Apologies in advance, but for lack of a more journalistic term, this is pretty neat.
UFC announcer and podcast mogul Joe Rogan — easily one of the most influential people in the world currently — is apparently regularly attending church now.
It’s a bit of a winding tale, but Rogan first started to turn toward the teachings of Christ after a three-hour-plus conversation with Christian apologist Wesley Huff in January.
At the very least, it’s clear a light went off in his head— and sometimes that’s all it takes.
This was notable because Rogan, long a self-professed agnostic, has long denigrated and mockedthe church.
“Everything is mythology,” he once argued, citing the lack of “evidence” as to why he found religion such a folly.
Fast forward to this Tuesday’s episode of “Know What You Believe with Michael Horton,” and Huff, a guest, revealed that Rogan’s brush with Christian theology had left a lasting impression.
And have you talked to Joe Rogan since your out-of-the-park conversation with him?” Horton asked Huff.
“Well, my conversation with Rogan went three hours and 15 minutes, so it’s a little bit longer than this conversation,” Huff began. “But yes, Joe Rogan and I have had on-and-off communication since then.
“And I can tell you for a fact that he is attending a church, and that has been a consistent thing, and so things are happening, and he’s a very inquisitive individual, and I think for the better, in that he’s communicating with me and other people in his life who are influences that can speak to into these issues.”
Huff then recounted an anecdote of a brick-and-mortar Christian bookstore telling him that young people — a big part of Rogan’s demographic — have been clamoring to purchase Bibles because “all my friends are reading this thing.”
Huff continued: “If the Bible is becoming popular with teenagers, then something is happening, and the Lord is moving.”
