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Advertising Creative Director Chas Bayfield takes you on a road trip through the Bible, leaving one significant item of baggage at home- religion. He tells the story from Genesis to Revelation and explains how this more than any other book has impacted western culture. Wholly Buyable is a podcast for people who might never normally pick up a Bible but who feel they should perhaps know a little more about it than they currently do. After all, the Bible is a book for everyone, not just believe ...
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Informed Faith

Patrick Siegel

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Helping Christians study, understand, and retain the truths of the Bible is the focus of INFORMED FAITH, the broadcast ministry of Patrick Siegel. In a recent Pew Research Center poll of professing Christians, 50% said they seldom to never read the Bible because it is too difficult to understand. Become a Monthly Support Champion for $3 a month. https://www.buzzsprout.com/2292736/support Join me as we change our behaviors and become informed believers together. Proverbs 2:10-11 "For wisdom w ...
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One of my greatest joys in life is teaching the bible in a way that makes it real to people. There’s no greater thrill for me than seeing a person have that “aha!” moment, when something in Scripture suddenly makes sense. Even after years of teaching, I never get tired of students telling me that something I said made the bible come to life for them. That is my hope for this channel. I have been a student and a lecturer of New Testament since 2005. I began my studies at what was then called ...
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More Than Bread

Dan Nold (Pastor of Calvary Church)

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It's not enough to get into God's Word, we need to let His Word get into us. "More Than Bread" is a podcast featuring Pastor Dan Nold from Calvary Church in State College, PA. It focuses on simply reading the Bible (with a few comments) in the hopes that listening to God's Word, learning from God's Word and leaning into God's Word will shape our hearts, minds, and souls to bring us life. As Jesus said, "We do not live by bread alone, we live by every Word that comes from the mouth of God."
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The Son And The Scriptures

Immanuel Lutheran Church Macomb

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The Son and the Scriptures will study the first five books of the Bible (the Torah) using ancient rabbinic, Christian, and modern Messianic interpretations to reveal Jesus in the books of Moses. It will be like walking the Emmaus Road with the Master himself where “beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, he explained to them the things concerning himself in all the Scriptures.” (Luke 24:27). Find your Messiah in places you never expected as you discover him through Genesis, Exodus, L ...
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The Bible Never Said That

The Bible Never Said That

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In this podcast, we unpack some of the most popular "spiritual statements" that have made their way into popular culture and the church, even though they are not theologically sound. Together, we'll hold them up to the Bible to see what God's Word really has to say to us.
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"Everything you want is in the Kingdom of God and making The Switch will help you manifest from His Kingdom." Understanding the Kingdom of God has never been more important . The pressure to do and have things the world's way has caused much pain for God's children. But, God has given us access to His System and He wants us to know how to live in this world, yet at the same time have full access to what we need from His World. This is the reason Jesus said in Matthew 6:33 to "seek first the ...
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Rechurched

Landmark Church

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Rechurched podcast is meant to inspire conscience and instigate conviction, so people may know God and show God. In a day and age where the Church has been commercialized, the Christian secularized, and the cross sanitized, it’s time to return to a biblical faith that knows our life is to be crucified. The Apostle Paul said, “For I have determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified” (I Corinthians 2:2). Rechurched builds upon the time-tested and true brick a ...
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Grace Notes

Marlene Jenkins Cooper

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Is it difficult to find time to spend with God in His Word? Welcome to Grace Notes: Devotions at the Piano with Marlene Jenkins Cooper! Each Monday and Wednesday, I will share a brief devotional based on scripture with a theme, reflection, song, and prayer. Join me each Monday and Wednesday. Let’s go to God together.
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This podcast exists to promote and spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ through the teaching and preaching of the Holy Bible. I pray that you are blessed, encouraged, and challenged by the content here. If you have never received Christ as your Savior, I pray that something be said in one of these sermons/ lessons that may cause you to see your need for the salvation that you can find only in Jesus Christ and His finished work of redemption for lost souls; and that the Holy Spirit of God does H ...
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Have you ever heard of Louis Congo? What about the forgotten Downwinders or The Devil’s Bible? These are just a few examples of people, events, and things from our past that have been lost to time. They’re important in the greater context of our understanding of the world and how our past shaped our present, yet they never made it into history books. In this bi-weekly podcast, freelance journalist, Crystal Ponti, digs up extraordinary excerpts of forgotten history, bringing her passion and l ...
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The Long Neglected Covenant To borrow from Will Rogers' comment on the weather, "Everyone talks about the covenant, but nobody does anything about it." There is a good reason for this: in the history of Christianity there has never been a theologian who has explained to anyone's satisfaction just what the Biblical covenant is. We have heard about "covenant theology" since Calvin's day, but can anyone tell us just what Calvin said the covenant is, how it works, and what common features are fo ...
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INTRODUCINGGOD'S ELIJAH TO THE CHURCH!!!!!!! "… when Ahab saw Elijah, … Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim. … gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table. … And Elijah came unto all the peop ...
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Send me a Text Message! When you read Paul's story in the book of Acts, you find that he had a dream, a compelling vision. He wanted to live for Christ. He wanted to bring Jesus to the whole world and for Paul the whole world was at Rome. He wanted to witness to Caesar. So God brought him to Rome. Probably not the way Paul envisioned. no mass-crusa…
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Job is a good man. He enjoys a prosperous life. He worships God. The Devil is confident that Job's faith is paper thin and that a bit of adversity will soon have him rejecting God. God takes the opposite position and so the experiment slash wager begins. With his skin itching and sore, all his material wealth gone and his children dead, Job must no…
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Send me a Text Message! In Acts 27, we see that Paul had a deep, deep confidence in God’s power to accomplish God’s purpose through God’s plan. God's power, purposes and plan. What is God's purpose? He's taking the gospel global. The Kingdom of God and the good news of Jesus is going global. That’s always been God’s plan, and can I tell you somethi…
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In this episode, we will take a closer look at one of the more troubling passages not just in 1 Corinthians, but probably in the whole Bible. A man is sleeping with his stepmother and Paul’s advice is to “hand him to Satan”. What on Earth is going on here?! Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/M5vOPZk3Z-A Connect with me: All my links: h…
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Send me a Text Message! Acts 26 is the culmination of the love story that started in Acts 25, the love story between God and the family of Herod Agrippa. It’s also about evangelism. And let’s be honest, many of us have a love/hate/worry/guilt relationship with evangelism. Maybe that's because we've defined evangelism as, "Getting the hard sell from…
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Send me a Text Message! I want to talk to you about seed-planters and soul revolutions. Seed-planters are people with vision. They are people with the patience, the faith and the courage necessary to strive hard for a future they may or may not see. Without seed-planters there is no fruit, no life. Seed-planters are people who love to serve. Seed-p…
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Send me a Text Message! Acts 25 contains one of my favorite love stories in all of scripture. I’ll never forget the first time it hit me, it settled into my heart. The passionate relentless love of God is so great. The love of Christ is so great, His pursuit so relentless that he would throw his #1 spokesman in jail for two years so that his #1 ene…
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Send me a Text Message! ACTS 24 is a beautiful description of Paul being faithful. Embracing opportunities to share his faith, to talk about Jesus, even when it might make his life miserable. Not watering down the message to someone who has the power of life and death in his hands. Giving the full truth even if it might be controversial. Paul was f…
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In one of the most extraordinary gambits in the Bible, and possibly in the whole of literature, God and the Devil have a wager over the virtue of one man, a farmer named Job. Now synonymous with suffering, Job endures both terrible harships and the judgemental pontification of some of his closest friends. This is where the history section of the Bi…
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Send me a Text Message! There is a moment of a scene in Acts 23, a short description in verse, and here's what it says, "The following night, the Lord (Jesus) stood near Paul and said, "Take courage..." Who doesn't need more courage, but rather than focusing on the courage…here’s what I love. The following night, Jesus stood near Paul and spoke. Je…
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Devotional Theme – "Triumphs, Failures, and Tribulations: Fathers in the Bible" Scripture reference -1 Thessalonians 2:11-12 NIV "For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory." Intro and Outro Song - "…
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Send me a Text Message! Bob Buford talks about one of the most significant questions anyone ever asked him. The question was, "What's in your box?" It was a question asked in the midst of some life-coaching and the purpose of the question was to bring about a discussion of the central purpose of Bob's life. The consultant finally said to him, "Bob,…
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Send me a Text Message! I think every Christian in America should be required to memorize Philippians 1:21. This was Paul’s dream, "For me to live is Christ and to die is gain." That's the creed he lived by. "For me to live is Christ and to die is gain." Is that our creed? For most of us, who have the label American Christian, Paul's words are clos…
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Send me a Text Message! If you had to summarize your life in six words, what would they be? How would you describe your life in six words? "Penn State wins again. Heart full." "If I don't graduate, I'll die." "I am seeking comfort and control." The challenge of the six-words is that it causes us to focus on what matters most, to capture briefly som…
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Devotional Theme – "I Will Carry You" Scripture reference - Isaiah 46.3-4 NASB " Even to your old age I will be the same, And even to your graying years I will bear you! I have done it, and I will carry you; And I will bear you and I will deliver you." Intro and Outro Song - "We Give Thanks To Thee" by Marlene Jenkins Cooper Closing Song - "Great i…
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Send me a Text Message! What does it take to finish well? Or let me make that even more specific, what does it take for a follower of Jesus, a Jesus-apprentice to finish well? Because I think in order to finish well, we need to have some sense of who is determining the finish line, our course. Who is writing our story? For Paul that goes all the wa…
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This has to be the Bible's greatest moment of schadenfreude. A man intent on genocide realises that the person who he believes is one of his closest allies is actually part of the ethnic group who he wants to cleanse. Furious back-pedalling ensues, vengeance is dealt and what might have been the darkest day in Jewish history is averted thanks to th…
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Send me a Text Message! The time comes when we all need a word of encouragement. And isn't that what church is all about. Paul says that the church is God's fields and we are partners in the Harvest, that the church is God's building and we are partners in it's construction...none of us stand alone. And one of the best things we can do together...i…
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What are the gospels? Are they reliable accounts of Jesus’ life? How and when did they come into being? Following from the last series on the life of Jesus, in this series we will look at the sources for his life. And in this final episode, we will look at the gospel’s of Matthew, Luke, and John. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Xage…
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Send me a Text Message! Somewhere along the journey every heart ablaze for God, begins with a growing heart-conviction that God actually wants to be with us. This is his great promise. I will be with you. I want to be with you. But somewhere along the way, we gain this idea that God is love so God has to love us. He has to love us because he's God.…
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Send me a Text Message! The Word of God is vital to spiritual life, but it's not enough. It's necessary but not sufficient. There's more. When we go through bone-drying, hope draining times, we need more than knowledge about God. We desperately need the Spirit, the breath of God. In Ezekiel 37, God says I'll put my breath into you. The word for bre…
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Send me a Text Message! Acts 18 is full of names, the names of people whom Paul built into...and who were on his team. Paul says that the church is God's fields and we are partners in the Harvest, that the church is God's building and we are partners in it's construction. None of us stand alone. If you are here today, it is because someone planted …
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Send me a Text Message! I think every person in the world, wants a father who loves us, who will pursue us no matter what, right? Don't we? Our hearts long for a father who will never give up hope that somehow, somewhere his son or daugther will re-connect, come home. A father who is persistent and unrelenting in his love, always reaching out, rega…
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Devotional Theme – "A Legacy of Love and Faith: Lessons from My Godly Dad" Scripture references - "Psalm 103:13 "As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him." Colossians 3:21 "Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged." Intro and Outro Song - "We Give Thanks To Thee" by …
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From the pampered luxury of Persia's royal harem to a life or death encounter with the world's most powerful man. It's incredible that Shakespeare didn't write a play about Esther, the characters are so vivid. Then again, he didn't need to as the story is already told so well. Esther, the beautiful queen, ensconced in the harem. Mordecai, who direc…
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Send me a Text Message! I believe God has planted in the very dna of our souls, a desire to matter; a desire to live a life that makes a difference... to find a mission worth dying for and even better worth living for. So let me ask you right now, you can answer in the quiet of your own heart, "What and/or who are you really living for? What is you…
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What are the gospels? Are they reliable accounts of Jesus’ life? How and when did they come into being? Following from the last series on the life of Jesus, in this series we will look at the sources for his life. And in this week’s episode, we will look at the first gospel to be written: that of Mark’s. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu…
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Send us a Text Message. What really is love? Can we define it, or are we forever chasing an elusive feeling? In this episode of Informed Faith, we explore how society's varied definitions of love often lead to confusion and misconceptions. To find clarity amidst the chaos, we turn to scripture—drawing from Ephesians, Romans, and John—to understand …
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Send me a Text Message! Are you urgently hungry from something more than bread for your stomach? Here is what I think, while many things could seem urgent, what actually becomes consistently urgent is whatever we think will brings us life and is missing. In other words, urgency is defined by hunger. Urgency happens when we lack something which we b…
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Send me a Text Message! Once upon a time we were called, "the people who turned the world upside down." In this episode I want to challenge us to pray, "Lord would you do it again?" We want to live in an upside down world because what we have come to experience as right-side-up is all wrong. And it all begins with a decision...it's a yes or no deci…
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Let's talk about the Kingdom of God, the benefits of living in that kingdom and the positive impact this will have on your life and business. This is the introduction to this new podcast and I share: Why switching kingdoms and living the Kingdom of God lifestyle is more important today than ever How the year 2020 influenced my decision to start thi…
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Send me a Text Message! I've always thought this story of Paul and Silas was a bit strange. This woman has been following them for days, telling people that they are God's men. They are legit; here to save you. But then one day, Paul gets annoyed and delivers her from demonic bondage and economic slavery and as a result they get beaten severely and…
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Send me a Text Message! Every time we come to the funeral of someone who loved Jesus...it should make us long just a bit more for home. Because no matter how great or how hard your life is at this moment, the best is yet to come. And I think that’s how the people on Jesus-team in the early church; I think that’s how they lived their lives. They liv…
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Devotional Theme – "The Ultimate Tracker" Scripture reference - Psalms 139:7-12 (NIV) "Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold…
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You're king of one of the largest empires ever amassed. You're hosting a banquet for the governors of all your territories. And you want your queen to make an appearance. She feels that she is only being paraded in front of the men as a trophy, and refuses. The stage is set for one of the Bible's most remarkable stories, a literal rags to riches fa…
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Send me a Text Message! In Acts 16, we get introduced to two people Lydia and Timothy, both followers of Jesus. We know more about Timothy than we do Lydia, but it's still good to hear their stories. Their story is part of God's story and so is yours. Before we leave this episode we'll focus on bit more on Timothy's part in the story of God and how…
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What are the gospels? Are they reliable accounts of Jesus’ life? How and when did they come into being? Following from the last series on the life of Jesus, in this series we will look at the sources for his life. And in this week’s episode, we will look at the reason behind some of the “contradictions” in the Gospels. Watch this episode on YouTube…
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Send me a Text Message! At the end of Acts 15, we are introduced to John Mark. We know him best as the writer of the gospel of Mark. But I think it's safe to say, that without Barnabas we probably would have missed Mark. But instead of missing Mark, we gained an amazing gospel with a vital perspective on Jesus and His team. Barnabas was able to loo…
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Send me a Text Message! This episode is about what identifies us as followers of Jesus. What are the non-negotiables? Some of us grew up in a culture that emphasized what some call boundary marker religion. There were certain things that you did and did not do that were very important. Those things marked you as being in the group or not in the gro…
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Send me a Text Message! In Acts 14 is a statement that I love to hate and wish I could ignore. "We must suffer many hardships to enter the Kingdom of God." Through many hardships and much suffering, we enter the Kingdom of God. You have got to love that right? We get lots of joy and lots of persecution and then don’t care too deeply about what othe…
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Send me a Text Message! It's hard to miss, the book of Acts gives us front-row seats to the incredible joy that saturated the early church, even in the face of hardship, suffering and persecution. This joy wasn’t just a here-and-gone moment of emotion but rather a steadfast perspective and fullness of delight that came from the joy-giving power of …
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The Jews may be back in Jerusalem but things are far from rosy. Nehemiah wades in like a teacher in an unruly classroom, desperate to create order and restore a level of godliness as Judah is resettled. His concern is that this is the Jews' last chance to get things right with God, and so they should avoid any of the behaviours that led to them bei…
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Send us a Text Message. Learn about the OIA Bible Study Method (Observation, Interpretation, Application) from Pastor Peter Krol's Knowable Word blog—Although taught to seminary students, it's a practical approach that makes Bible study accessible for all ages and educational levels. This method ensures that we let the text speak to us without proj…
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Send me a Text Message! The early church faced unrelenting attacks, deep persecution, tragic losses, and from a human perspective unbeatable opponents. Yet, no matter what happened, they would not only bounce back, but in the hardest of chapters, they would overcome. The Word of God spread, followers of Jesus multiplied, communities were turned ups…
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What are the gospels? Are they reliable accounts of Jesus’ life? How and when did they come into being? Following from the last series on the life of Jesus, in this series we will look at the sources for his life. And in this week’s episode, we will look at the reliability of memory, especially in the ancient world. Watch this episode on YouTube: F…
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Send me a Text Message! Christ is the treasure above all treasures. He is worth everything you have. We go all-in for Jesus, because what we gain is of infinitely greater value than what we give. The only logical response to Jesus is the all-in response. But I'll never forget, a time I was listening to a description of the parable of the treasure..…
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Send me a Text Message! When I read Acts 13, I'm reminded that whenever we go on the mission of God, we step into a spiritual battle. There is darkness in this battle. It may be the darkness that comes in the bitterness of anger, the darkness that comes from depression, the darkness that descends upon a relationship when we just can't seem to find …
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