"Jesus is the answer." You've probably seen that on bumper stickers or sung it in church. The perception of Jesus as the divine answerman is appealing: Life has questions, so you go to the Bible, look on the right page, and find the answers - and everything's good. But while that approach might work for algebra class, it doesn't seem to work so well in something called "life."

So what do you do? Take a fresh approach. This study of the gospel of Luke will help you wrestle personally with the often unsettling questions Jesus himself asked.

Life is full of questions, and an honest believer learns how to embrace those questions and build a stronger faith in the process. This fresh new Bible study, filled with provocative anecdotes and excerpts from literature and current events, will help you do just that.

1. If you only love the lovable, do you expect a pat on the back?
2. Is this what you were expecting?
3. Which of the two would be more grateful?
4. Which of the three became a neighbor to the man attacked by robbers?
5. And don't you think the Father who conceived you in love will give the Holy Spirit when you ask him?
6. True, they can kill you, but then what can they do?
7. Do you think I came to smooth things over and make everything nice?
8. Wouldn't you leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the lost one until you found it?
9. But how much of that kind of persistent faith will the Son of Man find on the earth when he returns?
10. What do you want?