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 20 languages.
Theologically, Hunt is evangelical, dispensational, and associated with the Plymouth Brethren Movement. Although he is not a Calvinist, he does hold to eternal security.
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.
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."
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 - 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.
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.
