December 14, 2025

Certain recent social media moments did a lot to bring Christian faith into the social consciousness. 

We should acknowledge the influence of Charlie Kirk but his primary emphasis was not on faith but politics. When he did speak of faith, he shared some truth, but a great deal of error. It was enough however to point many people in the right direction. Especially near the unexpected end he gave greater emphasis to faith, if only it had been more biblically accurate. His clips are still heavily featured on many platforms and are still having an impact.

Some of the credit for raising the profile of faith also has to go to the podcasters. While I will admit, at this point podcasts have become somewhat oversaturated, everyone with a following larger than 3 seems to have one. Their popularity is undeniable. The undisputed king of the podcast space is Joe Rogan who regularly speaks to larger numbers than even prime time television shows or news broadcasts. Rogan’s success is impressive especially given his relatively limited fame. Rogan featured two guests within the last year Steven Myers, and Wes Huff. Providing both with a platform far greater than either the Discovery Institute or Apologetics Canada could have possibly given. Huffs story is worth recounting as the sequence of events is truly remarkable. 

Wes Huff is a PHD candidate at the University of Toronto and vice president of Apologetics Canada. A few years ago, Wes made some content responding to a popular religious content creator named Billy Carson. Carson made frequent claims about his in-depth knowledge of ancient languages and esoteric history promoting various pseudo spiritual ideas about human capacity and religion. Wes having the much smaller audience was not gaining much traction and was not on Carson’s radar screen at all. That is until Carson was invited to debate Huff on Mark Minard’s podcast. The debate was hardly fair as Carson repeatedly demonstrated almost complete ignorance about the subject matter. I have included the link to the discussion below. The response to this discussion generated so much attention that Wes was invited to be on the Joe Rogan podcast. That interview exposed millions of people to key evidence for Christianity presented by a well reputed and highly articulate scholar. This is made all the more notable by Rogan’s previously anti-Christian stance. 

If you want to watch the Rogan interview or Billy Carson debate you can search “Wes Huff Joe Rogan” or “Wes Huff Billy Carson”

~ Kevin Cleary