Give Me an Answer -
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- 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.
That guy was a blessing and you could really see the gospel begining to make sense to him. I'll be praying that he meditates on what you said and comes to a faith in the living Christ. Well done and God bless you Cliffe.
Masterful job by Cliffe directing this sincere young man to God and reality.
Great conversation, one of the best I've witnessed. Cliff you're the man!(in Christ)
@busterkey l. relax
😆🤣😂😹😆🤣 I love the 80s sitcom intro.
Me too Thank you JESUS
Is anyone here in 2024. GOD FIRST 💕
I am🤓
Yup
This was really good, Cliffe. You definitely gave this kid something to think about!
He knows it's wrong to think about babies that way; he's trying Create confusion in Cliff's rationale. Pretending that he could be convinced but he really just wants to seem smart even though he has no argument.
I can’t get enough Cliff or John Lennox videos since I’ve turned to Christ’s teachings. Love it!
The intro is hilarious (in a good way) it comes off like a intro to a sitcom lol
wow this guy is right! i was wrong the whole time. it's really my TV and iphone that make me happy. There is such an ever growing problem with societies tolerance that lets people get away with ignorance and silliness. Thanks Cliffe for doing this. Helping people think. It is so refreshing when it seems that there are so many who don't honestly question themselves. God bless.
Cliff thanks for being a blessing. God Bless
The man's response for the question at 08:58 is what makes this one of my favorite videos. This is one of my favorite clips of Cliff because they both seem genuine in their articulation of their perception.
3:58 is gold. God makes the world much more complex, cause he’s so ambiguous.
I JUST REALLY LOVE THIS VIDEO!!! PRAISE GOD!!! HALLELUJAH!!!🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 AMEN!!!🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️❤️
Thank you Jesus this young man is seeing it..this is amazing to see
You’re amazing Cliffe ❤️
I also love how generations of people have had their morals based on God's morality and now that we have reached a plateau we can honestly say that we don't need God to determine morality. We have climbed the moral ladder through the teachings of God and now all of a sudden we think we can kick the ladder away and stand on our own? ... silliness.
Cliffe this was great!
Wow Cliffe you touched my heart on this one. Very powerful stuff. I pray that young man is a followe of Chruat now.
I love hearing this guy making sense of god
Been blessed to have all theses videos to watch and learn and have questions answered that I’ve had. Probably one of my favorites. Thank you Cliffe. I hope to witness you one day! ❤
Good question, given me something to think about for the week :)
Fantastic
it's amazing how people deny their conscience, reason and experience, just so they can say there is no God...
20:34 is the point where the kid really gets it. ..so amazing he just listened...he received Christ in that moment!!!
Great video
I love these videos! Keep doing this because our culture needs this. I hope more follow in your footsteps.
I have one critique...check out the truth of the crusades...they were a defense against the muslims attacking the holy land and christendom of the east. They asked Rome to come and help. Not that people didn't do wrong things, however, the crusades were in principle, defensive.
I was thinking the same thing. I have a lot of respect for Cliffe, I'm guessing you do, too, yet sometimes I find myself thinking that a given topic he addresses might not be the most accurate take on it.
God has done an extremely good job in reaching you: You are thinking about him right now.
Learning
There's lots of reasons people don't believe in God or d existence of God, and lots of it has to do with upbringing (experience). Preconceived notions as Pastor Cliffe pointed to is why Naaman d Syrian army commander almost didn't get healed (2kg5:9-13). We need to keep praying for unbelievers.
All human beings know for certain that God's unique qualities and activities are factual,
and this includes you.
The guy looks like Eddie Redmayne from the movie "The Theory of Everything". Like 👍 if you agree 😊😊😊
@KickAss19871 too right. he makes kick ass vids!!!
Iearn
To quote Dr. John Lennox: "Life has ragged and raw edges. All of us in this world will suffer, feel pain and despair. The question, is there any evidence that God can be trusted with those ragged edges? And I would say there is evidence God can be trusted and it's this: the central claim of Christianity is that Jesus is God incarnate; his very name means "savior", he announced he was going to die for human sin. If Jesus is God and he died, what is God doing on a cross? One thing that tells me, at the very least, is that God has not remained distant from human suffering, but has himself become part of it. That's one side, the other side is also at the center of Christianity is an empty tomb; there is where the Resurrection is meaningful. If Jesus is God and is raised from the dead, and God really does love us, then ultimately God is a god of compensation. One day, when we see what God has done with those who have suffered innocently in the world and screamed for justice but there was none, we will be calm and at peace and will have no more questions."
cliff is teh man.
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Except, Jesus' fundamental teachings says to love others as He loved us (ie, to the point of self sacrifice and unconditionally), to forgive and love our enemies, to serve, to be humble, to feed the poor and cloth the naked, to bear the fruits of the spirit etc. The truth claims are fundamentally different between Islam and Christianity. Islam says u have to work to get to heaven. Jesus says it is a free gift from God. Is Jesus reliable or not? is Jesus speaking the truth or not?
He doesn't need our love. Why can't you understand that? We need HIS. God doesn't owe us anything, yet Jesus sacrificed himself FREELY to show us Mercy and Grace. This is the best news you could have, that you can be freely forgiven and made righteous even tho we don't deserve it. All it takes is humility to confess that WE NEED GOD.
Without God, none of us could exist, and yet we do.
I believe in nothing and nothing made everything 😂
the guy has a point , faith in a Sovereign God is, to an extent, " time period " or " era " dependent ... and more evident is the fact the invaluable work of the Holy Spirit is central to at least accepting what the bible says even if most of the time adequate if not full encompassing explanations are not readily available for the time being.
Skills
If you read the Bible, you should understand the difference between Israel's Theocracy, the law, the old covenant and the new covenant after Jesus' life, death and resurrection...
Obviously you don't understand the Bible or haven't read it in context. What did Jesus teach? What are the two most important commandments? Jesus was dying on the cross and forgave his enemies and He said about those who tortured and hanged him, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." He commands us to love God with all our hearts, and to love others as ourselves. To love others as He loved us unconditionally. To serve, to forgive, to love our enemies. What did Jesus say?
"The universe is simpler than the universe plus God"
And the Golden Gate Bridge is simpler than the Golden Gate plus an architect.
god does interact with reality. every day. just because he hasnt preformed a miracle for you doesn't mean god doesnt exist. i have heard testimonies of eyewitnesses of outstanding miracles, ive witnessed something on the lines of a miracle, or a beautiful coincidence. but miracles exist.
Einstein never said he was a theist Cliffe should stop saying things he knows is false. Einstein was an agnostic and a religious non-believer. Humans have value to humans. Cliffe also can live his Christianity out consistently. 16:40 great point.
why are you lying to yourself? you know Einstein created the fudge factor. if we could put God in a test tube that would be a useless god.
Why don't you watch those clips again, that I sent you. There's more than one video in there so watch all of them, then make up your mind afterwards. If you still don't think demons are real, you are either blind or brainwashed.
We need to raise Hitchens from the grave
Except, I already gave you plenty of other arguments to back up that claim, which you seem to enjoy ignoring for some reason.
Modern science has proven conclusively that the universe had a beginning.
Everything that has a beginning has a cause external to itself.
Therefore, the universe has a cause external to itself,
and one who decided to cause the universe at a specific point in time.
That cause must necessarily be a person of unimaginably abundant power
and unimaginably abundant intelligence.
Only God fits that description.
All creation cries out. Only the fool says in his heart there is no God. It's a heart issue not a science one.
You are missing the key piece. Not only does Jesus take our place and makes us free and reconcile us to God, but he CHANGES us once we are born again, so that we are no longer sinners but saints. He gives us a new heart with new desires and we become new creations in Christ. God doesn't need us. We need God, and Jesus' sacrifice gave us the OPPORTUNITY to be FORGIVEN, FREED, SAVED, BLESSED, HEALED, and have ETERNAL LIFE. Jesus was a real person who walked this earth. Read the gospels
Yes, not united in Christ. Trust. We must depend on each other, Community.
Act 2:44-46
When one says love god and accept god, that means receiving God's forgiveness of sins in Jesus Christ and acknowledging him as who he says he is. It's not a choice of deciding to love god and if we chose not to, then we are going to hell. We have already sinned and are already headed to hell. It's the choice of receiving God's forgiveness of sins and being reconciled, or getting what we ALREADY deserve.
God revealed the scriptures, not man.
It is truth, because it is proven in my life as reality as well. And I gave you plenty of evidence on the reliability of the gospels and the reliability of Jesus Christ. Obviously, you haven't read the gospels or you didn't understand it. Again, I will point you to read the Gospels. What did Jesus say? I also gave you plenty of links that shows the POWER of Jesus Christ. The power to heal, cast out demons and save. Let that show you the truth of Jesus.
@pmuaddib12 Why compare the Bible to the Koran? You can't make such comparison unless you understand both. The Old testament is God's dealing with the nation of Israel, under a theocracy, for the coming of Christ. The nations in war against Israel were a nation under judgement and sin. Read the New Testament, read Jesus' teachings, and the sermon on the mount. And ask yourself if what he says doesn't make sense in light of your conscience.
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools
Primitive in technological sense sure. But the whole point was the moral teachings. The gospels are the most historically accurate books in antiquity. Don't believe the lies.
Angry voice = This boy can not accept an absolute morality when it comes to abusing a child and as Cliffe says, he will never be able to live it out if somebody actually sexually abuses his child, he will go ballistic and will immediately desire retribution if someone did this to his child.
The commandments are written in your conscience. Is that man made?? NO. These commandments are not subjective but universal truth. It points to a Creator. A Moral law giver above the minds of men, and subjective opinions.
You didn't look at all of it. You're just dismissing it with a wave of your hands because you don't like the implications of it. You don't like that Jesus Christ is real, that there is responsibility for sins, and a judgement. Why do you keep saying human sacrifice? Jesus Christ was God in the flesh, and died and was resurrected
how are people from 2,000 years ago primitive?? Read Jesus' teachings. They are the most wise and morally true teachings EVER, that people STILL apply to, to this day. They are UNIVERSAL TRUTH. The Bible is not a single book, but a collection of books all written by different authors, time periods, and locations pointing to Jesus Christ. I thought you read it before, yet you don't even understand this? Show me a more historically accurate book in antiquity than the Bible
Jesus claimed He was the truth and was God in the flesh. Mohammad claimed Jesus was lying and was just a prophet. Read the Koran then. Read the Gospels. What is more reliable? Who makes sense? What does reality correspond with? Truth claims by definition is EXCLUSIVELY. They can't BOTH be True. I am just telling you to seek Truth. Read the Gospel of John. If you don't believe, ask God to help you to find Truth. Isn't that what all of this is about?
Einstein knows now, don't be like Einstein and fight God, turn to Him, He loves you, He sent His Son to die for you.
When Cliffe talks about a little child having intrinsic value at about 10:00 minutes, can we not also say all animals also have intrinsic value to their species. Can it not be argued that us killing animals for our benefit is morally wrong?, what gives us the right to kill animals. We can happily survive as a species by not eating meat. Why not let animals live out their full lives aswell as us?
Are you saying children are the same as animals?
Charles Gable Not quite Charles. Cliffe was talking about children having intrinsic value and where it comes from. I'm sure from his point of view, a child's intrinsic value comes from God, I was just making the point that all living things have an intrinsic value at some level, and it doesn't necessarily have to be God given. I think evolution can give a good answer to why children have value.
+bonnie43uk Why does a child have value if there is no God? It does not have any value, its just a bunch of atoms that evolved from some chemical "soup" millions of years ago. Who cares? Why should you care about a child? It has no value, you have no value, nobody has any value. We are all bunch of chemicals evolved to the point where we somehow can speak. Who cares!
bonnie43uk what Alexander said.
Alexandar Ostojic I'm amazed you have to ask that question Alexander, 'just a bunch of atoms..evolved from some chemical soup' I don't know many people who would agree with that description, its funny, the only people who use this term are Christians to try and demean the atheist position it would seem. Its like you are cramming 4.5 billion years of evolution and what that entails, into a silly sound bite. Its like me describing the known universe as 'a bunch of stars', the reality is far far far far far more incredible and awe inspiring. It doesn't matter which religion you follow or even if you don't believe in God, every parent will cherish its child. I'm sure you're not claiming that only Christians will love their children, we are essentially animals evolved to a higher order, but you will find all animals care for their young. You could equally ask why does a dog or a cat care for their young?. I don't know of any atheist who regards caring for a child as a worthless exercise, we nurture them so they can grow into responsible adults and enjoy the fruits of life. Are you seriously telling me Alexander that if you found out there was no God tomorrow, that your life would become meaningless?, if you had children you would lose all love for them, and they would just become meaningless 'bunches of atoms' ?. That is crazy as I see it my friend.
Why does it matter whether or not I was in Afghanistan? That doesn't change anything. Tell me then how Muslims in the middle-east see Jesus Christ in visions and dreams and are saved, when there are no Christians around. How does that happen??
Another human being can't take your place or your sins. But guess what, you missed the KEY POINT AGAIN. Jesus Christ is GOD in HUMAN flesh. Only God can take away our sins and that's what Jesus Christ did
Basically the same? You're kidding right? Jesus Christ makes more sense than anything else in the world, and He is entirely reliable is my point. Read the bible to answer your own questions. What human sacrifice are you even talking about?? I think you're just ignorant of the Bible and what it even says...
Who said I was more worthy than anyone else?? People are born where they are born because their parents live there. Are you not familiar with how this world works?? People like u heard of Jesus plenty of times and yet u reject him. So u are worse off than those who havent heard. God is JUST and He will do what is Just and Right. Jesus died for ALL people. That is why there are Christian missionaries trying to preach the gospel truth to people all over the world.
Jesus Christ came in the perfect time, and shed His blood for ALL people. I don't know why God didn't come sooner. But I know God is more wiser than I ever could be, so who am I to question Him on when and why? are you so much smarter?
How does genetic confirm that Adam and Eve are fables??
Wow, just wow...You failed to give a more historical book in antiquity than the Bible, yet you question God about not having Jesus being born in China (while completely ignoring the nation of Israel and the old convenant), because the amazing historicity doesn't live up to YOUR standard? Just stop...
Please at least TRY to understand what the Christian's fundamental teachings are and what Christians believe in before rejecting it or ridiculing it. Stop being ignorant
You can't paint with such a wide brush. Your experience doesn't trump everyone else's, and your reality doesn't apply to everyone else. Guess what, there are millions of born-again Chinese Christians, who were indoctrinated into a atheistic government, so there goes your argument of 99%. And I became a born again Christian in my senior year of college so there goes your argument again. People can actually think for themselves and make up their own minds, believe it or not...cont.
I gave you evidence of miracles. It's not my problem you don't believe it, and are blind to the evidences
Hi Siscast, I am reading your comments, but i can't see any of my reply comments to you. How are you doing my friend.
Just because you state something doesn't mean it didn't happen or it's true. Do you rather believe that we evolved from a single cell to the complexity of now, through billions of years of random change in alleles? So your life shows no moral absolutes, and no good, evil, intangibles of life such as love, justice, and forgiveness? Your stance is much more unbelievable than the obvious creation that is right in front of you. You have a conscience don't you?
Okey, if that standard doesn't meet up to your historical accuracy, please tell me of a single book in antiquity that is more historically accurate. If not, you are being a hypocrite with a unreasonable double standard. Why can't you see your own prejudice??
Your understanding is absurd, I agree. But guess what, you are completely misunderstanding Christianity and you are ridiculing something you made up in your own mind. The scriptures says we are given a free will. Free will to obey or disobey God (sin), to love or rebel (sin). People chose to sin, so God made a way to show mercy and grace, while satisfying Justice and His Holiness through the death of Jesus. Because without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sin.
Because this kid is looking so hard I believe he will, in the end, turn to Christ.
if there were a god trying to reach us..bingo. God is not in our image, what a pathetic god that would be. God's plan was Jesus on a cross, dead. why? He loves you beyond measure.
What a great dialog