A Calvinist's Honest Doubts Resolved Paperback – August 1, 2005

by Dave Hunt

We don't really know much about Calvinism," my dinner companions confessed. "But is was a strange experience. On the one hand, we had the impression that these people felt certain they were the elect. Yet there also seemed to be some insecurity, as though performance were a major difference of one's salvation." As we got up to leave, a young woman who had sat through the entire discussion in silence asked if she could have a private moment of my time. We sat down again, and she began to tell a tale of grief . She was a pastor's wife. Their lives and ministry had been happy and fruitful until her husband and two close friends, also pastors, became interested in a new "truth" All three were aspiring "intellectuals ." As a result of reading current Calvinist authors, they had been drawn to the writings of John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards, John Knox, and others. Their study, taking them all the way back to Augustine, eventually became almost an obsession . Then each of them began to preach this new "light" from their pulpits. After being warned several times to desist, they were removed from their pastorates. Eventually, her husband began to worry whether he was really one of the elect. The nagging questions grew into fullblown doubts about his salvation. Calvinism, which had once seemed so satisfying, now began to haunt him with uncertainty. Was he really one of the elect?"The above excerpt sets the scene for Dave Hunt's new 112page paperback, created out of a need for a nonintimidating, easytoread "introduction" to Calvinism. Based on years of actual accounts and conversations, this "userfriendly" book is derived from material in Dave's much larger scholarly work, What Love is This?In Honest Doubts , readers will become familiar with the key issues in a unique format that reads like a reallife drama, because the characters are composites of actual individuals, and the circumstances are equally real. Discover the heart of a Calvinist "seeker" and the surprising result of his quest for truth in this fictionalized but truetolife dialogue A Calvinist's Honest Doubts Resolved by Reason and God's Amazing Grace. This friendly, inexpensive paperback is enjoyable to read and great to give away.Table of ContentsWhy This Book?An Issue of Great Importance Aggressive Promotion A Calvinist's Honest Doubts A Victim of Subtle Deception?Something Almost Diabolical"HyperCalvinism"? What's That?On the Brink of Atheism Confronted by God's Love Hell Whose Choice?To God Be the Glory!Calvinism's Last Stand

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First published August 1, 2005

About the author

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Dave Hunt was an American Christian apologist, speaker, radio commentator and author. He was in full-time ministry from 1973 until his death. A prolific best-selling author, international lecturer, and Bible teacher, his writings have been translated into at least 50 languages. More than four million copies of Dave’s books have been sold. For nearly a decade, Dave also co-hosted a weekly radio program, Search the Scriptures Daily, broadcast on over 400 stations in the U.S. and worldwide.

Reviews

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

A summary of some of the most common objections to the Calvinist doctrines encountered by believers today. Why does it matter? The book explores some of the implications of what we believe and why "reformed" doctrine isn't the scripture-honoring thought system it claims to be. Above all, it reaffirms the Bible as the only source of truth and doctrine for the believer.

This is a basic crash course of the main objections and doesn't get down into the minutiae of every single doctrinal point; just the most basic ones the average believer will encounter in church life.

[Raymond Wilfong · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good little book on a difficult topic.

[Kari McDowell · Rating 2 out of 5]

This little book argues intensely against primarily the concept of election and double predestination. Interesting read but didn’t convince me.

[Will]

Short version - buy