An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith

This book is excellent, in case you can't tell from my 5 star rating or my title. I believe every Christian should read this book, and then pass it on. Better yet, keep your copy for a reference, and buy another to pass on. This book is divided into five sections. The first section is just as good as C. S. Lewis' classic "Mere Christianity", talking about faith from a philosophical point of view, proving the reality of the Spiritual on the level of a non-religious person. This section continues on with prayer, and concludes as pointing out how reliable the Bible is for the source of truth. The remainder of the book helps one grow deeper in his/her Christian life. It does deal with controversial topics. One major topic is pointing out the danger of the self-love movement. The fourth section deals with issues like the incarnation, the church, and eternal security. The final section focuses on the hope of heaven, based on a pre-millennial, pre-tribulational rapture viewpoint. As stated, some of these topics are controversial. However, Hunt uses the Bible as the source of his teachings. His approach is that the Bible is understandable, and that faith is not contrary to reason but that true faith moves in the direction reason points, and then takes the next step. This book is good to introduce an unbeliever to Christianity. It also is good for a new believer to ground them in the faith. Of course, more mature believers need to be reminded of the basics, because it is easy to be influenced by ideas that are rooted in the world, and not in Christianity/Scripture.