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- Cliffe Knechtle has a good dialogue with students at Texas State University. Recorded in October 2015.
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.
I can't get enough of your video's! I love seeing someone defend our Lord. I really appreciate your ministry. ThankYOU!
My caregiver and her children are from Africa and they are wonderfully strong Christians because they believe in Jesus Christ. They love others they do for others they have made my life so much better than it was and they don't have a whole lot. Many times I will order two of what I want and give her the second one. We help each other and it gives me joy in Christ that we do that.
Thank GOD ( I AM THAT I AM ) in the name of JESUS!!!
In John 8:24 Jesus states: "For unless you believe that I am, you will die in your sins", and later the crowd attempts to stone Jesus in response to his statement in John 8:58: "Before Abraham was, I am".
I find it hard to open a book and study but this motivates me too do so and I’m Learning so much ! Keep the videos coming THANK YOU!
Why are we this way? Everytime I open a book I wanna fall asleep! I'm talking even if I've had 15 hours of sleep!
@@SOULSafeProductionZ haha some of us are better visiual learner's but we should do things we don't like, reading is essential for us.
This was incredible! My favorite so far :)
These are great, I think I learn more through these videos than I do in church.
Your insights have been popping up into my witness. Thank you!! God bless you and yours, in Jesus' mighty name!!
One of my favorite.
Amen 🙏🏽 God bless you!
Thank you brother in Christ. God's wisdom is given to you. Praise Jesus for your work in the ministry.. 🙌😇🙏
So good🙏🏽❤️ man..so glad I found these videos
Seems like on most of the video, homosexuality is one of the major issue of disagreement towards the bible and God.
And Cliffe explained it brilliantly that any sexual relationship outside the marriage between man and a woman, be it hetero or homosexual both are against God's will.
You’re amazing Cliffe ❤️
yeaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!!! cliffe video
Good job Cliffe!
beyond Truth
great video Cliff. keep up the good work.
I'd like to see one of the videos when he visited MIT.
Cliffe went hard on this one. Good video!
Dude left Christianity because is was an uninformed follower of people not a follower of Christ with a sound foundation. This is shown in the fact he believes Islam came before christianity
We still follow some of the Old testament laws but the Old testament has passed away due to Jesus Christ and the New covenant with God's people.
Most don't realize the new covenant is the old covenant now in your hearts and minds. Sin is still sin, nothing changed.
@12:14 wow that guy is really ignorant he said Islam came before Christianity. Wow the ignorance
Soooooooooo building a church, but saw people in cardboard boxes, and gave them only one hotdog in celebration of building that church, first as if that's a bad thing? Second, so this one instance that former "Christian" felt a moral obligation to judge all of Christianity and the Word of Christ in one fell swoop because of an uneasy feeling experienced during a mission trip?
Wow! That is arrogant presumption! On top of the fact that what they did was indeed a good thing. But it seems that he withheld talking about this "bad" experience to a pastor or another church leader or seeking another church? Nope! One hotdog, dump Christ for Buddha.
That seriously makes me question the sincerity of his "faith" to begin with.
@askcliffe Just wondering your thoughts on this. Moses gave the certificates of divorce for the hardness of their hearts. Then we have King David after Batsheba. I’m not sure on the exact laws but have read that when Uriah as well as other soldiers have to give a certificate of divorce when they go to war in case they don’t come back. So was that Davids plan around sending him to war to be killed or because the act of adultery and wanting her as his wife and using his authority as king to cause the situation to go around sin of adultery but resulted in a planned murder of Uriah? Just wondering if his punishment of losing his son was for one or both or if he had a different punishment for both? When you look at chronicles it leaves that part out but then it’s shown in Samuel. So it seems like the writers of Chronicles were showing what they wanted the King of Israel to be like without the sin when they came out of the exodus if everything went right and that didn’t happen. Which it foreshadows with Jesus being that king they wanted in a way from Chronicles but wouldn’t accept him from wanting the messiah to be a warrior for revenge against Rome and there enemies showing us how amazing Jesus is. Just wondering your thoughts on this or if theres anything you can add or that I’m missing from this.
@10:43, Cliffe you just defined the Liberal left.
thanks for the video~^^
At 22:13 he basically says why do I have as much money and possessions as I do when starvation is the biggest killer in the world? The simple answer is economics. He happens to live in one of the more free economic countries in the world, which allows him to earn more wealth based on his skill and abilities. As to why he doesn't choose to give more of it away to charity, that is on him.
I like your name looks like you're a paul Gilbert fan
Did he say he didn't???? Or helping others???
TVPG was this on television?
A 20 year old's intelligence
Asking a smirking, naive 20yr old with little, if any meaningful life experiences what value they put on religion, democracy, free speech, morality, justice, or on another human life is often like trying to explain to a 3 yr old that fries and ice cream is not a good meal. We all learn the hard way. Wisdom and Self-knowledge only comes by failure. As Denzel Washington said to a graduation class"by failing big time. " We've nearly all been thru the stage that said,
"You know my parents learnt a great deal from me. They grew up a lot from when I left school until I was 25 or so
Those vaunted infant mortality rates -- do they include abortion? And now post-birth abortion?
So are we really that advanced after all?
There is a bunch of people living in boxes and we are traveling there helping them buy building infrastructure. That’s not right! Lol what logic ….
"I came out" "I didnt believe what I preached"
Sorry, but that is your fault. No study of scripture, denial of self, etc. Don't base Christianity being false off of that load of rubbish.
And btw I was bi in my teens as an Atheist.
How do I reconcile my feeling that some people deserve the death penalty with Christ? Open question to anyone who wants to answer. Thank you!
A very difficult question, i did hear cliffe talk about the anger you feel when someone hurts your loved one's and i have to agree, just because you feel anger towards that person does not mean you are wrong.
As far as getting revenge on that person i wouldn't advise it but if it's inside a court of law and the crime fits the bill then i don't see why as a juror you are morally incorrect on choosing the death penalty, i hope this helps on answering your question.
Is it just me, or did Cliffe leave us on a 'Cliffhanger' at 22:00? He mentioned that we have a cure for one of the worlds biggest problems 'starvation', .. then goes on to tell us that he has lots of money and possessions which I'm sure he was about to tell us why he doesn't give it to any number of Christian aid charities as I'm sure Jesus would tell him to do. ( Jesus tells the parable of the rich man and his possessions and what he needs to do in order to get into heaven), but Cliffe doesn't tell us why??. Maybe we will find out in Cliffe's next video.
Cliffe has spoken about this in many of these videos. JESUS had many friends who had money, Joseph of Arimathea being one of them. JESUS taught in the Parable of the Talents how being wise with your investments and use of money can lead to increased wealth. JESUS' command to the rich young ruler was not a blanket command for all people. The rich young ruler went away sad because money was more important than eternal life. We do not know what would have become of him if he had done what JESUS commanded.
The solution to ending world hunger is within our reach, but there are enough powerful people opposing that solution being realized than there are people working toward the solution. It is not enough to ask people to give up a little of what they have to help the needy. There are governments opposed to that aide being distributed. There are political ideologies that believe certain segments of society should be made to suffer unless they conform. If you enjoy and cherish your autonomy, shouldn't whole nations have that same freedom of autonomy?
Wesley Dickens Hi Wesley, yes, you make some good points. I was just a little confused why the video cut short when Cliffe mentioned he had lots of money and there was starvation in the world, he said it was an incredibly difficult question for him, ..but the video stopped before he told us how he resolves it in his own mind.
Yes, of course we should cherish and enjoy our autonomy, but we can still enjoy it by helping the needy if our bank balances are wealthy. I live on a fairly low income but still manage to give to various charities. I'm not saying Cliffe doesn't, but just going on what he said, maybe he has pangs of guilt that he could give more. I was hoping he was going to tell us why his wealth troubles him.. maybe he'll answer that in his next video.
add Nicodemus and Zacchaeus
Brucev7 Yes indeed Bruce, that's just a story in Luke, as I see it, he's saying it doesn't matter if you are rich or poor, if you believe in me, you will be saved. In Matthew, he seems to be saying the opposite and that if you want to reach the kingdom of heaven you have to give all your possessions to the poor. He seems to be giving out mixed messages here.
Why do you say that? Remember, by application the Bible is "spiritual" first. Material second.
1.46 SQUIRREL!!!
Cliffe makes an interesting point about 21:15 regarding racism, talking about using the bible for ones own means. As far as I know, Jesus didn't specifically talk about the wrongness of racism anywhere in the New Testament. What was stopping Jesus from outright condemning people who denounced people of a different color or ethnicity. Why not make it one of the central tenants of his sermons so that people were left in absolutely no doubt racism was wrong. Would the bible be a more moral book, or a less moral book had he done so?
There are many things that Jesus doesn't specifically address in the Bible but that can still be reasonably inferred to be wrong based on other words he's said and by looking at other passages in the Bible. For example, sure, Jesus never specifically says "racism is wrong", but he does tell us to love our neighbors as ourselves (in the gospels of Matthew and Mark), he does give us the Parable of the Good Samaritan (in Luke 10:30-37) and in Galatians 3:28 we are told that in Christ, "there is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus". We are all one and we are all neighbors who shall love God and each other as ourselves. Jesus died for the sins of all mankind, not just for the sins of one group of people with a certain race.
Jesus did denounce Racism
And what He did do was teach principles and values that would wipe out things like racism when taken into practice. For instance, just look at the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5-7) which taught supreme love for God and man.
He also specifically denounced racism when it came to His teaching of the Good Samaritan. He taught to the Jews, that even their detested neighbours from Samaria were to be treated like their brothers.
Jesus even ordered His Disciples to go out to "all tribes, nations, kindred, and peoples" (Rev. 14:7), and made His message and purpose for the world inclusive of all races (Acts 1:11; Matt. 24:14; Matt. 28:19)
And lastly, even Jesus' disciples brought the walls of separation between races down with teachings like Galatians 3:29, that says "there is no Greek nor Jew," but that in Christ, everyone is one.
So thats my answer.
Peace
nathan robson Hi Nathan,thanks for your reply, i think you may be slightly misunderstanding what I'm saying, at about 21 minutes in, Cliffe starts talking about some people possibly using the bible for their own means, it's such a big book with many different sayings,parables, commandments, that if you look, you can find passages that condone all kinds of behavior. You say he did denounce racism, you've mentioned the Sermon on the mount, this is my point, he does not specifically condemn racism in the Sermon on the mount, he says absolutely nothing about treating people of a different skin color with respect. He *could* have made a point about this and left nobody in any doubt whatsoever his views on people with a different skin color, but he didn't say anything. If Jesus is God, and God knows everything, God would have known that the American colonies ( and many other nations), would treat black slaves appallingly, they were treated worse than dogs. You didn't answer my question. Q: Had the bible specifically mentioned that treating people of a different skin color was an abomination, ( lets say one of the commandments from God read "Thou shalt not treat people of a different skin color with disrespect". Would the bible be a more moral book, or a less moral book? Surely to goodness having that tiny sentence included could only make the bible a more moral book. No other passage in the bible mentions skin color to the best of my knowledge. Include it in the 10 commandments and it really highlights it for the common man.. the layman would be left in no doubt as to how black men should be treated. Racism in the world today is a huge problem for many countries, especially if you happen to be black or brown.
Matheas Hi Matheas, just read your reply, thanks for getting back to me, I would refer you to my response to nathan, I would have written a similar reply to you. I think the same thing applies. Good to hear your thoughts though. It's an interesting topic.
bonnie43uk Hey bonnie, no problem mate. I read your response to nathan and I think both me and nathan have adressed your question with reasonable explanations based on passages in the Bible and/or specific words that Jesus spoke.
You would like the Bible to specifically mention and condemn racism, but what we're telling you is that it already does more than that. It doesn't specifically say "Thou shalt not treat people of a different skin color with disrespect" but it makes clear that we shall love our neighbors (in the Sermon on the mount) and help them regardless of where they are from (the Good Samaritan) and that we are all one regardless race/ethnicity and sex (Galatians 3:28) and even that we are to love our enemies.
If we are told to love even our enemies, is it not obvious that we are then also called to love our non-enemy neighbors who just happen to have a different skin color? If this is not obvious then you must argue that Jesus himself was a racist who said that we shall love our neighbors EXCEPT for our neighbors of a different race, and we are all one in Christ EXCEPT for races different from our own, which would probably be very hard to argue for.
On top of all of this, it is made clear in the Bible that Jesus died for ALL of mankind. Not just for the jews, not just for the gentiles, but for all of us.
God is Consciousness... reality is nondual... we are thoughts in God's Mind. ALL will is God's. Humans have ZERO free will.
I disagree, just because God is outside of time and space and has a much larger perspective than us does not mean he is writing down what you and me will do tomorrow.
@JohnjOcampo are u familiar with Advaita Vedantin thought? It explains it perfectly. Based upon the Upanishads. "GOD" is Existence/Reality. We merely appear in Consciousness, like a dreamer’s dream. We feel we have free will, but in reality we are not even separate things. Same as the dream world you watch playing out at night, full of other people and things are all really mind-stuff and simply play out the parts assigned to the dream. In reality, the dream is just Mind. Well, in reality WE are just Mind-stuff, aka Consciousness. Matter is not real. You are not real. Our thoughts are not real. Perceptions are not really real. And, if you don't grasp this line of thinking, are you familiar with Einstein's Block Universe? He also showed that past, present and future exist simultaneously, as one. No free will.
@@monkkeygawd you are quoting hinduism something i don't believe in and a bunch of other things that sound ridiculously to me.
You are more than capable of choosing to whether kill or not, is that not proof of free will?
@JohnjOcampo I'm describing nondual, Idealist version of Hinduism. No, you don't kill because I presume you're not a killer/killing isn't your path. If you did kill, then that would have been your path/your role unfolding in the dream of reality. But, you can't change roles.
@@monkkeygawd huh?
You cant be serious right now, if there is no free will then who chose the path of the killer? If you answer matter and energy did it then i will ignore you lol.
Homosexuality is not a moral issue, but a health issue.
Both
Also moral issue
1000% a health issue but let's be honest, it's absolutely immoral.
Only the male and female can create life when put together, that is pure evidence of the immorality of the homosexual lifestyle.
@12:14 wow that guy is really ignorant he said Islam came before Christianity. Wow the ignorance