“I grew up believing in God, but I've decided the only reason I believed was because that's what my parents taught me. They were shocked when I told them I'd become an atheist, but I just can't see believing in something you can't prove. Why should I?”
“Why do men seem to have a harder time being serious about God than women? I'm active in a service club in our town, and I could count on one hand the men in it who take Christ seriously. The rest are good men but they don't have any interest in God.”
“How can I keep from letting my feelings overpower my faith? When I feel good emotionally, I have a strong faith in God, but when I get down it seems to vanish and I even wonder if God has abandoned me. Can I do anything about this?”
“What good does it do to pray for our country, or to pray for vague things like world peace? The world is in such a mess that I can't see what good it's done for people to pray for it.”
“I know God is supposed to love everyone, but is there anything or anyone that He actually hates (other than the devil)? Or can we know?”
“I've asked God to forgive me for all the bad things I've done, but how do I know He's actually done it? I need to get my life straightened out, but I wonder if God will forgive me.”
“I'm the only one left in my family. All my brothers and my sister have died, as well as my wife (we didn't have any children). Sometimes I feel so lonely I even think about taking my own life, although I know that would be wrong. How can God help a lonely old man like me?”
“I get newsletters from several groups that try to help suffering people in other countries. I know there are a lot of hurting people in the world and I'd like to help, but I'm on a fixed income. What good would my few dollars do anyway?”
“Do you think we go to heaven the instant we die, or do we sleep (or something like that) until Christ comes again and we are awakened? We had a discussion about this in our Bible study, and I was surprised to find out how many different opinions there were.”
“I guess I'm a latecomer to the Christian faith because I'm in my early 70s and I only became a Christian six months ago. People ask me why I didn't become a Christian earlier, and I don't have an answer. Why do people wait so long? I wish I hadn't.”
“I'm going to college in a few weeks, and I'm worried that I'll lose my faith there. I've always been active in my church, but I hear it's hard to stay a Christian in college. What advice do you have?”
“What do you think Jesus must have been like when He was a boy? Did He know then that He was going to be the Messiah? Or was He just like any other boy?”