During a recent interview, apologist Wes Huff discussed common mistakes he sees Christians make when doing apologetics.
Wesley Huff is the Central Canada director for Apologetics Canada. He is currently working on a Ph.D. in New Testament at the University of Toronto’s Wycliffe College, and he regularly posts YouTube videos discussing theology and apologetics.
Huff’s blend of knowledgeability and relatability in conveying Christian ideas has contributed to his rise in popularity over the past year, as has his appearances on popular secular podcasts like “The Joe Rogan Experience” and “Flagrant.”
Several months ago, Huff even revealed that he still regularly communicates with Joe Rogan.
During an appearance on The Gospel Coalition’s “The Everyday Pastor” podcast, Huff was asked what he thinks pastors should avoid in apologetics.
“I think part of the answer to that question is to be careful to make sure that we’re answering the questions that people are actually asking,” Huff replied.
“Paul says in Colossians 4:5 to ‘walk in wisdom toward outsiders making the best of the use of the time. And let our speech always be seasoned with salt so that we might know how to answer each person,’” Huff added. “And it’s interesting that he says ‘each person’ and not necessarily ‘each objection.’”
“And realizing that there’s a person, there’s a questioner behind a lot of the questions that we see being asked,” said Huff.
Huff went on to recount a time when an organizer for an event gathered the other speakers and encouraged them to “picture the most vulnerable person we could think of in the audience—and speak to that person directly.”
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“And I think that can go awry,” Huff said. “We can almost pad the truth too much. But I think there’s an aspect of speaking with graciousness and clarity in understanding that there’s going to be a person who might have some baggage that we need to be aware of.”
