Christian YouTube channels that aren't fluffy and annoying?

Best one has to be Cliffe Knechtle, for me. He preaches the gospel and his knowledge on the Bible is incredible. He stands by everything in the Bible while still loving all.

Ask Jeff (Southern Baptist)

Bishop Robert Barron (Catholic)

Capturing Christianity (Catholic)

Dr Jordan B Cooper (Lutheran)

Gospel Simplicity (Protestant)

Holy Heretic (Anglican-leaning Presbyterian)

Keith Nester (Catholic)

Matt Whitman (Evangelical)

Matthew Everhard (Presbyterian (PCA))

Mull Monastery (Eastern Orthodox)

Pints with Aquinas (Catholic)

Redeemed Zoomer (Presbyterian (conservative PCUSA))

Truth Unites (Reformed Baptist)

Pastor Mike Winger.

The Bible Project.

Inspiring philosophy

Others said it, but I’ll say it again, Mike Winger. That dude is awesome.

I can recommend Wise Disciple, a ministry that focuses on Apologetics, Christian debate and rhetoric, and Scripture: https://www.youtube.com/@WiseDisciple

I think Nate Sala is super thorough and effective in his "reacts" videos. I appreciate most that he pulls up the Scripture, reads through it, and then places it into context with regards to the videos he reacts to. He's a pastor of some years with some real experience in the art of debate.

I also like Melissa Dougherty: https://www.youtube.com/@MelissaDougherty

Focus again on Apologetics and examining doctrine, sometimes with special interest on LDS or JW or "progressive" Christianity vs Biblical Christianity.

The Beat with Allen Parr's another I've looked at regularly: https://www.youtube.com/@thebeatagp

Again, in line with the common theme here: Apologetics, Christian doctrine, and how it applies to our current culture.

One channel that I personally love using is Soakstream: https://www.youtube.com/@soakstream

Hours long videos of non-stop Scripture verses being read over ambient sounds and peaceful music. Powerful tool, especially as someone displacing a mindfulness meditation practice with meditation on the Lord's word.

Hope this may bless you 🙏 Praise be to the Lord!

If you want to go the podcast route, “The Word of the Lord Endures Forever “ with Pastor Will Whedon sounds exactly like what you want. Disclaimer: the Bible is taught from a Confessional Lutheran perspective.

He goes through sections of the Bible daily and teaches on them. He’s in 1 Peter right now and he doesn’t always go in order.

Delafé Testimonies - a lot of testimonies from real life people taken out of the darkest places & circumstances. Pretty powerful stuff.

The Bible Project

Daily Disciple

And this is just my personal preference but if you are into ASMR there’s this awesome channel Daily Bread ASMR, her ASMR videos are Christ & Bible centered and she ties in the triggers to Christian aspects very well.

Tim Keller

True Christian YouTube channel! They are going through the whole Bible currently and often go live to discuss life as Christians

Chris Rosebrough, Fighting for the Faith—Where they compare what people say in the name of God with the Word of God.

Rosebrough is an apologist who specializes in Biblical languages. He will take a message from a questionable teacher or preacher and do a deep explication of it using the Biblical texts in the original languages. He shows all of his work onscreen, too, so you can follow along and see he’s not just spinning his own ideas.

Remnant radio is very balanced. Line of fire with dr Michael brown is excellent and scholarly

George Jenko, has shown me a ton of wisdom, while being completely real and transparent with his walk with God.

I recently watched his podcast with Girls Gone Bible, and they seem pretty real as well, and don't sugar coat their walk with God either.

AskCliffe, Expedition Bible and Ray Comfort/Living Waters are some of my favorites

Expedition Bible is pretty cool. He explores historical sites from the Bible. I just recently came across his channel and it’s very interesting.

Mike Winger is the best.

Alpha and omega ministries, loginier ministries, apologia ministries, anything voddie baucham although I don’t know if he has his own standalone YouTube channel or not

I liked IMBeggar. The guy is very quiet, serious, and subdued.

Tim Keller Kevin DeYoung

Search Chuck Smith. I loved him way back then. I still listen to his sermons to this day. He was one of a kind.

IMBeggar, Testify

Look for Dr. Charles Stanley’s preachings. They have it on Spotify, so I assume they also have it on YouTube.

Gospel Partner Media/Wretched

Fr. Spyridon

Nothing fluffy about Orthodoxy

Mike Winger 10000%! Men on Mission is also good

Ligionier Ministries

Grace To You/John MacArthur

Living Waters/Ray Comfort

Steve Lawson

RC Sproul

Cross Examined/Frank Turek

Paul Washer

Justin Peter's Ministries/Justin Peters

The symbolic world by Jonathan pageau, The naked bible podcast by the late Micheal heiser

John Ramirez his website is Johnramirez.org. he has many videos out there on YouTube. A true man of God after serving satan for 25 years. His testimony is a must hear! He teaches spiritual warfare. This man is the real deal! 

Really surprised not to see more people suggest Off the Kirb/Joe Kirby, in particular his second channel where he puts out content more for Christians while his main one is more for sharing the Gospel with non-believers. His latest video in particular is one I highly recommend to watch. He's one I really like.

Other recommendations I echo others in suggesting are: Living Waters/Ray Comfort, Daily Disciple, Lion of Fire Ministries, Frank Turek, Wretched, Cliffe Knechtle, Impact Video Ministries, Mike Winger, and Melissa Dougherty.

It’s not a YouTube channel, but check out John Cooper’s video podcast. He’s the lead singer of skillet, and a seriously committed Christian.

David Diga Hernandez and Impact Video Ministries.

Ask Pastor John is John Pipers yt channel. He also has one where he exegetes scripture and lets you watch his process.

Gavin Ortlund.

Revealed apologetics with Eli Ayala. Presuppositional apologist answers questions and does interviews with top apologists. His top video is a conversation between him, Jason Lisle, and Hugh Ross on old earth/young earth.

Great basic recommendations already by /u/AntisocialHikerDude but I'm gonna throw something else a little different out there.

Exorcist Files

Every episode is a real exorcism case from Fr. Carlos Martin. Definitely shows things like Ouija and Psychics are not harmless.

One of my favorite podcasts is Good Theology, if you're into different theological topics. Very little fluff, and all Biblical reasoning. 

They were posting pretty frequently, but have slowed up this year, but they have quite a few episodes on Spotify. 

Brandon Farris

Thomas Albin Holmes is a preacher that I really appreciate. He's Protestant, straightforward and definitely not cutesy. No conspiracy theories either.

I like Nicole Murdoch she is really good.

Mere Fidelity podcast (link)

Example of a non-fluffy podcast... The Imprecatory Psalms with Trevor Lawrence (link)

I like Young Heretics, it's not specifically Christian but if your looking for a biblically oriented dive into classical writings and philosophy Spencer Klavan is awesome.

I also get my political news from people like Charlie Kirk who although very right-wing is very Christian and biblically based.

And for sermons I think Mark Driscoll is very exciting and Jack Hibbs is very insightful.

Edit: all these I listen to from Spotify, although they should also be accessible from YouTube.

John Ramirez. Johnramirez.org is his website. Many videos on YouTube teaching spiritual warfare for the real battle we are in. His testimony is a must hear!!! 

John Ramirez is the real deal! After serving the enemy for 25 years he was saved after going to hell and encountered the cross of Christ,! He will teach you spiritual warfare to cut off at the root every evil force coming against you. Every evil spirit, every witch, every demon, every warlock whatever they call themselves we bind and cut off and drown them in the blood of Jesus! His videos all I been watching for last couple days. I signed up for his course also. He will teach you what church doesn't! 

Grace Evangelical Society, Cross Examined

Tom Loud - practical teaching to heal the sick

smart Christians channel he goes into the greek and Hebrew and has a lot of teaching videos.

Father spyrion is a really good one.

The Bible Project, I am surprised it is not mentioned more

Not sure if anyone mentioned this, but: One Hour One Book was absolutely life changing for me. Highly recommend!

Mike Winger. Goes super deep into scripture, explains things well, no extra drama or pointless rants.

Gavin Ortlund https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Ortlund is IMO one of the absolute best Christian youtubers out there currently. He is able to address academic questions because he himself has a phd and writies academic articles. He is able to intelligently and patiently talk with aggressive athiests trying to mock christianity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZWkpYmYkdc
look at the comments in the video above how so many people are impressed with his humilty and kindness when dealing with people. Gavin also addresses all the "hard questions" in the bible as well.

His phd is in christian history and does an excellent job at defending against Catholics claiming they are the only true church. He also does debates with the best Catholic apologists as well.

I watch alot of Christian material on youtube and i urge people to check out Gavin's videos, they are all so well done and very informative.

Melissa Dougherty, Whaddo You Meme?? and Alan Parr

Truthunedited

I love Father Mike Schmidtz!

For Protestants, Wretched Radio helped maintain and strengthen my faith in a lowpoint of my life. Todd Friel is a very good street preacher and he can be pretty funny too. If I remember correctly his mother divorced 3 times and he only ever first heard of Christianity in the 8th grade. Unfortunately he's anti-Catholic and can get political sometimes.

For Catholics, Pints with Aquinas has really helped me fall in love with Catholicism. Matt Fradd's a funny and good-natured bloke who has on very interesting guests pertaining to a wide range of topics. He's written an anti-porn book and created an online anti-porn course called Strive-21 which was also very good. Unfortunately he also gets political sometimes.

Neither of these programs are perfect but I can't deny that I've learned a lot from them and have greater faith because of them.

Ask NT Wright is a phenomenal podcast. He's one of the, if not the best New Testament scholar in the world.

Lord of Spirits is my favorite. It's an Orthodox podcast, but I've really deepended my biblical understanding through the podcast despite being a Lutheran. Really interesting stuff. I'd recommend it to all Christians.

Isiah Salvador

I like Mike Winger, Inspiring Philosophy, Red Pen Logic, Wise Disciple, Whaddo You Meme?, Wretched, and those videos of Cliffe Knechtle and his son debating and evangelizing to students on college campuses.

My top 8:

Wise Disciple(analysis of apologetics and sermons),

Mike Winger(deep dives),

Impact Video Ministries(answers questions) [but i use sites like 'gotquestions' or others for that, buy studies, and consult the Lord, Pastors, friends living for God who are read up, and pray more often when i got questions tbh],

Redeemed Zoomer (church history, theology, perspective)

Bless God/RuslanKD(Christian News),

Living Waters/Ray Comfort(Evangelism),

Alan Parr(Variety of topics),

Apologia Studios(apologetics).

None i agree 100% on all topics of theology, but all def have stuff to learn from. But plenty of wisdom on their respective fields

I used to love reading William Barclays's commentaries. Packed with scholarship and insight, but aimed at regular people. He did some filming for the BBC in the 1970s and I think someone's has posted all his work on YouTube. He's a fellow Scot, so you may need to tune your ear.

I highly recommend "Authentic" by Sean Boonstra from the Voice of Prophecy. It is meant for adults and free of fluff.

https://www.youtube.com/@VoiceOfProphecy

Try this YouTube channel. Has a lot of different Bible sermons and subjects taught. The Bible study is done chapter by chapter and verse by verse.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGk636nvuNgSQz1x29CElE4jhSfh86Gfq

Back to basics bible study ministries

No clue if this is what you’re looking for but I like this style of video:

https://youtube.com/@LightoftheWorldYT?si=-ehxQX3RHbFb68-D

Ancient Egypt and the Bible!

Third Mill Ministries has Bible college level videos.

https://youtube.com/@JosephInEgypt144?si=Dzt59QRgHA0QtqAo

I make "sacred history" videos on simple and complex biblical concepts. Young Channel but I think you'll like it

https://youtube.com/@alpharettachurchofchrist205?si=3X70Ltd9HBI_SKcq

impact video ministries

they make very nice videos about important christian topics

fOJC friends of Jesus Christ w David and Donna Carrico. Also Now That You See TV

https://www.youtube.com/@Santaclaritaurc the pastor posts his sermons and does a live Friday night covenant theology class.

Everyday truth with Kurt Skelley is a short 15 minute program that goes verse by verse through books of the Bible. Wretched radio with Todd Friel take biblical look at various current topics

Kyle is good. Search up Kyle orthodox and you’ll find him

I really enjoy Jaiden Forrest. He seems to be a very informed young Christian

https://youtube.com/@TimesSquareChurch?si=KW1r6DZh9-ICw0nL

Truth united. Anything with Myles Munroe.

Omg I been looking for something I can just aimlessly watch like when I watch regular tv and there’s nothing

https://youtube.com/@thefuelproject?feature=shared

https://web.sermonaudio.com/broadcasters/titus21

DTBM

You’ll get great Bible teaching on that channel

Tattooed Theist aka Joe Martin on YouTube, he is also very active on Instagram under the same name. Discusses a lot of the subjects and issues that the modern day church tends to shy away from. He also has a great story of falling and redemption and coming to Christ.

A voice in the desert

Richard Lorenzo Jr.

Wow, that is literally what I’m trying to do with my channel. Make deep content that is poetic in nature but I’m still in the beginning stages. https://m.youtube.com/@pointoflightfilms

DTBM Koinonia House Bill Weise Les Feldick Real Bible Believers

Daily dose of wisdom

BibleAlivePresentations. I have found it to be fascinating. It speaks mostly to Bible History and ancient context. Though, you should be warned that if you're evangelical or fundamentalist, you probably won't like it.

Check out “Authentic” with Shawn Boostra of Voice of Prophecy. It is a Seventh-Day Adventist ministry.

https://www.voiceofprophecy.com/authentic

I would tend to agree with you the Catholics vet their presenters better than the Protestants.  With Protestants, anyone who says God called them can do anything they want, and people will support them. You might try GotQuestions for some of your input.  As the name suggests, they respond to questions sent to them.  Their entry in YouTube is a more recent thing they have taken up, but they have over 20 years of writing articles on the internet to draw from. If you have an interest in defending the faith by exposing bad thinking, you might try Red Pen Logic.

Wretched radio!!

Elizabeth Elliot

I hate to sound like an echo, but: Mike Winger. He’s really that good.

On the other side of the spectrum: TheFuelProject. Utterly fantastic channel; gets almost no views.

This’ll probably just get buried under all the other comments, but a friend of mine in seminary got tired of all the fluffy Prot. YouTube channels. He just started his own channel a few months ago, and is looking for people to critique his videos/channel so he won’t become fluff like the rest.

Here’s the link if you’d like to check it out: https://youtube.com/@loveandgooddeeds?si=-mGIcU6tYo9PJZFf

https://youtu.be/kDseaOftMTM?si=yPeY6kJWMPtZ9VE0

Awesome question!

I love Anthony Rogers for very in depth gospel focused Bible study, just incredibly stuff, he really opened up how I look at the Bible.

Truth Unites has really great stuff on difficult Christian issues, church history, and Bible topics, I seriously recommend everyone listen to some of his videos.

Inspiring Philosophy is another YouTuber I love, his content is a little more apologetic focused.

Hope this helps! God bless you!

Robert Morris out of Dallas , Derek Prince, John Piper. All good.

Thorncrown Studios

Grace to You, Cornerstone Chapel Leesburg, In Touch, Allen Parr.

Saint AVS... he's the real deal! That's one of them...

I agree. Finding a good source for Christian based scripture is hard. Seems things are so candy coated and no deep dive in to the truths. Feels like they are busy trying to garner followers, and appeal to anyone. I'll be following this thread to see what folks come up with

Highly underrated but check out Steve Gregg. He has definitely changed my theology along with my life. He has verse by verse teachings as well as a daily radio call-in show and also does debates when asked to.

I recommend Mike Winger “learn to think biblically” and wise disciple https://youtube.com/@WiseDisciple?si=xWvGHf-gMOZPU81V

Redeemed Zoomer. Not as well done as Mikes and he has a lot of memes, but doesn’t give off youth pastor vibes at all.

Check out The Beat w/ Allen Parr and Mike Winger. Both are excellent bible teachers.

Pastor Charles Lawson out of Knoxville Tenessee with give you a rigorous understanding of theology and global theology. Global in the sense of all the other subgwnres

These three YouTubers have intelligent and thoughtful responses to the top 20 arguments given by atheists. Each does about 7 videos (all totalling 20).

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96Nl_XJhQEgRshQs5R8PikeRX3andH2K&feature=shared

And, there is a great Bible teacher on YouTube called Mike Winger.

He is very down to earth and clear headed and an excellent thinker. His videos are really good and well thought out.

https://youtube.com/@MikeWinger?feature=shared

Boy am I not a cute bunny. Shalom.

Try out The Bible Project, they do a great job of covering the whole Bible in 15-20 minutes sections with good animations

Gavin Ortlund is wonderful https://www.youtube.com/@TruthUnites

No doubt, in that case there aren't many better. GodLogic is pretty good as well. Christian Price is great knowledge wise. But his tongue can be iffy at times which is a shame. Because his knowledge of both scriptures is insane and he has helped convert so many Muslims. Have a blessed Sunday brother. 🙏

Doreen Virtue, New Age to New Heart

Disciple Dojo. I fell into the channel with Bible reviews but i found his studies are amazing, he compares Hebrew to the different bible translations. Also ProjectBible, breaks down the different books. It’s my first resource before studying any book in the Bible. I am a history nerd which means I love historical context. I love Religion for Breakfast he discusses different religions but it’s super interesting (help convert me to Christianity).

I am Orthodox, but I have enjoyed this Protestant youtuber's content. I should say I haven't been on there in a couple of years but it appears he is still active.

Christian YouTube channels that aren't fluffy and annoying?

You silly goose! Can't be an influencer if you're not thick with the fakeness ;)

theres a few channela on youtube that post vids from bischop mari emanuel really good

Might not be exactly what you're looking for, but may I humbly recommend youtube.com/@thinkingtoinfinity ?

I try to be a realist towards living out our faith (not a glossed over "Christian-y" facade), incorporate some humor, and try to give an even-handed approach to atheistic or denominational differences of opinion.

I think Mike Winger does a great job as well. Serious DEEP dives into Christian issues.

Owwow

Mike Winger is excellent

Apologia, Alisa Childers, Stand to Reason (Greg Koukl), Founders Ministries

Jesus Church

Amen Podcast

Girls Gone Bible

Im surprised no ones mentioned him but Jimmy Atkins covers a lot of the paranormal with a biblical perspective although he does so from a Catholic point of view, but still interesting nonetheless.

I really like Mike Winger. He dears to discuss topics from different view points. But sometimes the videos can be very very long...😅

Onorato diamante is pretty good if you believe in OSAS. He looks at alot of false teachers and uses proper context and biblical passages when teaching

Wretched Radio. Prepare to be convicted!

I like Koinonia House and Chuck Missler's video series.

DTBM Dr John Barnett deep dives and has taught seminary, pastored several churches, and goes deep while keeping everything relatable and yeast to understand.

TheRemnantRising Barbara Frone Pastor Mark Driscoll

Reedemed zoomer, cliff, and inspiringphilosophy are the best ones.

Daily Dose of Wisdom is a pretty good channel.

Mike Winger and Isaiah Saldivar.

Isaiah Saldivar is on fire for God. However, be ready because he does not sugarcoat anything. Very convicting but also empowering. He believes strongly in deliverance ministry. I was delivered from nightly nightmares and have not had one since.

Mike Wingers verse by verse study of Mark (60 lessons total each about an hour long) will teach you how to study the Bible. His 20 questions Friday segments are really good if you have atheist friends.

Wise Disciple is also a good one. He is very straightforward and a lot of good videos.

I recommend InspiringPhilosophy for apologetics. He makes documentary style videos, aka video essays.

Here is his series on the reliability of the Gospels for example

The Reliability of the Gospels

Here is his playlist on the nature of God and reality

The Quantum God

Daily Disciple? I don't attend the same denomination as him but I like his content

Shamounian, GodLogic

Highly recommend this gal: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQb7AYs1u7IVY3LF31aDBPw Valuable, relatable content, with some humour but also very personal, uplifting and challenging at the same time. Especially for women, but not just :)

And this one: https://www.youtube.com/c/amenpodcast

Jeem, Orthodox Teaching of the Elders, Jesus Portal, Father Spyridon, Living Orthodox/Father Mikhail just to name a few. But nothing would replace having a spiritual father.

Mike Winger

Bruh I’ve been dealing with this lately, I’ve tried looking it up to see if others have the issue but I haven’t been able to find anything else. To me, it seems like Protestant or non denominational men online are way more feminine. They all post the type of advice for speak in the sort of way I would imagine a teenage girl would really resonate with. Super annoying for the vast majority of people who don’t process things that way

lol I get what you mean. Some Christian channels that I like are ‘What Do You Meme’, ‘Phil Cofer’, ‘Phil Cofer Vlogs’, ‘Tamara Slay’, ‘Faith with Vivian’, ‘MTM Isaiah Vlogs’, & ‘Becoming Better Podcast’. That last one I would honestly recommend listening to on Spotify. It’s ran by a girl named Hope Moquin. I love her because she is completely real, honest, and vulnerable about her life as a Christian and all the battles and struggles she goes through. The other channels are great too. They’re not as “fluffy” and making it seem as if the Christian life is just a piece of cake with butterflies and rainbows, but rather they’re raw, honest, vulnerable, and ultimately encouraging. They emphasize how we are all truly each on our own walk and journey with Jesus and though we might be on different “stages” and “levels” we ultimately have the same goal. That being sharing Jesus as well as following Him as faithfully as possible with His help.

Best channel I know of is Ebiblefellowship, certainly not fluffy.

DLM Christian Lifestyle .. he's great

Mike winger is my favorite

Alexander lorenzo jr.   He has REAL experience with witchcraft and the demonic and God turned him into a preacher who casts out demons and teaches what the Bible actually says and makes it practical. 

I personally like Daily Disciple. He manages to strike a balance between truth and love. He's willing to call out sin and gives a general plead for repentance.

www.lesfeldick.com

Through The Bible With Les Feldick

Awesome humble but serious man of God...old videos..he & wife Iris were 2 of the most sweet, faithful, full of wisdom in Word servants of God  👏🙏❤️🫶

I find Tiffanny Dawn is pretty cool, she is aa smaller content creator and she keeps it real + doesn't fake perfection and isn't fake happy all the time

Pastor John Macarthur- grace to you ministries.  https://youtube.com/@gracetoyou?si=tEqpkJ6HiFS8PLEg

Brother Wally- Revelations of Jesus Christ ministries.  https://youtube.com/@theghettogospelteam?si=VC57OXl7mzQW6HHV

These two are great for not sugar coating and giving a deeper understanding of Jesus Christ and the Bible (KJV) the way it was intended.  God bless you on your journey. 

I do what you're talking about but youtube banned me and most "Christians" despise what I do because I question their Calvinism or Free Grace or Conditionalism or works salvation or other (what are in my view) heresies. I'm trying to move to Rumble but it's not as easy as youtube was with streamyard. However, if you want to see what I do, check out my second youtube channel, "Grahame Christian Gould".

saw a couple people say mike winger 100% agree also saw someone say nate sala from wise disciple also 100% agree. those are the main 2 i watxh

check out the Take 2 Podcast. These guys drop podcasts 2x/wk---they are going through Romans currently 1x/wk and also take up different topics 1x/wk.
https://open.spotify.com/show/3SpqSenuEA2VHISLWO4n5v?si=70954f95742e4d97

I do like the new channel Kingdom Keys, I see they upload daily, pretty new as they only have like 6 or so videos. Mainly clips of sermons and bible stories simplified.

Apologia studios -jeff durbin.

One guy whos not annoying & knows the bible very well. They mostly do vids about abortion bcoz thats what they initially based their church over but listen to his sermons, they’re very good. & his debates in public as well will teach you.

Two great ones are Wretched Radio and Spencer Smith.