“Our son has some serious birth defects, which will mean he probably won't ever have a normal life. We prayed and prayed God would take them away but He didn't. We love our son deeply but it's very painful for us to think about his future. Why didn't God heal him?”
“My friend says he doesn't see how I can base my faith on the Bible, because the Bible is full of contradictions and mistakes. What can I say to him?”
“I've always heard about being “called” to the ministry or “called” to be a missionary, but recently I heard a Bible teacher on the radio say that our career is also a calling from God, no matter what we do. What do you suppose he meant?”
“I didn’t grow up going to church very much, but recently a friend of mine encouraged me to give my life to Jesus, and I did. What do I do now?”
“I read the other day that more Christians have died for their faith in the last 100 years than in all the other centuries combined. Is that true? Why do they face so much opposition in some parts of the world?”
“I always wanted happiness in my life, and I thought I’d found it with my boyfriend. But now he’s left me, and I’m so confused. I’m not sure why I’m writing, but I just don’t know where I’m headed.”
“Do you think there are more atheists today than there used to be? I don't remember hearing much about them 20 or 30 years ago, but now it seems like you hear about them all the time.”
“How can I keep my mind focused on God when I have so many distractions? I start each day saying I'm going to stay close to Christ, but then I get so caught up in my work that I hardly give God a thought the rest of the day. I know I shouldn't be like this, but I am.”
“I'm taking a religion class in college, and before Easter, my professor (who says he's an agnostic) said there are lots of ancient myths about gods who died and rose again from the dead, and the story of Jesus rising from the dead is just another myth. Have you ever heard of this idea? It's kind of shaken my faith.”
“How do you know if God is telling you to do something, or if it's the devil? I need to make an important decision, and I think I know what God wants me to do, but I also worry that the devil might be trying to mislead me. How can I know?”
“Before Easter, I went to a Lenten service on Jesus' words from the cross. I guess I'd never thought much about Jesus saying that everything was finished. What did He mean by that? Was it a cry of despair? Had He given up hope?”
“When something bad happens to us, is God punishing us for something we've done wrong? I'm undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, and I keep wondering what I did to deserve this. Is it wrong to think this way?”