‘Everyone is Going to Hell’: Wes Huff Pushes Diary of a CEO on the Truth of the Gospel
Christian historian and apologist Wes Huff joined British entrepreneur and investor Steven Bartlett on the Diary of a CEO podcast to discuss the surging interest in Christianity and why there is good reason to think the Biblical account of reality is true.
The Gospel is being proclaimed from some of the largest platforms online — with apologist Wes Huff appearing on Steven Bartlett’s podcast, Diary of a CEO (DOAC) this week.
The episode, provocatively entitled “No. 1 Christianity Expert: The Truth About Christianity! The Case For Jesus (Historian’s Proof)”, has been viewed over 1.7 million times on YouTube alone in the few days since it was published.
Steven Bartlett’s podcast is one of the world’s most popular podcasts and the most popular in the United Kingdom — topping podcast charts and regularly receiving millions of views per episode across platforms.
In 2024, it broke into the top 5 podcasts globally, lagging only behind the likes of Joe Rogan and Alex Cooper. That same year, it became the first UK-produced podcast to reach one billion views and listens (across Apple, Spotify, and YouTube).
Bartlett was raised a Christian, but by eighteen he had become a staunch atheist. He credits the so-called “New Atheists” — including the likes of Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens, and Sam Harris — for his loss of faith.
However, Bartlett admits that the New Atheist movement failed to articulate a holistic and meaningful view of reality. He now calls himself deeply curious about faith and genuinely open-minded and concedes that the arguments for Christianity are “persuasive”.
In a recent episode, Bartlett invited Christian historian, textual scholar, and apologist Wesley Huff on his program for an extremely wide-ranging dialogue. The conversation spanned topics from the historical credibility of the Bible to simulation theory and the challenge that artificial intelligence (AI) poses to faith.
Over the course of nearly two and a half hours, the pair discussed the secularisation of the West and the rise of Christianity among Generation Z, as well as the shortfalls of evolutionary theory and whether or not animals have souls.
During the interview, Huff repeatedly took the opportunity to graciously challenge Bartlett to seriously consider the credibility of the Christian faith.
In one viral exchange, Bartlett asks whether he is going to hell for not believing in God. Huff responds provocatively that “everyone” is going to hell — and that no one goes to hell just for not believing in God; they go to hell for their sin and rebellion against God.
“Heaven isn’t full of good people. Heaven is full of people who understand they are not good enough. Justice and mercy […] justice is fulfilled in Jesus. So, mercy, which we do not deserve, is given to those who put their trust in Jesus.”
Since his 2025 three-hour conversation with Joe Rogan, Wes Huff has been invited on numerous podcasts and shows within the secular media world — making the most of the opportunity to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ and defend the credibility of the Bible.
Just last month, he made an appearance on former Australian Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson’s Conversations podcast alongside Australian apologist Dan Paterson, where they discussed “the striking cultural shift among younger generations towards a renewed search for meaning, transcendence, and moral grounding”.
Image courtesy of Diary of a CEO (screenshot via YouTube).
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When he spoke about the “Judeo-Christian” tradition he lost me. It is not only a historically sloppy slogan but theologically poisonous. To call something “Judeo-Christian” is to grant legitimacy to a cult that institutionalised rejection of Christ. It is to suggest that Christians and Talmudists are walking parallel paths toward the same God. If we love Christ we must honour Moses by rejecting the Tulmad. Dispensationalism is a dangerous theology. The antidote is Covenant Theology. The slogan “Judeo-Christian” exposes a fraud to those who think, observe and love Christ.
Your comment misunderstands several key points:
– “Judeo-Christian” refers to shared biblical heritage, not identical theology.
– The New Testament warns Christians against arrogance toward Israel.
– God’s covenant with Israel predates rabbinic Judaism and remains significant.
– Dispensationalism arises from a literal reading of biblical prophecy.
– The Church does not replace Israel in God’s plan.
Everyone is going to hell, what a ridiculous thing to say. The Bible tells us that our names were written in the book of life before creation.
Revelation 13:8
“All who dwell on earth will worship the beast, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.”
Revelation 17:8
“The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to rise from the bottomless pit and go to destruction. And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.”
Ephesians 1:4
“Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love.”
This guy is not theologically sound in what he says. It’s sensationalist and attention grabbing without any Biblical founding.