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Letters to a Young Pastor: Hearing God’s Voice

July 23, 2015 by Gary Neal Hansen 4 Comments

Letters to a Young Pastor: Hearing God's Voice

Dear ______: Sorry. I didn’t mean to imply that you had all those problems yourself. What I wanted to say is that God’s call requires more than woundedness. So, sometimes you think you hear an actual voice telling you that you are called. That is more than woundedness! But let’s think about it. When I was […]

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