Need a straight answer? Pastor Josue Sanchez and counselor Charmaine Matthews are the authors of Guide's advice column, "On Target: God-centered Advice for Your Tough Problems." Click here to send them your toughest questions, and you may see an answer in the magazine. Look below at some of the questions they have already answered in past issues of Guide.

On Target Archive Questions

• hI’m 14, and I think I’m old enough to make my own decisions about what TV shows I want to watch and what kind of music to listen to. My parents don’t agree with me. Who’s right? >>



• My parents think my computer games are too violent, but I can’t find any fun games that don’t have violence. Any suggestions? >>



• How could God let all those innocent people die in the Indian Ocean tsunamis? Does He not care, or what? >>



• My Christian friend says his family isn’t interested in Adventism because they want to “live under grace and not law.” What is he talking about? >>



• Why does church have to be so boring? >>



• For some reason my dad and my aunt (his sister) don't seem to get along at all. Is there anything I can do to change things? >>



• I have two reports due on the same day. What should I do? >>



• Should we be vegans? >>



• Does Israel play any part in Jesus' second coming? >>



• I have a bigger sister that I can't get along with. I've tried! How do I get along with her? >>



• I have no friends. All the other boys do stuff I wouldn't do. What should I do to make friends or feel better? >>

• There are two boys who do really weird things to get attention from my classmates and me. What’s that all about? >>



• My best friend has a boyfriend and wants me to get one, too. But I don’t like any of the guys in my church. What should I do? >>



• People say Jesus is coming soon, but I really wish He’d wait awhile, because there are a lot of things I want to do here. Is that bad? >>



• Some girls in our school make fun of my friends and me. One time in a note they called us “stupid.” What can we do? >>



• A boy in our class cusses all the time. What can we do to make him stop? >>



• Every time I do something bad, I feel really guilty, even if I apologize and ask God for forgiveness. How can I quit feeling so guilty? >>



• What kinds of things can I do on the Sabbath? >>



• My stepfather always says negative things about me to my mother. What should I do? >>



• I have a non-Adventist friend, and I'd like to explain to her about death. Can you explain it simply so she can understand? >>



• What would you do if your friend had to move to a faraway state? >>



• I pray all the time, but God never answers my prayers. Am I doing something wrong? >>