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Proverbs 14 8 The prudent understand where they are going, but fools deceive themselves. . If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.
Religion
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Proverbs 13 4 Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.
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Proverbs 12 13 The wicked are trapped by their own words, but the godly escape such trouble. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.
A Law to Protect One Group Only
You know it’s an election year when the Government abandons an Ardern-inspired piece of legislation. The proposed new hate speech law is now on ice because it’s divisive, too hard to complete and unpopular; with the added downside of potentially costing Labour mainstream votes if they push it
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Proverbs 11 9 With their words, the godless destroy their friends, but knowledge will rescue the righteous. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.
A New Darkness Descends on Europe
As Mark Steyn famously wrote, “Muslims Fear Backlash from Tomorrow’s Terror Attack”. If there’s one thing that’s more predictable than some beardy-weirdy jihadi going all Allahu Ackbar! in the streets of London, Paris or Melbourne, it’s that their co-religionists and their cheer squads on the “progressive”
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Proverbs 10 11 The words of the godly are a life-giving fountain; the words of the wicked conceal violent intentions. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.
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Proverbs 9 12 If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit. If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.
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Proverbs 8 12 “I, Wisdom, live together with good judgment. I know where to discover knowledge and discernment. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.
A Warped View of the World
Michael Cook * Full disclosure: the author is a member of Opus Dei. mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Four Corners, a flagship program on Australia’s ABC, broadcast a scathing attack on two private schools in Sydney on Monday evening. Their crime:
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Proverbs 7 2 Obey my commands and live! Guard my instructions as you guard your own eyes.[a] If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.
The Divine Music of the Inklings
As I wrote in a previous post, J R Tolkien’s Catholic faith had a profound, if subtly expressed, influence on his most famous fictional work, The Lord of the Rings. But his religious expression is even more pronounced in his magnum opus, the collection of legends of “the Elder
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Proverbs 6 23 For their command is a lamp and their instruction a light; their corrective discipline is the way to life. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.
Faith, Fiction and J R R Tolkien
The 2019 biopic Tolkien was heavily criticised for almost completely omitting what was one of the central pillars of the author’s life: his Catholic faith. Trying to tell the story of Tolkien’s life without mentioning religion is like trying to tell the story of Hunter S Thompson without