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Originally posted by Rick Larson
I still receive the Berean Call newsletter in the mail, and I couldn't believe this one. I seriously think Hunt has some kind of mental health issue going on. What was really appalling were his statements about Calvinists believing in baptismal regeneration, and his ad hominem slurs regarding Calvin and (Servetus??). I quickly threw the newsletter into the recycle bin, but I should have kept it as the grandest example of strawman reasoning I've ever seen.
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It's about as bad as I've ever seen. With this vicious, ill-informed attack, he's basically destroyed his ministry, at least among Calvinists (also among non-Calvinists who realize Hunt's off base here) some of whom were once among his biggest supporters. Some, no doubt, will probably think all of his writings are equally baseless, which isn't the case. Because of the attacks he's come under by Calvinists, Hunt erroneously draws parallels to the furor over "The Seduction of Christianity".
Several prominent evangelical leaders lauded Hunt's book. I wonder if they actually read it? His usual publisher, Harvest House, would not publish it and he couldn't get any other major publisher to pick it up. Of course, he blames this on Calvinist influence. Actually he should be thankful to James White for doing "Debating Calvinism", which gave Hunt further exposure (albeit negative) that he otherwise likely wouldn't have gotten.