“Do you think it's harder to be a young person today than it used to be, maybe a generation or two ago? My grandchildren seem to have so many problems and temptations that I never had to face, and I worry about what's going to happen to them.”
“My family has been torn apart by drugs, divorce and other things, and I worry all the time about what’s going to happen to them. I feel so helpless, and no matter what I try to do it doesn’t seem to make any difference. Pray that I’ll know what to do. I just don’t have any hope.”
“I'd really like to find God, but I get confused because there are so many religions. I didn't grow up in a religious family, but I've studied some of the main religions, although I haven't made much progress. Maybe you can help me.”
“Do we go to heaven when we die, or do we have to wait until Jesus returns to enter heaven? My husband died a few months ago, and it would bring me great comfort to know he's with Jesus. But a friend of mine says she thinks this can't happen until Jesus returns.”
“My late father was mostly in prison when I was growing up, and the one thing I always said was that I'd never end up like he did. But now I have (I'm in jail for the first time), and it's really depressing me. Did God make me so I'd be just like my father, and there's nothing I can do about it?”
“I'm not sure I want to go to heaven when I die. It sounds kind of boring, just floating around on a cloud all day with nothing to do. Or do I have a wrong idea about heaven?”
“Why didn't God destroy the devil before he had a chance to do anything evil? And where did the devil come from anyway? Did God create him, or has he always existed?”
“Some people came to our door recently and offered to explain the Bible to us, which we let them do since we'd never thought much about God. But how do I know if they are a cult? I don't want to get sucked into a cult, but they're friendly and have interesting ideas.”
“How do we know heaven exists? Sometimes I think it does, but then I wonder if it's just something we dreamed up. Maybe this life is all there is.”
“I've heard of the Ten Commandments all my life and been told I ought to obey them but aren't they out of date? After all, they were written thousands of years ago, and the world has changed a lot since then.”
“My parents always believed that children couldn’t understand anything about God, so they never took me to church until I was 10 or 11. But our 4-year-old keeps asking questions about God, and we wonder if we ought to begin taking him to church. What do you think?”
“If God sometimes says “no” to our prayers, then why bother to pray? I admit I have a hard time trying to figure out when to pray and when to just keep quiet — although if something looks hopeless, I really don't see any reason to pray about it.”