“Recently, our daughter had our first grandson, and I have found myself worrying a lot about the kind of world he will face. Do you think the world will be a better place in half a century?”
“If you could deliver just one message to the youth of our world, what would it be? It seems like they have so many problems that we never faced when we were growing up, and I wish I could help them in some way to get on the right track.”
“I have friends who say I need Jesus in order to be happy, but I'm happy the way I am. Why should I bother with God? He'd probably just make me stop some of the things I enjoy doing.”
“Is there any sin that God can’t forgive? I worry about this because I’ve led kind of a rough life, and I can’t imagine God just wiping the slate clean, so to speak, and forgiving all the bad things I’ve done.”
“Why doesn't the devil just let people alone, instead of trying to win them over to his side? Doesn't he know he's going to be defeated? It seems to me he's giving himself to a lost cause.”
“We don't believe our children should have religion crammed down their throats, but should be free to make up their own minds about it when they get older. But some of our relatives say we ought to give them religious instruction now. Are they right?”
“I turned my back on God over 60 years ago, while I was still in my teens. I can even remember when I did it (at a church service where the preacher was calling people to give their lives to Jesus). Now I'm old and dying, and I wish I'd taken a different road. Please tell young people not to do what I did. I was a fool, but now it's too late.”
“Do you fear death? I guess I believe in life after death, but I have to admit that the thought of dying scares me. Maybe if I had more faith I wouldn’t feel this way.”
“I have a friend who's had a lot of problems, and I've always tried to sympathize and encourage her. But lately I've realized she's always blaming other people for her problems and never accepts any responsibility for some of the bad decisions she's made. Frankly, I'm getting kind of tired of it. How can I help her?”
“I don’t understand my wife. We’ve been happily married for 25 years, but now that the children are gone she’s lost interest in everything. Some mornings, she can’t even get out of bed. We pray about it, but nothing changes and I’m beginning to get alarmed. What should I do?”
“The other day, my father sent word to my brother and me that he's only got a few months to live, and he wants to see us. Why should we bother? He abandoned our mother when we were young, and her life was a constant struggle.”
“I was in a bad car wreck a few weeks ago, and I was lucky enough to walk away with only minor injuries. My mother says God is giving me a second chance. Do you think she's right? What am I supposed to do?”