Atheistic Arguments Put to the Fire
Apologetics is having a cultural moment.
Apologetics is a reasoned defense of the Christian faith, derived from the Greek word apologia, meaning a “formal defense or reply”. Apologists provide rational and evidence-based objections to various objections against Christianity — such as the existence of God, the reliability of the Bible, the problem of evil, and the resurrection of Jesus.
Twenty-first century apologists have found a comfortable niche on media platforms like Youtube and are even making the rounds of uber-popular secular podcasts. Conversations about the origins of the universe, the reliability of the Bible, and the ultimate meaning of life seem to be back in the consciousness of mainstream western culture.
#1: Wes Huss
Wes Huss
Wes Huss (left) has appeared on the #1 Podcast in the World (The Joe Rogan Experience).
Wes Huss is a Canadian biblical scholar and vice-president of Apologetics Canada and has been featured on The Joe Rogan Experience (The #1 Podcast in the world) and featured on The Diary of a CEO.
Wes Huss has appeared on the popular “Diary of a CEO” podcast with Steven Bartlett. You can listen here.
On the Wes Huss website, he has a series of excellent videos entitled “Can I Trust the Bible”?
Episode #1: The Right Books
Episode #2: The Right Text
Plus Q & A Videos about the Bible
Wes Huff appears with John Lovell in a program entitled “Top 7 Atheist Arguments Debunked”. For the last 30 minutes, Wes Huff provides succinct answers to some of the biggest objections to Christianity in a very helpful way (best to begin at the 31 minute mark).
#2 Gavin Ortlund @ Truth Unites
Gavin Ortlund is a Christian apologist from a Reformed Baptist background with a Ph.D. from Fuller Theological Seminary. Ortlund runs a very popular Youtube channel called Truth Unites. He is engaging, intellectually honest, and comes from a Reformed-Evangelical perspective. Here are some videos and podcasts that I’ve watched or listened to and some that I want to engage with in the future.
Gavin Ortlund
Gavin Ortlund has a podcast and Youtube channel dedicated to apologetics as well as engaging with biblical, theological, and church history topics.
Top 9 Apologetic Videos:
#1 Does Music Prove God? (Theism Explains Music Better)
#2 Episode #116: The Moral Argument: Why Good Suggests God
#3 Episode #181: The Moral Argument Still Works: Response to Recent Critiques
#4 Episode #238: The Ontological Argument is Sound!
#5 Episode #273: Fine-Tuning is Simply a Good Argument
#6 Episode #315: Can Math Prove God? The Argument from Eternal Truths
#7 Episode ##328: Stop Abandoning the Moral Argument (Do This Instead)
#9 Episode #327: Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? Evaluating the Historical Evidence
4 Interesting Videos on Issues in the Book of Genesis:
#1 Episode #62: William Lane Craig Defends His View on the Historical Adam
#2 Episode #227: Was Noah’s Flood Local?
#3 Episode #256: Were Adam and Eve Historical People?
#4 Episode #439: 7 Reasons the Nephilim Were Angelic
2 Interesting Videos On Biblical Themes:
Gavin Ortlund’s Why God Makes Sense in a World that Doesn’t was one of the best books that I read in 2025.
In “Why God Makes Sense”, Ortlund sets up his apologetic shop at the intersection of beauty and truth:
“Beauty is a powerful tool for cutting through disenchantment and apathy because it has a kind of persuasive power that reaches down to the heart.” (pp. 7)
Ortlund’s book taps into the longing for beauty inside every human heart. Ortlund describes the truth of Christianity wherein people, even outside the faith, might say: “I want this to be true. I ache for this to be true, because this Christian vision of a life with God is so beautiful and compelling.” This is an apologetic that provides a compelling invitation to “taste and see that the Lord is good” (Psalm 34:8)
