Dave Hunt (Christian apologist)

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Dave Hunt

David Hunt in 2008 in Canada

David Hunt in 2008 in Canada.
Born David Charles Haddon Hunt
(1926-09-30)September 30, 1926
Riverside, California, U.S.
Died April 5, 2013(2013-04-05) (aged 86)
Bend, Oregon, U.S.
Nationality American
Education UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles)
Alma mater UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles), 1950
Occupation Apologist, Author, Speaker, and Radio commentator
Years active 1973–2013
Known for Drawing Christians back to the fundamental, Biblical teachings of their religion
Title The Seduction of Christianity: Spiritual Discernment in the Last Days
Political party Conservative
Religion Plymouth Brethren
Spouse(s) Ruth Klassen (m. 1950–2013; his death)
Children David Jr., Karen, Janna and Jon
Parent(s) Albert Hunt
Lillian Hunt
Website

thebereancall.org

David Charles "Dave" Madden Hunt (September 30, 1926 – April 5, 2013) was an American Christian apologist, speaker, radio commentator and author. He was in full-time ministry from 1973 until his death. The Berean Call, which highlights Hunt's material, was started in 1992.[1] From 1999 to 2010, he also hosted the popular Search for Scriptures radio ministry alongside T.A. McMahon.[2] Hunt traveled to the Near East, lived in Egypt, and wrote numerous books on theology, prophecy, cults, and other religions, including critiques of Catholicism, Islam, Mormonism, and Calvinism, among others. Hunt's Christian theology was evangelical dispensational and he was associated with the Plymouth Brethren movement.[3]

Early life

David Charles Madden Hunt was born on September 30, 1926, in Riverside, California, to Lillie and Albert Hunt. He was raised in a Christian family, with two other siblings. In his early teens, he put his trust in Jesus, whilst enjoying the advantages of a godly upbringing.[4] As a young man, he also spent time in the military, at the end of World War II.[5] He was an alumnus of UCLA. From June 24, 1950, until his death, Hunt married his college sweetheart, Ruth Klaussen (1926–2013), who together raised four children: David Jr., Danna, Karen and Jon. He worked as a CPA before his entry into full-time ministry.[6]

Positions

Hunt believed occult or pagan influences are pervasive in modern culture - this includes evolution, as well as all forms of psychology, some forms of entertainment, yoga, and some forms of medicine. His book Occult Invasion is dedicated to this area, while several other books mention it in part.[7]

Creationism

Hunt was a strict Biblical Creationist - refutations of evolution and theistic evolution were a frequent topic of his radio programs, Search the Scriptures Daily and According to God's Word.

“ ...I think you’ve got to be very stubborn to reject God and to say evolution—it all happened by chance. No rational person could support that thesis. And I would challenge anybody....—you know the more they get down—when we discovered electron microscopes and we got down to the molecular level of life, we found that it was far more complex than Darwin realized.[8] ”

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 sought to refute many alleged misconceptions of Calvinism without taking an Arminian stance. He outlined a theological middle ground between Calvinism and Arminianism, where, according to Hunt, one can believe in eternal security but reject Calvinistic teaching. 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 identified 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 exposé on Mormonism, highlighting the Mormon belief that Jesus is the spirit brother of Lucifer and many other facets of Mormonism. Jeremiah Films made a video that is based on the book.[9]

Other

In 1973 he wrote the screenplay for Time to Run, a Christian film produced for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (Hunt later criticized Graham's ministry for its open ecumenicism).

The Seduction of Christianity (co-written with Tom A. 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 re-constructionist 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 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 final book, "Cosmos, Creator and Human Destiny", Hunt supported the Creationist viewpoint and alleged that there were deficiencies in both the Big Bang theory and the theory of evolution.

Bibliography

Critical Assessments

References

  1. ↑ "'Bold, Loving' Christian Apologist Dave Hunt Passes Away at Age 87". The Christian Post. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
  2. ↑ "Radio". The Berean Call. 2013-10-24. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  3. ↑ "About Dave Hunt". Chick.com. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  4. ↑ "About Dave Hunt". The Berean Call. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
  5. ↑ "End Times Prophecy Author Dave Hunt Has Died". Now The End Begins.com. 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
  6. ↑ "The Berean Call: About Dave Hunt". The Berean Call. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
  7. ↑ Chapter One Hunt, Dave (2010). Occult Invasion The Berean Call. ISBN 978-1-928660-60-6
  8. ↑ "Can You Believe in the Bible and Evolution?". The Berean Call. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
  9. ↑ "The Godmakers". YouTube. 2007-11-20. Retrieved 2010-05-02.

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