“Is it worth it to try to teach young children about God or the Bible? Our son is 6, and sometimes I think it’s a waste of time to try to teach him anything about God. Right now, he only understands things he can see.”
“I've heard the Bible says somewhere that the devil is a liar, and I'm sure it's true. But what is his biggest lie? Maybe your answer would help me to be on guard against it.”
“I have a cousin who says he believes in Jesus and claims he's going to go to heaven when he dies, but he sure doesn't act like a Christian. How bad can you be and still be a Christian?”
“We tried to raise our daughter to do what's right, but she's gone off the deep end and is living in exactly the opposite way. The strange thing is that she still wants to be close to our family. Should we just overlook the way she's living and pretend it doesn't matter?”
“Our parents just told us they're getting divorced. We're not surprised, but they also told us they've stayed together all these years just for our sake, until we were grown. We feel very guilty, because they could've gone their separate ways and been happy if it hadn't been for us. Are we wrong to feel this way?”
“Our church is involved in a community ministry to homeless people, but it's discouraging because you see the same people all the time and we don't seem to be doing any good. Shouldn't we use our limited resources to actually accomplish something?”
“I’ve always heard that “God hates the sin but loves the sinner,” but is this really true?”
“Are there bad angels, as well as good angels? If they do exist, can they hurt us? And where did they come from? I thought God created the angels, but maybe Satan also created some. Is that possible?”
“Our daughter (who’s in her late 20s) seems to be suffering from deep depression, and we don’t know what to do. She even talks about ending her life. She says she’s a follower of Jesus, and we pray a lot for her, but it doesn’t seem to help. Could you ask people to pray for her?”
“My children are upset because I've moved in with a widower friend in our retirement village. We're not married, but we enjoy each other's company, and anyway, it's cheaper to share a unit, so what's wrong with that? I got angry and told them to mind their own business, but maybe I shouldn't have done that.”
“Our son was killed in Iraq three years ago, and I don’t think we’ll ever get over it. It was his second tour of duty, and we were proud of him for wanting to serve his country. But now it all seems so hopeless.”
“Why does the devil keep fighting against God? Hasn't he figured out that he's going to be defeated someday, so why does he bother? Or is the “devil” just a symbol for evil, so that what we call “the devil” isn't actually real?”