# The Joy of Contagious Giving, and Q&A

An episode of [Bible Answer Man Podcast with Hank Hanegraaff](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/569236334), 18 Jun 2026, 28 min.

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On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (06/18/26), Hank talks about the joy of contagious giving—the giving of time, talent, and treasure for the sake of the Kingdom. Every breath we have is held in the hollow of God's hand. May God grant that we use His resources wisely. Hank also answers the following questions: Given that even the Bible mentions other writings, how is it that the 27 books of the New Testament were canonized? James - Dallas, TX (9:15) How are we as Christians to treat movies that take events out of the Bible, and yet present them in a secular way? John - Auburn Hills, MI (15:12) I was diagnosed with an incurable cancer. Years later my oncologist told me that I was cancer free! Is this a miracle? Margaret - CA (20:49)

## Transcript

[0:07] Speaker 1: Welcome to the Bible answer Man Broadcast with the President
[0:10] Speaker 1: of the Christian Research Institute, Hank Canigraph. Our mission is
[0:15] Speaker 1: to equip you with answers to share the hope that
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[0:26] Speaker 1: the corrosive worldviews at work in our world today, while
[0:30] Speaker 1: experiencing the authentic Christian life will make you a winsome
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[0:59] Speaker 1: here's Hank Hannah.
[1:00] Speaker 2: Thank very much, Randy. I am delighted to be back
[1:02] Speaker 2: in studio. The first thing on my mind today is
[1:07] Speaker 2: our year end. We are approaching the end of our
[1:11] Speaker 2: fiscal year, and as I've said over the years, this
[1:16] Speaker 2: is one of those critical months in our history every
[1:20] Speaker 2: single year, so we ask people in a very special way.
[1:24] Speaker 2: We try not to overdo it, but we let people
[1:27] Speaker 2: know what the need is. If you don't ask, you
[1:29] Speaker 2: will not receive. And so we are asking people to
[1:33] Speaker 2: stand shoulder to shoulder with us in the battle for
[1:36] Speaker 2: life and truth. This ministry, beyond the peradventure of a doubt,
[1:41] Speaker 2: is making a difference in the lives of people all
[1:45] Speaker 2: over the globe. I see the testimonies myself. I got
[1:50] Speaker 2: a number of them handed to me today as I
[1:53] Speaker 2: came into the studio. David, for example, says in prayer
[1:56] Speaker 2: for you and Cri over two years ago, I had
[1:59] Speaker 2: to hope for a healing miracle, but prayed for God's
[2:03] Speaker 2: will to be done. Even though a healing miracle has
[2:06] Speaker 2: occurred in my life, I'm just as dependent upon His
[2:09] Speaker 2: healing hand as ever, because, as you have said, Jesus
[2:13] Speaker 2: holds are every breath in his hands, whether we have
[2:17] Speaker 2: cancer or not. So a word of encouragement, and these
[2:22] Speaker 2: are the kind of people that are standing shoulder to
[2:24] Speaker 2: shoulder with us in the battle for life and truth.
[2:26] Speaker 2: And we're asking you to join that team. We're not
[2:29] Speaker 2: asking you to give to this ministry, but we're asking
[2:32] Speaker 2: you to give through this ministry so that you might
[2:36] Speaker 2: touch the lives of people for time and for eternity.
[2:40] Speaker 2: If you have some of the Lord's resources and you
[2:42] Speaker 2: can give to this ministry. Please do that. Our contact
[2:46] Speaker 2: information for those of you that want to give via
[2:49] Speaker 2: the mail box eighty five hundred Charlotte, North Carolina, zip
[2:53] Speaker 2: code two eight two seven one. You can also give
[2:57] Speaker 2: via the web equipped dot or or you can talk
[3:01] Speaker 2: to one of our resource consultant that number triple eight
[3:06] Speaker 2: seven thousand on the letters here. We also have many
[3:10] Speaker 2: other ways that we're reaching out to people through podcasts.
[3:15] Speaker 2: If you haven't gone to iTunes and subscribe to our
[3:19] Speaker 2: podcast there or wherever you consume your favorite podcasts, you
[3:24] Speaker 2: can do so, or you can listen on the web
[3:27] Speaker 2: at equipped dot org as well. This is one of
[3:31] Speaker 2: the most enriching ways of touching your life that I
[3:35] Speaker 2: can think of. I'm talking to some of the brightest
[3:38] Speaker 2: minds in the Christian world. The conversations are all conversations
[3:43] Speaker 2: you want to listen in on, and you have the
[3:45] Speaker 2: opportunity to do that through the podcast, so please take
[3:49] Speaker 2: advantage of that. I want to say a little bit
[3:52] Speaker 2: about a biblical view of wealth, and then we'll go
[3:54] Speaker 2: to our callers. The first thing I want to mention
[3:57] Speaker 2: is that I am persuaded and by the way, I'm
[4:00] Speaker 2: not just talking to you, I'm talking to myself. But
[4:02] Speaker 2: I'm persuaded that the Bible teaches responsibility associated with wealth,
[4:09] Speaker 2: and I suppose from the standpoint of the broader globe
[4:13] Speaker 2: all of us, where the vast majority to whom I'm
[4:17] Speaker 2: speaking right now, are wealthy, God's word encourages us to
[4:22] Speaker 2: use money for the sake of the kingdom. And it's
[4:25] Speaker 2: not just money. I don't mean to trivialize everything to
[4:30] Speaker 2: what you actually give, because the giving of your time,
[4:35] Speaker 2: the giving of your talent is very significant for kingdom purposes.
[4:39] Speaker 2: But obviously we ask that people support this ministry financially
[4:45] Speaker 2: as well. It's a very practical way in which you
[4:48] Speaker 2: can continue to standder to shoulder with us in the
[4:50] Speaker 2: battle for life and truth. Why well, it's crucial to
[4:54] Speaker 2: realize that the earth is the Lord's and everything in it,
[4:58] Speaker 2: the world and all all who live therein So the
[5:03] Speaker 2: bottom line here, according to the text, is that God
[5:06] Speaker 2: is the Landlord. We are just tenants. We didn't arrive
[5:10] Speaker 2: with anything, and we will not take anything with us
[5:14] Speaker 2: when we leave. I mean, every single breath is held
[5:19] Speaker 2: in the hollow of the Lord's hand. We didn't come
[5:22] Speaker 2: with anything, We're not going to leave with anything. So
[5:25] Speaker 2: in those moments, you think, when I stand before you, Lord,
[5:28] Speaker 2: are you going to be pleased with how I used
[5:30] Speaker 2: my time and my talent and my treasure. So it's
[5:35] Speaker 2: important to view wealth with eternity and mind to lead
[5:40] Speaker 2: our lives here down below as responsible stewards, whether we
[5:45] Speaker 2: have a little or a lot, so that one day
[5:48] Speaker 2: at the judgment God himself will reward us. So ultimately,
[5:53] Speaker 2: it's not a bank statement on earth accounts, it's the
[5:57] Speaker 2: one in heaven. And I want to share just one
[5:58] Speaker 2: verse with you and then go on to the questions,
[6:02] Speaker 2: and that is this. The Bible chronicles the prayer of David,
[6:06] Speaker 2: and I love this prayer because David is thanking God
[6:09] Speaker 2: for the very privilege of being able to give to
[6:11] Speaker 2: the work of the Lord. So this is what David says,
[6:15] Speaker 2: But who am I and who are my people? That
[6:24] Speaker 2: we should be able to give as generously as this.
[6:29] Speaker 2: Everything comes from you, and we have given you only
[6:34] Speaker 2: what comes from your hand. And now I have seen
[6:40] Speaker 2: with joy, how willingly your people who are here have
[6:45] Speaker 2: given to you. And I think about that verse because
[6:52] Speaker 2: as a result of the giving, a temple is built,
[6:57] Speaker 2: and that temple contained the glory of God. And that
[7:00] Speaker 2: temple remained significant to the children of Israel because through
[7:07] Speaker 2: that temple the priest gave sacrifices pointing to an ultimate
[7:13] Speaker 2: sacrificial lamb. So there was immense significance to the temple.
[7:18] Speaker 2: It had a huge, huge impact on the world, in fact,
[7:23] Speaker 2: only from the perspective of eternity, where we fully know
[7:26] Speaker 2: how huge that impact was. Of course, when Christ came,
[7:30] Speaker 2: there's no need for the temple, but that temple was
[7:33] Speaker 2: the way shower, as it were to Christ. So Christ
[7:38] Speaker 2: comes and that temple has made a huge difference in
[7:41] Speaker 2: the meantime. And so I suppose that what I'm saying
[7:45] Speaker 2: here is that there's no telling what could be accomplished
[7:48] Speaker 2: in our generation. If we too catch the joy of
[7:53] Speaker 2: contagious giving, we would be empowered to spread the Gospel
[7:58] Speaker 2: around the globe. We would be enabled to feed the hungry,
[8:03] Speaker 2: clothe the naked, care for the sick, and like our forefathers,
[8:10] Speaker 2: our generation might yet leave an indelible mark on this world.
[8:17] Speaker 2: So what does Solomon say in Proverbs, honor the Lord
[8:21] Speaker 2: with your possessions and with the first fruits of your increase,
[8:24] Speaker 2: so that your barns will be filled with plenty, and
[8:27] Speaker 2: your vats will overflow with new wine. In other words,
[8:31] Speaker 2: the arm of the Lord is longer than yours, and
[8:33] Speaker 2: he will supply to you as you supply to ministries.
[8:37] Speaker 2: God ordains the ends as well as the means. He
[8:40] Speaker 2: doesn't need our money, but he is teaching us something
[8:43] Speaker 2: through giving, and so give as you have been given.
[8:46] Speaker 2: Give generously. If you love this ministry, if this ministry
[8:49] Speaker 2: has made a difference in your life, if you're seeing
[8:51] Speaker 2: the difference it's making the lives of others. We're asking
[8:55] Speaker 2: people to give and give generously. You can do so
[8:59] Speaker 2: again in a secure fashion on the webit equipped dot
[9:02] Speaker 2: org we again. You can write me a post office
[9:03] Speaker 2: box eighty five hundred, Charlotte, North Carolina, zip code two
[9:06] Speaker 2: eight two seven one Resource Consultants standing by triple eight
[9:11] Speaker 2: seven thousand and the letters c R. I. Let's see
[9:15] Speaker 2: if I can just so many people hanging on, let
[9:18] Speaker 2: me at least get one called in. This will have
[9:20] Speaker 2: to be very quick. James Dallas, Texas listing on the web.
[9:24] Speaker 2: Hi James, HELLOK.
[9:27] Speaker 3: First of all, I don't say thank you to you
[9:28] Speaker 3: for your ministry, for you for your books you've written.
[9:30] Speaker 3: I've listened to you since the nineties and talents in
[9:32] Speaker 3: high school and right now your ministry, you and your
[9:36] Speaker 3: family learning my prayers. But I had a quick question
[9:38] Speaker 3: on the cannon.
[9:40] Speaker 4: I read in Luke where Luke Tostiopolis. Hey, you know
[9:43] Speaker 4: a lot of people have taken you know, an orderly account.
[9:46] Speaker 4: I'm gonna do the same thing to make sure that
[9:48] Speaker 4: you're certain of the things you've been taught. And then
[9:51] Speaker 4: in Corinthians polses that he wrote another letter. So my
[9:54] Speaker 4: question is being that there's other sources and also the
[9:58] Speaker 4: theory of Q what determined twenty seven books of the
[10:01] Speaker 4: New Testament cannon?
[10:02] Speaker 2: Okay, I'm going to have to give you a short
[10:04] Speaker 2: sound bite to be elaborated if you look on the web.
[10:08] Speaker 2: A lot of resources that we have on this subject,
[10:10] Speaker 2: but the sound bite. The early church fathers accepted books
[10:15] Speaker 2: as part of the canon on the basis that they
[10:19] Speaker 2: were widely used within the churches and ultimately traceable to
[10:24] Speaker 2: the authority of the apostles and the prophets. Much more
[10:29] Speaker 2: could be said. This is a deep well subject, but
[10:33] Speaker 2: unfortunately up against a time clock. Thanks for calling in
[10:38] Speaker 2: and again, thank you from the bottom of my heart
[10:40] Speaker 2: to those who are already standing with us, shouldered to
[10:43] Speaker 2: shoulder in the battle for life and truth. You're making
[10:45] Speaker 2: a difference not only for time, but also for eternity.
[10:49] Speaker 2: We'll be right back.
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[15:12] Speaker 2: phone callers. John in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
[15:16] Speaker 5: Hi, John hik, thanks for taking that call. How are
[15:21] Speaker 5: we as Christians supposed to assess react feel about movies
[15:25] Speaker 5: that fall or take inspiration or bon naratives and themes
[15:30] Speaker 5: and different things from the Bible and put them into
[15:33] Speaker 5: a secular sense, Really talking more about the more innocuous
[15:37] Speaker 5: generic ones. I know there's some movies out there that
[15:40] Speaker 5: we just don't go near. Wanted to get your take
[15:42] Speaker 5: on it.
[15:43] Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I guess you have to feel sorry
[15:44] Speaker 2: for the people because the people really don't have a
[15:47] Speaker 2: clue about what they're boring. They don't know the riches
[15:52] Speaker 2: of the Book of Revelation. Unfortunately, the problem there is
[15:55] Speaker 2: not only with secular movie producers. But the problem is
[15:59] Speaker 2: also with many people in the church as well. They
[16:03] Speaker 2: don't know how to read the Book of Revelation in
[16:05] Speaker 2: the sense in which it's intended, and so they typically
[16:08] Speaker 2: use this in some apocalyptic twenty first century since And
[16:13] Speaker 2: even al Gore, when he's talking about global warming, did this.
[16:17] Speaker 2: He said, this global warming we're experiencing right now is
[16:21] Speaker 2: like taking a trek through the Book of Revelation. In
[16:25] Speaker 2: other words, it's like everything that we have in Revelation
[16:29] Speaker 2: now coming true as a result of global warming. Well,
[16:32] Speaker 2: whether you believe in global warming or not, or what
[16:34] Speaker 2: you consider the cause of global warming to be, is
[16:38] Speaker 2: not my point. My point is simply to say that
[16:41] Speaker 2: al Gore has no clue what the Book of Revelation
[16:44] Speaker 2: is all about. And I think that's the systemic problem.
[16:48] Speaker 2: It is learning to read the Biblical text in the
[16:52] Speaker 2: sense in which it is intended. And there's no greater
[16:57] Speaker 2: example of where we've got to get good at this
[17:00] Speaker 2: than the Book of Revelation. And the way this all
[17:03] Speaker 2: starts is just to go to the very first chapter
[17:07] Speaker 2: and then you find out that this is the revelation
[17:09] Speaker 2: of Jesus Christ, which God gave to John to show
[17:13] Speaker 2: him what must soon take place. So John, as a
[17:18] Speaker 2: result of the revelation of Jesus Christ, is writing to
[17:23] Speaker 2: seven churches in the epicenter of a Caesar cult, and
[17:28] Speaker 2: he's simply telling them to be faithful and fruitful. They
[17:34] Speaker 2: are going to go through a tempestuous time. They're going
[17:40] Speaker 2: to lose the very edifice that gave them their spiritual
[17:46] Speaker 2: and their social significance. The Temple Jerusalem is going to
[17:51] Speaker 2: be destroyed. It's going to be eventually plowed over as
[17:55] Speaker 2: it were like a field. You won't even know that
[17:58] Speaker 2: a city endures there for all these centuries. And so
[18:04] Speaker 2: it's going to be apocalyptic. When will this happen? What
[18:09] Speaker 2: will be the sign of your coming and the end
[18:11] Speaker 2: of the Age's sacrifice? Well, John is explaining it's about
[18:17] Speaker 2: to happen. The end of the Age's sacrifice is near.
[18:23] Speaker 2: This will happen soon. So what does John do in response, Well,
[18:27] Speaker 2: he writes seven letters to seven churches in the epicenter
[18:34] Speaker 2: of a Caesar cult that are going to endure this apocalypse,
[18:40] Speaker 2: and he's saying, don't do the same thing that the
[18:45] Speaker 2: prostituted bride is done. Don't go to bed with the beast,
[18:50] Speaker 2: they'll go to bed with the Roman Empire, they'll go
[18:53] Speaker 2: to bed with the world. But instead stand faithful, because
[18:59] Speaker 2: if you do, you will receive a crown, an everlasting crown,
[19:06] Speaker 2: and you will be accounted with the full complement of
[19:10] Speaker 2: God's people that Christ carries over the threshold of Jordan
[19:15] Speaker 2: into the New Jerusalem, which is depicted a course in
[19:18] Speaker 2: Revelation chapter twenty one. And then you see the eternal
[19:22] Speaker 2: state in full view in Revelation chapter twenty two. So
[19:26] Speaker 2: this book is no different than the other books of
[19:30] Speaker 2: the Bible in this regard. It's written to first century
[19:35] Speaker 2: people about a first century situation. Wasn't written to us.
[19:42] Speaker 2: It was written for us. It was written to them,
[19:45] Speaker 2: just like the Book of Romans is written to Romans.
[19:48] Speaker 2: My point here is simply to say that people have
[19:52] Speaker 2: taken the Book of Revelation and prostituted it. Now you
[19:55] Speaker 2: can talk about application, because astrophees and every single epic
[20:02] Speaker 2: of time, certainly in our epic of time. So the
[20:06] Speaker 2: words of Revelation apply to them. Right, be faithful and fruitful.
[20:10] Speaker 2: You're going to suffer, But even though you lose all
[20:14] Speaker 2: the world's possessions, your reward is ultimately an eternal reward.
[20:20] Speaker 2: So it is the message of the Bible encapsulated in
[20:25] Speaker 2: a book, and it's a beautiful book. But you got
[20:27] Speaker 2: to learn how to read it. And unfortunately the world
[20:29] Speaker 2: doesn't know how to read it. I think even more
[20:32] Speaker 2: systemically problematic is that the Church no longer seems to
[20:36] Speaker 2: know how to read the Book of Revelation. I wrote
[20:39] Speaker 2: a book about this called The Apocalypse Code. Find out
[20:42] Speaker 2: what the Bible really says about the end times and
[20:44] Speaker 2: why it matters today. It does teach you how to
[20:47] Speaker 2: read the Book of Revelation for all it's worth. Margaret
[20:49] Speaker 2: next in California. Hi Margaret, Hi, oh, and.
[20:53] Speaker 6: Thank you for taking my call, and God's bless you.
[20:56] Speaker 6: December twenty sixth of twenty eleven, I was diagnosed with
[21:01] Speaker 6: stage four small cell neuroendocren carcinoma. Incurable. Life expectancy was
[21:06] Speaker 6: ten years. Well. Just as of May thirtieth of two fifteen,
[21:11] Speaker 6: my oncologists informed me I was cancer free.
[21:14] Speaker 4: Wow.
[21:15] Speaker 6: Yes, and I'm elated, though I have to be honest,
[21:18] Speaker 6: I was a little disappointed because I do believe in
[21:20] Speaker 6: our Lord with all of my heart, and I was
[21:22] Speaker 6: looking forward, looking forward to that in spite of the
[21:26] Speaker 6: fact that you know, people see this is a negative
[21:30] Speaker 6: thing in cancer, I want to be giddy with anticipation
[21:33] Speaker 6: when my time comes to meet our Lord. That I
[21:37] Speaker 6: just wanted to give you that statement for my doctor
[21:42] Speaker 6: that I am now cancer free. And I don't know.
[21:44] Speaker 6: Is this a miracle? That's the only thing I can
[21:47] Speaker 6: get get two, that this is a What else could
[21:51] Speaker 6: it possibly be other than is my oncologist termed at me?
[21:54] Speaker 6: He says, I cure you. So I bless my cancer
[21:59] Speaker 6: team and everyone involved, my family, my friend's strangers even
[22:04] Speaker 6: and I know it can return. But still, is this
[22:07] Speaker 6: a miracle?
[22:08] Speaker 2: Yeah? First of all, let me say that that was
[22:10] Speaker 2: one of the most eloquent testimonies I have ever heard,
[22:14] Speaker 2: particularly the part about being giddy, which is a perfect
[22:17] Speaker 2: way of describing how we should feel, because the alternative
[22:21] Speaker 2: to not being healed in this world is the best
[22:25] Speaker 2: of all possibilities because we will be in the presence
[22:28] Speaker 2: of the Lord. And so I really appreciate your testimony.
[22:32] Speaker 2: And we don't know. I mean, obviously, the whole thing
[22:35] Speaker 2: is a miracle in many different ways. A miracle in
[22:39] Speaker 2: terms of the transformation of the person, a miracle in
[22:42] Speaker 2: that God can supernaturally heal you. I don't know the
[22:47] Speaker 2: circumstances of your life and your situation well enough to
[22:50] Speaker 2: speak authoritatively. The thing that I do know with certainly
[22:54] Speaker 2: given your testimony, is that your priorities aren't exactly the
[22:58] Speaker 2: right place. And the great wonder of it all is, Margaret,
[23:02] Speaker 2: that you are left here for a purpose, and that
[23:06] Speaker 2: is to be a testimony to His goodness and grace,
[23:08] Speaker 2: which you've just been.
[23:09] Speaker 6: Oh well, thank you for that. Because I didn't write
[23:15] Speaker 6: this down, I didn't become prepared. It just came from
[23:17] Speaker 6: the heart. But yes, my belief too is it's God's will.
[23:22] Speaker 6: I prayed that every day many times, and God helped
[23:25] Speaker 6: me with this, help me with that. But your will
[23:26] Speaker 6: be done, and I believe in that. Also. My son
[23:33] Speaker 6: is a Buddhist and he's been in the military for
[23:37] Speaker 6: almost twenty years, and he is the past three years
[23:42] Speaker 6: they moved him out here. He has to be relocated
[23:45] Speaker 6: nearer to me because of my health condition. Well, he's
[23:49] Speaker 6: been going into a slump and I don't even know
[23:54] Speaker 6: other than prayer, I don't know what to do for
[23:59] Speaker 6: my son's not paid his bills. Luckily, he was able
[24:03] Speaker 6: to withdraw some of his money from his military accounts
[24:07] Speaker 6: to cover him, you know, to take care of all
[24:09] Speaker 6: the things that he didn't bother to pay his car,
[24:12] Speaker 6: car insurance, rents, etc. And he's not a drug addict,
[24:18] Speaker 6: but he does drink alcohol that he's cutting down on that.
[24:22] Speaker 6: And I this is my big worry that he was
[24:24] Speaker 6: my only reason for really not wanting to leave. He's
[24:27] Speaker 6: my only child. If I didn't have Robert, I don't
[24:30] Speaker 6: know if I would have gone through chemo or not.
[24:33] Speaker 2: Hey, Margaret, I don't mean to be rude or disrespectful
[24:36] Speaker 2: in any way. I'm just right up against the clock
[24:38] Speaker 2: and I had no choice but to cut you off there.
[24:41] Speaker 2: Let's pray for him right now. Father, thank you so
[24:43] Speaker 2: much for Margaret and for her words, which truly were
[24:49] Speaker 2: like apples of gold and settings of silver, spoken in
[24:53] Speaker 2: the right circumstance and encouragement to me and I'm sure
[24:56] Speaker 2: too many many people around the world. We do take
[25:01] Speaker 2: the opportunity to lift Robert before your throne of Christ,
[25:05] Speaker 2: and we pray Lord that he might be liberated from
[25:09] Speaker 2: the hell of reincarnation and find what his mother has
[25:14] Speaker 2: the hope of resurrection, which is an absolutely certain hope.
[25:20] Speaker 2: Lord made the testimony not just of her lips, but
[25:24] Speaker 2: the testimony of her love and life be so compelling
[25:29] Speaker 2: that Robert makes a u turn on the road of life,
[25:33] Speaker 2: that he finds Jesus Christ to be his all, that
[25:37] Speaker 2: he finds not only the port of salvation, but he
[25:40] Speaker 2: goes beyond that port to find that the shipwrecked ultimately
[25:46] Speaker 2: on their journey to union with God. Please, Lord, continue
[25:51] Speaker 2: to be the balm of Gilead in the life of Margaret,
[25:55] Speaker 2: and through the prayers of God's people reach Robert through
[26:00] Speaker 2: the power of your spirit. Again up by might, nor
[26:03] Speaker 2: by power, but by your Spirit. In the name of Christ,
[26:06] Speaker 2: Jesus Our Lord, we pray, Amen, Amen, Bless you Margaret
[26:11] Speaker 2: so long for now.
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