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May 16, 2021
What The Revolting Man Taught Me
Author: David Wilber
Last week, a YouTuber aptly named “The Revolting Man” published a three-hour-long video in which he spent a considerable amount of time ranting about how he hates me and wishes violence against me. (He said that if he could make my head explode with his mind, he would.) I learned some lessons from this experience. But first, here’s some background:
I’ve never met The Revolting Man (hereafter TRM) or even heard of him until a friend of mine sent me his deranged video. In the vi...
March 18, 2021
Was Jesus a Historical Person? Answering Justin Best's Claims
Author: David Wilber
Justin Best of the popular J. Breezy YouTube channel (formerly Christian Truthers) said he is “questioning the authenticity of the NT [New Testament] and the existence of a historical ‘Jesus’ character.” This article will look at and answer some of his claims.
Before we get started, you might recall a previous article I wrote addressing Justin, in which I answered his objections to the apostle Paul. In that article, I pointed out that if you reject Paul, you would “eventually ...
February 13, 2021
Reflections in light of the Ravi Zacharias Scandal
Author: David Wilber
Ravi Zacharias had a profound impact on my life. His sermons helped spark my interest in Christian apologetics. When I was struggling with strong doubts at a particular time in my life, the Lord used Ravi’s messages to help me resolve difficult questions that had been plaguing me. So when the truth came to light about Ravi’s secret life—his predatory behavior toward women, his spiritual abuse and manipulation, his persistent adultery and deception—I was deeply grieved, to say...
February 11, 2021
Christians and “Cancel Culture”
Author: David Wilber
Modern society has invented its own means of defining morality and carrying out justice apart from God’s ways. How do we determine right from wrong? By whatever is culturally trendy, of course! How do we punish those who transgress society’s ever-changing and inconsistently enforced standards? Cancel Culture!
We can be frustrated by society’s madness, but as Christians, we shouldn’t be shocked. Messiah prophesied of the arrival of Cancel Culture. He warned us that the love of ...
February 3, 2021
Christ: Creator or Created?
Author: David Wilber
The Trinity doctrine states that there is one God who exists eternally as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This article will demonstrate the biblical validity of this doctrine in regard to the Son. While Yeshua is fully man, the Bible teaches that he is also fully God. We will look at a few biblical passages that testify to Yeshua being God, and then we will unpack the passages some have used to object to this idea and show how they have been misinterpreted.
When it comes to whet...
November 22, 2020
Rejoice With Those Who Rejoice
Author: David Wilber
In chapters 30 and 31 of Genesis, we read about how, despite Laban’s attempts to cheat him, God blessed Jacob and gave him great success. Jacob’s success led to Laban’s attitude toward Jacob turning to jealousy and resentment:
Now Jacob heard that the sons of Laban were saying, “Jacob has taken all that was our father’s, and from what was our father’s he has gained all this wealth.” And Jacob saw that Laban did not regard him with favor as before. (Genesis 31:1-2)
People genera...
October 8, 2020
The Bible is Unambiguous on Abortion
Author: David Wilber
A recent study has found that 44% of self-identified Christians in America said they believe the Bible is “ambiguous in its teaching about abortion.” In the same study, 34% said, “abortion is morally acceptable if it spares the mother from financial or emotional discomfort or hardship.” What this study actually reveals is that many self-identifying Christians either don’t read the Scriptures or don’t know how to handle them rightly (2 Timothy 2:15).
While the Bible does not ex...
September 2, 2020
Critical Theory is Anti-Gospel Mind Poison
Author: David Wilber
I’ve been researching Critical Theory, which fuels the ideology of many modern “social justice” movements (e.g., BLM), and I’ve found that it is anti-Gospel mind poison. The Gospel is all about reconciliation, healing, and justice; Critical Theory is divisive by design and results in only hate, violence, and injustice.
Sadly, many Christians are getting caught up in movements and ideas rooted in Critical Theory, whether they know it or not. They’re unaware of how these things ...
August 25, 2020
The Problem with Hebrew Word Pictures
Author: David Wilber
Have you ever heard that Hebrew letters contain “pictographic meanings,” which can be decoded to reveal hidden messages? The idea is that the letters in the Hebrew alphabet were originally pictures. If you interpret the “ancient pictographic meanings” of each letter, you can discover deeper nuances of Hebrew words.
For instance, in a teaching series promised to “radically affect your understanding of the scriptures,” one teacher demonstrates how this interpretive methodology w...
June 28, 2020
Making Sense of Biblical Slavery
Author: David Wilber
God introduced himself to Israel at Mount Sinai as the one who “brought [them] out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery” (Exodus 20:2). He revealed himself as the liberator of slaves. He wanted to be recognized, first and foremost, as a God who wants his people to be free.
This theme is carried into the New Testament: Yeshua said that God’s end-time activity, which includes freeing the oppressed, was inaugurated in his own ministry (Luke 4:16-21). He is the Son wh...
