#32 Pastoral questions on porn, personal tragedy and coming back to faith
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March 10, 2020
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Tom answers listener’s pastoral questions including a man racked by guilt over whether his wife’s miscarriages were a judgment on his porn addiction, a family wrestling with the death of a family member, and someone on a journey back to faith but unsure where to begin.
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