2. How do we know what God is like when we can’t see him?
3. Why do I feel bad when I do something wrong?
4. What if I don’t feel bad when I do something wrong?
5. Why does sin keep me from being friends with God?
6. Why does God say the punishment for sin is death?
7. Why doesn’t God just forget our sins?
8. Are “little” sins okay with God?
11. Why did Jesus have to die for my sin when I haven’t done anything really bad?
12. Will God forgive really bad people?
13. Does God always forgive me?
14. How do I know God wants to be my friend?
15. What kind of friend is God?
16. Does God love me more when I obey him?
17. How can I be better friends with God?
18. How much does God love me?
19. How can God have time for me when there are so many other people in the world?
20. Will God ever stop loving me?
21. Does God like my sister more than me?
22. Is God ever too busy to listen to my prayers?
23. Is God really interested in my problems?
24. Will God give me whatever I ask for when I pray?
25. Did Jesus ever do anything wrong?
26. Was Jesus ever tempted to sin?
27. How can Jesus live inside me?
29. Did Jesus know he was God?
30. Did everyone in the Bible think Jesus was God?
31. Did Jesus actually die on the cross—or did he just faint?
32. Did Jesus really come back to life after he died on the cross?
33. Could Jesus’ disciples have made up the story about Jesus coming back to life?
34. How did Jesus come back to life?
35. Is it okay to have Easter baskets and look for Easter eggs?
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT
36. What’s the Holy Spirit? Is he a ghost?
37. How come I can’t feel the Holy Spirit living in me?
39. How do some people know so much about God?
41. How is the Bible different from other books?
42. Why did God put his words in a book?
43. How could God write a book?
44. Who wrote down the words in the Bible?
45. How do we know the Bible is from God?
46. The Bible is so old. How could it last so long?
47. Are parts of the Bible make-believe, or is everything true?
48. What will happen to people who don’t obey the Bible?
49. Why is the Bible so hard to understand?
50. Why does the Bible have so many rules?
51. Are the Bible’s rules old-fashioned?
52. Is the Bible always right?
53. Why are there so many different kinds of Bibles?
QUESTIONS ABOUT DIFFERENT RELIGIONS
54. Why do people from different religions sometimes fight?
55. Does my Muslim friend pray to the same God I do?
56. Do I have to tell people about Jesus?
57. Does it matter which God people believe in?
QUESTIONS ABOUT RIGHT AND WRONG
58. Can I decide for myself what’s right and wrong?
60. Does God punish me when I do wrong?
61. Why is it sometimes easier to do things that are wrong than to do what’s right?
62. How does God help me choose to do the right thing?
63. Why do I sometimes get in trouble for doing the right thing?
64. Why do some Christians not act like Christians?
65. Does God know what my life will be like when I grow up?
66. Does God care what job I have when I grow up?
67. Will God tell me what will happen in my future?
68. Why does God let bad things happen to me sometimes?
69. Can God make bad things turn out okay?
71. Why does church last so long?
72. My friend doesn’t go to church—what should I do?
QUESTIONS ABOUT DEATH AND HEAVEN
73. Why did my grandma die when the Bible says that Christians will live forever?
74. What will I look like in heaven?
75. Will everybody go to heaven?
76. How long will we be in heaven?
77. How do I know I’m going to heaven?
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