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Jun 2024
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Answering Tough Questions about Raising ...

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In this episode, Jon Nielson offers advice to parents about how to raise teenagers in our current day and age.

Jon Nielson serves as the senior pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church of Wheaton in Wheaton, Illinois. He is also the author of 'God's Great Story: A Daily Devotional for Teens' from Crossway.


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