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#46 Big questions from and about children

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#46 Big questions from and about children

November 5, 2020
Ask NT Wright Anything
Ask NT Wright AnythingPremier

Tom answers listener questions on how to talk to children about tricky things like suffering and hell. Plus, we talk about parenting and discipling children and young people

* For more on developing children’s faith at home: https://www.youthandchildrens.work/Faith-at-Home

* For resources to help you answer young people’s big questions: https://www.youthandchildrens.work/Apologetics

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