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“[The Bereans] . . . searched the scriptures daily, [to see] whether those things were so.” —Acts 17:11

Although many of the false healing preachers invoke various

Why Doesn’t Jesus Heal Me? methods to achieve healing, they are clearly imposing their erroneous
T. A. McMahon practices on what the Bible tells us. Their errors are countless. They
teach such ideas as: 1) Not receiving a healing is caused by a person’s
WE OFTEN HEAR from people who are suffering from various own lack of faith; 2) Deferring to the will of God is a cop-out that
ailments and they don’t understand why they are being made to undermines the power of one’s own faith; 3) The prayer of faith for
endure them. I don’t know the particular reason why Jesus doesn’t healing must be detailed according to what the person determines; 4)
heal a person who is ill and who asks Him for healing. There are The prayer of faith must be stated in “positive” terms while avoiding
many conditions of suffering that of course Jesus knows about and any negative words that would reinforce the illness. The list goes on
for which we don’t understand the reasons. None of this negates the and on in accordance with the multiple deceits of the false preachers.
truth, however, that He certainly loves all those who cry out to Him Furthermore, many of the “faith healers” preach a false gospel that
to be healed. Psalm 22:24 tells us, “For He hath not despised nor the Lord, of course, will not confirm “with [miraculous] signs fol-
abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath He hid His face lowing.” Obviously, the Lord is not “working with them” (Mark 16:20)!
from him; but when he cried unto him, He heard.” Oral Roberts, when he was introducing “faith healer” Kathryn
I also know that everyone who repents—that is, turns to Jesus Kuhlman, stated that the university (named for him) decided to give
for salvation and thereby receives the gift of eternal life—is healed her its first honorary doctorate degree as someone representative of
spiritually. That person is born of the Spirit and will ultimately be the ministry of healing “which is reflected in the background and
with Him both temporally and eternally, no matter what earthly cir- founding and purpose of this university.” That academic respect-
cumstances he or she may be enduring. Physical healing from the ability did much to promote faith healing ministries, but it was of
Lord, however, is only temporal and involves outcomes that God no help regarding its healing failures. 
desires to accomplish to His glory and for the benefit of the person Medical researcher Dr. William Nolen attended a Kathryn Kuhl-
seeking healing. One can only wonder what betterments He has man healing service for the purpose of evaluating its credibility. He
in mind, but our knowledge of His perfect love and compassion writes, “During the service, as those who had ‘claimed a cure’ came
encourages us to trust Him to do what’s best for us (Matthew 9:36; down off the stage, two legal secretaries I had enlisted to help me
14:14), or for those we uphold in prayer.  wrote down the names, addresses, phone numbers and diagnoses
As we look to the Scriptures for examples of physical healing, one of everyone who was willing to cooperate in a follow-up study.
thing is clear, and that is that no one can systematize healing, i.e., form We got 82 names. A few weeks after the service, letters were sent
some methodology or formula for how to produce miracle cures. The to the names on the list, inviting them to come to Minneapolis on
diversity of healing instances in the Scriptures won’t allow it. As we Sunday, July 14, and tell us about their experiences. Twenty-three
read through the Bible, we see that some healings involved a person’s people showed up, and I made arrangements to interview them indi-
faith, even “great” faith (Matthew 9:28-30, Mark 5:34, Luke 7:9-10); and for vidually over the next few months. In talking to these people, I
some, little or no faith (Mark 9:23-27, Luke 7:14-15, Luke 22:50-51, Acts 3:2-7). tried to be as honest, understanding, and objective as possible, but
Some were instantaneous (Acts 9:17-18), others involved a procedure I couldn’t dispense with my medical knowledge and my common
(Mark 8:22-25, John 9:6-7). Some healings took place by Jesus’s touch sense. I listened carefully to everything they told me and followed
(Matthew 8:3), some by His spitting on them (Mark 8:23), some by touch- up every lead that might have led to a confirmation of a miracle.
ing “handkerchiefs or aprons” worn by the Apostle Paul (Acts 19:11-12), I was led to an inescapable conclusion: Of the patients who had
some by Peter’s shadow passing over them (Acts 5:15). Some illnesses returned to Minneapolis to reaffirm the cures claimed at the miracle
the Lord has allowed to take place so that their healing would mani- service, not one had, in fact, been miraculously cured of anything”
fest “the works of God” (John 9:3). Whatever the case, it was the Lord (Nolen, “In Search of a Miracle,” McCall’s Magazine, 9/74, italics added).
bringing about the healing for His divine purpose. The same results regarding physical healing, or the lack thereof,
Healings also take place through natural means. Luke is referred are found among all the faith healers. As mentioned above, true
to as the “beloved physician”; so obviously that involved a medical miracles confirm the teaching of the truth of God’s Word. When
approach. Paul advised Timothy to “use a little wine for thy stomach’s biblical truth is willfully distorted, the Lord cannot sanction what
sake and thine often infirmities,” which involved a natural remedy (1 amounts to a deception. “So then after the Lord had spoken unto
Timothy 5:23). Sickness is a consequence of a world created in perfec- them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand
tion but then ravaged by the sins of humanity. Yet we are told by the of God. And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord
“Healing and Prosperity” preachers that no believer in Jesus should working with them, and confirming the word with signs following.
ever be sick, an idea that they wrongly base upon 1 Peter 2:24: “… Amen” (Mark 16:20). When God’s Word is not preached in truth, there
who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, hav- can be no confirming miracles. Tragically, it isn’t the atheists or the
ing died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you skeptics who lead the way in undermining a belief in miracles; it’s
were healed.” If that had to do with physical healing, then Paul was those who misrepresent what the Bible teaches by falsely claiming
remiss in his counsel to Timothy regarding his “often infirmities” as healings in the name of God.
noted above, and Paul himself failed to minister that so-called truth to What then of true biblical healings? Have they ceased since the
Trophimus, whom he “left at Miletum sick” (2 Timothy 4:20). And what days of the Apostles? There is no verse in Scripture that teaches the
of Paul’s own affliction, which Jesus did not heal (2 Corinthians 12:8-9)? cessation of miracle healings. The Lord indeed heals today! Yet, the

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conditions, including the timing, purpose, and means, are all up to tially became bitter toward God for the deaths of her husband and
Him—and rarely does He fill us in on what He has in mind.  two sons; Orpah, a Moabite, left her mother-in-law and returned to
Let’s review some biblical examples. Sometimes the Lord heals her people in Moab. Ruth, also a Moabite, nevertheless commit-
a person in order for him or her to continue blessing their brothers ted herself to caring for Naomi. Her focus was not on her loss or
and sisters in Christ. Tabitha (also called Dorcas), who had fallen on herself but rather on determination to look after her mother-in-
sick and died, was such a person. The saints at Joppa sent for Peter, law. Unaware of God’s intention for her, Ruth’s loving ministry to
and, “When he was come, they brought him into the upper cham- Naomi nevertheless resulted in her marriage to Boaz, which brought
ber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the forth Obed, the father of Jesse, the father of David! By following
coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them. the God of Naomi, Ruth, though not a Jew, gloriously entered into
Peter prayed for her and called out, ‘Tabitha, arise.’ And she opened the genealogy of Jesus. Another widow, Anna, dedicated her life
her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up. And he gave her his to the Lord after the death of her husband. Through her years of
hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and wid- continual service in the Temple, she was present to witness the baby
ows, presented her alive” (Acts 9:40-41).  Jesus, her Messiah, being brought there: “And she coming in that
Epaphroditus was a tremendous blessing to the saints at Philippi instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all
as well as to the Apostle Paul himself. We’re told, “For he longed them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem” (Luke 2:38). She was
after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that wonderfully blessed in fulfilling what God had ultimately intended
he had been sick. For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God for her.
had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should Scripture abounds with examples of God allowing His children
have sorrow upon sorrow” (Philippians 2:26-27). Continued good works, to go through conditions of suffering. Why? The Book of Job gives
however, are not always the reason for God healing the saints. us a major reason. Job’s suffering experience began with his focus
God’s mercy was involved in the healing of Epaphroditus, both upon himself, defending his righteousness before his “counselors,”
for him and for Paul. But isn’t the Lord’s mercy included in all His and even before God (40:8), as well as the counsel from his wife
healings? Certainly, but that may not be His primary purpose. He to end his suffering (“Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still
loves us and knows our hearts, meaning He knows how much sorrow retain thine integrity? Curse God, and die” [2:9]). Chapter 42:5-6
we can handle (through Him), so He was merciful to Paul regarding indicates that Job finally came to understand the message regarding
his sorrows. Yet Paul had his own affliction for which he sought the his self-preoccupation, and his words leave no doubt about how
Lord three times for deliverance—but it never took place. Why not? his experience changed him for the good: “[Before,] I have heard
Paul writes, “For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” Job grew
for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore immeasurably in his relationship with the Lord through the trials
will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest he suffered! 
upon me” (2 Corinthians 12:8-9). In this case, the spiritual strengthening James points to the Book of Job regarding the purpose that God
of Paul through grace was the Lord’s purpose for denying his physical had for what Job experienced, which didn’t take place by chance.
healing. Few, if any, have suffered more trials and tribulations than That purpose can also be understood as something that was intended
the Apostle Paul, yet all that he endured did not hinder his fruitfulness by the Lord. He allowed Job to suffer at the hands of Satan and the
(See TBC “The Value of Suffering” 5/1/2010). Often God allows believers to faulty insights of his “counselors” so that he might come to the end
experience physical sufferings as a witness of the grace He provides of himself, which he did! That’s what God had intended for him.
to help them deal with their condition. I’m sure many of us know In fact, God has intentions for all those who love Him, which is
believers who have encouraged us greatly by their witness in handling what Romans 8:28 is all about: “And we know that all things work
their afflictions, and who may not have been healed. He may have together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called
even allowed that simply for the purpose of their testimony to others.  according to His purpose.” Everything the Lord allows a believer to
The struggle regarding healing, whether for ourselves or our go through should, as with Job, draw him or her closer to the One
loved ones, is often highly emotional. Losing a loved one is heart- whose love for us knows no bounds. Yet we all have a choice to
breaking and the loss causes a time of deep mourning for many. either submit to God’s intentions for us—or resist, and even reject,
Although Jesus knew He was going to raise Lazarus from the dead, His ways and means for us.
He wept. Why? I believe that the reason He did so had to do with In summary, the Lord spiritually heals all those who have
death itself, a consequence of sin brought into this world. Death pro- believed the gospel. They have been reconciled to Him now and
duced the emotional pain of sorrow and separation that Jesus wit- forever, forgiven of their sins, past, present, and future, and given
nessed among those who loved Lazarus: “When Jesus therefore saw the gift of eternal life. Not everyone who cries out to Him for physi-
her [Mary] weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with cal healing is healed. The reasons are in the mind of God, the details
her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, And said, Where have of which He rarely communicates to the person. They are enfolded
ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. Jesus wept” in His intention for the betterment and fruitfulness of the believer
(John 11:33-35). Yes, He raised Lazarus from the dead, but the reality and will take place as he or she submits to the Lord’s will and pur-
of death with its consequences of separation remains for everyone.  pose. The Lord’s choice to physically heal and His denial of physi-
Why did Jesus weep? It may be because our Lord and Savior was cal healing both serve to glorify Him! The former demonstrates His
considering the separation He would endure (“My soul is exceed- power as our Creator, the latter His intention for the believer in
ingly sorrowful…”) through His death on the cross. We do know order that he or she may be used of Him. The conditions, includ-
that His understanding of His separation from the Father (completely ing the timing, the purpose, and the means, are all up to Jesus. All
unfathomable to us) drove Him to his knees at Gethsemane: “And he things do indeed “work together for good to them that love God,
went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my to them who are the called according to His purpose” (Romans 2:28).
Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not Desiring and obeying God’s will and His way is the evidence of our
as I will, but as thou wilt” (Matthew 26:39). Submission to the Father, love for Him (John 14:23). 
yes, and more: for His love for us and for the joy that was set before Pray for those who need to be encouraged in the knowledge of
Him, i.e., our salvation. Our deceased loved ones who put their faith the love and graciousness of our Lord, especially for those who mis-
in Him are experiencing for eternity that absolute fullness of joy! understand biblical healing. Psalm 23 is a wonderful reminder that
The Book of Ruth speaks volumes about the loss of life through the Lord is our Good Shepherd, and through Him, “Surely goodness
widowhood. Naomi and her two daughters-in-law all lost their hus- and mercy shall follow me all the days of my [temporal] life: and I
bands, each dealing with their grief in a different way. Naomi ini- will dwell [eternally] in the house of the Lord for ever.” TBC

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Question: I’m confused about the “security of the believer.” To created…eons ago” as you have stated? In the beginning God
me, it sounds like “once saved, always saved,” which doesn’t fit said “everything” that He had made was “very good” (Gn 1:31).
in with my understanding that believers can lose their salvation Are you implying a special creation of the angels at a different
by turning their backs on God. time and place before “the beginning of the creation?”
Response: The doctrine of “Eternal Security” engenders no end of Response: You have clearly put much thought and study into
strife. But a discussion of the pertinent scriptures must be according it in the spirit of a Berean. However, you make some incorrect
to 2 Timothy 2:15, in which we are told to “rightly divide the word assumptions. The statement, “the serpent was more subtil than
of truth.” Everything must be considered in context. The passage in any beast of the field which the LORD God had made” (Gn 3:1) does
John 10 contains declarative statements of the Lord Jesus Christ, not include Satan as a “beast of the field.” It includes the physical
with no qualifiers. Jesus made five clear statements concerning His serpent in the garden through which Satan spoke. He is called
sheep (those who believe and follow Him), in contrast to those who “that old serpent,” but he is not a literal, physical snake created
did not believe (v. 26). Some defenders of the “falling away” doctrine with the other creatures. When Satan came into existence cannot
try to draw a distinction between Christians who continue to follow be derived from this passage.
Jesus throughout their lifetimes and those who eventually turn back. Second, you seem to assume that the creation of “the heavens
Jesus, however, shows that He was making a simple distinc- and the earth” (Gn 1:1) includes what Stephen described as “the
tion between the Pharisees who did not turn to Christ and those heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand
who did (vv. 24-26). The verses put the security of eternal life in the of God” (Acts 7:56) and what Paul called “the third heaven” (2 Cor
strong right arm of God. The verse says “no man may pluck them 12:2) where God dwells. The words “heaven” and “heavens” are
out.” The good shepherd recovering his lost sheep (Mt 18:12-14) used both for the physical “heavens” related to earth and a part
and the Father disciplining His children (Heb 12:5-12) are excellent of the physical universe (the atmosphere and the stars) as well as
examples of God securing our salvation. Other people argue that for heaven, the “Father’s house,” which has neither physical nor
in John 10 some have added meanings that do not agree with the spatial relationship to earth. Surely the “place” where God dwells
words or the context of the passage in John. Perhaps the clearest is neither physical nor part of the physical universe and must have
example is 2 Peter 2:22, which discusses false prophets, not true always existed. This is also where angels dwell.
believers. These “false prophets” (2:1) are “wells without water The creation spoken of in Genesis refers only to the physical
(v. 17).” A well without “water” (water is biblical metaphor for universe. The heaven(s) in Genesis 2:1 refer to the stars, not to
the Holy Spirit) has the same exterior appearance as a bona fide angels. In other places it is clear when “heaven/heavens” refers
well but looks entirely different to one who possesses the abil- to the physical realm and when it refers to God’s presence; also
ity to look inside (1 Sm 16:7). These false prophets are specifically when “host” refers to stars and when it refers to angels. You seem
contrasted with Lot who, despite his compromises and disobe- to assume that “host of heaven” always means angels, which is
dience, is still called a “righteous man” (v. 8). As verse 22 care- not the case. For example: “as the host of heaven cannot be num-
fully explains: “…it is happened unto them according to the true bered” (Jer 33:22). The statements—“God saw every thing that he
proverb….” Another verse cites the dog that returns to his vomit had made, and behold, it was very good” (Gn 1:31), and “Thus the
because that’s what dogs do. The sow returns to wallowing in heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them” (2:1),
the mire because that’s what a hog does. Neither the dog nor the as well as “from the beginning of the creation God made them
pig has had its nature changed. Nor were they “born again” or male and female” (Mk 10:26)—all refer to the physical universe,
changed into another species. The dog experienced a temporary which had a beginning, not to the dwelling of God and angels nor
purging and the sow underwent a washing. But there was no eter- to angels themselves.
nal meaning, even with spruced up appearances—like the white- We have no biblical reason to believe that angels were cre-
washing of a tomb (Matthew 23:27). ated simultaneously with the physical universe and man. We are
Those who have been drawn by Christ (who draws all men not told when they were created. Both Old and New Testaments
[John 12:32]), may temporarily “escape” the pollution of the world show a close association of angels with God, and it would seem
by attempting to conform, but Scripture plainly states that their odd indeed if they did not exist until the physical universe was
conformity is not real because their true nature (as that of a dog or created. Surely the positions of power that angels manifest in the
pig) soon manifests itself. Book of Revelation seem to be of a more permanent nature than
to have originated with the creation of the universe and man. One
Question: In one of your newsletters you said that before man function of angels is to praise God and surround His throne. It
was created, Satan had already rebelled and taken countless hardly seems reasonable that there would have been no angels
angels with him. You stated, “A rebellion led by Lucifer eons to worship and serve God before the physical universe (of which
ago had taken place….” It sounds like you hold to some form they are not a part) was made.
of the “gap theory.” Creation had a beginning, and “in six days There even seems to be a hint that man’s creation came about
the LORD made heaven and earth…” (Ex 20:11). I believe it is as a result of Satan’s rebellion. Surely man plays the key role in
clear that the angels were created as well in those six days. God the final defeat of Satan. We see this in the part played by Job
said, “Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the in the controversy between God and Satan; Paul tells us that
host of them” (Gn 2:1). This “host” certainly could include angels we “wrestle…against spiritual wickedness in high places [i.e.,
(Neh 9:6, Ps 103:20-21, 1 Ki 22:19, et al.). God said the serpent was heaven]” (Eph 6:12).
“made” just as the beasts of the field (Gn 3:1) and was “perfect God has existed forever. I think it reasonable that angels have
in thy ways from the day thou wast created” (Eze 28:15). Where been in His presence for “eons” of time by earth’s reckoning, and
is the scriptural evidence that Satan rebelled “before man was also that Satan probably rebelled long before man was created.

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Dear Berean Call, smidgen myself. One pastor “declared” my town to have no
I have benefited from your ministry since the 80s. My family more shootings. (Didn’t work.) Another commanded sickness to
throughout my teen years was involved in a “Christian” cult. I leave, with increasing volume, as if that would work. (It didn’t.)
was able to get out and my parents eventually left. But it was The Another group [was] teaching “healing of emotions” per John
Seduction of Christianity that freed the rest of the congregation. Sandford—I left that group with your website address, which
Someone read it and passed it around…it was not an authorized they looked up, [from] a March 2014 TBC Newsletter. Also a
book for them to read. I am so enjoying your Apostasy Update pastor recruiting unsuspecting women to anoint with oil [as
with Carl Teichrib. You both have confirmed so many things I’ve they] went forward for prayer and healing. Then there was the
wondered about and revealed things I was unaware of. Please keyboard player who put a single note on auto for “mood” during
continue your newsletter and podcasts. CJ (email) prayer—while he left for several minutes. Your heart must really
ache with all you see and discover. RW (CT)
Dear Brothers and Sisters at the Berean Call,
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus. I have lapsed from Dear Tom,
your mailing list and would greatly appreciate receiving your I received information I thought you might be interested in
newsletter again if possible. I’ve recently moved to our prison’s since it relates to the field of psychology. I spent ten years in the
“faith-based” dorm and realized it is “multi-faith based.” A real seminary studying for the Catholic priesthood. In those days, we
mixed bag. One of the biggest doctrinal issues is the Hebrew didn’t have any psychological teaching that I recall. This newer
Roots movement and Messianic Jews who are not Jewish or material seems to be something current, since there is so much
Hebrew. discussion about the mental well-being of priests. The leadership
I remember some of the articles in your newsletter touched in the seminary is seeking ways to cure their sexual problem. This
on these issues, and I know I can easily refute the legalism from just shows that there is a definite “elephant in the room.” Keep up
Galatians and Romans alone. Thank you for the help. JS (TX) the good work. PM (CA)
Hello, Dear TBC,
I’ve just re-watched a DVD of Dave Hunt on “Matthew 16 [Apostasy Update #15] with Carl Teichrib was such an
and the Cross.” I thought it was so good and would be wonderful important discussion! I was caught up in exactly what these fine
for giving to others, saved or lost. I’m thankful to the Lord men were talking about for more than a decade until my great
for the TBC ministry warning of what’s out there. I’ve seen a Lord and Savior Jesus Christ pursued me and removed the scales
from my eyes. One thing I would like to add is that the deception
is slow and subtle. The darkness sucks you in in such small
TBC NOTES amounts over time that you don’t realize how deeply into it you
have become. At that point, it takes the hand of God to deliver
you from it. Praise God, He pulled me out of this evil deception.
God Bless America! Seriously? I pray for my friends and family that are still prisoners of this.
ANON
In October of 2017, I wrote a TBC article titled “Bless
God!” Sadly, Americans in general haven’t been blessed
by God, nor have we blessed Him. It’s not just the fact that QUOTABLE
evil is increasing exponentially throughout our society. It’s
more basic than that. We are a country of religious plural- God’s ultimate kingdom is far more wonderful than human
ism, i.e., one country, many religions. There’s the prob- imagination can even conceive: “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,
lem. God’s blessings, and our blessing Him, can only take neither hath it entered into the heart of man, the things which God
place in obedience to His truth: “God is a Spirit: and they hath prepared for them that love him” (1 Corinthians 2:9). The entire
that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth” universe, so contaminated by Satan’s cosmic rebellion, will be
(John 4:24). That cannot happen among those who haven’t replaced instantly by a “new heavens and a new earth, wherein
been born again, among those who do not believe John dwelleth righteousness” (see 2 Peter 3:13).
14:6 or Acts 4:12: “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, The new universe will be inhabited by those who have repented
the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but and received God’s remedy so that He could create them anew
by Me” and “Neither is there salvation in any other: for (Ephesians 2:8-10). In perfect bodies, no longer susceptible to temp-
there is none other name under heaven given among men, tation and sin, and filled with Christ’s love, theirs will be eternal
whereby we must be saved.” bliss in God’s presence and the inconceivable adventure and joy
Nevertheless, we who worship God in spirit and in truth of the wonders He has planned for all eternity.
can bless God as well as bless America by sharing the good At any moment it could be too late to respond, but as yet Christ’s
news of the gospel with fellow Americans as the Lord gives gracious offer of pardon and eternal joy is still open: “He that
us opportunity. This we know because, “The Lord is…long- heareth my word and believeth on him that sent me hath everlast-
suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but ing life, and shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from
that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9). death unto life” (John 5:24). “Therefore if any man be in Christ he
is a new creature: Old things have passed away; behold, all things
T. A. McMahon are become new (2 Corinthians 5:17)!
Executive Director —Dave Hunt

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