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Question: I was literally stunned by a passage a friend read to me from a book by Karen Mains...what seemed to be her communication with a personal spirit guide. Am I reading too much into her writing?

March 1, 1994

Question: I was literally stunned by a passage a friend read to me from a book by Karen Mains, the wife of David Mains, who hosts the Chapel of the Air radio broadcast. She is a highly influential evangelical (the book cover states that she is “chairperson of the trustee...Read more

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