Whether you are a person of faith, nonreligious or free thinking, every person on the face of the planet is searching for answers to make sense of life, their existence and the world we live in.

We all have questions, from those on the personal level like Who am I? What is my purpose? Does anyone love me? or How do I find peace?, to questions on a wider global scale like, What is wrong with the world? and Why is there so much suffering? or even Why doesn’t God do something? to questions beyond this world like “Is there something else out there in our universe? and How did life begin? or What happens after this life ends?

I’m sure that you have asked yourself these questions or ones like them before, or maybe you’re even pondering some of these questions right now.

The reality is that humanity will never be able to answer every question. Why? Because we are not all knowing. We do not have the capacity or ability as individuals or collectively to know everything about all things. Science has been great in providing us some answers, but as wonderful as science is, the more we come to know and understand, the more questions we seem to have that remain unanswered.

This is where the truth found in the pages of the Bible—the insight of the scriptures—and the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ provide answers to the frustrated seeking mind and comforts the tormented human heart.

That’s why I bring these life questions up in conversation with people and talk about what the Bible says about these things. People are often amazed to find that there are actual answers to the big questions of life.

Most of these answers are connected to the good news of Jesus and this has a big impact on people.

If you want your spiritual conversations to be relevant to people in a way that makes them want to talk with you more, then start with life questions the person is already wrestling with and move towards the gospel from there.