I have multiple jobs. I don’t think I can afford to give any of them up, but I feel like I’m being pulled in different directions. Is there anything I can do?
Big Questions
Our panel of contributors replies to questions from readers on topics like these: ethics, relationships, missional living, faith formation, vocation/calling, digital life, church/Bible/doctrine, and stewardship. Got a question you’d like answered?
There are times when we are the ones who are hiding. But there are also times when God’s people trust and obey yet still feel empty and forgotten.
There’s nothing like a crisis to expose the weaknesses in any system—and that includes family communication systems.
We all praise God for designing and creating the amazing plants and animals we see around us. But Christians disagree on how God created.
Our church is doing more intergenerational ministry events. Don’t people learn best with their own age groups?
Is Jesus’ admonition “In everything, do to others what you would have them do to you” (Matt. 7:12) an example of moral relativism?
I struggle with my kids’ constant fighting. How can I stop the competition so our home can find some peace?
In the small office I manage, I want employees to settle on certain computer apps to do their work (in this case, the messaging app Slack), but some are resisting. Should I lay down the law and require it?
Years ago, it seems like we spent a lot of time in church listening to sermons about or studying apologetics, but these days, not so much. Why?
I am an elderly Christian who can find himself in discussions about burial plans. When I share that my remains will be donated for medical research, some people react negatively. Please comment.
School is the most straightforward way to get this kind of education, but it’s not the only way nor even always the best way.
I suspect that you want to see God at work—even long to—but the possibility often seems quite elusive.
Occasionally I cannot honestly sing all the words of a song. With “Amazing Grace,” for example, I would be lying if I sang “How precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed.” I did not have a Damascus Road experience. What should I do when I cannot honestly sing some lines in church?
Should we connect with a former daughter-in-law for the sake of our grandkids when our son would feel betrayed by our having any connection?
We are constantly told that voting is our civic duty. Is this true? And if voting is a civic duty, is it also a moral duty?
My mom took a phone call from someone claiming to be her granddaughter, saying she had been in a car crash, was in jail, and needed help. Thankfully Mom figured out it wasn’t her grandchild and hung up. How do we guard ourselves from scammers?
A number of people around me are switching jobs. How do I know if I should be doing the same?
When our pastor prays, he uses the word “Lord” or “Father God” in nearly every sentence, sometimes more. Is it wrong for me to be annoyed by this?
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What would extraterrestrial intelligence mean for our faith?
I am concerned that by preserving my marriage I am compromising myself and risking my emotional, mental, and physical health.
Do some methods cause us to multitask too many things? Do some of the things churches do during communion, such playing music, make it hard for us to meditate?
God is at work wherever the Spirit has placed us, and we are sent to remain.
Skepticism regarding human nature is certainly warranted, and even wise.
It’s been more than a year since artificial intelligence—especially generative artificial intelligence—took over technology news.