Our son just came home from his first few weeks at college, and I'm not sure we like what's happening to him. He talks like he's not sure if he believes in God anymore, and sounds like he's just mainly having a good time. What can we do?
My cousin is mad at me because I told her she loves her dogs more than she loves her family. That may sound funny but it's true, and I felt she ought to face it. But she got very offended, and now won't talk to me. Was I wrong to tell her the truth?
My wife and I do volunteer work through our church at a local homeless shelter. But we get very discouraged because so many of the people are involved in drugs or alcohol and yet won't do anything about it. What is the use of trying to help them?
What will we look like when we get to heaven? Will we be like we were when we were young and vigorous, or like I am now (I'm in my 70s)? Or will we just be spirits?
I know this is probably wrong, but I can't get excited about going to heaven. Eternity is a long, long time, and it all sounds pretty boring to me. Maybe you have a different view.
Our son became an alcoholic in college some years ago, and he's been in and out of treatment programs ever since. But they never did any good, and now we don't even know where he is. It has really broken our hearts, but all we can do is pray, I guess.
I don't have any problem believing Jesus was a son of God, just as we all are (although He was more perfect than we are). But I can't believe He was the only Son of God. Why do Christians say He was, and what difference does it make anyway?
Was Jesus married? I read a best seller recently that claims He was married to Mary Magdalene (if I understood it correctly) but I'd never heard that before.
I work in a group home for mentally handicapped adults who can't take care of themselves. I am a Christian, and I believe God put me there, but sometimes I wonder why. After all, most of them can't understand who God is or anything like that.
I respect Jesus as a profound teacher and a great person, but I can't accept the Bible's myths about things like the miracles He supposedly did. I can't believe in miracles in our scientific age.
My husband has been almost like a different person in recent months, with wide swings in mood, going from deep depression to excitement with lots of activity, then back to depression—all in the space of a few weeks. He refuses to see a doctor, and says I'm just out to get him. What can I do?
My husband has Alzheimer's disease, and for the last five years I've taken care of him at home. But now it's getting worse, and my family is saying I need to put him in a nursing home. But I can't stand the thought of doing that. How can I know what is the right thing to do?
