“I know preachers like you earn their living by condemning sin all the time, but I think it's ridiculous to say there is such a thing as right and wrong. Right and wrong are a matter of personal opinion—it's whatever you think they are. We shouldn't be slaves to some outdated moral code.”
“Our church is getting ready to elect officers in a few months. What kind of people should we look for? I'm on the nominating committee, but we're a new congregation and we don't have much experience with these things.”
“When someone dies, do they go to heaven immediately, or do they have to wait until the end of time before they can go into God's presence? My wife died a few months ago, and I worry about this.”
“My parents warned me not to marry my fiance, but I went ahead anyway, and as a result we broke off all contact. But now I realize why they were against the marriage, because he turned out to be very abusive, unfaithful, lazy—you name it. Now he's divorced me. I need my parents but I can't bring myself to face them. What should I do?”
“I injured my back in a car accident a few years ago, and now I'm afraid I'm addicted to painkillers. I get prescriptions from several different doctors who don't know I'm seeing anyone else. I can't live without those pills but I'm scared of what might happen to me if I don't quit taking them. Will God help me somehow?”
“I'm a widower in my late 60s, and recently I met a widow who is also in her 60s. Neither of us wants to remarry, but what would be wrong with her moving in with me? It's not like she's going to get pregnant or anything. We're lonely just living by ourselves.”
“We've been attending a church recently that always uses an ancient statement of belief (the Apostles' Creed) in its services. One line in it says something about Jesus descending into Hell after His death, and this confuses me. Why didn't He go to heaven after His death?”
“How can I get rid of my doubts about my salvation? I accepted Jesus into my heart when I was a teenager, and I've always been a faithful churchgoer, but now I'm wondering if I've done enough. Can I really be sure I'm saved and that I'll go to heaven when I die?”
“We moved to a new city last year and joined a church that we like. But last week they passed their budget for the coming year, and it seems to us that they're spending far too much money to pay back the debt on our new building, and not enough to help people. Are we just being critical?”
“My grandmother gave me a Bible for Christmas, but I don't know what to do with it. I tried to read it but got bogged down after the first few pages. I like to read, but somehow I just can't seem to get into the Bible.”
“How can I know whether or not my sister has gotten involved with a cult? I admit they’ve done her a lot of good, but it’s a fairly small denomination and I don’t know anything about them. She says they believe in Jesus, but I’m not sure what they mean by that.”
“Like you, I believe that Jesus is going to return to earth some day. But how do you know He hasn't already come? Maybe He's already living as a small boy in Africa or Asia someplace, or something like that.”