“I don't think you need to be a religious person in order to do what's right. I don't believe in God and neither did my parents, but they taught me the difference between right and wrong, and how to get along with people. That's all that matters, in my opinion. What would you say to that?”
“My father abandoned my mother when I was 4, with no money or anything else. I'm about to get married, but I'm worried that I'll end up doing the same thing because someone told me the Bible says a father's sins will be passed on to the next generation. Is that true?”
“I know we're supposed to forgive people who've hurt us, but why should we? It doesn't change them in any way, so why bother? They're probably just going to hurt us all over again the next time they get an opportunity.”
“What did Jesus mean when He said somewhere that God had abandoned Him? This has always puzzled me, because if Jesus was actually the Son of God, then how could God abandon Him?”
“Like others today, I've lost my job and most of my savings, and now I'm about to lose my house. Why doesn't God do something? Sometimes I think I'm about to lose my faith also.”
“A friend at work says her marriage has ended, and I can tell she's having a hard time dealing with it. I'd like to help her but she won't tell me what went wrong. Can you think of anything I can do to cheer her up?”
“I know we're supposed to trust God when something isn't going well, but it's hard to do when we pray and pray, and yet nothing seems to happen. How can I learn to trust God and completely commit my problems to Him?”
“My friend says she’s given her life to Jesus, and I’m sure she thinks she has. But she doesn’t see anything wrong with doing drugs, and I wonder if she’s just fooling herself by thinking she’s a Christian when she really isn’t. How should I react?”
“Is it proper to refer to a church building as “the house of God”? I've often wondered about this because God doesn't live in a building, does He?”
“My faith is like a yo-yo, up one minute and down the next. Is this normal for most Christians, or is there something I can do about it? Maybe I'm just an emotional person.”
“The only way to describe my friend is to say he's angry at God. I've even caught him yelling at God, blaming Him when something didn't go right. Are some people always going to be like this, and nothing will ever change them?”
“I've been asked to be part of a singing group from our church that visits nursing homes in our area. But to be honest, I wonder if it's worth all the trouble, since most of the residents don't seem to be very alert. Am I being unkind?”