“From time to time, our preacher tells us we ought to be on guard against the devil, and I'm sure he's right. But how can I be on guard when I don't know when or how he's going to attack me? Or should I even worry about this?”
“When Jesus went to the cross to die for our sins, did He go joyfully, or did He go reluctantly? I've always wondered about this.”
“My husband and I are mainly confined to our home because of age, and the only preaching we hear is on radio or TV. Are we wrong not to make the effort to keep going to our church? We miss it very much, but the last time we went I fell, and I just don't handle crowds very well now.”
“I don't doubt that my sister-in-law is a Christian but her faith mainly consists of following a lot of rules. She's constantly worrying that she'll displease God by doing something she shouldn't do. We don't think God wants us to feel like this, but are we wrong?”
“What will we look like in heaven? A friend of mine who'd had a very unhappy life died recently, and although she was a very devout person, she often had a sad expression on her face. Will she still look sad in heaven?”
“We had a high school reunion a few weeks ago, and I was shocked at how many of our classmates had passed away since our last one. But I try not to think about dying because I enjoy life and still have lots of things I want to do. Am I wrong to think this way?”
“Both my parents were atheists, and they taught me not to feel guilty over anything I did because there wasn't any such thing as absolute right and wrong. But now that I'm older, I feel a vague sense of guilt anyway. I'm still not sure I believe in God, but why do I feel this way?”
“I've just been diagnosed with an incurable disease that will leave me weaker and in more and more pain as the months go by. Can you give me any reason not to take my own life right now? Not only would it save me from all that suffering, but it would also spare my family. I don't want to be a burden to them.”
“We have a man in our office who is active in his church and claims to be a sincere Christian, and yet when he gets upset about something (which is fairly often), he swears and cusses without even being embarrassed over it. Is he a real Christian, do you think?”
“When should Christians stand up for their rights, and when should they just accept a bad situation and not make a fuss about it? Some people in our homeowners' association want to spend money in a way we think may be illegal, but we hate to get the reputation of being troublemakers.”
“How can we fear God and also love Him at the same time? Isn’t that a contradiction? I suppose I mainly fear God and try to do things that I think will please Him, but I know the Bible also tells us to love Him, and I have a hard time doing that.”
“Christmas is still months away but I'm already dreading it. The problem is that we never get to have our own Christmas as a family, because our relatives insist we spend the entire time with them. I'm exhausted by the time we get through with all the travel and emotional tensions. I don't see any way to break this cycle, but maybe you have some ideas.”