“When we got married 40 years ago, it seems like my husband and I talked all the time about everything under the sun. But now we sometimes go for hours without saying much of anything. We still love each other very much, but has something gone wrong?”
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“If you ask God to forgive you for something you did to someone, does that mean you also need to ask them for forgiveness? I’m a Christian now, but I’m not sure I can do it. I don’t see what difference it would make anyway, except maybe reopen old wounds.”
“I work with a woman who just never seems to be happy. I’ve tried to be a friend to her, and she doesn’t seem to have any more problems than the rest of us, but she’s never cheerful or optimistic. Are some people just born unhappy?”
“Every day, I really try to please God by doing everything I think He’d want me to do, but how do I know if I’ve succeeded? I hope I’ll be good enough to get into heaven.”
“I used to believe in God, but I stopped after my mother died of cancer last year. She was barely 50, and her death just didn’t make any sense. If God really exists, He wouldn’t have let this happen.”
“It seems like we used to hear a lot about cults a decade or so ago, but I hardly hear anything about them today. Why is that? Have most of them faded away?”
“I’d like you to explain something to me. The kindest, most understanding person in my exercise class says she doesn’t believe in God, while the one with the nastiest personality claims to be a devout Christian. How can this be?”
“My boss is asking me to do something on a government contract that isn’t legal. I need my job, and as a Christian I’ve always been taught to be loyal, but this makes me uncomfortable. What should I do? ”
“Someone in our family is always having a crisis, and all of their problems end up in my lap. I get so tired trying to deal with them. They mostly ignore my advice anyway. Sometimes I just wish I could leave. Why is our family so messed up?”
“I don’t think God really cares what happens to us. The universe is so huge and we’re so small, so why should He worry about us? He’s too big to be interested in what happens to us, and we ought to be honest enough to admit we’re on our own.”
“I’m headed for college shortly, and I can’t help but worry about the pressures I’ll face as a Christian. It’s a large state university, and from what my friends tell me it’s not a very easy place to be a Christian. Am I making a mistake going there? ”