Were you encouraged to ask questions? Some were not. Some were discouraged by a religious teacher or even a parent. Many others were encouraged at every corner to ask questions about their faith. Questions are not bad, but motives can be. 

My preacher colleague made a comment in a sermon a few weeks ago that resonated with me: “Question everything.” I like that. Not as recently, another preacher friend of mine argued that it is better for young people to ask you questions than peers, atheistic influences, or Google. Some of the last places you would want a young person to go with questions are exactly where they go if you discourage them. 

Ask your questions! Don’t bury those doubts, don’t shield others from your concerns, don’t lock them away and pretend like they aren’t there. They will resurface again during a time when your faith can’t handle it! Ask your questions. We must be of the disposition to be willing to ask and able to take hard questions.

Do you have a question about the canon of Scripture? Ask away. 

Do you have a question about science and the Bible? Ask away. 

Do you have questions about what the local church does with its money? Ask away. 

Do you have questions about how the local church does its work? Ask away. 

Do you have questions about how a local church worships? Ask away.

Do you have questions about why we don’t use instrumental music? Ask away. 

Do you have questions about why we don’t have a fellowship hall, gymnasium, or dining room?  Ask away. 

Do you have a question about why we don’t have women preachers, elders, or deacons? Ask away.

Do you have a question about baptism, repentance, marriage, divorce, remarriage, or the roles of men and women in the home?  

Have a question? Ask away. 

Ask, and keep asking. Asking good questions and getting good answers is how you learn and grow.