Episode Details

Cliffe Knechtle has been standing on college campuses answering skeptics for 46 years. His son Stuart joined him, bringing a background in psychology and mental health that turns hard arguments into something people can actually feel healed by. Together they have written Demolishing Doubt, a book that walks readers from evidence for God's existence to the reliability of the Gospel accounts to what it means to take a genuine step of biblical faith — and it was built for exactly the kind of person who shows up on a college quad with a list of reasons not to believe.

Apologetics, the emotional fragility of Gen Z, and a revival that is spreading from campuses into the local church: Cliffe and Stuart walk through their go-to arguments for the existence of God and the resurrection of Christ, why answering "I don't know" has become one of the most powerful things a Christian can say to a skeptic, and why they believe the questions young people are asking now are more urgent and more honest than ever before. Stuart also shares the story of a top Division I athlete who broke down in tears at a dinner table, saying he was jealous that Stuart had objective value and meaning in his life — and why that moment captures exactly what is driving the spiritual hunger they are witnessing everywhere they go.

Highlights

• How Cliffe's open-air Q&A ministry started 46 years ago on the beaches of Fort Lauderdale and never stopped
• Why the content of skeptics' questions hasn't changed much, but the emotional stakes behind them have grown dramatically
• The four-part argument Cliffe uses in two minutes to make the case that your worldview already assumes God
• Why the best answer a Christian apologist can give is sometimes "I don't know," and why skeptics love it
• Stuart's background in psychology and how he pairs counseling instincts with Cliffe's hard arguments to reach the whole person
• What the historical explosion of Jewish converts to Christianity reveals about the reality of the resurrection
• Why Cliffe and Stuart believe secularism is not dying but dead, and what is rushing in to fill the vacuum

Resources / Links / CTA

• Give Me an Answer: https://givemeananswer.org
• Instagram Cliffe Knechtle: https://www.instagram.com/cliff.knechtle
• Instagram Stuart Knechtle: https://www.instagram.com/stuart_knechtle
• Book: Demolishing Doubt
• ️ Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@givemeananswer
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