The top 101 questions people ask about God, Christianity, and apologetics based on Google search queries with links to biblical answers – updated with 2020 data.
The aim of this post is to provide a list of questions that people type into Google every day: questions about God, Christianity, apologetics, and anything else related to Christian theology – aka theology questions. In addition, to the questions, we added a link to a biblical and authoritative post that answers the question.
Previous Year’s Lists:
Top 101 Theological Questions in 2019
Top 101 Theological Questions in 2018
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| Question* | Monthly Search Volume** |
| 1 | What is love? (love) | 5,000,000 |
| 2 | What is the Big Bang theory? (big bang theory) | 2,740,000 |
| 3 | Who is Jesus? (jesus) | 1,830,000 |
| 4 | What is the church? (church) | 1,220,000 |
| 5 | What is the Salvation Army? (salvation army) | 1,000,000 |
| 6 | Who is God? (god) | 1,000,000 |
| 7 | What are the seven deadly sins? (seven deadly sins) | 1,000,000 |
| 8 | What is life? (life) | 1,000,000 |
| 9 | What is the Bible? (bible / scripture) | 823,000 |
| 10 | What is meditation? (meditation) | 823,000 |
| 11 | Where are churches near me? (churches near me) | 823,000 |
| 12 | What is hell? (hades / hell) | 673,000 |
| 13 | What is heaven? (heaven) | 673,000 |
| 14 | What is the Catholic Church? (catholic church) | 550,000 |
| 15 | What is evolution? (evolution) | 550,000 |
| 16 | What is prayer? (pray / prayer) | 550,000 |
| 17 | What is the Lord's Prayer? (the lord's prayer) | 450,000 |
| 18 | What is an atheist? (atheist) | 450,000 |
| 19 | What is a preacher? (preacher) | 450,000 |
| 20 | What is sin? (sin / iniquity) | 450,000 |
| 21 | What was Noah's Ark? (noah's ark) | 301,000 |
| 22 | What is baptism? (baptism) | 301,000 |
| 23 | What is the serenity prayer? (serenity prayer) | 301,000 |
| 24 | What is evil? (evil) | 301,000 |
| 25 | What is a pastor? (pastor) | 301,000 |
| 26 | What is the gospel? (gospel) | 301,000 |
| 27 | What is reality? (reality) | 301,000 |
| 28 | What is the Trinity? (trinity) | 301,000 |
| 29 | What is the Book of Psalms? (psalm) | 246,000 |
| 30 | What does it mean to be omnipotent? (omnipotent) | 246,000 |
| 31 | What is a prayer for healing? (prayer for healing) | 246,000 |
| 32 | What is the fear of God (fear of god) | 246,000 |
| 33 | What is Hillsong? (hillsong) & Concerns about Hillsong | 246,000 |
| 34 | What is agape? (agape) - Biblical Greek word for 'love'. | 246,000 |
| 35 | What does God look like? (god images) | 246,000 |
| 36 | Who am I? (who am i) | 246,000 |
| 37 | What is the Orthodox Church? (orthodox) | 201,000 |
| 38 | What is gluttony? (gluttony) | 201,000 |
| 39 | What is the Kingdom of Heaven? (kingdom of heaven) | 201,000 |
| 40 | What is truth? (truth) | 201,000 |
| 41 | What is the meaning of life? (meaning of life) | 201,000 |
| 42 | What is salvation? (salvation) | 201,000 |
| 43 | Who was Isaiah / What is the book of Isaiah? (isaiah) | 165,000 |
| 44 | What is Presbyterianism? (presbyterian) | 165,000 |
| 45 | Who was Jeremiah / what is the Book of Jeremiah? (Jeremiah) | 165,000 |
| 46 | Who was St. Peter? (st peter) | 165,000 |
| 47 | What is the Apostle's Creed? (apostle's creed) | 165,000 |
| 48 | What are the fruits of the Spirit? (fruits of the spirit) | 165,000 |
| 49 | What is the 'evil eye' and should I be worried about it? (evil eye) | 165,000 |
| 50 | What is fornication? (fornication) | 165,000 |
| 51 | What is a morning prayer? (morning prayer) | 165,000 |
| 52 | What is reincarnation? (reincarnation) | 165,000 |
| 53 | What is Pentecostalism? (pentecostal) | 165,000 |
| 54 | Who is St. Michael? (st michael) | 165,000 |
| 55 | What is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
or Mormonism? (church of jesus christ of latter day saints) | 135,000 |
| 56 | What is a deity? (deity) | 135,000 |
| 57 | What is doctrine? (doctrine) | 135,000 |
| 58 | How to meditate as a Christian? (meditate) | 135,000 |
| 59 | What is the Mennonite Church? (mennonite) | 135,000 |
| 60 | What is the 'Hail Mary' prayer? (hail mary) | 135,000 |
| 61 | What is Palm Sunday? (Palm Sunday) | 135,000 |
| 62 | What is an evangelist? (evangelist) | 135,000 |
| 63 | Who is the Holy Spirit? (holy spirit) | 135,000 |
| 64 | What did Jesus look like? (jesus pictures) | 135,000 |
| 65 | Who was Ezekiel / what is the Book of Ezekiel? (ezekiel) | 110,000 |
| 66 | What is the Book of Ecclesiastes? (Ecclesiastes) | 110,000 |
| 67 | What is the Book of Deuteronomy? (Ecclesiastes) | 110,000 |
| 68 | What is a sermon? (sermon) | 110,000 |
| 69 | What are some encouraging Bible verses? (encouraging bible verses) | 110,000 |
| 70 | Why do we say 'God bless you' when someone sneezes? (god bless you) | 110,000 |
| 71 | What are some healing verses in Scripture? (healing scriptures) | 110,000 |
| 72 | What does eternal mean? (eternal meaning) | 110,000 |
| 73 | What is the armor of God? (armor of god) | 110,000 |
| 74 | What are some Bible verses about faith? (bible verses about faith) | 110,000 |
| 75 | What is the tithe? (tithe) | 110,000 |
| 76 | What is the Immaculate Conception (Mary)? (immaculate conception) | 110,000 |
| 77 | What is avarice? (avarice) | 110,000 |
| 78 | What is the Baptist church? (baptist church) | 90,500 |
| 79 | Who were David & Goliath? (david and goliath) | 90,500 |
| 80 | What is an Evangelical? (evangelical) | 90,500 |
| 81 | What is the Methodist Church? (umc / methodist church) | 90,500 |
| 82 | What is the Episcopal Church denomination? (episcopal church) | 90,500 |
| 83 | What is monotheism? (monotheism) | 90,500 |
| 84 | What is deism? (deism) | 90,500 |
| 85 | What is polytheism? (polytheism) | 90,500 |
| 86 | What are the names of God? (names of god) | 90,500 |
| 87 | What is the rosary prayer? (rosary prayer) | 90,500 |
| 88 | What is the rosary prayer? (rosary prayer) | 90,500 |
| 88 | What is christening (christening) | 90,500 |
| 89 | What is original sin? (original sin) | 90,500 |
| 90 | What is the Act of Contrition (act of contrition) | 90,500 |
| 91 | When was Jesus born? (when was jesus born) | 90,500 |
| 92 | What does Jehovah mean? (jehovah) | 90,500 |
| 93 | What is the Eucharist? (eucharist) | 74,000 |
| 94 | What is the Brethren church? (brethren) | 74,000 |
| 95 | What is the Church of Christ 'denomination'? | 74,000 |
| 96 | What are some inspirational Bible verses? (inspirational bible verses) | 74,000 |
| 97 | How to study the Bible? (bible study) | 74,000 |
| 98 | What does 'adonai' mean? (adonai) | 74,000 |
| 99 | What does 'the Lord is my Shepherd' mean? (lord is my shepherd) Found in Psalm 23 | 74,000 |
| 100 | What does it mean that 'God is love'? (god is love) | 74,000 |
| 101 | What is apologetics? (apologetics) | 74,000 |
Methodology for Compiling the Top 101 Questions in 2020
Every list of theology questions will be different. Each researcher will filter out good queries that could be considered theology questions or apologetic queries by another researcher. So it’s important to list the assumptions for any set of questions.
- We used Google’s Keyword Planner (a keyword research tool) to compile a new list of theological queries. Google sometimes does NOT include obvious queries in their results (ex. ‘christian’).
- All search queries are questions, though not all are phrased as questions.
- Many query variations of the same general question. We did compress some queries into one query.
- Initial queries are not necessarily directed towards Christians, but queries can be answered by Christian theology. Ex. “What is the meaning of life”
- Questions are asked by Christians and non-Christians.
- Results are a snapshot of questions the broader culture is asking at the time the keyword research was accessed. In 10 years, the list may be significantly different.
- Like last year’s 101 questions, results are worldwide – NOT just from the US.
Inclusions
- Basic Christian theology questions.
- Psychological questions: who am I.
- Varieties of groups in the Christian tradition: Catholic Church, Methodist Church, etc.
- Science, evolution, etc.
- Philosophical questions: what is truth, etc.
- Trustworthiness of Biblical doctrines questions.
Exceptions
- Names and books were removed.
- Types of meditations were removed (ex. mindfulness meditation).
- Individual churches and ministries were removed.
- Bible versions and Bible references were removed.
- Other gods/goddesses were removed.
- Philosophies and religions were removed (unless compared with Christianity).
- Noteable related exceptions: what is freedom, what is philosophy.
* Queries are rephrased in the form of a question. The original query is in parentheses based on the original keyword export.
** Monthly search volume is based on global search volume for all languages for the exact query typed from March 2020. Numbers are estimates based on data Google shares with its advertisers.
