Debates — Defending the Faith in the Open Air of Ideas
Before the preaching comes the proving. These debates and campus sessions put the resurrection, the existence of God, and the origin of life on the table before skeptics — Craig, Knechtle, Turek, Cameron, and Comfort — so the street preacher can watch the arguments made, tested, and answered.
Resurrection Debates
Ehrman vs Craig: Evidence for Resurrection
The flagship resurrection debate — William Lane Craig vs. Bart Ehrman, “Is There Historical Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus?” (College of the Holy Cross, 2006).
Cliffe Knechtle — Could Eyewitnesses See Jesus Risen From the Dead?
Cliffe works through the eyewitness evidence for the risen Christ with students — the 1 Corinthians 15 creed and the five hundred witnesses.
Does God Exist & Origin of Life
Does God Exist? William Lane Craig vs. Christopher Hitchens
The famous 2009 Biola debate — cosmology, design and origins, morality, and the resurrection all in play.
God and Cosmology — Dr. William Lane Craig vs Dr. Sean Carroll
Craig vs. the Caltech cosmologist on the origin and fine-tuning of the universe (Greer Heard Forum, 2014).
The God Debate II: Harris vs. Craig
Craig vs. Sam Harris at the University of Notre Dame (2011): “Is Good from God?”
Campus Debates & Q&A
Cliffe Knechtle — Why Does God Allow Evil?
Give Me An Answer #2114: Cliffe’s flagship answer to the problem of evil and suffering.
Stuart & Cliffe Knechtle at MIT — Is Atheism a Selfish Religion?
Father-and-son open-air Q&A on the MIT campus — evolution, morality, and the ground of the good.
Cliffe Classics #19 — Give Me An Answer
A classic Cliffe campus session: his four pieces of evidence for God, and the student pushback.
Stuart & Cliffe Knechtle — Cliffe Talks About Sex and Guilt
Campus dialogue on sex, guilt, and grace — real student questions, answered from Scripture.
Cliffe Knechtle — Are Your Beliefs the Same as Reality?
Cliffe presses students on truth, belief, and the resurrection as the test of whether faith matches reality.
Does God Exist? Frank Turek vs Christopher Hitchens
Turek vs. Hitchens at Virginia Commonwealth University (2008) — the arguments for God’s existence, origins included.
What Best Explains Reality: Theism or Atheism? Turek vs. Shermer
Turek vs. skeptic publisher Michael Shermer — origins, design, and morality as competing explanations of reality.
Is Morality Better Explained by God or Science? Turek vs. Shermer
The 2015 Stony Brook rematch with Shermer, on whether God or science better explains morality.
Frank Turek Answers an Atheist’s 3 Objections to Christianity
UT Dallas campus Q&A — the moral argument, the “uncaused universe,” and the objection of hell, answered live.
Cameron & Comfort
Kirk Cameron & Ray Comfort vs. the Rational Response Squad — ABC Nightline (2007)
The ABC Nightline “Face-Off” at Calvary Baptist Church, Manhattan, moderated by Martin Bashir — presented here in the Rational Response Squad’s own official upload of the broadcast.
Ray Comfort Films
Evolution vs. God — Ray Comfort
The full film (Living Waters): Comfort interviews UCLA and USC professors and students and presses for observable evidence for Darwinian evolution.
“180” Movie — Ray Comfort
The full 33-minute “180” film (Living Waters) — the one question that turns hearts on abortion, by way of the gospel.