“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?”
“I'm in my 80s, and I wish God would just take me to heaven. I don't have any reason to keep living — my family on the other side of the country, confined to a nursing home, health getting worse. What would you say to someone like me?”
“My husband has always been an angry person, but recently he's turned very abusive and violent. I even fear for my life and the lives of our children. I've always felt God wanted me to stick it out, but I'm scared.”
“Didn't Jesus say somewhere that it was hard to take the path to heaven, and only a few people would make it? Why did He say this? Wouldn't it discourage people from wanting to follow Him? After all, most of us don't want to be unpopular or in the minority.”
“Which is more important in God's eyes — what we do (that is, our actions) or the reason why we're doing it (our motives)? My cousin and I are having a friendly argument about this, and I'd be interested to know what you think.”
“Do you think the world is getting more hostile toward religion, particularly Christianity? I just read an article in a major magazine that was a subtle attack on Christians and the Bible, and it seems like this goes on much more often than it used to.”
“If the Gospel is true (which I'm convinced it is), then why don't more people believe in it? Sometimes I'll even get one of my friends to agree that it's probably true, but they'll still refuse to commit their lives to Jesus. It doesn't make sense.”
“Have you ever thought about using the Internet to proclaim your message? A lot of my friends are on social media sites several times a day, and I wish someone would use the Internet to reach out to them with the Gospel.”
“Why should I give up my life of fun and stop doing all the things you'd probably say are wrong? I don't expect to go to heaven anyway, so why shouldn't I live it up and have a good time while I can?”
“I'd believe in God if someone could prove to me that He actually exists. Some of my Christian friends say I just have to take it on faith but that's not enough for me.”
“What good does it do to make a list of New Year's resolutions? I've done it most years, but I don't think I'm even going to bother this year because I never keep them, and I just end up frustrated.”