The questions young people have about sharing their faith, and how to answer them

Lizzie and Jessica: Sometimes one of the things that can hold me back from sharing my faith is my lack of knowledge in the detail. I’m worried that people will ask me questions that I don’t feel equipped to answer, like, I can’t argue my faith as well as I’d like to be able to. I think that is definitely something that worries me. I worry that they will call into question, having a faith in something that I can’t prove.

John Kirkby First of all, I would think that context of the conversation is probably the most important part of the question. I have a friend Dave who I chat with about what Jesus means to me. On a couple of occasions, he’s asked me some questions. And I’ve just said,”you know, I really don’t know!”. There is a mystery and a wonder, around God and around knowing Jesus and I just don’t know the answer to that. But what I do know is that Jesus is real, that he has transformed my life that I feel His compassion and his help. He has been with me, has guided me, my world has improved. I’ve learned so much and I’ve got great friends.

So for me, the vast majority of Christians are going to are going to win people over by just their own faith. And obviously, if someone has got a specific question, then I think it’s absolutely, totally fine as you would if I asked a friend the question, it didn’t know the answer, it will make it go. I don’t know the answer to that. But I will say, You know what, I’m just gonna have a look into that.