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Dave Hunt, born in 1926, is a Christian apologist, speaker, radio commentator and author. He writes a weekly message through The Berean Call. Hunt has traveled to the Near East, lived in Egypt, and has written numerous books. They including books on theology, prophecy, cults, and other religions.

Theologically, Hunt is evangelical, Dispensational and Arminian.

In 2002 Dave Hunt took it upon himself to attack Calvinism in a book called "What Love is This? Calvinism's Misrepresentation of God"(Sisters, Oregon: Loyal Publishing, 2002. 500 pages), which caused a storm of controversy amongst other Christian's. According to many, the book is inaccurate and misrepresents the truths of Calvinism. On a radio debate with James White from Alpha and Omega Ministries Dave Hunt admitted that he did not know anything about the history of Calvinism but went ahead and attacked it anyway. Prior to Mr. Hunt publishing "What Love Is This", he had been warned about the inaccuracies in the book by people that knew him and he was encouraged not to go ahead and publish the book. The requests fell upon deaf ears and despite the protests, he went ahead and had it published.

External Links To Critiques of Dave Hunt

  • What Theology is This? Dave Hunt’s Misrepresentation of God and Calvinism. "As I read Dave Hunt’s latest book, What Love is This? subtitled, “Calvinism’s Misrepresentation of God,” I felt both profound sadness and righteous anger. I was sad because many unsuspecting and uneducated Christians will believe that Hunt is accurate and thereby miss out on one of the richest spiritual gold mines available, namely, the life and writings of John Calvin and his heirs in the faith. I was angry because Hunt deliberately misrepresents and slanders both Calvin and Calvinism, and in the process grossly misrepresents God Himself. I know that his misrepresentation is deliberate because many Calvinists, including myself, wrote repeatedly to Hunt as the book was being written, pointing out his errors and asking him to stop misrepresenting what we believe. But sadly, he stubbornly ignored our corrections and went full steam ahead."
  • Blinded By Tradition An Open Letter to Dave Hunt Regarding His Newly Published Attack Upon the Reformation, What Love Is This? Calvinism's Misrepresentation of God by James White
  • Dave Hunt vs. Charles Haddon Spurgeon Using Obfuscation to Avoid Admission of Simple and Documented Error by James White
  • Calvinism on Trial A Response to Dave Hunt’s Attack on the Doctrines of Grace by Phil Johnson
  • What claim is this OR Who are you kidding Mr. Hunt? Examining and demolishing Dave Hunt's extraordinary claim that CH Spurgeon "unequivocally" denied Particular Redemption.
  • Dave Hunt…CH Spurgeon and Calvinism: A look at some references from Dave Hunt's new book where he quotes from Spurgeon to attack Calvinism.
  • 6 Reasons Why I Reject Dave Hunt's Book What Love Is This? by Colin Maxwell

Book Review of 'Debating Calvinism' by James White and Dave Hunt Part 1 pdf Part II pdf By B. K. Campbell

  • What Love is That? by Mitch Cervinka A response to the thesis of Dave Hunt's book What Love is This? Like many people, Mr. Hunt supposes that election is not very loving. This article demonstrates that Arminian love is, by far, the lesser love.
  • An Open Letter To Dave Hunt By Timothy D. Oliver
  • A Review of Debating Calvinism (Multnomah Publishers, 2004), by Dave Hunt & James White by Pastor Steven J. Cole (pdf)

Dave Hunt has recently announced that Calvinists will not be in heaven. In the September 2005 issue of The Berean Call (pdf), his newsletter, someone asks the following: Question: In the July ’05 Letters section, “TF of Ireland,” a self-proclaimed “Calvinist,” acknowledged that Tom and Dave are saved. Is it possible for someone who believes only in the soteriology of Calvin to be saved? Specifically, that God has to first change a person’s heart. Then…with the gift of grace, faith and salvation in Ephesians 2:8-9, man afterwards, by God’s decree, will come to Him (John 6:37), and fulfill God’s requirement for him to believe and repent. Again, assuming that the fruits and works that follow are genuine, could this soteriology allow for salvation, apart from attributing any part of it to man’s free will (John 1:12-13)? Can you extend a statement of being a fellow believer to TF (and other Calvinists) as he has to you?

Dave, after talking rambling for a while, finally comes to this conclusion:

Could someone who believes this false gospel of Calvinism be truly saved? Fortunately, many Calvinists (you among them) were saved before becoming Calvinists. They now malign God by saying that He is pleased to damn multitudes though He could save all—and that He predestines multitudes to the Lake of Fire before they are even born. But having believed the gospel before becoming Calvinists, they “shall not come into condemnation, but passed from death unto life” (Jn 5:24). Those who only know the false gospel of Calvinism are not saved, while those who are saved and ought to know better but teach these heresies will be judged for doing so.

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External links

The Berean Call

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