“My mother (who had a strong faith) passed away from cancer recently, and I don't know what to say to our 4-year-old daughter. She's looking forward to visiting her this Christmas, but how am I going to tell her this isn't going to happen?”
“Someone hurt me very deeply about two years ago, and now I have an opportunity to really get back at her. My mother says I shouldn’t do it, but I don’t see any reason not to. What this person did was wrong, so why should she be allowed to get away with it?”
“I feel trapped. My boss is pressuring me to do something illegal, and I don't want to do it because I'm a Christian and I know it would be wrong. I desperately need my job, but I don't know how much longer I can put him off. What should I do?”
“Does God always judge people who are evil and deliberately do wrong? I'd like to think He does, but there are still a lot of evil people left in the world, and most of them seem to go through life without much bad ever happening to them.”
“It's been a very hard year for us because of the economic downturn, and to be honest, it would be hypocritical of us to celebrate Thanksgiving this year. When you don't have anything to be thankful for, how can you claim to be celebrating it without being a liar?”
“We moved to a new city last year, and the church we've started attending is more formal or traditional than our old one. Recently, they've been talking about Advent, and I'm too embarrassed to admit I don't even know what it means. I know it has something to do with Christmas, but what?”
“I had back surgery a couple of years ago, and now I think I'm addicted to pain pills. I get them from several different doctors, and I'm scared to seek help because I know that's illegal. Besides, I'm terrified of being taken off them. What should I do?”
“I've had a lot of money problems this year, and recently I watched a TV program advertising a book that would tell me how to become wealthy very quickly, or so they claimed. I bought it, but now they're saying I need to buy a second book from them. Am I just wasting my money?”
“Do you believe the Internet is good or bad? I spend more time on my computer than I probably should, but am I doing something wrong (other than just wasting time)?”
“I've always believed in God, but some people I know are always talking about having a personal relationship with God, and I'm not sure what they mean. Is this different from just believing in God?”
“My friends talk a lot about their ideas about God, but how can I know if what they're saying is true? Sometimes they don't even agree with each other, and that confuses me even more.”
“I'm 16 years old and would like to become a Christian. But I'm afraid of what my family might do because they've always been very antagonistic toward religion. My father, especially, is very opposed to God. Can I be a secret Christian?”