Cliffe Knechtle | We Don't Know A Lot, But We Can Know Jesus! | Give Me an Answer

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Give Me An Answer: Cliffe Knechtle talks to students about how the idea of Heaven has been abused, then later, talks about how we may not know much but we can know Jesus personally.

Recorded at Texas, Fall 1997.

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Join us in person for a Sunday service at 9:30amET at Grace Community Church located Saxe Middle School, 468 South Ave. New Canaan CT, 06840

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. Stuart joined his dad Cliffe in 2015 and

they've teamed up to do this together. These universities include Tennessee

Maine, Harvard, MIT, Florida, University of Texas, Texas State, Arizona,

Princeton, Michigan State, UCLA, UC Davis, Berkeley, Stanford, Oregon State,

and UMass. Amherst.

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.

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Claims

25 claims extracted

Heaven concept abused to justify ecological harm and injustice

0:42

MLK used heaven concept to fight racism and injustice

0:42

Mafia members abuse Catholic confession for repeated sins

0:42

Jesus made exclusive truth claims about revealing God

3:19

Jesus is not exclusively Western or for one race

3:19

Finding God is a spiritual rather than intellectual exercise

5:52

God judges justly; those who never heard of Jesus may reach heaven

7:22

Jesus teaches belief in him is required to avoid condemnation

8:43

All humans are morally inconsistent, both good and bad

9:21

Bible teaches free will; Quran emphasizes divine determinism

11:20

Evaluate Jesus through historical evidence, not faith requirement

12:17

Jesus uniquely lived up to his own ethical teachings

17:10

Historical evidence shows Jesus rose from dead and appeared to 500

17:10

Jesus revealed God's goodness and benevolent intent in commandments

17:10

Only Jesus reveals that God loves us; world suffering contradicts it

17:10

Order requires intelligent design; life comes from life not non-life

20:59

Atheist belief in abiogenesis requires blind faith

22:36

Jesus teaches forgiveness breaks natural human cycle of revenge

23:30

Jesus teaches unlimited forgiveness; unforgiveness leads to shallow relationships

23:30

Humans created in God's image with capacity to forgive

23:30

Humans owe debt to God; Jesus died to provide forgiveness and eternal life

23:30

Christ's forgiveness transforms people from revenge to mercy

23:30

Jesus teaches compassion across racial and cultural divides

23:30

Jesus conquered death through resurrection and offers eternal life

23:30

Call to accept Christ's forgiveness and practice unlimited forgiveness

23:30

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