Amazing Questions Kids Ask About God

by Lightwave

• ISBN13: 9781414307992
• ISBN10: 1414307993
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-01
• Publisher: TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS

Summary

This series arms parents with thoughtful answers to questions kids ask about God, Heaven, and the Bible. Includes fun illustrations and handy verse references.

Table of Contents

CREATION
Why did God create the world?	1	(1)
How did God create the earth?	2	(1)
Were there dinosaurs on the ark?	3	(1)
Why did God make mosquitoes?	4	(1)
Why do sharks eat people?	5	(1)
If God made spiders, why do people squish them?	6	(1)
Why did God make people red and yellow, black and white?	7	(1)
Did God make people in outer space?	8	(1)
How does God make the sun and moon go up and down?	9	(1)
ADAM AND EVE
Why did God make people?	10	(1)
How did God make Adam and Eve?	11	(1)
What did Adam and Eve "dress" the land with?	12	(1)
How did God make everyone else after Adam and Eve?	13	(1)
How did Adam know what to name the animals?	14	(1)
Why did Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit if God said not to?	15	(1)
Why didn't Adam die when God said he would?	16	(1)
Did God know Adam and Eve were going to sin?	17	(1)
GOD
What does God look like?	18	(1)
Does God have friends or is he alone?	19	(1)
Where does God live?	20	(1)
Does God sleep, or does he just rest?	21	(1)
Who created God?	22	(1)
Why can't we see God?	23	(1)
Can Christians hear God talking to them?	24	(1)
Dad, why do I need two fathers, you and God?	25	(1)
Does God see everything that we do?	26	(1)
JESUS
Is Jesus God?	27	(1)
How can God be three persons and one person at the same time?	28	(1)
Do God and Jesus cry?	29	(1)
Did Jesus really live just like me, or was he pretend?	30	(1)
Did Jesus ever do anything bad when he was little?	31	(1)
If Jesus died on the cross, how can he be alive today?	32	(1)
Why do I feel afraid if Jesus is with me?	33	(1)
How did Jesus walk on water?	34	(1)
Why did Jesus dress so funny?	35	(1)
Why did they beat up Jesus?	36	(1)
Why did God let them hurt Jesus?	37	(1)
Why do they call it Good Friday if that's the day Jesus died?	38	(1)
Why does Jesus want us to follow him?	39	(1)
Why did Jesus get tempted by the devil?	40	(1)
Why didn't God just forgive everybody?	41	(1)
SALVATION
Why do God and Jesus love people?	42	(1)
How can Jesus fit in my heart?	43	(1)
How do you get Jesus in your heart?	44	(1)
Would God send nice people to hell if they are not Christians?	45	(1)
If I swear, will I go to hell when I die?	46	(1)
Will all of my friends go to heaven?	47	(1)
Why isn't everyone a Christian?	48	(1)
Why doesn't God just zap the bad people?	49	(1)
How long is eternity?	50	(1)
What does God want us to do?	51	(1)
PRAYER
If God gives us everything we ask for, then how come we don't have everything?	52	(1)
Why do we pray?	53	(1)
Will God give children toys if they ask him for them?	54	(1)
What should I say to God when I pray?	55	(1)
How come when I pray to God he doesn't always answer?	56	(1)
Why did I have a bad dream when I prayed before I went to sleep?	57	(1)
How can God hear everyone's prayers at once?	58	(1)
HEAVEN AND HELL
If we went high enough in the sky, would we find heaven?	59	(1)
What is heaven like?	60	(1)
Is there a McDonald's in heaven?	61	(1)
Will there be toys in heaven?	62	(1)
Will my pet go to heaven when it dies?	63	(1)
Why can't we go to heaven and just see it and then come back?	64	(1)
Will I have my same name in heaven?	65	(1)
Will God let me visit Grandpa in heaven?	66	(1)
Why is hell dark if they have fires?	67	(1)
Who ends up in hell?	68	(1)
ANGELS AND DEMONS
What do angels really look like?	69	(1)
When I die, will I become an angel?	70	(1)
What does my angel do?	71	(1)
Who is the devil?	72	(1)
Does the devil have claws?	73	(1)
Why is the devil after us?	74	(1)
What are demons?	75	(1)
Will I ever get a demon?	76	(1)
SUFFERING AND EVIL
Why do some people die before they are old?	77	(1)
Why are some people different from others?	78	(1)
How come God makes storms with lightening and thunder?	79	(1)
Why does God let wars happen?	80	(1)
Why does God let us get sick?	81	(1)
If we are running out of trees, why doesn't God just make more?	82	(1)
Does God know about people who are hungry?	83	(1)
Why do brothers and sisters fight?	84	(1)
Why do you get mad at me if you have Jesus in your heart?	85	(1)
What is evil?	86	(1)
THE BIBLE
How did they write the Old Testament if there weren't any paper or pencils?	87	(1)
Who wrote the Bible?	88	(1)
How do we know that what the Bible says is true?	89	(1)
Why do we have the Bible?	90	(1)
Why do some Bibles have pictures and some don't?	91	(1)
When did "Bible times" stop?	92	(1)
Why did Bible people give their kids such funny names?	93	(1)
Does Satan know about the Bible?	94	(1)
THE CHURCH
Why do we go to church if God is everywhere?	95	(1)
Why do we worship God?	96	(1)
How come my friends go to a different church?	97	(1)
What part of the body of Christ am I?	98	(1)
Why do people get baptized?	99	(1)
What happens to people who don't go to church?	100	(1)
When is Jesus coming back?	101