From MythVision to GriftVision: the unraveling of Derek Lambert’s online cult

The digital age has given rise to a new species of guru. Not scholars. Not sages. Not even theologians. But unqualified YouTube personalities playing dress-up as experts. And nowhere is this more blatant than the imploding circus known as MythVision, a channel run by Derek Lambert, a former drug addict turned full-time religious commentator with no advanced education in theology, philosophy, or Near Eastern studies. What Derek has built is not a serious academic platform. It is a performance. A business. A curated grift engineered for attention and monetization. And the time has come to call it what it is.

This is GriftVision, not MythVision.

Let’s talk numbers. Derek boasts over 290,000 subscribers, yet most of his videos struggle to break 10,000 views. That ratio is deeply suspicious. Anyone who has worked in content creation knows that genuine subscriber engagement does not produce such dismal click-through. This points directly to the high probability of purchased subscribers or bot inflation. The inflated count creates the illusion of influence. It keeps the sponsors intrigued. It keeps the Patreon flowing. But it is smoke and mirrors.

Now let’s talk content. Derek Lambert is not an academic. He is not a textual critic. He is not trained in Koine Greek, Ugaritic, Hebrew, or Aramaic. He did not go through doctoral peer review or sit under a single ancient languages professor. Instead, he markets himself as a recovering fundamentalist who just wants to ask questions. What he really does is chase personalities, build alliances with the flavor of the month, and backstab anyone who threatens his brand.

Exhibit A is Dr. Robert M. Price.

For over a year, Derek trashed Bob Price, calling him a racist, a transphobe, and a right-wing embarrassment. He kept Price off multiple collaborations, even pressuring others to distance themselves from him. Yet now, miraculously, Bob is welcome again. Why Because the audience misses him. Because Derek’s left-wing scholars are not generating enough buzz. Because in the world of YouTube grifting, truth is negotiable, but revenue is not.

Where was the outrage when Derek blacklisted Price for months Where were the loyal Bob fans when Lambert was publicly smearing him You were still subscribed to MythVision. You were still hitting like. You were still part of the machine. You betrayed the very scholar you claimed to admire because you were too cowardly to question the brand.

Now Bob is back. And Derek pretends none of it happened. That is not integrity. That is manipulation.

Then we have Chrissy Hansen, who was smeared and betrayed just the same. Derek blamed Chrissy. Blamed Bart Ehrman. Blamed everyone but himself. He took no accountability. And Chrissy, rather than stand firm, retreated. No fire. No public response. No scorched earth rebuttal. Just silence. And that silence enabled the grift to continue.

Derek threw Bart Ehrman under the bus to kiss up to Megan Lewis, all on camera. The same Bart Ehrman who gave MythVision credibility. Will Bart ever go back Maybe. But he should not. Because once you see the betrayal cycle, you realize this is not a community. It is a parasite network, sucking attention and reputation from whoever will lend it credibility.

You think real right-wing scholars will go on MythVision Think again. Derek Lambert cannot intellectually stand up to anyone with real training in source criticism, ancient Semitic religion, or Greco-Roman philosophy. That is why he surrounds himself with YouTube nobodies like Jacob Berman and Neil Sedlak, who nod along like background props while Derek rants and pontificates. They are not collaborators. They are filler.

Jacob Berman, an overgrown teenager with no academic background, is treated like a scholar because he can pronounce Phoenician words. Neil Sedlak parrots whatever keeps him close to Derek’s social clout. This is not a think tank. It is a drama club.

And let’s be honest. Derek is not famous. He is YouTube famous. A big fish in a digital puddle. His fame is conditional, shallow, and entirely dependent on algorithms. Outside of MythVision, he is a construction worker who did not want to go back to construction. He admits it. He says it with pride. He would rather talk on camera and tattoo the names of his wife and kids on his forearm than do hard labor. That is fine. But do not act like you are an authority on second-temple Judaism when you were spackling drywall last decade.

His wife runs coaching programs. Courses. That is the family business. Grift from all angles. Sell coaching. Sell Jesus deconstruction. Sell trauma recovery. Sell whatever keeps the cash moving and the followers hooked.

This is not scholarship. This is opportunism. This is platform parasitism. And it is working because too many of you are too scared to unsubscribe. You are afraid you will miss something. You are afraid you will be labeled hateful. You are afraid of being called out by the same leftist lunatics who run cancel culture in the online religion space.

You know what MythVision really is It is a cuck machine. A parade of weak minds nodding at the altar of Derek’s emotional backstory, his working-class martyrdom, and his faux empathy for addicts and doubters.

He is not a saint. He is a narcissist with a webcam.

So here is the question. What happens next

Will the left-wing scholars return Maybe. They love attention too. But the smarter ones, the real ones, are starting to see the cracks. Derek switches sides faster than a politician. One month he is for Price. Next month, he is trashing him. One month he is praising Megan Lewis. Next month, he is undermining Ehrman.

And still, you sit there subscribed, like a good little cuck.

If you have any self-respect, unsubscribe. If you claim to support truth, unsubscribe. If you ever defended Bob Price, unsubscribe. If you ever believed in merit over melodrama, unsubscribe. If you see MythVision for what it is, unsubscribe.

MythVision is not a myth buster. It is a clout funnel. It is built on borrowed credibility and fueled by algorithmic validation. It is a house of mirrors with no soul.

You want real content Look elsewhere. You want scholars with courage Find the ones who tell the truth when it is unpopular. You want freedom of thought Do not get it from a guy who sells it like a YouTube course bundle.

What happens to MythVision Derek will keep floating until he alienates enough people. He will pivot, rebrand, play victim, then pivot again. But the pattern will remain.

And if you are still clapping when the circus tent collapses, then maybe you were never part of the audience. You were just another prop in the show.

Veritas Lux Mea.