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:''And when this had taken place, '''the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured'''.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2016), Ac 28:9.</ref> | :''And when this had taken place, '''the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured'''.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2016), Ac 28:9.</ref> | ||
=What independent observers said about William Branham= | |||
Controversy surrounded Branham right from the start of his public ministry. '''In 1947''', a minister in Saskatchewan, '''Rev. Alfred Pohl''', stated that many who Branham pronounced as healed later died.<ref>Carl Dyck, ''William Branham: The Man and His Message'', Saskatoon, 1984, ISBC 0-919847-00-5</ref> | Controversy surrounded Branham right from the start of his public ministry. '''In 1947''', a minister in Saskatchewan, '''Rev. Alfred Pohl''', stated that many who Branham pronounced as healed later died.<ref>Carl Dyck, ''William Branham: The Man and His Message'', Saskatoon, 1984, ISBC 0-919847-00-5</ref> | ||
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Were as many healed as William Branham claimed? Again, based on the testimony of independent observers, the answer is also an emphatic "no". | Were as many healed as William Branham claimed? Again, based on the testimony of independent observers, the answer is also an emphatic "no". | ||
William Branham made the excuse for himself for the vast majority of those who were not healed that they simply did not have faith. And those whom he proclaimed to be healed could lose their | William Branham made the excuse for himself for the vast majority of those who were not healed that they simply did not have faith. And those whom he proclaimed to be healed could [[Can you lose your healing?|lose their healing]] if their faith faltered. | ||
It is also clear that this is not the biblical pattern. | It is also clear that this is not the biblical pattern. | ||