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Disconnect Jesus from your mum ft Nathalie
Season 2, Ep. 25
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Welcome to The Bench Podcast with Franklin Lukason, a space for real conversations, with real people. We cover topics on faith, life, the human experience, and how they are all intertwined.
On this episode, Franklin is joined by Nathalie, and they have an honest conversation about coming from a legalistic aftcian church background and finding Christ outisde of it. They share experiences of where and how they met Jesus, and how they have leanred to disconnect Jesus from the teachers and leaders they grew up under
We hope it blesses you as you listen, and if you like the conversation, feel free to stick around for more :)
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