Give Me an Answer -

Cliffe Knechtle has a good dialogue with students at Texas State University. Recorded in November 2012.
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.

[@rickysandoval1195]

"I'm the one who decides if you're degrading me" and then walks home to his mama lol

[@PaulRizzo]

Ricky Sandoval hahaha

[@rawlespringer3917]

lolol...God bless him though

[@JamesAnthonyBro]

Ricky Sandoval Lol he's mad because he knows subjective morally is not true, therefore Atheist get mad when they realize they can't live it out.

[@thywillbedone3334]

Then his mom says.. "where have you been, your late for bible study " He replies : but mum I don't believe in god I'm an atheist.. His mom : don't be stupid.. Have you ever seen something come from nothing? He replies :but mum what about the finches with long beeks and short beeks. His mom: what about them.. Aren't they still birds.. Him: well....... Yeah they are. Mom: hurry up and get to Bible study before I get my belt.. And tomorrow I'm coming to your school , give your teacher a piece of my mind.. What on earth are they teaching you there. Him: aww but mum your going to embarrass me... I'm really popular with the other atheist kids. 😂

[@dperkins01]

He does and Cliffe is a bully he didn't stand up to Aaron ra in their debate. bully especially to the women he talks to.

[@jeffjacobs1990]

This is why I can't be an atheist. To be an honest true full blood aithiest you have to deny the existence of real love, truth, and logic. Believing God created everything is way more logical than believing everything happened by chance for no reason.

[@ryanmiller6266]

I couldn't agree more!

[@boltrooktwo]

That’s some good reasoning.

[@walterdaems57]

Sure, because it stands to logic and reason that a celestial wizard shook the universe out of his sleeve in 6 days. Makes perfect sense; these crazy anti-theists!!!😂😂😂

[@jaquicx9500]

@@walterdaems57 its easy to poke fun of anything like that, but if you actually check the modern day facts, even science points to a Creator. Pair that with the historical facts on Jesus, and its obvious why more and more logical thinkers are coming around to some form of Christianity or at least perceive Jesus as Christ. Generally you have to read these kinds of things, but if you don't know where to start, I have a video I found on KZbin that covers a lot of basic things that point to the existence of a Creator, but it's a bit dramatic, long, and isn't as accurate as scholarly articles, so i suggest using it as a guide of what to research 😊 cheers! 💕 *Edit: Ill just leave the link here incase I dont notice a response, Im not really a social media person; kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJqwoq2ElL6Gjrc

[@gilbertoalmonte4990]

@@walterdaems57 You are talking non sence... The days in the bible is not our days.. Read in context and be real, not talk without understanding

[@godslove3153]

For the gentleman that stated he was offended and he decides if he is offended or not, I quote a wise philosopher: "You can be offended, it doesn't mean that you are right."

[@zoomkaboom1]

I like that quote! Thanks for sharing :)

[@JohnPaul-ol5zl]

I find that too many individuals, religious and secular, are often looking to be offended. Instead, they need to carefully listen to a speaker and draw out the beneficial items and discard the useless ones.....in true sincerity, not in self-righteousness of the echo-chamber. If you are overweight and therefore unhealthy individual and someone tells in a mean manner that your fat butt needs to stop eating so much food and exercise, focus on the benefit of the message and do your best to set aside the meaness in the person saying such words. You will see that after a year of constant hard will working at eating healthy and exercising, your body and soul will be rejuvenated, then you will than yourself for listening carefully to the mean person who spoke those initial words.....maybe even thank the individual for it....silently in your head. Let's all look for Peace in our lifes as opposed to self-indulging happiness that in true reality is harming us to the core.

[@JohnjOcampo]

​@@JohnPaul-ol5zlmost atheist hate us because certain people aren't closed to the idea of the supernatural. You believe in the fertilizer pit, now why on God's green earth would that make me upset lol.

[@ButtZilla]

The guy in the blue shirt is butt hurt LOL! Cliff owned him good!

[@Drebln893]

lol

[@nwzz2916]

"Actions are stronger than words, so why are you out here?" Um excuse me? Heres a guy thats devoted his life to telling people the message about the Gospel and encouraging them to just read it and think about it. Hes not forcing people to engage in conversation, nor is he forcing people to believe in Jesus. So yes, actions are stronger than words, most Christians dont do what Cliffe does. Thank you Cliffe, keep it up.

[@yola827]

I beleive in God, and in Jesus Christ, Amen!&Thank you ptr.Cliffe😀 from Italy

[@kubush]

Yolanda Pelicano You're an embarrassment to Italians.

[@kubush]

***** Yes she is and so are you.

[@kubush]

Tiger Snake It's "you're". As in you're an idiot. You still believe in magic like a child, your grammar is that of a child, and you insult like a middle school kid with daddy issues. Grow up.

[@rotty1100]

+kubush Who gives a shit about grammar dude. Even millionaires get their grammar wrong so who really gives a shit. If that's your defense of putting me down then you're really pathetic. And as for talking about my issues your mother would say differently, so why don't you do us both a favor & shut the fuck up.

[@kubush]

Tiger Snake lol. Your anger makes me smile.

[@02jail]

that guy was offended about everything and anything. let's revolve our world around your feelings bud

[@rotty1100]

Nice one Cliffe for putting that kid in his place. He was intellectually being dishonest & hypocritical.

[@playzfahdayz]

This. Well done Cliffe.

[@kubush]

This idiot couldn't put anyone in their place. Rehashing old, debunked Christian arguments makes this guy look foolish.

[@jesustalkspace]

@@kubush 😘

[@central848]

What an emotional clown that first guy was.

[@dperkins01]

What a great christian you are

[@JohnjOcampo]

​@@dperkins01thank you.

[@TheMirabillis]

The young guy firmly believes it is remotely possible that a rock can write "John loves Mary" in the sand but does not believe it is remotely possible that God exists. Go figure !

[@jesusmysaviorfaith6133]

The guy in the bleu was really hurt, i dont know why but i saw in him the struggle of finding meaning. Eventho he was laughing he must be broken inside. May God reveal himself to this poor man so he finds the truth and meaning in Jesus name amen.

[@ajr01-x6e]

"I am the one who decides if you're degrading me" That is a very scary thing to say and actually believe.

[@kevinmcneil3492]

I could listen to this guy all day long. I have learned so much wisdom from him.

[@1godonlyone119]

The only reason why being called "gullible" for believing in evo-illusion THEORY hurt this kid's feelings is that deep down, he knows that the THEORY is untrue, and that he is indeed being gullible.

[@oscarsantos2240]

“I decide if you’re degrading” boy bye 😂😂

[@InfoArtistJKatTheGoodInfoCafe]

The story of the father's decision to sacrifice his son to save all those people on the train who may never know of the sacrifice brings me to tears every time.

[@jorgemora5479]

Great job dude excellent word pastor

[@optionsstrategies7511]

This kid defines ❄️

[@misterRDF]

Need to start bringing bibs to these things for kids like that.

[@zoomkaboom1]

LOL! Its amazing how these kids think.

[@elijah1047]

misterRDF His feelings got hurt by truth, then ran away.

[@swamislocal1]

You called me gullable.. boohooo

[@xander7139]

Great discussion Cliffe keep it up as always God bless!!

[@201outlaw]

Another day another kids gets ripped by logic. Shm. Great video!

[@mauriciomunozortiz]

FRom El Salvador, My country , i thank mr. Cliffe Knechtle for his words

[@kubush]

mauricio munoz-ortiz You're an embarrassment to Salvadorians.

[@kubush]

***** Oh yeah. Because the number of likes makes you right. Smh. Considering the audience of this video is 99% Christian, it's no surprise. But i suppose you think you made an actual point. Lol

[@kubush]

***** Still think you made a point?

[@G14Soccer]

I get to decide if I'm being degraded! Cliff: NO YOU DON'T! Lolololol

[@mrm64]

lol. There's so many memes and demotivational posters against Christians. Might as well make a meme of that, lol. I mean it's *so* ok to make fun of Christians and everything they believe in, yet it's not ok to disagree with anyone else? That's our generation in a nutshell ._.

[@fuggleeartshow]

mrm64 I agree. It makes me wonder how to share any sort of idea with a person, about God or Christ or Gov or anything. It's only correct to share ideas that already match the ideas of the listener, otherwise I'm being offensive and arrogant and I don't deserve the time of the listener. Ironically this is supposed to be the most tolerant generation. Tolerant for some I guess.

[@mrm64]

I gotta give you a gold medal for that one... ._.

[@RICKDOEZ1]

It's clear that the dude in the blue shirt was not feeling anything related to God. I knew he was gone back down sooner or later he was not helping his arguments being sarcastic. Amen to Christ thx cliff

[@Andrew3000ish]

C.K for president!🙏

[@lostmyleggins]

Why would an atheist pretend that his feelings were hurt by Cliff? After all he believes Cliff is just a bio-chemical machine doing what he's programmed to do. He doesn't get upset at his PC when he clicks the word icon and word opens does he? He's the rational one so he wouldn't allow emotions to cloud his judgment.

[@belong2christ126]

Great video cliff. Man God uses you powerfully. May you continue to be blessed in the wisdom of God and his son The Lord Jesus Christ amen. God bless and thanks cliff for you great videos :)

[@playzfahdayz]

My favorite part was when the kid in the blue shirt laughed at himself. That was cute.

[@peterlapik3500]

May God Help Cliff in this battle for the knowledge of truth and may he have more love for love is greater. God Is love. God Bless.

[@JoeMagani]

Belief, Faith and Trust are all synonymous

[@mentalidaddelujo]

Professor Knechtle is in session..!!

[@creepsi44]

Love your videos Cliff. Keep it up.

[@Siscast]

that kid is extremely immature

[@justtruth8310]

No, he’s brainwashed

[@elkellenhabla]

Awesome!

[@adam__mark]

This kid is a piece of work..

[@1godonlyone119]

Cliffe defeated the first kid's silly claims quite easily, then the kid ran away with his tail between his legs, knowing full well that he had no response because his silly atheistic worldview is objectively wrong. The points Cliffe makes about objective moral duties in the second conversation are excellent!

[@1godonlyone119]

This kid thinks that a rock rolling around in the waves on a beach could write the words "John loves Mary???" That is incredibly idiotic: Semiotic messages always necessitate input from an intelligent person. This is the case for a short message like "John loves Mary," and it is also the case for the amazingly complex semiotic messages contained in the DNA/RNA of every life-form on the planet.

[@go2mark1313]

sheldon got totally schooled . ran away butt hurt . his ego which he denies exists has made a fool of him . 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 .

[@jonathanmatheka2353]

"Gullible" is nothing. Jesus called some guys "Hypocrites", "snakes", "tombs"! I love your passion Cliff. So does Jesus.

[@brianmabasa5251]

Just because the truth hurts doesnt mean it degrades you. Truth doesnt care about your feelings.

[@TheRealKillzah]

Cliff is the maaaan!

[@007Bokser]

"I want to touch others people hearts" lololololololol 🤣🤣🤣

[@nwzz2916]

I feel bad for the guy, he was about to cry, he had to leave. At the same time, he wasnt being rational. Though I dont commend Cliffe for insisting on using the word that offended him, its still not Cliffes fault hes offended by a simple word that all of us are guilty of.

[@tonyputman3398]

@@nwzz2916 We need to realize that being offended is a choice. God bless you and yours!!

[@tsgtezzy]

16:05 tbh all he needed was a hug. Cliffe missed the opportunity. Sometimes we just need a hug.

[@playzfahdayz]

This kid just embarrassed himself in front of 12,000 people. Pathetic.

[@InfoArtistJKatTheGoodInfoCafe]

Cliffe consistently draws out the hypocrisy of the arrogant snowflakes determined to misunderstand. When you're determined to misunderstand you will.

[@ChannelMath]

This man is brilliant at not understanding what you tell him

[@ChannelMath]

wasn't referring to his analogies, but thanks for the hate

[@doublehockeystix]

+ChannelMath oh yeah, the hate coming from that comment is just palpable isn't it!?

[@davemerc7839]

Sorry but Dillahunty did not Win tha Debate Simply because he fell in the same dilema AS the First gentlemen here, not being consistant With his world View, then he tried Playing It Off With his stupid smurks.. ppl like that All they Want to do IS Contradict Anything they disagree With At any cost, even if they Are Completely Wrong!

[@aznation4592]

Runs away from the Truth lol

[@mackdmara]

The kid in blue had a reason, unrelated to what Cliffe was saying, to not like God. Making it about Cliffe was a side show. I pray he lets go of his pain & embraces God.

[@porkyo123]

Thanks so much Cliff . Your as clear as clear water! {:-)

[@boltrooktwo]

People make Atheism a cultural ethic because people are built with a sense of guilt when they do something wrong. As soon as this guilt becomes so undesirable and uncomfortable that you see it as your greatest burden, instead of a motivation for improvement, then you build the idea of your own guilt free standard that actively accuses all other standards and ideals that might cause you guilt. The most common standard of ideals is the rational Creator God and so the guilt free idea targets this in the form of Atheism.

[@fastfootedone]

That guy (blue shirt) would fit in well in 2021 Universities.....a full-blood snowflake. If he's gonna get that bothered by someone saying something is gullible, he's gonna have a tough life LOL

[@1godonlyone119]

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

[@FreeSudani]

WooW ... that kid was willing to defy simple basic logic just to prove that god doesn't exist .......its possible that a rock rolling in a weave can write in a sand "john loves merry"

[@oceanceaser44]

You are the one not using logic if you believe a rock rolling in the sand could never write john loves MARY

[@FreeSudani]

oceanceaser Statistically speaking its possible .... but the odds are ridiculously low is safe to say its zero.......i mean how low you have to predict the probability of an event to be before you should ignore it for the purposes of making a rational decision ??

[@elkellenhabla]

oceanceaser Nice straw man. He never said "a rock rolling in the sand could never write john loves MARY"

[@norescerfeda8755]

FreeSudani If you have an infinite amount of time and an infinite number of attempts, the probabilities are not so low. It becomes actually quite likely.

[@JoshA0669]

Lmfao^^ really? REALLY? Lolol geeez and there still trying to argue that can happen? 😂😂😂😂 I shouldn't laugh but damn that dedicated to argue and educate themselves into imbecility. Malcome muggeridge was right.

[@CuauhtemocVasquez-ld8cn]

A rock rolling around in a wave can create words in sand! What nonsense.

[@DCice13]

Just because something possibly can happen, doesn't mean it is statically possible (words in the sand). Let's say DNA nucleotides can miracally appear, it is still almost impossible for it to construct sensible information. Look at a deck of cards, you can shuffle them in 8 x 10^64 different ways, there is only 3 x 10^16 seconds in a billion years. Assuming you can shuffle each deck uniquely every second, it would still take you 2.6 x 10^28 billion years. And that is with a simple deck of cards.

[@1godonlyone119]

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

[@Malhaloc]

To the first person, I'd say "Offense is taken, it is not given." Meaning by that that being offended is a personal decision you made. You can either believe me when I say I was not insulting you, or you can choose not to believe and instead assume the worst. I am not responsible for your decision to be offended.

[@kingkingking8583]

That so called athiest didnt get it he know he cant live out what he thinks he choked his own self walk away in shame.

[@GraceAlone614]

The "offended" guy just showed his hand when he said he was being sarcastic. He wasn't looking to have an honest conversation.

[@S._P.]

More fish needs to be caught, more sheeps need to be led so they won't go astray...great job👏👏👏👍✨

[@UPutTheGayInGangster]

Greetings from Virginia!

[@denniel305]

Why was the atheist mad? What cliffs saying is all relative? 😂

[@G14Soccer]

I'll agree that analogy cliff used was not the greatest. Everything else he was pretty spot on about, the student had no intention of listening. He was defensive right from the beginning and his emotions got involved in the debate.

[@zane383]

cliffe you're awesome i want that kind of mindset you have...everything u say makes sense. frank turek said when having a conversation be prepared for a disagreement and that is true. i just thing the first guy was taking things personally and he got to emotional..thats one thing am working on when speaking to people

[@1godonlyone119]

The belief in atheist Dogma is merely faith-based: There is no valid argument or evidence that would lead to any atheistic conclusion, and the motivation for adopting that silly and incorrect faith position is hatred for God -- nothing more.

[@aleciafinlayson6386]

He is veerry sensitive 🤔

[@aznation4592]

Shaking his head he just don’t get it

[@christianpuchert9578]

Fuck hell, i will go to valhall greetings from norway

[@freedom4life312]

I find the athiest theory of evolution insults my very intellect actually. They believe in the scientific impossability that nothing created everything. 🙈 Yes....I know. 😒

[@nwzz2916]

So you're saying theres a chance.

[@georgesaliba8876]

Funny how the kid walks off when he can't support his argument

[@fuggleeartshow]

that kid asked "why does the best evidence necessitate that it's the truth?" So if the best evidence leads to the support God's existence then we should still assume it's untruth, because supporting evidence doesn't equal truth? Is that what he was trying to say?

[@InfoArtistJKatTheGoodInfoCafe]

"Actions are stronger than words, so why are you out here?" Following your logic kid...stop talking and actually go help someone in need.

[@jjhot254]

can't believe that boy is actually in higher learning institution,

[@oldgordo61]

I don't fault the kid..he's a product of the education system especially at the higher level where the majority of campus and faculty members are ether atheist or at the very least agnostic.Theism is looked upon as foolish and backwards. Athough critical thinking is susposed to be highly valued at the campus level but in reality it is often not practiced.

[@jerryhubbard4461]

Cliffe, I believe you have more patience than Job. That young mush head you spent most of the time talking to would be better served behind a woodshed by his own father unless his father is as bad as he. lol I could not do your job. NO WAY

[@daivenigga63]

obviously what he is living for is a joke

[@stewwweee]

kids being kids...

[@JoshA0669]

Life does not come from non life. That's absurd there is way more evidence of Jesus Christ ten for any other paradigm claiming exclusivity. You can't say that faith in Christ is based on no evidence. Nice try ;)

[@Siscast]

statistical probability does not mean reality

[@jjhot254]

why is being gullible disparaging??

[@bigtxsdude]

WOW, he needs to find his safe zone ASAP …!!!!!

[@VadimBolshakov]

Cheesus crust!

[@1godonlyone119]

There is only one God.

[@slanteye75]

who cares if you were offended, boy in blue shirt? it's part of life so harden up.

[@mackdmara]

We are on a tiny speck. Why should God not love the tiny specks also?

[@OCDlosp]

legend has it that boy is still gullible to this day

[@JoshA0669]

Wow lol wow

[@henryjazire9234]

Only a fool says there's no God.

[@jamesbronson4380]

You have to have a master degree in patience with this kids: I believe that is possible that waves of water can Write on the sand: “John loves Marie”. Woooaaaoooo; it would be more honest to say: I have choose Not to believe in God.

[@autry33]

Why is there ALWAYS multiple people talking at the same time all at once while Cliffe is talking and people talking to each other as if Cliffe isn't there?

[@blacksheep3463]

When you're saying we observe life coming from life and then the guys steps up an says you believe because of a book 🤦

[@NHisways]

Is the Mr. Griffin story at the end a true story?

[@scottwood4933]

This is the problem with kids today, too soft.

[@oceanceaser44]

Everything that has a beginning has a cause? is that you way of getting out of explaining God's cause?

[@ChannelMath]

3 sets of the same book contains the same information as one of that book, unless you account for the small chance differences, but in that case one book has much more information than my dna

[@JamesAnthonyBro]

Atheist get mad when a person tells them the truth meaning subjective morally can't be lived out in terms of what truly matters in life.

[@gijoe9304]

That boy is so gullible. I hope he finds Jesus before its too late.

[@rbrack54]

The Idea that your actions is better than using words to relay to Gospel is the biggest weed in the Gospel garden. It is both arrogant and foolish to think the way you live your life other than how Christ did is will bring people to God better than the spoken words of the Gospel. It stems from the old silly statement. "Always preach the Gospel and when necessary use words." Bad Idea!