Dave Hunt, has passed on
THIS IS FROM THE BEREAN CALL: (source)
To our Berean Call Family:
Friday, April 5, 2013, Dave Hunt drew his final breath and entered into the
presence of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. His beloved wife Ruth was at
his side.
Born in 1926, David Charles Haddon Hunt enjoyed the advantages of a godly
upbringing and placed his trust in Jesus Christ as his personal Savior and
Lord in his early teens.
As a young man, he served in the military toward the end of World War II.
Afterward, he attended UCLA and received a degree in mathematics. It was
during that time that he met the love of his life, Ruth Klassen. In 1950,
they were married, and since both loved the outdoors, they enjoyed a
beautiful honeymoon hiking in the High Sierras—perfect for two young people
madly in love and with very little money to their name. Marriage was soon
followed by the birth of two sons and two daughters. Ruth was a busy mother
and also a gifted writer herself. She had a tremendous interest in and
knowledge of history, a gift that would help Dave further down the road.
Dave’s own career path led him into a position as a CPA/management
consultant and later as the manager of several corporations.
Along with church-related activities, Dave initiated and became involved in
numerous campus ministries and meetings in their home, with a special
outreach to Jewish young people and foreign students. Many of these have
stayed in touch with Dave and Ruth through the years, fondly recalling their
times spent in Bible studies at the Hunts’ house.
Dave and Ruth also traveled abroad, spending time in various locations
throughout Europe, meeting with believers there and ministering in many ways
while raising their own family. Dave also brought Bibles and other materials
into the Soviet Union during a time when it was very difficult to do so.
Throughout his later years, he and Ruth traveled extensively as he was
invited to speak in churches and fellowships, large and small, all over the
world. Often they stayed in people’s homes, dining with them, learning their
customs, and sharing God’s Word and God’s love.
The desire of Dave’s heart was ultimately to be involved in fulltime
ministry, especially since he saw firsthand everywhere he went the breaking
down of the true church as the world began to work its way into her midst.
He began to write in 1973, warning believers about the incursion into
Western culture and into the church itself of Eastern religion,
psychological and selfist philosophies, ecumenism, and other unbiblical
teachings.
The ministry of The Berean Call was founded by Dave in 1992. It grew out of
a previous organization, of which Dave was also a founding member since
1986. With T.A. McMahon working alongside him at The Berean Call, Dave was
able to share his love for and defense of Christ in the subsequent
newsletters, books, videos, and speaking engagements that resulted from this
ministry. Dave and T.A. wrote three books together, including the best-known
The Seduction of Christianity, which was groundbreaking in its boldness,
exposing false teachings in the church and daring to identify the names of
the ones behind the deception.
By the early 2000s, Dave’s love for Christ and his desire to defend the name
of the Lord had grown even stronger, and his concern over Islamic politics
and religion are reflected in many of his articles, lectures, books, and
interviews.
Then Richard Dawkins and the “new atheists” came onto the scene with a
vengeance, seeking to destroy the very concept of God in the minds of
everyone. Dave began to write and teach and speak more passionately than
ever about the absolute truth that is in the Word of God and our need to
immerse ourselves in it daily in order to prevent being taken up in the
evolutionist delusion that is sweeping the world.
One of Dave’s favorite activities was to see whom God would seat next to him
on airplanes as he traveled and spoke. He often said that he “could prove
the existence of God” just by these providential occurrences. While writing
about Islam, he would end up seated next to a Muslim who didn’t really
understand what Islam was about but was eager to hear the difference between
the Bible and the Qur’an. When writing about creation vs. evolution, the
Lord would bring him, as a seat companion, an atheistic scientist who
thought he had all the answers and was very surprised that there was another
verifiable explanation to this universe.
Dave’s bold yet loving approach to any situation allowed him entrance into
these conversations where many others would have been shut out. His love for
Jesus, for Israel, and for people in general was obvious to all. His
enthusiasm for the truth, along with his anger over the sin and wickedness
that he knew was robbing people of what God wanted for them, flamed his
desire to share the Lord with anyone with whom he had contact.
At least 4 million copies of his books have been sold, many of them
translated into more than 50 languages. They include: The Cult Explosion;
The God Makers (with Ed Decker); The Seduction of Christianity (with T.A.
McMahon); Global Peace and the Rise of Antichrist; Peace, Prosperity, and
the Coming Holocaust; The New Spirituality (with T.A. McMahon); Whatever Happened to Heaven?; Occult Invasion; A Woman Rides the Beast; A Cup of
Trembling; In Defense of the Faith; An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith ; To
Russia with Love (with Hans Kristian); What Love Is This?; Countdown to the
Second Coming; Seeking and Finding God; Honest Doubts; Judgment Day!: Islam,
Israel, and the Nations; Yoga and the Body of Christ; and his final book,
Cosmos, Creator, and Human Destiny.
He also wrote two novels, The Mind Invaders (formerly The Archon Conspiracy) and
Sanctuary of the Chosen, along with a children’s book called The Money
Tree, illustrated by his daughter Karen.
This is by no means a complete listing of all of Dave’s works. One of his
videos, Israel, Islam & Armageddon, has become a tremendous tool for
churches and for anyone interested in helping to spread the truth about
events prior to and since the attack on the World Trade Center. His video A
Woman Rides the Beast is a favorite among those who are witnessing to
Catholics, a group for whom Dave had a deep love and sorrow, desiring to see
them come to the knowledge of the truth.
Dave Hunt’s own drive to find and then deliver the truth is evident in
everything he did. His impeccable research and recognized scholarship were
based on in-depth studies of original documents and publications, interviews
with key experts from around the world, and extensive travel—including to
South America, Australia, Europe, India, and throughout the Middle East.
Dave has left us a legacy of inestimable value. We are blessed to be able to
see and hear and read what he has taught about the evidence for God in a
breathtaking number of materials. From explaining about the history of
Christianity, to exposing the deception that has crept into the church, to
teaching about the prophecies that are being fulfilled even today, this
humble, brilliant man will go on teaching us for a very long time. We look
forward to the day when we will see him again.
There are no public services scheduled at this time. There will be a time to
remember Dave at our conference this summer, August 23-24 in Bend, OR.
In lieu of flowers or other gifts, Ruth requests that we rejoice with her
that Dave is now with his Savior.
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