Why do some people have a strong faith in God and others have a weak faith? Ten years ago, a friend and I became Christians at the same summer camp in high school, but my faith is so weak compared with his. Does God just give some people a strong faith, and the rest of us will always be weaker?
My father, who is in his 80s, has inoperable cancer and probably has less than a year to live. But when I try to talk with him about heaven and faith in Christ, he just laughs and says he'll take his chances. I'm very concerned, because he's never had any use for God.
Our children always get very excited about Christmas and what all they'll get for presents, and I know that's to be expected. But how can we help them understand the real meaning of Christmas?
I have a great interest in astrology and fortunetelling, and I think someone with your spiritual insight would be very good at predicting the future. You could help a lot of people by telling them what the future holds. Have you ever thought about doing this?
This has been a very bad year for me: a messy divorce, financial setbacks, sickness—you name it. I know I've made some wrong decisions, and I can't blame anyone but myself for most of what's happened, but can you give me any hope for the future?
I'm 12 years old, and I want to serve Jesus very much. But how can I? Almost no one in my school seems to care about God, and yet I know they need Him.
I've become very disillusioned over our political system. In fact, I almost didn't vote in the last election because I got so disgusted with the ads on television. Do you think there's any hope of reversing all this?
The doctor told us my brother would never recover from the stroke he suffered a couple of months ago, but now he's almost completely healed. Was this a miracle, do you think, or did the doctor just not know what he was talking about? My brother had lots of people praying for him.
My wife and I have been married almost five years, but my mother is constantly giving us advice and interfering in our lives. I tried to say something to her once, but she claimed the Bible says children ought to obey their parents, and that ended our discussion. Is she right?
My sister and I have always been very different, and now my parents have told her they don't want anything more to do with her. I can understand that, because she's really living a wild life, but I can't bring myself to cut off all contact with her. Do you think I should?
I'm very embarrassed, because a friend of mine went to jail for a crime he claimed he didn't commit, and I really went out on a limb defending him. But when he got out a few months ago, he admitted he did it after all, and now I feel like a fool. I can hardly face my friends because they all know I was duped. How should a Christian deal with embarrassment?
I know you say from time to time that we can never be good enough to earn God's salvation but does this mean it doesn't matter to God how we live? This doesn't seem right to me.
