“What good does it do to ask people to pray for you? They aren't any better than I am, and anyway, I don't like sharing my problems with someone and then wondering if they're going to gossip about them.”
“My wife told me the other day that my basic problem is that I'm just stubborn and won't admit it when I'm wrong, even if I am. Maybe she's right, but if so, how do I change? I'm not sure I can, or that I even want to. It's just the way I am.”
“My new year's resolution is to stay off drugs. I've been in rehab for several months and am staying clean so far, but secretly I fear what'll happen when I get out. Can God help me?”
“Our church has a new pastor, and we're beginning to wonder if we ought to change churches. He has a much different personality from our old pastor, and we aren't sure we agree with some of the things he's trying to do. How should we decide?”
“I'm headed to college next year, and I plan to major in science. Can a person be a dedicated scientist and still be a Christian? I've given my life to Jesus, but most of the scientists I've met don't seem to believe in God.”
“I know God is supposed to be all-powerful, but why doesn't He do something about all the misery and suffering in the world? Maybe He isn't so powerful after all.”
“I'm old now, and I'm afraid I haven't been good enough for God to let me into heaven. I know it's too late for me to make up for some of the things I've done (or failed to do). How good do we have to be to go to heaven?”
“I've recently been diagnosed with a rare disorder that could kill me, although some people live for years. My whole life has turned upside down. How should I deal with this? I believe in God, but I admit I'm not what you'd call a good Christian. I'm scared.”
“I'm supposed to give a brief message or devotion next month for our women's group at church, and I'm petrified because I've never done anything like this before. How should I go about it? Some people just read from a book of devotions for this, but I don't want to do that.”
“My wife is always getting after me because she says I shouldn't use so much profanity (like using the name of Jesus or God in my speech). I admit I probably curse a lot, but so do all my friends, and we don't really mean anything by it. Why is it so wrong?”
“I was shocked the other day when a friend of mine told me she'd decided to drop out of church and forget about religion. She's always been fairly active in her church, but now she says she doesn't even believe in God. How do you explain this?”
“Is God behind absolutely everything that happens to us? I was in a bad car accident a few weeks ago and am just getting out of the hospital, and I've been wondering about this. Did God cause the accident, do you think?”