“My sister and I are very concerned about our mother. She recently broke her hip and will be coming out of the rehabilitation unit soon, but we're afraid she won't be able to take care of herself. Yet she refuses to think about moving from her apartment. How can we help her?”
“I know you are very persuasive, but frankly I don't have any need of God. I've gotten along just fine without God, and I don't see any reason to change. Religion may be fine for some people but it's not for me.”
“I am a college student, and I admit I'm mainly wrapped up in my life right now and don't think much about the future. But recently, a classmate of mine was killed in an auto accident, and it's gotten me thinking about life and death. Why do you believe in life after death?”
“Our church has just been through its annual conference to raise money for missions, but I don't see what right we have to impose our religion on other people. After all, they have their own religions, don't they?”
“Why are some people so obsessed with money? I have an uncle who is this way, and although he's been very successful in his business, it seems like he's never satisfied. And to be honest, he isn't a very pleasant person to be around, because all he can talk about is his success.”
“I got divorced a few months ago, and now I've fallen in love with a man who is everything I could ever want. But my mother is constantly telling me to go slow. Sometimes I just wish she'd back off and let me run my own life. How can I get this across to her?”
“Last week, I was allowed to go home after a month in the state mental hospital. My family had me admitted after I got depressed and tried to commit suicide. I’m better now, but how do I know I won’t slide back into this again? I need God to help me.”
“Last week, someone found a new baby in an abandoned car in our city, apparently left to die. How could anyone do this to a helpless child? What's happening to us? And yet it barely made the evening news.”
“I don't have any interest in becoming a member of a church, but I consider myself just as good a Christian as a lot of the church members I know. In fact, I think I probably live a better life than most of them. Isn't this what God really expects of us?”
“I don't see what good religion has done for the world. History is filled with wars and injustices that have been carried out in the name of religion. Religion just divides people, in my opinion. How do you defend religion in light of all the evil it's caused?”
“I have a friend who says he's going to enjoy life and live it up while he can, and then when he's about to die he'll repent and turn to God. He claims the Bible says God will forgive anyone, even at the last minute if they are sincere. Is this true?”
“We've just had a series in Sunday School on great men and women of the Bible, and I've come away from it with mixed feelings. On one hand, I found the series inspiring, but it's also been very discouraging because I know I'll never be able to serve God the way these people did.”