“Is it wrong to have doubts about God? My parents say I shouldn’t question anything but just take it on faith, but I have a hard time doing that. When some of my friends ask why I believe in Jesus, they aren’t convinced if I just say I have faith.”
“How can we explain the senseless acts of violence that seem to happen almost every day? I was brought up to believe we all have a conscience, and therefore we all should know the difference between right and wrong. But this doesn’t seem to be the case with some people today.”
“I find myself wanting to pray for my grandchildren and great-grandchildren, but they haven’t even been born yet. Is it silly for me to do this? I do worry about those who’ll come after me, and what kind of a world they’ll be facing.”
“How can I find something in the Bible that I remember from somewhere, but I don’t know where it appears? For example, when I was a child my mother made me memorize some passages in the Bible, but I don’t remember where they are, and I’d like to find them again.”
“Will God forgive even the sins we forget to confess to Him? At the end of each day, I try my best to remember everything I’ve done wrong and ask God to forgive me, but I’m sure I must miss something.”
“How can I help my friend? She found out recently that her husband has been unfaithful, and now he’s moved in with his lover and filing for divorce. My friend is devastated. How can I encourage her when her future looks so bleak? I feel so inadequate.”
“I know it won’t be long before I have to stand before God and be judged for something terrible I did over 50 years ago. The closer I get to the end of my life, the more frightened I become. What is hell like?”
“I keep going to my doctor about my physical problems, but all he’ll tell me is that they’re probably caused by stress. But I’m afraid he’s overlooking something serious, like cancer. Pray I’ll find the answer to my problems.”
“I know you say a person’s life is incomplete without God, but I don’t agree. I think the opposite is true. If I had God in my life, He’d just mess it up because He’d make me stop doing some of the things I enjoy doing right now. What if I don’t want to change?”
“My niece is trapped in a really bad relationship (not married, but living together). It has no future, but she refuses to see this. We’ve tried to tell her to get out of the relationship, but she just gets mad. How can we help her? ”
“My sister-in-law is a very devout person most of the time, but she also gets upset fairly easily when things don’t go her way, and then she doubts if God even cares about her. What can I suggest she do to have a more stable faith?”
“I know you tell people they ought to read the Bible, but I have a serious reading disability and have never been much of a reader. I just can’t get into it. Is this a sin?”