Lutherans for Racial Justice (Organization)
A Marxist, anti-White, equalist organization founded and led by Pastor Matthew González (see below) and pornographer Joshua Salzberg (First Lutheran Church — Culver City, Los Angeles, CA) that appeared, fully funded and with obviously inorganic influence, after the overdose of George Floyd. Lutherans for Racial Justice, which is closely affiliated with the Black Clergy Caucus and never ceases to advocate for Critical Race Theory, has also supported, in contradiction to all Scripture and reason, the presence of women in public life — but this is just the logical extension of the wicked organization’s equalism.
Lutherans for Racial Justice routinely promotes syncretist Kenneth Chitwood, who deplores the “antisemitic theology” of “the Lutheran wing of the Reformation,” specifically the focus of the Evangelicals on the Gospel. In its promotion of Chitwood, the organization has also put syncretist Simran Jeet Singh in its spotlight, as much as it has been able.
Lutherans for Racial Justice has promoted a defense of Critical Race Theory by Matthew Borrasso (Trinity Lutheran Church [LCMS], Lexington Park, MD).
In an article stubbornly resisting all efforts to bring its members to repentance, Lutherans for Racial Justice encourages Christians to forsake Christ and learn from atheists and Jews what Christian doctrine really is. Those who follow this devil’s instruction have already been judged by St. Peter to be mad Balaamites who deny Christ, their Redeemer, 2 Peter 2.
Lutherans for Racial Justice uncritically uses the assertions of Antifa, which are later proven to be full of lies, to forward its wicked goals.
Benjamin Squires, Bethel Lutheran Church (LCMS), Gurnee, IL
Pastor Squires, promoting Lutherans for Racial Justice, accuses The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod of having “a history of racism that … we must confess, learn from, and work against” and styles himself one “who [works] for racial justice in [the LCMS].” As a result, this man has also been rewarded in kind by Lutherans for Racial Justice.
In an article published and endorsed by Lutherans for Racial Justice, Squires describes himself as currently learning from race hustlers Jemar Tisby and Gerard and Janine Bolling (see below). In the same article he endorses blasphemer Bradley Mason as well as Dominique Gilliard of the “nonconfessional” Evangelical Covenant Church. This unionistic sect (pp. 5, 14, 19, 20), in its Covenant Affirmations, a justification for its ungodly fellowship, hides a denial of the inspiration of Scripture (p. 3). It describes itself (in more words) as thoroughly pietistic (pp. 5–8, 11, 16), endorsing Philipp Jakob Spener’s false teachings and saying that “the influence of Pietism … enriched the lives of many.” Of course, the damning doubt which pietists thrust into the hearts of men is wisely passed over. The Affirmations also endorse revivalism (p. 6), to which they indirectly ascribe the responsibility for its anti-White direction. Later they endorse calling women pastors (p. 15). Now, what exactly could a Lutheran have to learn from such heretics?
Unsurprisingly, in the above-mentioned article Squires recommends Andrew Schulze, who was instrumental in getting the LCMS along the path to discovering a new sin — racism. Immediately after this he endorses Christopher Butler of Chicago Embassy Church Network, which describes itself as in complete agreement with the Assemblies of God Statement of Fundamental Truths, which contains the following doctrines: Baptism “in water” must be by immersion; it and the Lord’s Supper are mere symbols; speaking in tongues is an ordinary gift of the Spirit; physical wellness is promised in the Gospel and possessed by all believers; a millennialism is taught in which not only is the spiritual kingdom of Christ made carnal, but it “will bring the salvation of national Israel.” That Squires learns anything from such as believe the doctrines presented here makes one wonder: Why is he in the LCMS and not one of the many united churches? Is it perhaps because the LCMS, through the instigation of men such as Schulze, has already become united?
Speaking of united churches, the next person recommended by Squires, Walter Brueggemann, is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, which declares the Missouri Synod to be separatist. My goodness, how Squires never tires of praising unionists (that is, his teachers) — but if you are an actual Lutheran, you are then condemned to hell.
Squires has become the most ardent defender of Lutherans for Racial Justice, claiming that the overtures in the 2023 LCMS Synodical Convention Workbook against Critical Race Theory “make false assertions about the work of anti-racism and other justice issues, assertions which will be challenged.” After this the pseudo-shepherd decided to defend Critical Race Theory as “God’s own call for justice & righteousness.” And next he declared his undying devotion as a Balaamite above all others, never willing to let pesky things such as truth and its Author even come into consideration before slandering true Christians who see past his “false words,” as Scripture puts it.
Benjamin Squires has blasphemously asserted that true Christians as such support further restricting the ability of citizens to defend themselves.
And as a shield of sorts for his numerous errors, Squires accuses all who oppose his teachings of violating the Eighth Commandment.
At the 68th Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, Benjamin Squires, child of the devil, advocated abolishing the death penalty, which was divinely instituted. See Genesis 9.
Gottesdienst (Organization)
The founder of this Romanizing neo-Lutheran organization, “Father” Burnell Eckhardt, is representative of his organization as a whole, which is very influential in LCMS circles. Showing plainly the principles on which Gottesdienst is founded, Eckhardt has condemned all opposition to papism. In this condemnation he did not give a single word of criticism against unionistic Lutheran tendencies, instead using them as justification for his own Romanizing tendencies.
Eckhardt’s great commendation of apostate Richard John Neuhaus (d. 2009) is unsurprising, for he also promotes A. C. Piepkorn, who “gave [Neuhaus] an understanding of Lutheranism that required [his] becoming Catholic.” And this blasphemous understanding was that “the Church is not … formed by … formulas such as ‘justification by faith alone.’” Being a unionist at heart, Piepkorn naturally rejected the Scripture doctrine that the Evangelical Lutheran Church is the true visible Church of God on earth. Piepkorn, being “among the pioneers of Lutheran-Roman Catholic theological dialogue following the Second Vatican Council,” mourned the “tragic miscarriage” of Lutherans separating from Antichrist (Catholic Matters, pp. 55–56), and thus condemned every place in His Word where God forbids the mixing of Christ and Belial, where He condemns the false prophets and Christs; but especially did he condemn the saying of the apostle: “Avoid them.” It is therefore perfectly consistent that Piepkorn’s (and Eckhardt and his organization’s) attitude toward Reformation Day was one of “annual ambivalence” (Selected Writings, vol. 1, p. 89).
And Eckhardt is not alone in his organization’s Romanizing. David Petersen, at the end of 2011, argued in a blog post that “Benedict [who, while pretending to give concessions to Scripture, insisted that “love,” i.e., good works, must be included in justification] is the friendliest pope in memory,” “Lutheran apologetics haven’t always been fair,” and that there is a need to “re-think and re-evaluate the Confessional identification of the office of the papacy with the antichrist.” By using the term “office of the papacy,” our modern Lutherans claim that the office, to the exclusion of the actual pope, is identified as the Antichrist, i.e., a pope may be a Christian. They even go so far as to argue, as Petersen did, that it may happen that the papacy can no longer be rightly identified as the Antichrist, for they “acknowledge the possibility that the historical form of the Antichrist could change” and “recognize the possibility, under God’s guidance, that contemporary discussions and statements … could lead to a revision of the Roman Catholic position regarding Tridentine dogma.” We can therefore see plainly that the members of Gottesdienst are not, have never been, and will never be truly “confessional” Lutherans.
So that the reader may not think that I am overstating the case, I bring attention to a most crass post by Larry Beane titled “It is liturgy or it is nothing.” In this, Beane brings our attention to a quote from apostate Richard John Neuhaus (see above) in memory of Piepkorn:
All of our believing and all of our obeying, including all of our theology, is brought to the altar. It is liturgy or it is nothing.
In its “library,” Gottesdienst promotes the Romanizing Protestant Wilhelm Löhe, whom most “conservative” Lutherans today follow. In the same place, the Roman Catholic Liturgics is also promoted. In this same library, Friedrich Lochner’s The Chief Divine Service [DE], which contains Luther’s judgment on all external ceremonies (he specifically mentions vestments as an example), that they are “to be used freely, provided pomp and other excess be avoided,” was quite studiously given no mention.
Yet another symptom of its Romanizing, Gottesdienst, in a blog post in which the lie that John 6 refers to the Sacrament of the Altar is presented as truth, shows its desire for congregations to believe similar, not to the analogy of faith, but to the naked declarations of the Roman popes. Scripture may then, if it agrees with the popes, be believed by the Christians.
President Matthew Harrison, Village Lutheran Church (LCMS), Ladue, MO
Unser lieber Konservativer, the current President of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, has publicly subscribed to the theory of inherent, inalienable political and civil rights, which the (old) Missouri Synod completely rejected. He has also attempted (if it were possible), in the same public statement, to sanctify the majority CTCR opinion, Racism and the Church — and he thereby accuses both God and His instruments (especially St. Paul) of the new sin of racism.
In an open letter issued in response to the AALC-Antifa doxing of Corey Mahler, Harrison called all pro-White people in the LCMS “evil” and condemned, along with them, C. F. W. Walther, Martin Luther, and God Himself, calling for our excommunication. As a reward for this Lutherans for Racial Justice has praised Harrison for his latest papal encyclical.
Harrison has justified his anti-White actions with the following explanation of his life’s work: “to keep the LCMS out of the negative press.” Truly, a testament to his great faithfulness! I on the other hand, wicked heretic that I am, take Jesus’ warning seriously: “Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you!”
In his mistranslation of Walther’s book, Die Stimme unserer Kirche in der Frage von Kirche und Amt, Harrison — attempting in vain to defend the innovations of the LCMS — says the following:
I do not believe the Missouri Synod’s decision to “call” clergy to its district or national work–a practice that was ratified by convention in the early 1960s–is fundamentally at odds with Walther’s views.
By “Walther’s views” the scriptural doctrine that the call is given by the congregation is meant, which doctrine the practice of the LCMS — no matter how much its leaders cry otherwise — “is fundamentally at odds with.”
Harrison considers his role played in the launch of the usurious Lutheran Federal Credit Union worthy to be counted among his accomplishments.
In the aftermath of the just criticism of Harrison’s Teufelskatechismus, he defended all the false teachings contained therein — e.g., self-defense as such is immoral, doctrinal judgment does not belong to all Christians in common, etc. — with the following words:
There is nothing in the content of the volume promoting … any theological position at odds with biblical and confessional Lutheranism.
Matthew Harrison, in his capacity as President of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, has not even a single criticism of schools that “serve” sodomites.
Harrison has described Concordia University Texas having a low White student population as “truly a blessing from God” (p. 177 here).
Harrison has praised the so-called “Sexual Revolution” of the 1960’s and supported nominal Christians using birth control. In the way that he did this, Harrison openly showed himself to hate God’s Law. He, as an Antinomian, certainly assents with heart and mouth to the propositions of his spiritual brothers: “The Decalogue belongs in the town hall, not in the pulpit. … As soon as you think that things ought to happen in such and such a way in the Church — people ought to be good, upright, virtuous, holy, and chaste — you have already lost something of the Gospel (Luke 6).” Therefore, the judgment of Luther on the Antinomians applies just as much to Harrison; for he is, in truth, one of their own. His judgment was: “Everything that they say about sin, repentance, Christ, and forgiveness is nothing but filthy lies, worthy of Satan himself. For just as before Christ the Law was our accuser, and under Christ it has been placated through the forgiveness of sins and is then to be fulfilled in the Spirit, so, too, after Christ, in the life to come, it will remain fulfilled, when the new creation itself is brought to pass, which is what [the Law] has demanded all the while. Therefore, the Law is never abolished in eternity but will remain, either as needing to be fulfilled in the damned or as having been fulfilled in the blessed. But these disciples of Satan seem to think that the Law is temporary and has ceased under Christ, as is the case with circumcision.”
Former LCMS Presidential Candidate Patrick Ferry, Concordia High School (LCMS), Pflugerville, TX
Responding during a town hall with Lutherans for Racial Justice to the Antifa attack on Corey Mahler, Ferry simply condemned him for committing “hate” and “racist activity” and called “all of us” to “serious reflection” and “penitential activity to root out the ugliness of sin in each of our own lives.” In the same response Ferry minimized the Marxist threat in the Concordia University System.
Matthew González, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church (LCMS), The Bronx, NY
González has, in his capacity as a leader in Lutherans for Racial Justice, supported the Antifa attacks on Corey Mahler. He has also, in this same capacity, praised President Harrison for his anti-White encyclicals (see above).
AALC President Cary Larson & American Lutheran Theological Seminary President Jordan B. Cooper
Although it might seem odd to, in a break with the rest of this post, deal with these two in the same section, the reason for it will soon be apparent. In February Larson followed an Antifa doxing operation on Twitter, which showed Larson to be involved in the doxing of Corey Mahler. However, once faithful Christians connected the dots the wolf decided to unfollow the Antifa account.
Now, this was not the first time the AALC leadership was involved in the doxing of faithful Lutherans. Last year — and being witness to some of these events, I can guarantee the truthfulness of Woe and Mahler’s retelling — Prof. Cooper was very angry with SuperLutheran, a faithful Lutheran pastor, for the sin of bringing White men to the Church. This resulted in Super being defended by Mahler against the heathen’s inquisition of Larson — and the embarrassment Larson felt was apparently enough for him to assist Antifa in a doxing operation of his own. After Mahler’s defense of Super, Cooper assisted Antifa in a doxing operation against Super.
Dr. Cooper has decided to grant legitimacy to the arguments for women preachers. By this, Cooper has now made his opposition to the ordinance of God, 1 Corinthians 14 and 1 Timothy 2, much clearer.
As a preview to this faithlessness, Cooper stated in a rather heretical manner some time ago that God was arbitrary in His exclusion of women from the pastoral office.
Chris Rosebrough
Another example of the AALC working with Antifa, pseudo-pastor Rosebrough has been relentless in propagating the Antifa doxes against true Lutherans, even going so far as to repeat such “information” from these Antifa doxes as has already been shown to be false. He also routinely calls us “Nazis,” which, combined with his creation of the “Operation Valkyrie” website, makes his murderous intentions plain to all. (I shouldn’t even have to mention the fact that he fetishizes murdering Christians, and especially Germans, who oppose Marxism.)
Daniel Ross, Christ Lutheran Church (LCMS), Mustang, OK
Ross follows the Antifa organization responsible for the doxing of Corey Mahler. It is therefore entirely consistent when he accuses the anonymous of rejecting the words of Christ. Also against Corey Mahler, Ross (along with two other pseudo-shepherds — Erik Johnson and Ben Meyer) attempted to influence his pastor, that he might (wrongfully) impose the ban upon Mahler.
Ross has put forward the equalist worldview of the AALC as his own. When he did this, he also, in the manner in which he did it, made the historical question of the whole burnt offering of the Second World War (not the ones, like Dresden and Hiroshima, that actually occurred) an article of faith.
Ross has publicly condemned the perfect hatred of our Lord Sabaoth, which hatred His true disciples, the Christians, imitating their Savior, also possess.
When a transsexual shot up a Christian school in March 2023, Ross took the opportunity to condemn self-defense.
Peter Slayton
Slayton, who runs the LCMS social media accounts and blocks any Lutherans who dare express any pro-White sentiments from those accounts, followed the Antifa organization responsible for the doxing of Corey Mahler before it had posted anything.
Slayton was one of the wicked individuals involved in removing the Book of Concord website from the internet for days — this being done with the help of Joshua Scheer of the Brotherhood of John the Steadfast and Paul McCain, Jr.
Slayton has also publicly defended the Harrison-Teufelskatechismus.
James Holt, St. Mark Lutheran Church (LCMS), St. Charles, IL
Pastor Holt has explicitly rejected Walther — and this through the leftist doctrine of perpetual progress. It is therefore unsurprising that Holt has affirmed his devotion to his great God: equalism.
Holt, in response to Patrick Ferry’s condemnation of Mahler — and Lutherans in general —, said the following:
That the LCMS would be for so long a safe space for white supremacy and racial hatred to foment and spread without consequence calls for significant synodical self-reflection. How did get here and what do we do now?
With this the collared blasphemer simply echoes the commands contained in the Marxist doxing which Ferry endorsed.
On his twitter account Holt has promoted messages such as the following from the anti-White activist Jemar Tisby:
It’s the first day of Black History Month, and the “National Gathering for Prayer and Repentance” held an event in DC. I don’t think they repented of this nation’s legacy of anti-Black racism and injustice.
Holt has publicly defended universalism, which he calls “an XXL heaven,” as not damaging the Church, falsifying Scripture in this endeavor.
Holt has defended mob violence.
Holt routinely promotes the anti-White “The (Im)partial Church” podcast (see below).
The only time Holt will ever mention Luther (when he is not condemning him) is when he needs to encourage our so-called moderates to join him in his anti-White crusades.
Holt has characterized preaching the holy Law of God which always condemns as “[gatekeeping] the Holy Spirit.”
The modernist Holt has, in service to his great god — equalism —, promoted as truth (see here, here, and here) the wicked lie of “systemic racism” against blacks.
Holt seeks in vain to defend Lutherans for Racial Justice from charges of wokeism and to promote the Marxist organization’s acceptance.
Holt has claimed that God calls women “to ministry by Christ.” In defense of this Pastor Holt asserts that the teaching of Scripture, that women as women are unfit for the pastoral office, is “not settled Lutheran doctrine.” Against this, it must be said that the Confessions, and quite explicitly the Formula of Concord, confess all the doctrines contained in Scripture. Thus one can see just how seriously Holt takes his subscription.
Holt, showing further who his true god is, calls those who agree with the writings of Walther, Pieper, and Bente “maladjusted misogynists.” He has also shown a desire to mock those who believe like them, which the pornographer Joshua Salzberg shares.
John T. Pless, Concordia Theological Seminary (LCMS), Fort Wayne, IN
The Romanizing tendencies of CTSFW Prof. Pless are well known. In his biography — which is undoubtedly approved by him — he is said to have “served two terms as president of the English-language section of the International Wilhelm Loehe Society”; and in his essay promoting Pastor Löhe on the Bicentennial of the birth of C. F. W. Walther, he was rather crass in his Romanizing:
In more recent years, various aspects of Löhe’s legacy have been retrieved in LCMS efforts to broaden ecumenical perspective, deepen pastoral theology [!], enrich liturgical life, give shape to an authentically [?] Lutheran missiology, enhance the place of the female diaconate [!], sustain the church’s corporate life of mercy, or to provide what is seen as a corrective to Walther’s understanding of the office. [According to Pless, Walther’s doctrine of the Church was only “Walther’s understanding,” not that of Scripture — this makes Walther a most wicked false teacher!] … Fresh, unbiased [?] engagement of Löhe’s work is to be welcomed as an appropriate way to appreciate his legacy, alongside that of Walther, in order that his [Romanizing] voice may contribute to the life and mission of the Lutheran church in our day.
With this in mind, it is most unsurprising that Pless has been one of the most vocal supporters of the Teufelskatechismus, which he edited, for it hardly happens that an errorist teaches falsely on only one doctrine — though that would be horrible enough.
A symptom of his Romanizing, Prof. Pless claimed in his 2014 funeral sermon for Lowell C. Green, his teacher in the faith, that the expired doctor was “a confessional theologian.” This “confessional theologian,” however, as the sainted Prof. Kurt Marquart proved in a rather soft-spoken essay, explicitly contradicted Luther and the Lutheran Confessions. Also, Green’s complete rejection of Christian Hochstetter’s History, which rejection CTSFW Prof. Todd Peperkorn followed in a critical book review three years later — through which I am informed that since 1984 a complete translation of Hochstetter has “been sitting in CHI waiting publication” —, shows why Pless values the Romanizing Löhe so highly above Walther.
Gerard Bolling, Bethlehem Lutheran Church (LCMS), St. Louis, MO
Being promoted by Lutherans for Racial Justice, it should come as no surprise that in recent LCMS National Youth Gatherings — which are practically run by Lutherans for Racial Justice — Bolling has promoted his anti-White agenda.
Bolling is also Assistant Professor, Leadership & Theology and Teaching & Learning Equity Officer at Concordia University Texas.
Janine, Bolling’s sister, is a Deaconess and Executive Director at Our Saviour Lutheran Church & School — The Bronx, NY. Together they run the anti-White “The (Im)partial Church” Lutheran Hour Ministries podcast. She is also “faculty or staff” at Concordia College New York.
Christopher J. Neuendorf, Tri-Point Lutheran Parish (LCMS) of Our Savior’s Bottineau, St. Paul Rugby, and Immanuel Willow Creek, ND
In response to the agitations of anti-White activists, Neuendorf has falsely accused their opposition of, among other things, “blasphemy,” and has falsely applied the command of Christ and the example of Paul to “shake off the dust from your feet” to pro-White individuals — for we are his eternal enemies. In this most slanderous tirade Neuendorf has blasphemously invoked the name of Christ in bringing his anathema upon us.
Neuendorf has slanderously accused all pro-White people of “enticing others into violence or shaming the non-violent.”
Neuendorf has repeatedly made the false claim that Corey Mahler was excommunicated by his congregation (see here and here, where he also makes vague assertions regarding “safety concerns”).
Pastor Ricky Beckett, Christ the King Lutheran Chapel (LCMS) at Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI
Pastor Beckett has proudly proclaimed his greatest service toward God — reducing the influence that faithful Lutherans have in the world, thus showing who his actual god is.
Beckett has defended the ungodly practice of allowing women to vote in congregational meetings — which they should not even attend, 1 Corinthians 14 — not with the Word of God, but with the modest size of the ecclesiastical communities which have followed the Word of God regarding women’s suffrage.
David Benke, St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (LCMS), Brooklyn, New York
Former Atlantic District President David Benke has repeatedly engaged in activities which can only be described as syncretism. For example, on September 9, 1998 Benke participated in an “interfaith prayer service,” which participation, as he later admitted, “was a direct violation of the Holy Scriptures and the Lutheran Confessions, and consequently, violation of the Constitution, Bylaws and doctrinal resolutions of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. … My participation in this interfaith prayer service was a violation of my duties and responsibilities as an elected officer of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.” He, therefore, at least at this time, recognized that this action contradicted both Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions, and was therefore sinful. Thus he continued:
What I did was wrong. I therefore sincerely and publicly apologize to the Synod for my actions in this connection. I assure the Synod that I will not repeat this error in the future by participating as an officiant in ecumenical services.
David Benke, October 22, 1998
Unfortunately, it is entirely certain that in this statement Benke spoke out of nothing but devilish deception, for on September 23, 2001 he participated in the interfaith prayer service “A Prayer for America” in New York City; and later, on September 12, 2011, it was reported that he participated in yet another interfaith service, which also included the apostate ELCA. The ELCA reported on LCMS participation in the 2011 event:
The commemoration included speakers and participants from the ELCA and Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod including Hanson, the Rev. Stephen P. Bouman, executive director of ELCA Congregational and Synodical Mission, and the Rev. David Benke, president of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Atlantic District.
Benke’s excuses for praying with Mohammedans have been well documented (see here and here). Matthew Staneck, an LCMS adversary pastor and editor of the Lutheran Forum not worth much note, has publicly defended Benke’s (and the LCMS’s) syncretism. This defense was in response to Benke’s own stiff-necked defense of his actions in Staneck’s Forum, which has praised the God-forsaken heretic David Bentley Hart as possibly “the smartest theologian on the planet” and honestly refers to the Antichrist as “His Holiness” and “the Successor of St. Peter,” whereas Christians know that without faith one cannot truly be called a Christian theologian except in a highly qualified sense, and they will always refer to the pope as “His Hellishness” (see Luther’s The Roman Papacy, Instituted by the Devil).
Benke, after having previously promoted Lutherans for Racial Justice, slanderously accused Ryan Turnipseed of being pseudonymous.
Hans Fiene, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church (LCMS), Crestwood, MO
Fiene, who misses Bre, has characterized the Keys as having a magical power and dismissed the apostolic model of church government as “procedural nonsense.”
Charles Lehmann, Grace and Holy Trinity Lutheran Churches (LCMS), Three Forks and Belgrade, MT
Montana District Secretary Charles Lehmann has taken complete responsibility for the teaching contained in the Harrison-Pless-Teufelskatechismus, that “homosexual lust, pornographic addiction, transgenderism, pedophilia, and polyamory” are “burdens” and “more often … the speck in our neighbor’s eye rather than the log in our own.” He also, in this defense of Harrison’s Catechism, erased all distinctions between sins.
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