Questions and Answer with young people

What About..?
Questions & Answers with young people about God and Life
By Steve Case

Description
Young people have questions.
Some of these have to do with what is hitting them in the face at the moment; an unwanted pregnancy, parental conflict over body piercing, a passing comment heard in a sermon, a sudden death.

Some of these have to do with things they have heard, but now they are thinking about them in new ways or with increased depth; pain and suffering, God's activity or lack of activity, prayer, God's will for my life.

Use What About...? for your own personal study or in a group discussion. Check out the Scriptural index and add your own passages. Young people have questions. Here are some answers. And you can be the one who provides listening ears for them as they come up with answers for themselves.

This can be intimidating, for young people as well as for adults. Young people don't necessarily want to appear to be stupid or rebellious. Sometimes they need a forum to discuss their issues and take them for a test run. Adults aren't always sure about their answers and may be wrestling with the same questions, too. Is there a safe place to ask questions? Is there a safe person or group of people to dialogue about these things?

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What About an Unwanted Pregnancy?

Question: I’ve done something that I thought would come later in life. I’m three months pregnant now, and later I’ll have to stop school for a few months.
I don’t know what to think. I’ve considered getting an abortion, but I just can’t do it. I made it, so I’m going to have to raise it.
The Lord gave this to me for a reason, but I just don’t know why. Can you give me any Bible passages that can help with this little situation?

What About the Difference Between Sinners and Sin?

Question: I hear all kinds of things about Christians being judgmental and close-minded. How should we balance loving the sinner and hating the sin? I don’t want to seem like I accept things that I know are wrong, but I don’t want people to think that I don’t love them, either.

What About Growing Up with Jesus but not Loving Him?

Question: I’ve grown up in an Adventist home, but I don’t really love Jesus, even though I want to go to heaven. And when I do something wrong, I’m not usually sorry I did it. What can I do?

What About Finding the True Denomination?

Question: Which religion/denomination is the true one?

What About the Rich Man, Lazarus, and Hell?

Question: Does hell exist? The parable of the rich man and Lazarus shows that it does.

What About Talking to Unbelievers?

Question: What topics should I bring up when I’m talking to unbelievers about God?

What About Free Choice?

Question: If God gives us free choice, why will He destroy people who don’t choose Him?

What About Being Sure I'm Saved?

Question: How can I be sure that I’m saved, even if I don’t feel like I’m saved?

What About Going Back to a Church?

Question: My friend has gone to church only a couple of times, because when he went, the people there told him he wasn’t welcome. Then his parents told him he wasn’t good enough for church. He really feels hurt. My question is “should he go back to church?”

What About Hell?

Question: My parents and I were listening to a Christian radio station in the car the other day, and the speaker was talking about the “biblical truth” of hell. If it’s “biblical truth,” why don’t we believe in it?