Christian apologetics
Subject in Christianity
Christian apologetics has come up in 2 episodes across 2 podcasts in TMT, including Digital Social Hour, The Shawn Ryan Show. 3 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Jeremiah J. JohnstonNew Testament scholar, apologist and author; president of the Christian Thinkers Society and pastor of apologetics at Prestonwood Baptist Church
Johnston urged people fascinated by Enoch to instead learn 300 Greek words, which he said would cover eight of ten word occurrences in the Greek New Testament.
“if I got you to memorize just 300 Greek words, just 300, You yourself would be able to recognize 8 out of 10 word occurrences”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #293 Jeremiah Johnston - Codex Vaticanus, Book of Enoch and the Resurrection of Jesus (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 2:30:48
Johnston dismissed claims of Exodus chariot wheels in the Red Sea as clickbait.
“we don't have chariot wheels in the red sea from the from the exodus if we did they would be at every museum in the world”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #293 Jeremiah Johnston - Codex Vaticanus, Book of Enoch and the Resurrection of Jesus (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 2:36:27
Johnston claimed there are 45 sources establishing over 129 facts about Jesus within a century of the events.
“We have 45 sources for Jesus of Nazareth that prove over 129 facts about him within, and I'll use Bart Ehrman's skeptical, within 100 years of the event”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #293 Jeremiah Johnston - Codex Vaticanus, Book of Enoch and the Resurrection of Jesus (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 2:07:54
Johnston argued that Christian faith is grounded in evidence and eyewitness proof rather than in belief without support.
“The first Christians needed proof to believe in. Faith is not faith in faith, Sean. It is faith in evidence”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #293 Jeremiah Johnston - Codex Vaticanus, Book of Enoch and the Resurrection of Jesus (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 1:08:22
Vocab MaloneChristian apologist, debater, and YouTuber known for engaging Hebrew Israelite groups
Malone describes Alex O'Connor as a fair-minded atheist who studies the text and concedes points.
“I find him, from what I've seen, to be somewhat fair-minded and balanced in his approach”
Digital Social Hour: Is Christianity Actually A Cult?... | Vocab Malone | DSH #1996 (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 5:57
Malone considers Wes Huff nearly unbeatable because he is a genuine scholar who does the academic work.
“Wes Huff is almost untouchable, in my opinion, because he's the rare breed who is a scholar”
Digital Social Hour: Is Christianity Actually A Cult?... | Vocab Malone | DSH #1996 (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 4:33
Malone argues that Jay Dyer and Andrew Wilson behave more like the internet manosphere than like Jesus Christ in their debating.
“I would say both their behaviors imitate the manosphere of the Internet more than they do Jesus Christ”
Digital Social Hour: Is Christianity Actually A Cult?... | Vocab Malone | DSH #1996 (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 3:36
Sean KellyHost of the Digital Social Hour podcast
Kelly says he is currently agnostic and is reading the Bible because he now moderates religious debates.
“now that I'm moderating debates, I feel like it's my duty to at least have a basic understanding of the Bible”
Digital Social Hour: Is Christianity Actually A Cult?... | Vocab Malone | DSH #1996 (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 40:22
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- Digital Social Hour · 1 episode
- The Shawn Ryan Show · 1 episode
Episodes
Is Christianity Actually A Cult?... | Vocab Malone | DSH #1996Digital Social Hour · Jun 3, 2026 · 59 min
Christian apologist Vocab Malone tells Sean Kelly about online religious debaters, Hebrew Israelite groups, what defines a cult, biblical manuscripts, Gnosticism, and Noah's Ark.
#293 Jeremiah Johnston - Codex Vaticanus, Book of Enoch and the Resurrection of JesusThe Shawn Ryan Show · Apr 2, 2026 · 2 h 54 min
New Testament scholar Jeremiah Johnston shows Shawn Ryan artifacts and argues the Shroud of Turin and other finds evidence Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection.