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Aug 2017
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“I Was Left for Dead When I Was Five Yea...

BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION
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Abuse, violence, numerous stepdads - that was Victor Marx’s childhood. Today he ministers to other sufferers of PTSD, from military vets to children fleeing ISIS. 
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