Gregg Huestis

Few have seen the books that have responded directly to Hank Hanegraaff’s landmark book, Christianity in Crisis. Hanegraaff’s book, according to him, exposes the Word-Faith Movement as a “cult” by quoting statements by its major leaders. Yet, many of the accused Word-Faith leaders have kept to an understandable policy to neither read nor respond to criticism. Nonetheless, many Word-Faith adherents have wanted someone to contend with Hanegraaff for what they believe to be out-of-context quotes, strawman arguments, false allegations, and bias theology. One person attempted to answer that call. In 1994, Michael Bruno wrote Christianity in Power, responding to Hanegraaff using love, Scripture, and reason. We are thankful to God for Reverend Bruno’s book, as it has restored the faith of millions of Christians. Though we laude Bruno’s courage in responding to the Bible Answer Man, and his efforts were certainly blessed by God, Bruno’s book did not address many of Hanegraaff’s interpretations that make the faith teachers appear to be guilty of teaching heretical doctrine. However, God has raised another author to take up where Bruno has left off. Gregg Huestis in his excellent book, Another Side of the Coin, not only answers Hanegraaff’s literary investigation with scripture and reason, but he also takes the quotes that Hanegraaff used and places them within their contextual setting. By doing this, Huestis demonstrates to his readers that Hanegraaff appears to have put words into the mouths of the faith teachers that were not originally there. Huestis also uses quotations by faith teachers that Hanegraaff did not cite since they would have proven counter-productive in painting them as “cultic” and “heretical.” Many adherents to the Faith Movement believe that Hanegraaff has misinterpreted this teaching but cannot afford to purchase all of the books and tapes to investigate their position. Huestis, however, provides them with the necessary resource for this endeavor. Huestis begins his thesis by citing a number of apologists, those in the same field as Hanegraaff, who disagree with how he has handled the Faith Movement. Afterwards, Huestis covers such subjects as the Force of Faith, the Formula of Faith, the Faith of God, the alleged deification of man, the alleged demotion of God, the Jesus-Died-Spiritually (JDS) doctrine, and other subjects of interest. You will find Huestis’ handling of these controversial subjects done with care and precision? If you have been questioning the genuineness of Hanegraaff’s work, but have been waiting for someone to provide the needed answers, then your prayers have been answered in the form of Another Side of the Coin. You will find this to be a great resource for maintaining your faith as well as providing an accurate response to Hanegraaff’s allegations. Pastor Troy J. Edwards Victorious Word Christian Fellowship