Is Joe Rogan going to church?

A lot has happened since Canadian Christian apologist Wesley Huff appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience in January. At the time, Wesley Huff was a recognizable name among many Christians, well-studied in the fields of biblical manuscripts and translation research, but it was not yet a household name in mainstream apologetics. 

Meanwhile, Rogan had interviewed Christians from time to time, but never with the intention of deliberately discussing the Bible and matters of faith. That critical conversation altered each of their trajectories for the months that followed. More details on their three-hour discussion can be found in my January article.

Huff, who had less than 10,000 YouTube subscribers prior to his conversation with Rogan, now sits at nearly 600,000 subscribers. In the immediate aftermath of the interview, Huff dedicated a significant amount of his time to responding to critics and clarifying statements he had made. Now, his content seems to be everywhere, and everyone seems to want him on their show. 

Each interview takes the truth of Scripture to a new and broader audience. However, it also introduces people to Huff’s platform, which is filled with rich content testifying to the truth of the Bible. Just in the last several weeks, Huff has participated in three notable interviews, and each points to an important truth about how God is at work in our culture today.

Three interviews, one purpose

Michael Knowles, a political commentator with The Daily Wire, interviewed Wesley Huff in April. Knowles, a confessing Catholic and news professional, provided Huff a structured setting to debunk 10 influential myths about the Bible. Huff gave clear and convincing answers over the course of a clean one-hour conversation, which certainly reached a broad audience.

In a vastly different setting, comedian Andrew Schulz brought Huff onto his podcast earlier this month to have a long-form discussion alongside three of Schulz’s friends. Over the course of three hours, Huff meticulously navigated questions about the Bible and Christian faith from all angles. 

Near the end of the discussion, the questions began to center on the path to eternity. Huff proceeded to spend roughly 30 minutes articulating a clear and convincing gospel presentation. Schulz and his counterparts seemed to each receive Huff’s words differently, and continued to express their curiosities. 

While secular interviews, like those with Knowles and Schulz, may reach wider audiences, Huff does plenty of Christian media interviews as well. The third notable appearance was last week with Sola Media, a Christian content group. 

During this appearance, Huff revealed that he has remained in contact with Joe Rogan since their January conversation. Then he stated, “I can tell you for a fact that he is attending church and that has been a consistent thing.”

If you look hard enough online, you can find a general consensus as to which conservative, Bible-believing, Austin-area church Rogan is attending, though nothing has been reported officially in this regard for privacy reasons. 

For Christians who have been following the slow-developing faith journey of Joe Rogan over the last several years, this feels like a milestone moment. 

God is still writing this story

The conversation with Huff in January was not simply a fascinating moment for Rogan, but a catalyst of sorts. While one cannot know where Rogan’s heart is at today, a church-attending inquisitiveness is a far cry from the self-proclaimed atheist Rogan was not long ago.

In a recent episode of the Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan even expressed a distaste for the modern scientific theories of creation’s origin, saying, 

It’s funny, because people will be incredulous about the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, but yet, they’re convinced that the entire universe was smaller than a head of a pin and that for no reason that anyone has adequately explained to me, instantaneously became everything. OK. I’m sticking with Jesus on that one. Jesus makes more sense.

Obviously, the hope for Huff and fellow believers is that the Lord would continue to work on Rogan’s heart, bringing him to repentance. Christians should pray for Rogan, not just because he is a celebrity with a massive and influential platform, but because he is a soul that has no hope apart from Christ.

Our role in the matter is to continually pray that God would use both of these men for his glory. Pray that Huff would stay the course despite the Enemy prowling around like a roaring lion (1 Peter 5:8). Pray that Rogan would experience genuine transformation and make a public declaration of it. Pray that others would come to follow Jesus and grow in spiritual maturity because of the way God chooses to use these online platforms. 

God is still writing this story out, continuing to redeem what is broken and reconcile what is lost! And he wants to use you to help. After all, you don’t have to be Wesley Huff to tell someone about Jesus. Each of us is gifted with a testimony that God can use to draw people to himself. 

How can God use you today?