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#132 Is the Bible anti-women? Does God hear the prayers of agnostics?

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#132 Is the Bible anti-women? Does God hear the prayers of agnostics?

August 25, 2022
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Tom offers advice to a listener who is moving away from Christianity because she believes the Bible seems to treat women as second class citizens. Another is an agnostic who has been praying for the war in Ukraine. Will God hear my prayers if I'm not even sure I believe?

 

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