Question bank for a pastors' panel night in the Sermon on the Mount term. If we run this instead, Youth Group Connect - Anger and Lust keeps for another time, and most of what it covers will come up here anyway.

These questions kind of cover topics that Week 1 & 2 might have touched on, then also what week 3 would have covered

Blessing, Suffering, and Fairness

• If God blesses people who are sad and poor, why does everyone at church act like being a Christian makes you happy all the time?
• Why do people who don't care about God seem to have better lives than people who do?
• If God loves me, why did he let me get bullied?
• I've never been persecuted for being a Christian. Does that mean I'm not doing it properly?
• Is it wrong to want to be popular, or rich, or really good at something?
• Why does God let bad things happen to good people?
• Is it OK to be angry at God?

Rules, Standing Out, and the Old Testament

• Why do we ignore some Old Testament rules but not others? Who decides which ones?
• Do I have to tell people at school that I'm a Christian?
• Is it bad to have friends who aren't Christians?
• How do I stand out without being the annoying Christian kid?
• Can I listen to music or watch shows that aren't Christian?
• Why do heaps of Christians act exactly the same as everyone else?
• Why are there so many different churches that believe different things?

What Goes On In Your Head

• Is it a sin to be angry at my parents?
• What if I hate someone and I can't stop?
• Can you be a Christian and keep sinning?
• How do I know if I'm actually saved?
• Can I lose my salvation?
• Does God get sick of me confessing the same thing every single week?

The Ones That Turn Up Every Time

• How do you know God is even real?
• Is it OK to doubt?
• How do I hear from God? Have you ever actually heard him?
• What happens to people who never heard about Jesus?
• Is anxiety or depression a faith problem?
• Why does God seem so angry in the Old Testament?