“My husband had successful open heart surgery a few months ago. We had lots of people praying for him, but later I discovered his doctor is an atheist and doesn’t even believe in God. Who healed my husband: God, or the doctors?”
“Our son took his life last year, after a long battle with depression, drugs and alcohol. We grieve for him, of course, but our real problem is that we’re almost overwhelmed with guilt. What did we do wrong? How could we have been such bad parents? Will God ever forgive us?”
“Our church has been raising money to help build a health clinic in a village where some of our missionaries work. To be honest, though, do projects like this actually do any good? That country is very poor, and one little clinic isn’t going to change anything.”
“My cousin is getting older and has a lot of physical problems, but she refuses to go to a doctor because she says God will heal her if she just has enough faith. I’m concerned about her, but I don’t know what to do. Is she right?”
“I admit I’m angry at God, but I can’t help it. My husband and I had looked forward very much to the birth of our first child (a son), but then I had a miscarriage and now all our dreams are shattered. Why did God do this to us? ”
“I admit my faith is weak, but I know it would be strong if I could only see Jesus with my own eyes, even for just one minute. Why shouldn’t I ask God to do this for me?”
“I’ve met a number of people through social media on my computer, but a couple of them deleted me recently when I mentioned I was a Christian. This hurt, because I enjoy meeting people this way. Would it be wrong for me not to say anything about my faith? ”
“I’ve heard it said that heaven is a place of peace and rest, but others say we’ll be busy in heaven because God will have work for us to do. Which is it? They can’t both be right.”
“My uncle hated God and never wanted anything to do with God, right up to the moment he died. In fact, he died with a curse on his lips, if you can believe it. Why do some people (like my uncle) insist on gambling with their souls? It doesn’t make sense.”
“A friend of mine says there’s no such thing as evil, and if we encounter something that we think is evil, all we have to do is to think positive thoughts and it will go away. Is she right?”
“By the time you get this, our church’s young people will be on a mission trip, mainly doing a construction project for a church in a poor country. To be truthful, I’m not convinced trips like this do much good, since they only last a week or so. Am I wrong?”
“No one ever warned us about the dangers of debt, and after we got married we bought anything we wanted and simply put it on our credit cards. Now, we’re up to our eyeballs in debt, and I don’t see how we’ll ever get out. Does the Bible say anything about debt?”