“What makes us different from the animals? My new science teacher says we really aren't any different, except that we have some mental abilities that other animals don't have. I don't think he believes in God, but I haven't asked him.”
“Do you think we can change our lives by having strong positive thoughts about what we want to be, then living according to those thoughts? I read a book recently that seems to be saying this (if I understood it correctly) but so far it hasn’t worked for me.”
“I thought I'd licked my drug habit, and I did for a few months after getting out of rehab. But a few weeks ago, I ran across some old friends, and now I've stumbled. Please pray for me, that I'll get my life straightened out somehow.”
“I have a friend who says he's secretly in love with a woman who isn't his wife. He says he calls her every day and they always talk a long time, but since they aren't having sex he sees nothing wrong with it. Something doesn't seem right about this but he insists it's perfectly OK. Is he right?”
“For years I looked forward to quitting my job and retiring, but now that I’m actually retired I don’t know what to do with myself. I thought I hated my job, but now I’d give almost anything to have it back. What’s wrong?”
“Our son has been living with his girlfriend for over a year, and now they’re going to have a baby. He wasn’t brought up this way, and as Christians we don’t know how to deal with it. My husband says we ought to just cut them off until they get married (which may never happen), but I hate the idea of never knowing my grandchild. What should we do?”
“How do you know God is real? My psychology professor at college last year said that the idea of Chr(34)GodChr(34) was just something human beings dreamed up, and people believe in God because they’re afraid of being alone in the universe. How do I know she’s not right?”
“Why doesn’t Jesus come back to earth, like He promised He was going to do? It seems like there’s so much evil in the world now, and all our problems would be solved if He’d just hurry up and come back.”
“My family never had anything to do with religion, and they've always made fun of people who did. Well, recently I became a Christian, and now I'm the butt of their jokes. I feel so alone. I admit I don't like being an outcast from my own family. Have I done something wrong?”
“My baby sister died when she was only a few months old, so I barely remember her (I was 6 at the time). Do you think I'll recognize her when I get to heaven? It may sound strange, but I've always felt lonely without her since I didn't have any other brothers or sisters.”
“Is being a preacher the only way to serve God? I'll be a senior in high school this year and I'm really starting to think about what I'll do with the rest of my life.”
“I'm very disillusioned, because one of the most prominent leaders in one of our local churches just got caught in adultery. Apparently he'd been involved in this for years. Why should I bother with church, if this is what Christians are like? I don't have any use for hypocrites.”