Real Questions – Book 3

Real Questions is an original Ochorus series for readers aged 13 to 17. Book 3 takes thirty more of the questions teenagers really ask, many of them close to home, and answers them honestly, in plain words, without slogans. You don’t need to have read Books 1 or 2.

“God, Faith and Me” asks why I can’t feel God, whether my faith is just how I was raised, whether Christianity is a Western religion, why pray, what sin really is, about people before Jesus, why God made me, what heaven will be like, whether my pet will be there, and what the gospel is in one minute. “Faith Out Loud” asks about friends who mock, being unpopular, non-Christian friends and parents, friends of other religions, Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants, racism, war, music and films, and schoolwork. “Heart and Life” asks about loneliness, bullying, anger, comparison, ambition, a friend at risk, lying, gambling, feeling like a fake, and wanting to give up.

Every chapter opens with a short answer and then goes deeper. On the core of the faith it answers plainly, as most evangelical churches do, and always with compassion. Where faithful Christians genuinely disagree, it sets out the main views fairly and says so. Chapters on painful subjects point the reader to a parent or trusted adult, and to urgent help where anyone is in danger. Each chapter ends with a question to think about and a chapter of a classic to read next. Scripture is quoted from the Berean Standard Bible.