Give Me an Answer -

Cliffe Knechtle has a great conversation with college students at a campus in the southwest US.
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 was an extremely effective way to reach a large number of university students with the Gospel of Christ.

[@skymon09]

Hey, all I know is that when I became "born again"..my old vices don't rule me anymore...and I'm able to forgive others of some very deep wounds..My battle is no longer with people. I'm free...its a process..its love, its having a heart for others... it is challenging at times...but it is reality to me.. Christ in me.

[@YENKOGT]

So... 9 years later, how things going?

[@p.as.in.pterodactyl1024]

I'm currently struggling with porn. I've noticed an improvement since I started being more serious in my commitment to Christ, but it's still a struggle. What's quite scary is I've even had times when, mid-temptation, God/Jesus crosses my mind, and yet I STILL fail. That's scary, but nevertheless, I've noticed an improvement since regaining a more serious commitment to Christ... I pray to do better next time temptation rolls around. And the time after that. And the time after that. Ad infinitum. Maybe at some point, the temptation won't even be there in the first place, that would be great, but even if that doesn't happen I pray to be equipped to overcome such temptations.

[@klaus6802]

@@p.as.in.pterodactyl1024 how is it going?

[@randomreviews1461]

Jesus Christ in the truth. God bless you.

[@VainFriggus]

@@p.as.in.pterodactyl1024 how you doing now? It gets easier

[@DailyMynt]

His thought process at 14:00 of saying that we can’t quote Jesus would also lead us to believe that he doesn’t believe in any recorded history up until the voice and video recorder were invented,

[@SeanAG86]

I love that Cliffe listens! Listening is something that most Christians don't do. AWESOME!!!!

[@JohnjOcampo]

Atheists hardly ever listen.

[@whereisthehook]

People always assume that people hundreds of years ago were idiots and didn't understand their own language, much less how to read. But, these people had nothing to do all day, no distractions, no Internet. They perfected the arts, they made better bread, they had the most prolific philosophers. I guarantee you, they copied the scriptures correctly, I guarantee you that more than 10% knew how to read and I promise you that this current generation is not wiser.

[@vanessaarini2136]

👏🏻well said 👌🏻

[@apexlawn]

Thank you for going to UT for over 25 yrs, been watching you since 1992 on Austin Access Channel and now KZbin. Praise God for you Cliff.

[@cane03]

Great stuff!! This is some awesome motivation for me, and should be for other followers of Christ. May God continue to strengthen you Mr. Cliff!

[@toolman8538]

Slow down bro, take a breath...God is love. Listen

[@danielb6307]

"Nobody wins those debates" LoL so true!!!

[@MoralDecay]

Cliffe is amazing

[@creepsi44]

I love these episodes cliffe. Keep up the good work. Im learning a lot from these. Thank you.... God bless...

[@RosannaMiller]

Beautiful! Amen!

[@wildmansamurai3663]

It's horseshit.

[@RosannaMiller]

***** So, why is that?

[@wildmansamurai3663]

+Rosanna Miller common sense and all religions are complete nonsense... god is a myth.

[@RosannaMiller]

***** Ok, thanks for sharing your opinion. Feel better? Now move on.

[@wildmansamurai3663]

+Rosanna Miller facts, đeal with it .

[@somerandom7672]

This was actually brilliant. So many great points on either side. My mind feels like it's just been fed and massaged in a hot soapy bath.

[@numinous4789]

It's great to see open dialogues occurring. It's also great to see how reason and rationale are often departed from in critiques of Christianity while, ironically, those doing so try to project it onto the Christian. In the words of Ravi Zacharias, "Let my people think."

[@shayonsmith]

Brilliant discussion Cliff....the world is so lost, so many ideologies floating around that it has folks confused, the Devil is the author of confusion. God is holy...holy means one...integrity means one...God wants us to be holy, one like Him. What we say is what we do, not like a hypocrite, an actor, wo wears a mask.

[@bonnie43uk]

The first girl with the blonde hair asked some good questions, I'm not sure she was fully convinced by Cliffe's answers. Good debate though.

[@izzygee2216]

God bless you sir! 🙏🏽❤️✝️

[@mattjohnson8972]

i can even begin to thank you enough for what you do Cliff but i will thank you so much :)

[@JCSAVESSALVA1718]

Amen, Many times. Congrats on your witness Mr. Knechtle. :)

[@edwinmartinez1241]

Best 30min worth watching & digesting! 👌🏽

[@mattprice443]

Cliff knectle and Jordan Peterson discussion would be fun

[@tnmusicman1]

Way to go, Cliff!

[@joespicer]

your videos are so compelling, don' stop Cliff.

[@tnmusicman1]

Oh man, I would LOVE to hear the debate between Cliff and O'hair!! I'm amazed he could keep his temper in check because I remember how disrespectful Madalynn was.

[@crusoebower3391]

Kid just got pumped

[@salchim_karakat]

Final debate, Cliffe owned

[@elizabethshaw734]

I can certainly quote another person!

[@mygodisyahweh8093]

ITS SO INTERESTING

[@1godonlyone119]

They are demonstrated to all human beings every day.

[@mosesmoise9897]

Cliffe, you are blessed

[@dperkins01]

Cliffe is asserting things he could not possibly know. Saying god wasn't lonely is an assertion, if you can be jealous then you can be lonely and have other human emotions.

[@dogelife7901]

Man that opening.

[@CuauhtemocVasquez-ld8cn]

Wow ! How do university students become so scatter brained? 4 questioned followed by 2 or 3 points followed by another question. Dude , let Kliff answer.🙏

[@johnsharman8124]

this guy is all over the place

[@ernestovillegas3324]

This campus always has fire debates

[@gabrielarrieta4778]

This guy is the man!!!!!!

[@1godonlyone119]

Red and green are perceptions of waves. Those perceptions exist objectively. Therefore, red and green exist objectively.

[@JustErik92]

I can't believe he's 67 years old. He looks the same still as he does in all these videos which are really old

[@okLaptop1]

On the other hand, infinite joy in heaven isn't fair reward either since we are sinners. It balances out.

[@user-df2ml4ro9v]

Numbers 6:24-26, Deuteronomy 28, Joshua 1:7-8 Matthew 6:9-15 & 12:31-32 Romans 10:9-13, 11 Peter 3:9,

[@elizabethshaw734]

When I was 7 years old me and my seven-year-old friend said what if we are part of somebody's dream? Those questions don't come up for a seven-year-old. It had to have come from outside of us and I believe because of the question that it was God asking the question.

[@oceanceaser44]

Cliffe asked "why does it[love] have to mutual?" Sure you can subscribe to the ethical egoist view that one should act only out of self interest, however it is inconsistent with the belief that anybody should treat you well. If you believe that you should be treated well (which is a necessary thing if you want to live a comfortable life), to be logically consistent you must also admit that anybody (actually everybody) should be treated well, and that.That gives you a reason to treat others well.

[@selenejohn-baptiste4545]

People needs to acknowledge that the Almighty God the king and creator of the universe protected his word. And no matter how old the bible is he made sure that it's contents were protected. You just have to believe.

[@ambidex0med]

+Selene John- Baptiste Based on a book. No evidence. Just blind faith. Sounds like a brilliant idea to stay stuck in the mental stone age doesn't it.

[@ArsEdits1]

+llIH There is evidence that a Jesus Christ was born, died and resurrected from the dead.

[@ambidex0med]

luciano freitas No evidence of resurrection though

[@selenejohn-baptiste4545]

+llIH Psalm 14, 1 states: Only a fool says in his heart there's no God....and I am of that opinion, so it really doesn't matter what you or any other atheist has to say. You've got your opinion and I've got mine.

[@ambidex0med]

Selene John- Baptiste Yeah but opinion isn't evidence. That's the problem.

[@okLaptop1]

I miss the old Give Me An Answer song

[@okLaptop1]

You said this: "And if you don't believe in him, he's going to torture you". Before I even entered the conversation, you had made a statement alluding to hell and the afterlife. Therefore, you have an idea or image of hell, even if you don't believe it. Can you describe that world to me? Is hell a physical place in time and space? In it, are people actual physical human beings, with skin and hair and legs etc.?

[@robelbenyam7]

I hope to speak like you one day

[@andrewdevore4799]

What does cliffe mean when he says, "most of whom are still living" even though that happened over 2000 years ago?

[@abqpaladin]

@ 6:00 Cliffe talks about attributes of God and why did he create us. He uses the example of love, and yes I believe that God can express love to Himself because God is made up of 3 persons. But there are things that a Holy God can not show to himself, for example ..... Grace. God, being holy, possesses grace but He does not need grace and thus doesn't have a way to show it to Himself. God also does not need mercy or forgiveness. These attributes God can demonstrate by offering them to us, fallen people who need them. This is just one reason that God created us.

[@stevelovesgod]

Steven Young they may not be a reason he created us, but a reason he saved us. He could have created us because he wanted to make a kingdon. It's like us creating an ant farm with intricate ways for the ants to get food. Ppl ask why do that? We'll know once God defeats hell and death in his kingdom on earth, after the 2nd resurrection.

[@1godonlyone119]

Yes, I do. Thanks for asking!

[@gregariousguru]

If there is utopia in this life, there is no life of learning and understanding difference. If there is no evil, and everything is perfect, free will would cease to exist. You can't have compassion without sorrow. Patience without obstacles Victory without defeat Etc

[@chad969]

"If there is no evil, and everything is perfect, free will would cease to exist." Before evil existed, did God have free will?

[@IsraelIsaiah]

AMAZING! Loved it!

[@ToastyMcGrath]

To make clear the properties, meaning, and connotations of a word. Now please define "exist."

[@AyWoe]

The guy's UFO example didn't age well now that the government has released documents about all the UFOs they've known about XD haha

[@christoffesedao3579]

He didn’t base any argument on ufo’s existing or not existing did he? UFO’s have no impact on Yeshua. UFO’s are not new and did not need any government to make them credible. Government is the least trusting source to rely on. The Fallen angels have been using technology for millennia. They have created the final deception. There are most certainly aliens, but they are not who they claim to be and are not from where they claim. They are a lame deception orchestrated by Fallen Angels. This is a real material deception in the physical perpetrated by Lucifer and the Fallen Angels to deceive and destroy. They are not from “outer space” like pop culture taught you. Of course governments are releasing info now because they are run by the ruler of this earth - Lucifer. The deception has been in the works for centuries. Turn to Yeshua, He is faithful to respond and wash you of your sins. -Blessings

[@fishjj76]

Where are you on the Easter Bunny?

[@1godonlyone119]

You are not the judge, God is the judge.

[@johnarmstrong6940]

Just a correction, Cliffe says one God, three beings around the 6:25 mark. It may have just been a accidental slip of words, but Christians believe One God, three distinctive persons. The word God is referring to being.

[@dragonnma5946]

Amen

[@swamislocal1]

Thanks for the upload! Keep em comin!

[@elizabethshaw734]

20 to 70 years after Christ's death it is written about. That is the shortest time span of any first hand historical document written. The apostles were still alive at that time at least some of them.

[@brnt034]

"I'm in intro to the New Testament this semester and my professors say that it is inconsistent and the resurrection of Jesus isn't true" LOL She isn't at a Bible College! This is a secular university that scoffs at Christianity and praises scientific materialism!

[@thattimestampguy]

3:45 • Empty Tomb • People Saw Him 5:34 What does the historical evidence point to? 6:05 It was NOT NECESSARY I DO NOT KNOW 6:25 1 yet 3 I don’t know why he chose to create us 7:30 Motivation & worth 7:55 Evil breeds off of God’s Creation 8:32 Limits power to grant Free Will to his creations 9:07 God’s Character prevents him from being Evil God is He not It 9:36 He has personhood 9:57 Hell is Total Separation from God 10:54 Hell Is The Destruction of Evil 11:53 He respects us 13:22 Eye Witnesses Heaven True? Heaven Not True? No Truth = We’re All Believing Whatever We Want 17:16 I don’t create reality, I need to get in touch with reality “They’re following their own path.” It’s a logical conclusion of your worldview that ALLOWS EVIL 19:03 Whose says Love must be mutual? - The Majority of Humans Don’t violate human beings Don’t violate Justice God will punish that violation 20:50 Law of Non-Contradiction works everywhere 21:37 Every philosophy has hypocrites. There are total hypocrites. That’s horrible. But the Bible lays basis for Self-Critique. 22:33 Marx, Nietzche 23:02 Hypocrisy is pretending to be something you are not Purity Trust Obedience Focus Alertness 24:02 Overturned the tables God is concerned for Purity of Heart 25:16 How did you become horribly scarred? - Burned hands acting in Pure Love are Beautiful

[@jasonstrange1490]

"COuldn't God have dealt with evil in a more direct fashion?" - He did with His Son on a cross, in time and space.

[@rockerobertson4002]

The stupid god killed a million plus people. Satan only killed 12 or so. I'm thinking one of them is nicer than the other. I'd be picking satan as my friend. If any of these myths were actually real.

[@jasonstrange1490]

@@rockerobertson4002 Satan introduced the rebellion...sin leads to death, that's why you and I will die one day. Sin isn't external but internal, it's inborn...we are born into it. We are born into a fallen world with fallen hearts and minds bent on hating God, not loving him. That's why Jesus said, You must be born again to enter the Kingdom. A spiritual birth, and until that happens you remain as you are...a partner in Satan's destructive plan for the human race serving at his footstool unknowingly bending your knee to him and fighting against Jesus Christ. Satan has caused the chaos and carnage, but you are an actor or participant in it, and you've seemed to already chosen your side. You can pretend it's all a fantasy, but in reality Jesus did all that is recorded by those who knew him as eye witnesses to His coming.

[@jasonstrange1490]

@@rockerobertson4002You say, You'd be picking Satan as your friend....what if he's picked you already? Your comments give rise to that evidence that your heart is alignment with his ancient narrative and you are his marionette.

[@rockerobertson4002]

@@jasonstrange1490 Id rather have him than your killer genocidal god. But then again, I don't believe ancient stories, so I don't have to believe and worry about it. Life is so much better when you don't have to worry about sin, heaven, hell. Please think about what you are saying. Does it sound sane? Stay safe. Have a great day.

[@jasonstrange1490]

@@rockerobertson4002 Genocidal God where? Show me, and give me biblical context. God does destroy evil as its opposed to His nature and will. Then again, this is His world and he can do with what belongs to him. A Good God brings evil and evil men into judgment. Part of the evil is His denial to what is self evident. (Roman's 1) Either the world was created by an Intelligent Being or it Created itself. What's more rational? Blind processes or guided processes? Guided because it makes sense in a world full of thinking, creating, minds. You have a fairy story that you hope ends well but your hope is not based in anything rational but your own subjective prejudice. I point to an external objective source that is top down, not bottom up. I sit in very good company of others throughout the millenia who have said exactly the same thing.

[@ChiefCedricJohnson]

Proverbs 14:6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

[@mattbelanger5071]

People were smarter 7 years ago (from a current uni student)

[@1godonlyone119]

Red and green are objectively real.

[@ToastyMcGrath]

Yes, as concepts.

[@stemknobley8023]

Verily,verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born again he shall not enter the kingdom of God.John 3:3 KJV.

[@okLaptop1]

Technically, hell isn't necessarily "torture". Hell is simply full separation from God, because God's holy nature is incompatible with unrepentant sin. However, because all goodness comes from God in the first place, hell is essentially a place devoid of any good. That's why Christians describe hell as a kind of despair that no one could imagine, and the imagery of a fiery pit and physical pain is simply a metaphor.

[@1godonlyone119]

Yes, red and green are perceptions: The perceptions are real. Therefore, red and green are real.

[@AlphaAchilles]

I’ve never seen someone so thoroughly dismantled as he did to that new age spiritualism beanie kid.

[@okLaptop1]

Oh for sure, and I've had a few discussions with other Christians who think that. But I tend to lean towards the philosophical writings of Lewis on this one. Besides, how can there be physical pain when all that is left after death is spirit without a body?

[@Brucev7]

Had to laugh, when 'skeptical guy' brought up 'ol Bart....

[@scottjech]

Love these debates

[@ToastyMcGrath]

Because you want to be. But you're still making a very big gamble, and just don't want to face that fact.

[@ToastyMcGrath]

Well, nobody wants to think about being tortured, but I keep on getting threatened with hell all the time, and I think it's important to get these same people to consider what happens if THEY are wrong. Especially if they are wrong about what gets them into heaven or hell. Like I said, both possibilities are valid, yet it sounds like you would rather go to hell supporting war crimes instead of opposing them. And if your god didn't want anyone to go to hell, he wouldn't send them there.

[@Bak3dB3an]

Cliffe, you should check out this series: Sye Tennbrugencate's How to Answer the Fool.

[@TheRyuzaki3]

Whatever you believe Hell is- it's definitely not somewhere you want to be.

[@afrox4320]

My revelation is that God created humans fi love. He created us because He loves. He created us so that we could enjoy His love. Same way a husband and a wife make babies. To express their love. Giving up their freedom and funds to raise a child (a burden, some could say). Why? Because of their need to shower this being with all the love and blessings that they have the power to.

[@1godonlyone119]

No, I do not think that -- thanks for asking!

[@1godonlyone119]

All human beings know for certain that God's unique qualities and activities are factual, and this includes you.

[@ToastyMcGrath]

The thing is, for this question you can't use the bible. That's the point. You have to use your own reason and conscience. And every time I ask that of a believer it becomes immediately obvious that they are afraid to do that. They are somehow afraid to use their own mind to answer this, or maybe they're afraid to answer it because it involves a hypothetical that they are wrong about their bible. But if you truly believe you worship a loving and moral god, you need to seriously consider this.

[@vijayxvijay]

Firstly you need not be a rocket rocket scientist to debate Bart Ehrman. Boy : there is guy called Bart Ehrman Cliff: I have debated him ! ~~~ Classic !

[@ToastyMcGrath]

And infinite punishment for finite crimes is something you consider justice? I can't agree, OL.

[@1godonlyone119]

You are not the judge -- God is the judge.

[@ToastyMcGrath]

Then you should have no problem giving us a verifiable example. Go on.

[@thegreatest273]

I don’t think God limits his power. I think he simply doesn’t stop our free will. He never changes. Hence we stir up his wrath. Stirring up is someone getting slowly more angry. So he’s all just and not limited waiting for the day of judgement

[@ToastyMcGrath]

Well, it would depend on the myth or fictional universe we are talking about. In Star Wars, there is the Force, which entails its own version of this afterlife. In other genres it's kept more vague and mysterious. So I suppose I'd have to ask you what the qualities of an afterlife would be according to your beliefs, because there are so many others to go off of.

[@Bak3dB3an]

That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. 1 Corinthians 2:5 Witnessing Jesus healing and being healed is something no man can take away form you. The power of God supasses words and all understanding.

[@3in1god]

Amen!

[@oceanceaser44]

Well that is good to know thanks

[@clarencenatomagan9413]

i liked this one!!

[@Stewart_cx]

Why there never kinda finish

[@1godonlyone119]

Red and green exist objectively.

[@vescenceaudio9662]

Three persons. Three persons. Not three beings!

[@1godonlyone119]

Persons *are* beings.

[@hypocriticalme]

1GodOnlyOne not necessarily

[@1godonlyone119]

He knows for certain, and you failed to project your personal uncertainty onto him, despite your desperate attempt. He is right and you are wrong.

[@jelly7310]

A lot of people think hell is satan's realm or world. Including myself for a while. Satan is not the ruler or creator of hell.

[@lharamae3418]

If truth is relative, and you act based on what you "feel" then you can't tell a sadist that he is wrong for causing pain to someone, because that gives him pleasure. I mean, not all people think alike, I'm lucky i'm not brought up in a violent environment. but how about those who loves the thrill of inflicting violence . What's stopping them from exercising their relativism? If society is the ultimate source of morality, and what if society suddenly decides that eating fetus is beneficial to health, just like they have in China, what will it be like.

[@johnabraham2777]

Lhara Mae ‘All truth is relative’, that statement either includes itself or excludes itself. If it includes itself then that means that statement is also relative which means it is not always true. If it excludes itself then it is posing an absolute while denying that absolutes actually exist. So when one says that all truth is relative, one either includes it or excludes it and either way, you have destroyed the idea. It is a self-defeating proposition. - Ravi Zacharias

[@1godonlyone119]

There aren't any such videos.

[@1godonlyone119]

Define "make clear."

[@dusanplavsic413]

Very smart man :)

[@Bak3dB3an]

ok, like which questions? it seems to me like people who refute him, can't actually pin point the error in his questions because they hold up to exploration.

[@ToastyMcGrath]

Oh, and I'll happily accept your apology for falsely calling me a liar.