking in a 'Positive' Age (Book Review of The Seduction of Christianity)". Areopagus 1 (1): 42–45. 
• Reid, Thomas F. (1986). Seduction??: A Biblical Response. Woy Woy, New South Wales: Peacemakers Ministries. ISBN 186263002X. OCLC 27631883. 
• Spiritual Counterfeits Project (1987). "The Final Threat: Cosmic Conspiracy and End Times Speculation". In Karen Hoyt, J. Isamu Yamamoto and Spiritual Counterfeits Project. The New Age rage. Old Tappan, New Jersey: Power Books. pp. 185–201. ISBN 0-8007-5257-0. OCLC 16465119. 
• Scharffs, Gilbert W. (1986). The Truth About "The God Makers". Salt Lake City: Publishers Press. OCLC 14145479. 
• Tope, Wally (Advent 1989). "The God Makers". Areopagus 3 (1): 48–50. 

References

1. ^ "About Dave Hunt". Chick.com. http://www.chick.com/information/authors/hunt.asp. Retrieved 2010-05-02. 
2. ^ The Berean Call: About Dave Hunt
3. ^ "STARTLING PROOFS - Does God Really Exist? creation vs evolution Darwin". Video.google.com. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1760096128712631511. Retrieved 2010-05-02. 
4. ^ "The Godmakers". YouTube. 2007-11-20. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPPx-WM3KTw. Retrieved 2010-05-02. 

External links

• The Berean Call Website

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