Give Me an Answer -

Cliffe Knechtle has a good dialogue with students at Texas State University. Recorded in October 2013.
The "Give Me An Answer" ministry began as an outgrowth of the dialogues Cliffe Knechtle has had with students on various university campuses throughout the United States. These universities include the University of Maine, Harvard, MIT, University of Florida, University of Texas, University of Wisconsin, University of Minnesota, University of California Los Angeles, University of California San Diego, Berkeley, Stanford, University of Hawaii and the University of Washington. Cliffe spoke on these campuses in front of the Student Union or Library at noon for five to ten minutes. At the close of his initial remarks, he'd open up the time for questions and answers, which usually turned into a two to four hour dialogue with students. His crowd size ranged from 25 - 500 students at a time, and between classes, new students would join the discussion. This is an extremely effective way to reach a large number of university students with the Gospel of Christ.

[@hikari2827]

Lol, Cliffe is a man with the Spirit of fire, seriously. "DEFINED BY WHO?!"

[@donnawilkins911]

Oh my goodness, Cliffe! The patience you have with these kids is amazing! I would have lost it LONG ago!

[@Emo8007]

no he didn't at all

[@aleciafinlayson6386]

@@Emo8007 Oooh he did..hold it in🤔🤔

[@jackalsgate1146]

@@aleciafinlayson6386 He had patience cause he was full of nonsense about the slavery of the Jews in Egypt.

[@jesustalkspace]

@@jackalsgate1146 So you’re saying it didn’t happen? what’s your evidence for that?

[@jackalsgate1146]

@@jesustalkspace Correct. Not only am I saying it didn't happen, I'm saying, it was impossible for it to happen, and the evidence (lack there of), make that perfectly clear.

[@1godonlyone119]

The kid who argues that our universe could be a computer simulation forgets that computers are intelligently designed, and computer simulations are also intelligently designed by intelligent designers: There is no escaping the fact that the universe and all within it are the result of intelligent design.

[@levimalone4433]

I know even if we are a simulation. It just adds another step to the creation question. If our creator isnt god. Then who created our creators.

[@1godonlyone119]

@@levimalone4433 Exactly.

[@roberjohnsmith]

@@levimalone4433 to anybody who believes in God, if you also play rpg games, you realize we are kind of in one big rpg simulation. We are the main character of our quest. God created us just like if we were an actual video game character, it would be humans designing the game. So to the game, humans are God. But to us, we are in the game and God is our creator. We want to get the ending where we go to heaven. In our rpg there is multiple endings you can achieve. But the best ending to this game is the one where we discover Jesus is God and can save us. And God wants a relationship with us. He wants us to want him. Love God with all your heart. Understand that he is our father. Love him like a father and open your heart. God bless all of you

[@levimalone4433]

@@roberjohnsmith interestingly put I agree with the last part 100%

[@heftymagic4814]

@@roberjohnsmith skyrim?

[@Kimkong2]

man will believe anything apart from GOD..the scriptures are sooo true in defining man's rebellious nature toward God

[@Kimkong2]

@Guy Meister well , good luck with that on your death bed and on the judgement. And no , this is not me fear mongering , it’s just stating the fact that more than 150,000 people die everyday and find out if what they thought about God is true or false . If that’s the reason you have to say that God doesn’t exist , good luck 👍🏾 and if He doesn’t , then I’m the fool I’m not however as dismissive or arrogant as to think that because God doesn’t prove His existence in an instant and when or how I want Him to that He therefore doesn’t exist . I mean come on, we don’t even put such ridiculous and ignorant expectations on the existence of anything , let alone an intelligent being. Also who is to say He hasn’t implanted the knowledge? Of course He has , you just don’t like how He did it . Because how He did it requires your free will to actively pursue it and acknowledge it , but the free will also means you can freely suppress the truth all your life in favor of your own conclusions .This doesn’t mean you will be right or escape the consequences but you certainly can go your whole life claiming God doesn’t exist or “there isn’t enough evidence “ or whatever other intellectual excuses you want to give. No amount of intellectual gymnastics can cause anything in this world to exist or not exist and neither can it make you escape the consequences of any action or reality in this universe.

[@christopherlovesjesussomuc3749]

Yep its just an excuse to live their own life in sin.

[@jessicarainsford7609]

“Can’t make an argument from silence.” That’s wisdom right there

[@scottmutley2627]

WHAATTTT!!!! THIS KID IS APPEALING TO A HIGHER MORAL AUTHORITY WHILE DENYING THERE IS A HIGHER MORAL AUTHORITY! hahahahahha

[@aybanartworkz8902]

The amount of patience you have to answer almost similar unending questions of athiest that you have already answered in the past with strong evidence and strong foundation to back it up is a miracle to me. You need to have incredible patience and that's really mind blowing

[@gregw8976]

Wow, clearly these students were lacking in their ability to reason!

[@lancecryor]

Great job Cliffe. Some people just dont get it. I know it can be frustrating lol.

[@MegaNerd117]

Sad but true.

[@TheWarDog11]

dude with the long hair and blue shirt is really reaching with his statements. If this is the education that is being given to our children then we are in deep trouble

[@m-bassy1155]

Hi, I’m from the future. It’s gotten worse.

[@jayvct]

@@m-bassy1155 way worse lol

[@sonicsaints1542]

Indeed

[@knxcholx]

@@jayvct astronomically worse

[@201outlaw]

College students sound like they have been taken by their philosophy teachers and then afterwards everyone jumps in the bandwagon. Good video Cliff!

[@roberjohnsmith]

No, it starts much younger. Well before philosophy class. I don't know if you guys were raised christian. But I wasn't. And I remember when I had an open mind, and my teachers taught me about evolution. I was just HONESTLY and zCURIOUSLY asking questions about the theory the first time I heard it. And my teacher was getting visibly upset and angry with me that I had ANY questions about evolution. He thought I was being arrogant by trying to poke holes in it, but I was doing so with genuine curiosity. I think this was around grade 7 for me. And because I was a nice kid, I just thought I was upsetting my teacher and I liked my teacher. So just for the sake of not upsetting my teacher, I stopped trying to learn and just accepted evolution.

[@jrc99us]

90% of eyewitness account are wrong!? And proven scientifically!? OMGOSH!!! If the staff of TSU saw this those kids they would have to refund their money and tell them go somewhere else. Or at least block their graduation until they are ready to learn.

[@InvestigadorTJ]

I appreciate your help Cliffe I appreciate God and Jesus, with a great need you have made a difference, by helping me and others!

[@thelanaden]

Thank you Cliff. God bless you. 🙏🏾✝️

[@christipaz8081]

Pastor Cliffe, thank you for your Devotion , Ministry and Joyful heart for "Sovereign Father and Lord Jesus Christ". MATTHEW 13:19 When Anyone Hears The "WORD" Of The Kingdom and Does NOT Understand it, The EVIL one Comes and Snatches Away What Has been Sown in his heart.

[@MsCameoLover]

@ 8:20 That whole reply was so ridiculous; "Maybe there's no such thing as nothing." I'm telling you, people that don't follow Christ make up the stupidest arguments. This is the most nonsensical thing I have *EVER* heard, a college student thinking like this is scary.

[@mmorphy4258]

@ 22:30 Cliffe's reaction is so perfect haha! Exactly how I feel so often throughout these awesome videos. You are hilarious Cliffe

[@itsmisterrandom4077]

Oh man, cliffe i got tons of respect for u. Godbless my brother!

[@reasonone11]

22:31 you Gotta be kiddin me

[@jrc99us]

Moral relativists who say what is right and wrong make me smile then facepalm.

[@ryanmiller6266]

Such hypocritical is a moral relativist... unless they're consistent with what they say they believe.

[@reasonone11]

22:42 Oh God.

[@TheUnknown1709]

it was oh gosh.

[@mayankwankhede1782]

Even if we say we are in a computer simulation, wouldn't that mean someone made that computer. Aren't we just making another case for God.

[@scottmutley2627]

4:41 people are laughing at that kid. But in reality, world renown scientist are taking this theory very very serious. Its actually quite amazing but also kind of scary lol

[@Sldejo]

Standing ovation. 👏👏👏

[@rotty1100]

Fucking hell Cliffe! You are amazing & you speak the truth and you always manage to hit the nail on the head. Keep it up Cliffe, well done :)

[@ONLYALEXISOMAR]

“What has religion created that science hasn’t created ten times better?” Wait till this kid realizes a majority of major universities in the world were founded by followers of Christ

[@tyman7156]

...and common decency changes according to who youre talking to, cliffe is so good. thank you cliffe youre a blessing to me.

[@VainFriggus]

18:42 He thinks most people are not religious? It’s so easy to Google # of Muslims + Christians in the world that’s already more than half of everyone 😂

[@VainFriggus]

I know this was 10 years ago but only 7% of humans are atheist lol

[@splodgeapologetics]

how can you be an agnostic atheist? its a cop out because its saying "I assume there's no God until someone challenges me on it then I can admit im not really sure!"

[@MBFD-1]

That's like saying someone is a Christian Muslim!

[@02jail]

he's making it up as he goes!

[@JR2K80]

Praying for patience like this...Lord knows I need it.

[@1godonlyone119]

The very notions that "things just happen" and that "things aren't created with intelligent design" themselves "just happened," and those notions were clearly not created with any intelligent design behind them. Therefore those notions are to be rejected, and instead, the facts that things happen for a purpose and that there is intelligent design behind them are to be accepted.

[@Erix7810]

22:30 CLIFFE'S FACE LOLOL!!!

[@ifunanya24]

Sad that this kid was hypocritical and struggling with logic but worse still his minions clapped!

[@ablekiwi]

Well Done Cliff!

[@AJenbo]

~1000 b.c. Egypt is a well documented part of history. Enslaving an entire people would have been a pretty big feat so it is likely to have been recorded in a tomb as one of there achievements. Like wise the events Exodus would be devastating and would have left a mark in there culture, the death of every first born son over night is not something that is just a side note in history.

[@annoyingdude76]

that's just false.This is my field so please support your claims.First it's a argument from silence fallacy,second,it's not a well documented period.We only can reconstruct from tombs and the only source we got is Manethon who has a lot of problems by himself.Especially if the event so devestating then the Egyptians would definetly NOT mention it.If we were to take your position,then we could also say the Slavic people didn't arive on the Balkans,or Schythians in Russia

[@AJenbo]

I didn't mean documented by contemporary scholars, but archeology. The enslavement would be of pride so probably would have been documented. And we should probably expect to find som Jewish artifacts

[@annoyingdude76]

***** again,it's an argument from silence fallacy.But appart from that,why would the enslavement need to be documented?They had many slaves so the claim that they should have mentioned Jews, esspetially in that time period where we hardly know anything,is just unsupported.And if you mean from archaeology,then what evidence would you need?What would you need to find?What Jewish atrifacts?Would you say the same for the Slavic and Schythian example?We don't even know how many pharaos there were because new scholarship sugests that there weren't even that many dynsties.We don't know much about Egypt,esspetially from that period

[@carrie_k]

Since this video they have found proof of the Israelites being enslaved in Egypt from that time period! As long as we keep our faith, God will reveal things as he thinks we need. Just have to keep trusting! ✝️

[@jonirving5606]

Notice how many people here are not listening. They are scheming how to attack Cliffe. Nonstop loud talk while Cliffe is trying to talk to this guy. Texas State. Not Harvard. University of Texas has ten times harder admission standards. THERE, the students have much more respect of difference of opinion.

[@joeglennaz]

Oh my that last guy and girl were so dense. God bless Cliff for having the patience to even deal with them. All these people have so many presuppositions that are just wrong. It’s almost like someone needs to do a class and answer their questions one by one. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with questioning or having your doubts or even people disagreeing but so many of their presuppositions are just wrong. They can’t even argue their own points correctly.

[@thomasadedamola3788]

When the guy says I'm an agnostic atheist 😂😂😂

[@itsmisterrandom4077]

Dude with the aviators on needs to calm down haha

[@1godonlyone119]

Without God, there could be no universal constants by which to understand the universe and practice any type of science, and yet there are such universal constants.

[@josephd7593]

buddy with the glasses talked about life expectancy being all the rage thanks to industrialism, little does he know that Psalm 90:10 literally talks about how most of us will only live to be 70 or 80 (funny how a passage written 3000 years ago could be so accurate)

[@kojixx1]

Watching this in 2022 is scary to know that these kids are today professionals out there...doctors, lawyers... What a narrow perspective of reality.

[@mondogojones]

my only question is..why would over 500 peasants who didn't have money and lived poor would make such a thing up like a person rising from the dead and ascending to the heavens? Using common knowledge people who we're oppressed dont just die for a lie...just saying

[@knxcholx]

3:05 "bro, totally, things just happen man"

[@chrxs_1397]

12:44 this is my fav moment ever hahahahahah

[@sillywamosir]

I need to learn to have the patience like Cliffe

[@tyman7156]

other than nature, thats the issue we're debating...... cliffe is blessed with wisdom

[@jesusislord9439]

Everyone loves to blame God but never Satan. Cliff never talks about Satan though.

[@diegoasalcedo6212]

I love how the atheists clap after their argument like they really did something 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@AlphaAchilles]

This is probably the most lost people I have seen in a long time

[@1godonlyone119]

Without God, there could be no objective rights, and yet there are.

[@Bak3dB3an]

This is a great way to inform. But remember this verse also: And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 1 Corinthians 2:4 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. 1 Corinthians 4:20 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. Mark 16:17-18 I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying. 1 Corinthians 14:5 kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2eVdpqOq9aZqMU

[@thywillbedone3334]

I remember there was this time when people would say don't pick on nerds they might be your boss one day... And that kind of stuff. Now these days I listen to people say there's no God because I can't believe in eye witnesses.. And the same time they say science proves this because a scientist (eye witness) tells us. 😂

[@truthprevails6251]

All of the videos that you make are full of the truth of God Almighty

[@jelly7310]

I so want to SHHHHHUSH! those two on the side yapping. I can't even understand the guy Cliffe is engaged with

[@1godonlyone119]

There is only one God, we all belong to him, and all human beings know for certain that God's unique qualities and activities are factual, and this includes you.

[@IBenZik]

It is obvious that these young people have never taken a course in probability.

[@derekstallwood3673]

Was this a televised series?

[@kylearmstrong1188]

These kids are Paying for this education/ indoctrination..SMH

[@mmorphy4258]

I know it seems arrogant for me to say this, but listening to some kids talk it seems like they just don't think enough about their own questions.

[@rotty1100]

Damn! I feel sorry Cliffe dealing with these lazy students who don't wanna find the time to study god's grace. These students know how to make Cliffe sweat through their stupidity LOL.

[@1godonlyone119]

Without God, there could be no happiness, and yet there is.

[@jesustalkspace]

But there isn’t.

[@1godonlyone119]

@@jesustalkspace Not for the believer in atheist dogma, no. But everyone else is happy.

[@gregariousguru]

These students have a problem with the Creator being eternal, but funny enough have no problem believing matter and energy are eternal. 🤔

[@CuauhtemocVasquez-ld8cn]

Oh boy! Sometimes I forget kliff is speaking to teenagers. Heaven help them.

[@landen99]

When she said, "Eye witnesses are 90% wrong, scientifically proven", I immediately thought, they need a refund on their education.

[@ifunanya24]

I believe one guy thought we were inside the matrix.... Anything absolutely anything they will believe...other than God. Smh

[@7enty7en83]

She tried proving history scientifically 🤣

[@rwjws2689]

The lengths people go to disprove God is incredible

[@keepthechange2811]

The archeological finds at avaris in the Nile delta confirm the biblical accounts.

[@dwanarvin4795]

Yeah? Like what?

[@1godonlyone119]

Without God, there could be no objective common sense, and yet there is.

[@Bak3dB3an]

I have a question for cliffe. Were Adam and Eve light and dark skinned?

[@godislove363]

No.

[@konitasasraku4674]

Answers in Genesis does a good job covering your question on YT.

[@dwanarvin4795]

They were neither because they are a fictional story

[@jackalsgate1146]

Adam and Eve were not material beings.

[@drewkinnear1895]

Ok, so I am late posting to this video... that said - I am surprised that the student who claimed that science is the reason we do not need God was not countered with one simple fact: It was people who believed that the universe has rules BECAUSE they believed someone set the rules who discovered that, indeed, the universe has rules. Science is a gift from God which was built out of the desire to understand more about the mind of God.

[@InvestigadorTJ]

Go Cliff!!!! :D

[@1godonlyone119]

Without God, there could be no happiness, and yet there is. Therefore God certainly exists in reality.

[@vxenon67]

grab the students on their collar and yell. Are you serious? You really believe that logically speaking?

[@Garen1234]

I like the girl with the glasses and her expressions. If you ever see this, message me..I wanna know what you wanted to say at 18:35 :)

[@1godonlyone119]

Without God, there could be no sentience or rationality, and yet there are.

[@jesustalkspace]

You making all these claims under all these videos don’t make them true or even remotely close to reality😂

[@nateperez6587]

Jesus is the CHRIST!!!!

[@esdmag1]

Actually they do have evidence

[@JoeMama-sd2kl]

Glasses kid seem to believe any explanation as long as it doesnt involved God. Did He hurt you?

[@saulgoodman6683]

"maybe, possibly, perhaps, could've been, conceivably, imaginably, feasibly"...these are all the words I hear from these students after watching Cliff's videos, not wanting to admit there's a God they will be accountable to, one day.

[@Seducers]

12:45

[@Bak3dB3an]

Notice the most rebellious and talkative are the people who wear black clothing and are pale skinned. Pray for them.

[@jelly7310]

Atheist are so angry

[@go2mark1313]

i am always amazed at the type that think because they are good at math that means they have the answers to things like morality , consciousness , compassion , love . this education system has created a generation of robots , exactly what GOD was hoping to avoid when he gave us free will . they are under a curse that enslaves the proud . i have noticed a lot of posts now try to depict the followers of CHRIST as claiming to be entitled or special . yet their mask of humility is constructed of indignation .

[@haydenshores9943]

That guy is pulling stuff out of his but saying the big bang wasn't nothing contradicting everything you can't argue with people who will change there argument when there backed in a corner

[@1godonlyone119]

Without God, there could be no objective decency, and yet there is. Therefore, God certainly exists in reality.

[@dwanarvin4795]

He said “Jesus willingly went to the cross” 🤣

[@atheliaecheverria7576]

Why you mad bro?

[@codeblood2000]

It's really pathetic when people start spewing all the good things we've done with science and they just ignore the bad things. Currently we're using the knowledge we gain from science we are basically destroy this planet. Sorry but I don't think the Crusades are equal to that.

[@JoshA0669]

How is that chick surviving in school with that kind of thinking? Geeezzzz smh

[@justsymms]

The arrogance of that student is mind-blowing....

[@jamesgrosso4372]

The young man with the 👓 lacks intellectual sight.

[@joeglennaz]

These guys are all over the place I have no idea what you’re talking about. Cliff it’s a spanking them one by one

[@dwanarvin4795]

Did this man actually use the Bible as historical record and then say Egyptian records have holes in them? 🤣 he just skirts right past the millions of so called slaves in Egypt leaving zero record of themselves there or even in the desert for 30 years? 🤣

[@andrewchochola7584]

The thinking of the second student is so intelectually dishonest, irrational and inconsistent that it's scary. One cannot claim to be a moral relativist in one breath and then accuse God or anyone else of moral evil in the next breath. What the second student does is he claims to be a moral relativist one minute, and then when it's no longer convenient to hold that position, then he abandons his moral relativistic worldview to then steal from the Christian worldview in order to criticise God of evil. This is not only inconsistent, but complete intelectual dishonesty. Would it not be more reasonable to ditch moral relativism as indefensible and at least admit that moral absolutes do exist? Would it not be more reasonable to believe "in the beginning, God" rather than "in the beginning, there was nothing, and nothing exploded, and now we have matter and energy, and eventually from goo to you via the zoo"? It is far more reasonable to believe that God is the creator than for me or anyone else to believe that it (just happened by luck without anything outside the universe to create it."

[@haydenshores9943]

I can't believe they just said 90 percent of eye witness testimony is inaccurate they need to do there research like I just did they are so wrong it's not even funny it's scary there in college and truly believe this I hope they don't and we're just being arrogant

[@voilaf9365]

All human beings are wicked from beginning so no need debate with finite flesh.

[@ronwan1408]

Wow! These kids make such bad arguments in an attempt to desperately win the argument smh