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#159 What difference does prayer make? Tom shares his prayer habits

Ask NT Wright Anything

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Are You Being Too Cynical?

Public prayer displays often come across more as acts in the culture war here in my American context. In America it's obviously an issue because you've got a major church state split, which is awkward and doesn't actually quite work. Unsposing that to public situations can be a sort of protest, can be making a point. There are times when there are times when we want to show some kind of solidarity with one another by saying something like this. But I would be aware of becoming over-the-top about being political at any given moment. So I'd think wisely and perhaps with a sense of humor and just as well say 'I'm sorry for your loss'

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