An Inspiration to Me

I became a Christian in 1985 at the age of 21. My initial exposure to Christianity was through a Church that was a proponent of the "faith movement." I had been a Christian for a little over a year and had been studying other religions and purchased the late Dr Walter Martin's book the kingdom of the cults. I was not aware at the time that the faith movement was also unbiblical. I had heard of Dave's book "The Seduction of Christianity" but had not read it. I was warned by people in my Church saying that reading it would wreck my faith. By God's providence there was someone in my Church that I found reading Seduction, so I asked him, "Is it ruining your faith?" He said, "No, just the opposite. I think a lot of the things we are being taught are wrong, but my faith in God is stronger now than it ever was." I decided to read the book for myself. What an eye opener! It was hard for my pride to allow me to admit that I had been deceived by some of the things Dave mentioned in his book. God used that to help me to lead others out of that movement and to educate other Christians about these destructive teachings. Over the following years I've had the opportunity to meet Dave and hear him speak publicly on at least 5 occasions in the southern California area. I have read Dave's other books and even taught classes from "The Cult Explosion" study guide since then. If Dave Hunt has taught me anything, it is to be a Berean. Dave mentioned it everywhere I heard him speak. He would always say, "To the Law and to the Testimony! If they speak not according to these words, there is no light in them," and "Test all things and hold fast to what is true." Thank you, Dave, for answering the call. My life and the lives of countless others have been touched in ways you could never know.