An Impressive Lover of Truth

Having come completely unplanned to the US in 1980 (originally from Germany) and having been led to the Lord by a group of young, fiery Jesus lovers, I began listening to Christian Radio and heard Dave one day on Marlin Maddoux' Point of View show. I was immediately impressed with Dave's profound, calm, and convincing way to present biblical truth and his straightforwardness in presenting existing falsenesses in the church. A few weeks later, an apologetics seminar was held in Dallas where Francis Schaeffer, Dave, and other speakers were present. It made a deep impression on me, especially since I was aware of the terrible failure of the Christian Churches in Germany during the Third Reich and the influx of humanistic and Darwinist ideologies in the western world. I had been so deeply influenced by these ideologies and was now incredibly glad to find solid biblical teaching against them. I accompanied Dave after this event to his car, carrying some of his materials for him. He gave me fatherly advice to thoroughly read the Word and always to listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit -- the Spirit of Truth -- in my future walk and to follow sound doctrine. I took his advice very much to heart. I listened regularly to his radio programs and read virtually all of his books. Of course, The Berean Call newsletter was always an anxiously expected lecture every month! All of this has helped me a lot not to fall into the many traps of false winds of theology, especially the lies of psychology. It also helped me to warn many people around me, in first place my own immediate family. I am very thankful that I was able to meet and converse with Dave 4 years ago at the second-to-last Bend Conference again. I consider him one of my most important spiritual fathers and feel deeply blessed having been influenced by his life, his devotion to the Lord, and his unbending stand for truth. I love him a lot and rejoice that he has made safely it into the arms of Jesus.