The gospel is the answer to the most fundamental questions of life: Who am I?  Where did I come from?  Where did the universe come from?  Why am I here?  What is my meaning and purpose in life?  What is life about?  How do I know what’s right and what’s wrong?  Where am I going when I die?

One of the signs that many people have questions about life became evident when Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, started to set up his tent on numerous university campuses across the country.  He invited students to come to a mic and ask whatever questions they wished.  Scores of the students did so, and most of the questions were directly or indirectly related to the big questions above. Until then, many students had had no format in which they could ask such questions.  (The same is true for apologist William Lane Craig and evangelist/apologist Cliffe Knechtle.)

Because we are finite creatures, we are not omniscient – we don’t know everything.  In fact, our knowledge about critical areas of life is very limited and must be learned or sought out.  Yet, within the human heart of many, there is an insatiable desire to find answers to these big questions. 

But finding answers gets further complicated by our own weakness and fallenness. People create answers that don’t sync with the reality of this kind of world.  Add to that the involvement of the demonic at various levels within civilizations over millennia, and finding truthful answers to our deepest questions becomes nearly impossible. 

Impossible, that is, unless the truth revealed to us.  And throughout history God has used various means by which He’s revealed Himself to us – His Word and nature.

And the primary instruments God uses to reveal Himself to others is through His born again children. These are the people who have been transformed by the gospel and who have come to know the Father through Jesus Christ.  And these are people who find in their hearts a longing because of their love for Jesus and their lost fellow human beings, to begin conversations that answer the peoples’ deeper questions.

Because there isn’t a forum in the public square today for people to ask these kings of questions – a place where the exchange of ideas can take place and truth can interact with false ideas, millions of people across our country and the world don’t ask the big questions.

But genuine followers of Jesus Christ have the answers: we know where the world came from, where we came from, why we’re here, and what our meaning and purpose is in life.   It’s essential for us believers, out of love for lost people, to learn how start conversations that will open people’s eyes and draw them closer to the truth of Jesus Christ.

Starting a conversation by asking questions and listening is huge – no wonder the gospel writers record Jesus asking over 300 questions with those He conversed with.