Wesley Huff
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I mean, I don't know the hours, years. I mean, there's the whole thousand hours thing, right? The 10,000 hours. 10,000 hours, yeah, yeah. So, I mean, at minimum, I've definitely done that in terms of my original motivation. And I work for an organization called Apologetics Canada, which is a national not-for-profit organization in Canada.
I mean, I don't know the hours, years. I mean, there's the whole thousand hours thing, right? The 10,000 hours. 10,000 hours, yeah, yeah. So, I mean, at minimum, I've definitely done that in terms of my original motivation. And I work for an organization called Apologetics Canada, which is a national not-for-profit organization in Canada.
And our goal is that we want to pursue and communicate a biblically sound and intellectually robust and a culturally engaged faith. We want to come alongside Christians and help them know what it is they believe and why they should believe it. And so alongside that, I put in the time, not just because I'm interested in becoming an expert,
And our goal is that we want to pursue and communicate a biblically sound and intellectually robust and a culturally engaged faith. We want to come alongside Christians and help them know what it is they believe and why they should believe it. And so alongside that, I put in the time, not just because I'm interested in becoming an expert,
not because I want to kind of gain some sort of credibility intellectually, although I do want to derive a level of expertise where I can speak knowledgeably on a topic, but ultimately because I think these topics are important.
not because I want to kind of gain some sort of credibility intellectually, although I do want to derive a level of expertise where I can speak knowledgeably on a topic, but ultimately because I think these topics are important.
And I think that they have ramifications that go beyond simply historical inferences, that Jesus is no less than a historical character, but he's also so much more than a historical character. And so my motivation and my interest is ultimately because I think that these things are true.
And I think that they have ramifications that go beyond simply historical inferences, that Jesus is no less than a historical character, but he's also so much more than a historical character. And so my motivation and my interest is ultimately because I think that these things are true.
And I adhere to a scripture, a set of scriptures that calls me to love the Lord my God with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength. And part of that is loving God with my mind. And so I'm going to try to do to the best of my ability, dive into that in order to be able to communicate what I believe is ultimately the truthfulness of the Christian worldview.
And I adhere to a scripture, a set of scriptures that calls me to love the Lord my God with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength. And part of that is loving God with my mind. And so I'm going to try to do to the best of my ability, dive into that in order to be able to communicate what I believe is ultimately the truthfulness of the Christian worldview.
Oh, definitely. I mean, there have been lots of people who have been mentors in my life.
Oh, definitely. I mean, there have been lots of people who have been mentors in my life.
Yeah, yeah. I think that's a good way of putting it. I mean, so when I was young, just before my 11th birthday, I was diagnosed with, or my 12th birthday, I was 11, just before my 12th birthday, I was diagnosed with a rare neurological condition that left me paralyzed from the waist down. So it's called acute transverse myelitis.
Yeah, yeah. I think that's a good way of putting it. I mean, so when I was young, just before my 11th birthday, I was diagnosed with, or my 12th birthday, I was 11, just before my 12th birthday, I was diagnosed with a rare neurological condition that left me paralyzed from the waist down. So it's called acute transverse myelitis.
And what basically happened was that I had the flu in my body's immune system. Instead of attacking the flu, attack the nerve endings of the base of my spinal cord, the myelin sheath causing inflammation and cutting off the communication between my brain and my legs.
And what basically happened was that I had the flu in my body's immune system. Instead of attacking the flu, attack the nerve endings of the base of my spinal cord, the myelin sheath causing inflammation and cutting off the communication between my brain and my legs.
And so that was a condition which the prognosis was that I was almost certainly most likely going to be paralyzed for the rest of my life. And I experienced what I believe is a supernatural healing in that one month from the day, January 8th, when I woke up and I couldn't feel my legs, I woke up on February 8th, woke up, got out of bed, walked over to my wheelchair and sat down.
And so that was a condition which the prognosis was that I was almost certainly most likely going to be paralyzed for the rest of my life. And I experienced what I believe is a supernatural healing in that one month from the day, January 8th, when I woke up and I couldn't feel my legs, I woke up on February 8th, woke up, got out of bed, walked over to my wheelchair and sat down.
And that it was the doctors who first used the word miracle because they couldn't explain ultimately the factors that were going on in terms of there being no evidence of the swelling on the base of my spinal cord. And also the fact that there was just no muscle atrophy in those 90 days. And so that marked a powerful supernatural experience in my life in that something happened that was...
And that it was the doctors who first used the word miracle because they couldn't explain ultimately the factors that were going on in terms of there being no evidence of the swelling on the base of my spinal cord. And also the fact that there was just no muscle atrophy in those 90 days. And so that marked a powerful supernatural experience in my life in that something happened that was...