“Do the bad things that happen in our lives hurt God and make Him sad? I've had a lot of heartaches in my life, and they'd be a lot easier to bear if I just knew that they made Him feel the same way I feel.”
“Our son came back to live with us after college, saying he just needed a place to stay until he could find a job. Well, that was over two years ago, and all he does now is watch TV or play football with his buddies. He doesn't even help around the house. Did we make a mistake letting him move back home?”
“I thought I was making the right choice when I left my wife for another woman many years ago, but I realize now I was thinking only about myself. Will God ever forgive me? I wish He would because I feel very guilty, but doubt if He will.”
“I don't see what use the Old Testament is to us today. I believe in Jesus, and I enjoy reading the New Testament, but to me the Old Testament seems out of date. Am I missing something?”
“I've been very, very lonely since my husband died two years ago. Now I'm afraid I'm about to get involved in a relationship that I know probably isn't going to turn out very well, but I can't seem to stop myself. What advice would you give me?”
“I know we're supposed to forgive people who hurt us, but some terrible things happened to me when I was younger, and I'll never be able to forgive the person who did them. The memory of what he did will torture me the rest of my life.”
“My neighbor says that in his opinion all preachers and evangelists are crooks and liars. Have you ever had people accuse you of this before? How did you answer them? My neighbor says he's an atheist and doesn't want anything to do with organized religion.”
“My marriage hasn't been all that fulfilling, and now I've reconnected over the Internet with an old flame from high school who's in the same situation. I don't know where it'll go, but why would it be wrong for us to get together on the sly? I know several people who do this.”
“A friend told me several times that God had spoken to her about some decision she had to make, but when I finally asked if she'd actually heard God speak to her, she admitted she hadn't. What do you think she meant when she said God spoke to her?”
“I turned my life over to Jesus when I was in prison, but now some people in my church don't want anything to do with me. One told my wife they don't trust me because they assume I “got religion” in prison just so I'd get out earlier. This really hurt me. What should I do?”
“I'm in third grade, and my mommy said to write you because she couldn't answer my question. Where is heaven? Is it way off somewhere, or is it maybe on the back of the moon?”
“My uncle doesn't have anything to do with the church he grew up in (or any other church), because he says Christians are just a bunch of hypocrites and aren't any better than anyone else. How can I answer him? My faith is very important to me, and his attitude really hurts me.”