The gospel or good news of Jesus Christ 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 right from wrong?  Where am I going when I die?

One of the signs that many people have questions became evident when Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, started started setting up his tent on numerous university campuses across the country.  He invited students to come to a mic and ask whatever questions were on their minds.  (The same is true for apologists such as William Lane Craig and evangelist/apologist Cliffe Knechtle and apologist Frank Turek.) Scores of the students did, and most of the questions were directly or indirectly related to the questions above. Until then, many students had had no venue at which they could ask such questions, and many were intimidated by their professors. 

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 are often creating answers that don’t sync with reality.  Add to that the involvement of the demonic at various levels within civilizations over millennia, and finding truthful answers to our deepest questions can be very difficult. 

That is, unless the truth is revealed to us.  But throughout history God has used various means by which He has revealed Himself to us. And the primary means He has used to reveal Himself is through His children. These are people whose hearts have been transformed by Jesus, and who have come to know the Father through Him.  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 peoples’ deepest questions.

Because there isn’t a forum in the public square today where people can ask questions — a place where the exchange of ideas can take place and truth can be heard, millions of people in our country and around the world haven’t heard answers to issues perplexing their hearts.

But followers of Jesus Christ have answers: we know where the universe came from, where we came from, why we’re here, and what our meaning and purpose is.  It’s essential for us believers, then, to learn how start conversations. Conversations help us get to know people and what they are thinking. Using questions is one of the best ways to do that— it’s no wonder the gospel writers record Jesus asking over 300 questions of those with whom He conversed!