“I guess my husband and I had been drifting apart for several years, but now he’s announced he’s found someone else and has filed for divorce. It’s too late now, but what went wrong? How can I prevent it happening again if I remarry?”
“Whenever I think of God, I picture Him kind of like my great-grandfather (whom I never knew)—old, gentle, with a white beard and a twinkle in his eyes. I know God probably isn’t like this, but what does He look like?”
“I know I’m supposed to feel guilty when I sin, but I can’t say that I really do. I guess that’s why I’ve never felt any particular need for God. Why should I worry about this? ”
“Our church just started a big campaign to raise money to renovate our building and add some new youth facilities. But I’m not sure we ought to be doing this, and I don’t want to support it. I like our church the way it is”
“A few years ago I had a bad health scare (a heart attack), and I told God I’d do anything He wanted me to do, if He’d only spare my life. Well, I guess He did, but I admit I haven’t kept my end of the bargain. Is God going to punish me for this?”
“I think the only thing churches and other religious organizations are interested in is my money. I get tired of organizations begging for money all the time. At the end of the year my mailbox was stuffed with appeals for money.”
“I get very upset when I read about all the starving children in the world. Why doesn’t God do something? Sometimes I wonder if God even cares.”
“I admit my boyfriend isn’t perfect, but he says that once we’re married he’ll stop drinking and find a good job and everything. My parents say I shouldn’t believe him, but how do they know? I think he really loves me.”
“We usually go to church every week, but our neighbor seems to be involved in church activities all the time. Does God look down on us because we also enjoy doing other things?”
“I’m being tempted to do something that I know is probably wrong, but what difference does it really make? After all, God has promised to forgive all our sins, hasn’t He?”
“I’m trying to decide something about my life, and a woman in our town says she can tell your fortune. I think she uses special cards or something. Do you think she could give me some good advice about my future?”