“We never see our two grandchildren, because our son never married their mother and finally abandoned them, so naturally she doesn't want anything to do with us. We didn't raise our son this way, but now we don't even know where he is. Where did we go wrong? We feel so guilty.”
“Do you think the Internet is evil? It seems like it has opened the door to so many bad things (like identity theft and pornography) that I'm beginning to wonder if we wouldn't be better off without it.”
“What does it take to get into heaven? I admit I've never thought about it very much, but recently I had a bad health scare and it really got me to thinking.”
“Doesn’t the Bible teach that God is the father of the whole human race? And if that’s the case, doesn’t that mean that everyone will go to heaven when they die, no matter who they are, since we are all God’s children?”
“What does God look like? Our 5-year-old son keeps asking this and I don’t know what to tell him. I have an idea in my mind of what God must be like—kind of elderly and with a long beard—but I know that’s probably something I just made up.”
“Many years ago, I vowed to God that I'd do something which seemed important at the time, but I never did it because my circumstances changed and it wasn't possible. But I've been haunted all these years with the fear that I committed an unforgivable sin. Is this right? I hope not.”
“We moved recently, and the church we're going to now has a very formal pattern of worship which never varies from week to week (unlike our old church). We like the people and the pastor, but isn't there a danger that we'll become so familiar with what we do every week that we'll forget what it's supposed to mean?”
“My aunt (who's in her 90s) still reads her Bible every day, and has for many years. I've tried to follow her example, but to be honest, the next day I can't even remember what I read the day before. I just don't get anything out of it. Why should I keep reading?”
“Do you think people in heaven remember what went on during their lifetimes on earth? I'd hate to think my husband (who died last year) has forgotten all about me or doesn't remember the happiness we had together.”
“I understand the Bible says we ought to love everyone, but some of my relatives are very difficult, and when we got together this Christmas it wasn’t very pleasant. How can I make myself love people who are very hard to love?”
“I thought divorce was the answer, but I realize now it wasn’t. It’s too late to go back and change things (my ex-wife has remarried anyway), but I hope you’ll warn people not to think divorce is the easy way out, because it isn’t. I should have tried harder to keep my marriage together.”
“Why do so many churches have problems and conflicts? In our case, it comes from older members who don’t want to welcome some of the new people who’ve moved into our area, but it could be almost anything. Why is this?”