Too Good To Be True

Q: I really do believe in Jesus, but sometimes I wonder if it’s all too good to be true. What I mean is, how can God possibly love us and forgive us when we treat Him so badly? If I were God, I don’t think I’d bother with the human race, let alone let us [...]

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Plank in Your Eye

Q: I have a friend who claims she knows what she did in a previous life hundreds of years ago, and she does this with the help of a spiritual guide who lived then but comes to her in dreams now. This kind of talk makes me uncomfortable, but could she be right? — D.W. [...]

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Angels

Q: What do angels look like? Do they really have wings, and can they fly through the air? My 8-year-old son has been asking me lots of questions about angels and I haven’t known how to reply. — A.K. A: There is no rational reason to believe that angels or any other supernatural entity (gods, [...]

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Reincarnation

Q: I don’t believe we go to Heaven when we die. Instead I believe that we come back to earth (or perhaps go to another planet) and live another life, and we keep coming back until we finally reach perfection. You’re free to believe what you want to, but this is what I believe. — [...]

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God’s Will

Q: My friend says that we’re either doing God’s will or we aren’t doing God’s will, and there isn’t anything in between. But we’re never perfect, are we? So how can we ever say we’re doing God’s will completely, when we’re probably only doing it halfway? — N. McG. A: Since there is no good [...]

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End Times

Q: A few weeks ago, a friend gave me a book in which the author tells exactly when Jesus is going to return (and he claims it’s not far away). He says the Holy Spirit revealed it to him in a dream. Could he be right? — W.G A: There is no good reason to [...]

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