Ask NT Wright Anything #93 Gendered language and God as ‘father’

2021-11-25T16:44:00+00:00

Why does the Bible use gendered language? Can I trust God as father when I was abused by mine? Should we pray to Jesus the son or God the father? Tom tackles these and more Qs.

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