“I know you won’t get this until after Easter, but which do you think was worse for Jesus, His physical suffering or His emotional and mental suffering? I tend to think the latter, because rejection is a terrible thing to bear, and He must have been very hurt when everyone turned against Him.”
“I found out the other day that a friend of mine who isn’t married is having a baby in a few months. My problem is, I don’t know how to react to this, because as a Christian I don’t agree with what she’s done. I hate to cut her off, however. What is your recommendation?”
“I know I shouldn't fear death now that I'm a Christian, but I do. I've always been very fearful of death, maybe because several people who were close to me died when I was a child. I thought this would change once I committed my life to Jesus, but it hasn't. Am I always going to be like this?”
“Do you have to put your brains on the shelf and commit intellectual suicide if you become a Christian? I'm in college, and that seems to be the way most people here feel about Christianity. I'm probably not what you'd call a real Christian, but I'm not ready to throw the whole thing overboard.”
“I know we're supposed to try to help others as Christians, but I'm in a wheelchair and can't get out very much, and it's all I can do just to take care of myself. Will God understand this, or does He still expect me to do things for others, like the Bible says?”
“I'm 7 years old and would like to know what God is like. Is He like my grandfather? My grandfather died and went to heaven last year. He was very kind and I miss him.”
“I’ve never understood why people refer to the day that Jesus died as “Good Friday.” It seems to me the death of an innocent man is a great tragedy.”
“A friend of mine says that Jesus didn't really die on the cross, but He was just drugged to make it look like He was dead. Then He recovered in the coolness of the tomb and went on to live in secret with His disciples. I know this isn't the traditional view, but is it possible he's right?”
“I heard you say on television that if you died that night, you knew you'd go to heaven. How can you be so sure? I wish I could say that, but I can't. I'm not good enough.”
“Our teenager asked us the other day who we thought is more influential—Jesus or the latest pop star. We told him Jesus, but he said we're just out of touch because almost no one his age pays attention to Jesus. Is he right?”
“Why should people care what someone does with their private life, as long as they treat people right and help out those in need? I don't think a person's private life is anyone else's business, frankly.”
“My brother and I are very worried about our parents, and we don't know what to do. They're getting up in years, and in recent months Mother has become very difficult and irrational (which isn't like her at all). But Father won't take her to the doctor because he says she gets very angry at him if he even suggests it. Is there anything we can do?”