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Christian Has Deep Doubts About Their Salvation

How can I know that I’m saved when I don’t feel saved?

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Facts vs. Truth

What’s the relationship between “facts” and “truth”? Is there any difference between them? If so, how would you describe it?

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Helping Seniors Get Excited About Their Faith

How can I help the senior citizens I’m working with to get really enthused about their Christian commitment? They’re all dear, sweet people, and many of them are lifelong saints who have been walking with the Lord for decades. But that’s exactly where the problem lies. There’s nothing I can tell them that they haven’t …

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“Original Sin” and Our Need for Salvation

What is “original sin?”

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Reconciling Enslavement to Sin With Freedom of the Will

How do we reconcile the idea of “free will” with the doctrine of “indwelling sin”? I’ve always been told that God did not create evil, that human beings sin through their own free choice, and that for this reason we are all accountable before Him. But recently I heard a Bible teacher say that we …

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The Dynamic Yet Unchanging Nature of God

How can Christians say that the God of the Bible never changes? I have often heard preachers and Bible teachers make this claim. I suppose this is a comforting thought, but I’m having trouble reconciling it with my own understanding of Scripture. The more I read the Bible (the Old Testament, anyway) the more confused …

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Varying Interpretations of the Bible

When different people read and understand the Bible in a thousand different ways, how do we know who’s right? Christian ministries like yours are always quoting Scripture and talking about the authority of the Word of God. To me, this raises a huge question: how can I know whose interpretation is correct?

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Adolescent Thinks His Parents Don’t Respect Him

How should a teenager respond when his mom and dad seem to have the attitude that he’s always trying to get away with something? I’ve had it with my parents! I’m not a bad kid, but they don’t respect me at all. I can’t do anything or go anywhere without being subjected to a major …

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Teen Has Friend Involved in Cutting

How can I help a friend at high school who told me that she’s started cutting herself. I don’t know why she’s doing it or how to help. What should I do?

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What the Bible Says About “Swearing” and “Dirty Words”

What’s so bad about profanity?

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Choosing a Financial Advisor

How do I go about locating and selecting a good financial advisor?

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Dementia and Memory Loss in Aging Loved Ones

How can we communicate and keep up a meaningful heart-to-heart connection with my aging mother as her mental condition deteriorates? She’s past eighty now, and symptoms of dementia are becoming more and more pronounced in her behavior. Her short-term memory is so poor that she can’t remember what she said to me ten minutes ago. …

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How to Leave Work at the Office and Be There for Your Family

How do I keep my job from eating up my time and energy to the point where I have nothing left to give my family? I’m a high-level executive with a large corporation, and my struggle to balance work and family is made worse by the fact that business concerns tend to dominate my mind …