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The Resolved to Read Podcast
by Jennifer Jolene Deal
We're here to help YOU read the entire Bible in a year! We'll be following the reading plan found in the Daily Bible in Chronological Order edited by F. Lagard Smith. Won't you join us?
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October 19 — Two Genealogies, One Messiah — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Matthew 1:1–17; Luke 3:23–38 | Resolved to Read
Today we read the two genealogies of Jesus, and they could not be more different in shape. Matthew opens his Gospel with the line of descent from Abraham to Joseph, arranged in three groups of fourteen generations — a careful, structured argument that Jesus is both the promised seed of Abraham…
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October 18 — Three Beginnings, One Story: Entering the Gospels — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Mark 1:1; John 1:1–18; Luke 1:1–4 | Resolved to Read
Today we step into the New Testament, and these opening verses show us how three of the Gospels begin. Mark cuts straight to the point: "The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God." Luke tells us why he's writing, having carefully investigated everything so Theophilus...
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Finishing the Old Testament: What We Learned and Where We're Going — Resolved to Read
Today we finish the Old Testament and look back at the ground we've covered. Congratulations — you've read from creation to Malachi. We trace the covenants that carry the story forward: God's promise to Abraham of blessing for every nation, the covenant at Sinai that shaped a people set apart for...
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October 14 — The Names God Kept: Finishing the Old Testament — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | 1 Chronicles 4–9 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from 1 Chronicles 4:24–43; 5:1–17; 6:1–81; 7:1–40; 8:1–40; and 9:1–34, we finish the genealogies and close the Old Testament. These chapters cover the remaining tribes, the priestly line of Levi with its cities and duties, the family of Benjamin, and finally the people who...
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October 13 — From Adam to the Exile: The Line That Leads to the King — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | 1 Chronicles 1–4 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from 1 Chronicles 1:1–54; 2:1–55; 3:10–24; and 4:1–23, we begin a long run of genealogies that traces God's people from Adam to the families who came home from exile. Chronicles was written after the exile, for a small, discouraged community wondering whether they still…
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October 12 — A Pure Assembly: Dedication, Reform, and Discernment — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Nehemiah 12–13 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Nehemiah 12:27–13:31, the wall is dedicated with two great choirs and joy so loud "the sound of rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard far away." But while Nehemiah is away, compromise creeps back in. An enemy of God is given a room in the temple, the Levites go unpaid, the...
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October 11 — Hungry for the Word: A People Who Stood to Listen — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Nehemiah 8–10 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Nehemiah 8:1–10:39, the people gather as one and ask Ezra to bring out the Book of the Law. He reads it aloud from daybreak until noon, and the people stand the whole time and listen closely. The Levites explain it so everyone understands, and the people weep as they hear...
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October 10 — Every Name Remembered: Repopulating the Holy City — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Nehemiah 7; 11–12 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Nehemiah 7:1–73; 11:1–36; and 12:1–26, the wall is finished, but the city is still mostly empty. Nehemiah appoints gatekeepers, singers, and Levites, puts faithful men in charge of Jerusalem, and goes back to the genealogical record of those who returned from exile.…
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October 9 — Keep Building: Faith Over Fear When Opposition Comes — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Nehemiah 4–6 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Nehemiah 4:1–6:16, the work on Jerusalem's walls draws fierce opposition. Enemies mock the builders, try to divide them, spread fear, and send lies to discredit Nehemiah and get him to stop. The people grow tired, and the job starts to look impossible. But Nehemiah prays,...
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October 8 — Nehemiah's Prayer and the Walls Rise Again — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Nehemiah 1–3 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Nehemiah 1:1–3:32, Nehemiah hears that Jerusalem's walls are still broken down. He weeps, fasts, and prays. He doesn't set himself apart from the sins of earlier generations. Instead he confesses them as his own: "I confess the sins we Israelites, including myself and my...
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October 7 — A People Set Apart: Ezra's Call to Holiness — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Ezra 9–10 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Ezra 9:1–10:44, Ezra learns that many of the returned exiles, including priests and leaders, have married people from the surrounding nations who worship other gods. He tears his clothes, falls on his knees, and confesses the people's sin as if it were his own. His call…
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October 6 — Ezra: A Heart Set on God's Word — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Ezra 7–8 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Ezra 7:1–8:36, a new leader arrives in Jerusalem, and Scripture tells us exactly why God's favor rested on him: "Ezra had devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the LORD, and to teaching its decrees and laws in Israel." Ezra didn't just know about God's...
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October 5 — A Messenger to Prepare the Way — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Malachi | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from the book of Malachi, we see the slow erosion of faithfulness among the people who returned from exile — and especially among the priests, who offer blemished sacrifices and grow weary of serving the Lord. God confronts their robbery in tithes, their broken marriages, and...
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October 4 — Providence at Midnight — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Esther 5–10 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Esther 5:1–10:3, God's providence is unmistakable. On the very night Haman has a gallows built for Mordecai, the king cannot sleep, calls for the chronicles, and happens to hear the account of Mordecai saving his life. Nothing in this story is accidental. The contrast...
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October 3 — Providence Without a Name — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Esther 1–4 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Esther 1:1–4:17, God's name never appears — yet His hand is unmistakable throughout. Jewish tradition holds that Mordecai refused to bow to Haman because the idols Haman wore would have made it idolatry, and Esther's call to fast is a clear expression of their faith. Apart...
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October 2 — Pierced, Sold, and Coming to Reign — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Zechariah 9–14 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Zechariah 9:1–14:21, the prophet speaks of a future so distant it must have bewildered his hearers. A humble king comes "righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey." A shepherd is valued at thirty pieces of silver. The people look on "the one they have pierced"...
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October 1 — The Lord Has Done Great Things for Us — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Psalms 126, 128, 129, 132, 147, 149 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Psalms 126, 128, 129, 132, 147, and 149, Israel has watched a miracle unfold before their eyes — the LORD has brought them home. "We were like those who dreamed... The LORD has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy." They can see clearly now that God loves...
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October 1 — The Lord Has Done Great Things For Us — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Psalms 126, 128, 129, 132, 147, 149 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Psalms 126, 128, 129, 132, 147, and 149, Israel has watched a miracle unfold before their eyes — the LORD has brought them home. "We were like those who dreamed... The LORD has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy." They can see clearly now that God loves...
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September 30 — The Stone the Builders Rejected — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Psalms 116, 118, 125 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Psalms 116, 118, and 125, we hear the sound of a revived people — an awakening after everything they had endured. By allowing them to suffer at the hands of their enemies, God showed them again His power and might in rescuing them, so they could see clearly that salvation...
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September 29 — Tell the Next Generation — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Psalm 78 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Psalm 78, the psalmist urges us to tell the next generation "the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done" — because a people who forget what God has done soon forget how completely they depend on Him. The psalm retells Israel's story: water...
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September 28 — Return, Rebuild, and the Passover Restored — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Zechariah 7–8; Ezra 6 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Zechariah 7:1–14; 8:1–23 and Ezra 6:14–22, God reminds His people why they were scattered in the first place: they refused His way — to "administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless" — and made their hearts…
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September 27 — Visions of the Branch: Joshua and the Priest-King to Come — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Zechariah 1–6 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Zechariah 1:7–6:15, God gives a series of night visions full of horses, measuring lines, a lampstand, a flying scroll, and chariots — each one assuring a discouraged people that the Lord is jealous for Jerusalem and will dwell among them again. At the center stands the…
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September 26 — Rebuild My House: A Priest-King and a Promise — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Haggai 1–2; Zechariah 1 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Haggai 1:1–15; 2:1–23 and Zechariah 1:1–6, God confronts a people busy building their own houses while His house lies in ruins, and He stirs their hearts to take up the work again. To the discouraged He promises that the glory of this later house will surpass the former…
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September 25 — Opposition, Letters, and the Work That Stopped — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Ezra 4–5 | Resolved to Read
Reading | Ezra 4–5 | Resolved to Read In today's reading from Ezra 4:6–24 and 5:1–13, opposition to the rebuilding of Jerusalem moves from harassment to official appeal. Letters are sent to the Persian throne, accusations are filed, and the work on the house of God comes to a halt. It's worth...
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September 24 — Prophecies of the End and the Hope of Resurrection — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Daniel 10–12 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Daniel 10:1–12:13, Daniel receives a final series of visions that reach far beyond his own day — detailing the rise and fall of kings, a time of unequaled distress, and the promise that those who sleep in the dust will awake, some to everlasting life. Many of these same...
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September 23 — The Return Begins: God Moves the Heart of a King — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Ezra 1–4 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Ezra 1:1–4:5, the year is about 539 B.C., and everything God promised through Jeremiah begins to unfold. The Lord stirs the heart of Cyrus, king of Persia, to send His people home and rebuild the house of the Lord in Jerusalem. What a reminder that God's timing is perfect...
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September 22 — Sealed in the Den, Delivered by God — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Daniel 6 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Daniel 6:1–27, Daniel's enemies find no fault in him, so they manufacture one — jealousy drives them to accuse a righteous man who has done nothing wrong. The parallels to Jesus are striking. Daniel is condemned despite his innocence, sealed in a den of certain death…
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September 21 — The Writing on the Wall and Daniel's Prayer — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Daniel 5; 9 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Daniel 5:1–31 and 9:1–27, a proud king throws a feast with the sacred vessels of God's temple and watches a hand write his judgment on the wall — that very night Babylon falls, just as the prophets foretold. In sharp contrast, Daniel turns to the Scriptures, discovers from...
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September 20 — Beasts, Kingdoms, and the Son of Man on the Clouds — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Daniel 7–8 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Daniel 7:1–8:27, Daniel is given visions so overwhelming that he confesses they are beyond his understanding — and even today we struggle to wrap our minds around them. The four beasts correspond to the four-part statue of Nebuchadnezzar's dream, tracing the ruling empires...
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September 19 — Songs from the Ashes of Exile — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Psalms 102, 106, 123, 137 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Psalms 102, 106, 123, and 137, we are given a window into the raw pain and suffering the people of Judah endured at the hands of their captors. These songs cry out from the ashes — days that vanish like smoke, contempt heaped on the humble, and tears beside the rivers of...
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September 18 — Honest Questions, Unchanging God — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Psalms 44, 74, 79, 80, 85, 89 | Resolved to Read
The reading for September 18th comes from Psalms 44, 74, 79, 80, 85, and 89. These Psalms echo the cries of distress we encountered in Job, expressing the pain, confusion, and questions that often come with suffering. Yet, like Job, they remind us of God’s majesty and sovereignty and call us to...
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September 17 — When God’s Majesty Changes Everything — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Job 38-42 | Resolved to Read
In today’s reading from Job 38–42, God makes His appearance before Job and challenges him to argue his case before his Almighty Creator—the One who has endowed every living being with life and breath. Understandably, Job is left speechless. The folly of his complaints becomes abundantly clear as…
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September 16 — Elihu Defends the Honor of God — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Job 32–37 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Job 32:1–37:24, a younger voice finally speaks. Elihu has listened in silence, and his frustration runs in two directions: Job has justified himself rather than God, and the three friends have condemned Job without ever answering him. What sets Elihu apart is his motive—he...
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September 15 — When Self-Righteousness Accuses God — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Job 25–31 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Job 25:1–31:40, Job delivers his final defense with growing intensity, and something troubling emerges: in his insistence on his own innocence, Job begins to see himself as more just than God. His friends never gave him the benefit of the doubt—they looked at his suffering...
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September 14 — When Bad Theology Hurts God and People — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Job 22–24 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Job 22:1–24:25, the theological arguments on both sides continue to miss the mark. Job's friends reduce obedience to a prosperity formula, guaranteeing blessing and concluding that Job's suffering proves his hidden wickedness - so they keep slandering him. Job, convinced…
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September 13 — Faith in the Fire — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Job 18–21 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Job 18:1–21:34, Bildad and Zophar unleash ever harsher accusations, mocking Job's integrity and insisting his suffering proves his guilt. Yet through it all, Job clings to his faith in God as his Redeemer, refusing to abandon the truth he knows even when every voice around...
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September 12 — Cries of Innocence and the Just Mediator — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Job 15–17 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Job 15:1–17:16, Job's friends intensify their accusations while Job insists more desperately on his innocence and longs for someone to plead his case before God. In many ways, Job's cries of being innocent yet punished hearken to the future Messiah who will truly be…
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September 11 — Dust and Ashes, Yet Still Hopeful — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Job 11–14 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Job 11:1–14:22, Zophar accuses Job of secret sin and insists he should repent, while Job dismantles his friends' simplistic answers and clings to something deeper than their theology. Amid his despair, Job continues to pour out his anguish before God, refusing to accept…
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September 10 — Searching for a Mediator in the Dust — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Job 8–10 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Job 8:1–10:22, Bildad insists that Job's children must have sinned to deserve death, while Job continues to pour out his anguish before God. In the midst of his suffering, Job glimpses something profound: he longs for a mediator, someone who could stand between him and God...
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September 9 — When Friends Answer Poorly and Suffering Remains a Mystery — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Job 4–7 | Resolved to Read
In today’s reading from Job 4:1–7:21, Job’s friends begin to speak, and their answers, though sincere, miss the mark. They insist Job must have sinned to deserve such suffering, reducing a complex mystery to a simple formula. During the exile, Israelite readers would have heard their own…
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September 8 — Job's Suffering and the Question of Why — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Job 1–3 | Resolved to Read
In today’s reading from Job 1:1–3:26, we begin the ancient story of a righteous man who suffers devastating loss, persistent tragedy, and overwhelming grief. Though Job is placed at this point in our chronological reading because it was likely written during the exile, its questions reach far...
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September 7 — Pride Humbled and Mercy Remembered — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Ezekiel 29; Daniel 4; Jeremiah 52; 2 Kings 25 | Resolved to Read
In today’s reading from Ezekiel 29:17–21; Daniel 4:1–37; Jeremiah 52:31–34; and 2 Kings 25:27–30, we see the Lord humble the proud and yet still remember mercy in the midst of exile. Nebuchadnezzar’s fall and restoration in Daniel 4 powerfully remind us that God rules over every kingdom and is…
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September 6 — The Lord Is There and the River of Life — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Ezekiel 44–48 | Resolved to Read
In today’s reading from Ezekiel 44:4–48:35, Ezekiel’s closing vision points beyond a restored land and temple to the greater reality of God dwelling fully with His people. The flowing river from the temple foreshadows the river of the water of life we see in Revelation 22:1–2, and ultimately…
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September 5 — The Return of God's Glory — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Ezekiel 40–44 | Resolved to Read
In today's reading from Ezekiel 40:1–44:3, Ezekiel is given a breathtaking vision of a restored temple, culminating in the return of the glory of the Lord. After the devastating moment when God's glory departed because of His people's sin, this vision offers hope that He will again dwell among a...
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September 4 — Faithful in the Fire — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Daniel 3 | Resolved to Read
In today’s reading from Daniel 3:1–30, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refuse to bow to the image of gold, choosing faithfulness to God even when it means facing the fiery furnace. Their courage reminds us that true worship belongs to God alone, no matter the cost, and that obedience sometimes...
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September 3 — Turn and Live — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Ezekiel 32–33 | Resolved to Read
In today’s reading from Ezekiel 32:1–33:20, God makes clear that He takes sin seriously, but He has no delight in the death of the wicked - His desire is that people would turn and live. The watchman’s warning is not meant to crush, but to call people back to the way of righteousness. That same...
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September 2 — Dry Bones Live Again — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Ezekiel 37–39 | Resolved to Read
In today’s reading from Ezekiel 37:1–39:29, we begin with one of the most unforgettable visions in all of Scripture: a valley of dry bones brought back to life by the breath of God. What seemed utterly dead, hopeless, and beyond repair is revived by His power alone. From there, God promises to...
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September 1 — From Scattered Sheep to One True Shepherd — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Ezekiel 33–36 | Resolved to Read
In today’s reading from Ezekiel 33:21–36:38, God speaks hope into the aftermath of Jerusalem’s fall, exposing the failure of Israel’s shepherds and promising that He Himself will seek, gather, and restore His scattered flock. These chapters also look ahead to a deeper rescue: God will cleanse His...
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August 31 — Refusing God’s Word Even After the Fall — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | 2 Kings 25; Jeremiah 40–44; 51 | Resolved to Read
In today’s reading from 2 Kings 25:23–26 and Jeremiah 40:7–44:30; 51:64, we see that even after Jerusalem has fallen and God’s warnings have been fulfilled, many of the people still refuse to listen. Fear, rebellion, and idolatry continue to shape their choices, and they seek God’s guidance only…
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August 30 — Great Is Your Faithfulness in the Ruins — Chronological Audio Bible Reading | Lamentations 3–5 | Resolved to Read
In today’s reading from Lamentations 3:1–5:22, sorrow reaches its deepest point, yet right in the middle of the grief comes one of Scripture’s clearest declarations of hope: “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed... great is your faithfulness.” Even after judgment has fallen and…
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We're here to help YOU read the entire Bible in a year! We'll be following the reading plan found in the Daily Bible in Chronological Order edited by F. Lagard Smith. Won't you join us?
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