“We lost our home and almost everything in it to a fire a few months ago, and it has been devastating. I know the Bible says we ought to give thanks in every situation, but how can God expect us to thank Him for this? I’m not sure if we’ll ever recover.”
“We moved to a new city a few months ago and have started attending a nearby church. Last week, the pastor spoke on the second coming of Jesus. I had never heard about this in our old church. Is this part of the Bible, or is it just something novelists and filmmakers dreamed up?”
“A couple of months ago, I found out I was adopted as a baby. I'm in my 20s now, and this has been a very hard pill for me to swallow. Don't you think my parents should have told me much earlier?”
“I feel like I’m at a crossroads in my life, and I don’t want to make a mistake. The problem is, I’ve gone about as far as I can go in my present job, and I’m tempted to change careers while I’m still young enough to do it. But how will I know if it’s the right decision?”
“I’m really dreading Easter this year because it will be the first big holiday since my husband died. My nephew has invited me to be with his family this year, but I don’t want to go. I know Easter is supposed to be a happy time, but can you understand why it won’t be for me?”
“I'm very concerned about all the reports I read about global warming and us poisoning the environment and things like that. Do you believe we are in danger of destroying the world because of these things?”
“My boyfriend and I are in a dilemma because our parents are insisting we wait until we get out of college a year from now before we get married, but we don't want to do this. Would it be wrong for us to get married secretly?”
“Why are missionaries still needed? Can't we complete the task of spreading the Gospel to the whole world by using radio and television and the Internet? Hasn't God now given us the tools to complete the Great Commission?”
“I agree that we need to connect with God in order to have inner peace, but to me, God dwells within us, and looking within ourselves is the true path to inner peace. After all, didn't Jesus say God was within each one of us?”
“Why did Jesus allow people to put Him to death? It seems to me that He could have fled from His enemies and kept on living, but it almost sounds like He deliberately chose to die. And anyway as the Son of God He could have prevented it, couldn't He? I don't understand this.”
“How can you believe that Jesus actually rose from the dead and came back to life? I hope this doesn't offend you, but this is such a fantastic claim that I just can't imagine how anyone could believe it.”
“When I think of heaven I don't think of nice scenery or people worshiping God or things like that. I think life as we know it will end and we'll be absorbed into God—kind of like a grain of salt being absorbed into the ocean. But my Christian friend says I'm wrong. How can he be so sure?”