“I've just been elected to serve on our church board. To be honest, I'm kind of nervous about it because I've never done anything like this before. Do you have any suggestions on how I can be a good leader?”
“The doctor has put me on medicine for my anxiety, but I’m not sure it does much good. My wife tells me to read the Bible and pray, and I do sometimes, but I can’t see that it really helps, either. What am I missing? Am I wrong to take this drug?”
“I had to take early retirement because of my health, and now I feel so useless. I suppose I'll never know why God let this happen to me, but sometimes I just wish my life would end. Why does God keep me around?”
“Some bad things happened to me when I was younger, and I got very angry at God because of them. Now, I know I need God, and I was wrong to blame Him for everything. But will He forgive me for being mad at Him? Maybe God doesn't want anything to do with me.”
“My husband died two years ago and is already in heaven, and I miss him so much. I feel so lonely, and I yearn to be reunited with him. Besides that, my health isn't very good now. Is it wrong to want to die and go to heaven?”
“I got very discouraged reading all the stories and seeing all the programs at the end of the year that looked back over the bad things that happened during 2010. Do you think the world is ever going to get any better?”
“Our daughter told us in tears the other day that some of the girls in her class (seventh grade) have been making fun of her because she isn't particularly athletic or popular. Should we say something to her teacher about this? We don't want to embarrass her or make things worse.”
“If God is all-powerful, then why doesn't He take care of my financial problems? I'm beginning to think He must not care, or else He isn't as powerful as people think He is. Maybe you can help me understand all this.”
“I really love my girlfriend, but it seems like all we do is fight. She says I don't understand her (although I desperately try), and anyway, she just seems to have a lot of anger built up inside her that she keeps venting on me. Is there any future for us?”
“Does God let some people have a glimpse of Heaven just before they die? Some in our family say that happened to our grandmother—but if it’s true, why doesn’t God let it happen to everyone? Did it happen to anyone in the Bible?”
“We took our grandchildren to a movie while they were visiting over the Christmas holidays, and we were appalled at its bad language and sexual content. I guess we've been living a sheltered life, but do you think our society is falling apart, morally and spiritually?”
“I've been shaken because a good friend has turned his back on everything Christian. I don't know what triggered it, but he used to be a moral person and go to church and everything, and now he's the complete opposite. What can I say to him?”