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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 19 3 People ruin their lives by their own foolishness    and then are angry at the Lord. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.

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Pell or the Pontiff: Who Will Triumph?

Pell or the Pontiff: Who Will Triumph?

Pope Francis is the sort of Catholic whom the elites thoroughly approve: woker than Greta Thunberg, Jacinda Ardern and Waleed Aly all rolled into one, oily, sanctimonious package. Cardinal George Pell, it’s the height of understatement to say, was not. The legion of Pell haters would have us believe

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 18 3 Doing wrong leads to disgrace,    and scandalous behavior brings contempt. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.

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Proverbs 17 3 Fire tests the purity of silver and gold,    but the Lord tests the heart. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.

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Proverbs 16 3 Commit your actions to the Lord,    and your plans will succeed. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.

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Taking Advantage of the Believers

Taking Advantage of the Believers

Religion intrinsically requires a certain degree of willingness to suspend disbelief. That can cover a spectrum from openness to inspiration (literally, the “breathing in” of divine influence) to the most dangerous brainwashing that leads millennial cults to mass suicides on the word of a charismatic leader. In between there’s

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Sunday Sermon

Logan Hagoort Minister at Covenant Presbyterian Church Editor of Founded in Grace

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 15 3 The Lord is watching everywhere,    keeping his eye on both the evil and the good. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.

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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 14 3 A fool’s proud talk becomes a rod that beats him,    but the words of the wise keep them safe. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.

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For Good or Ill, a Giant of the Church

For Good or Ill, a Giant of the Church

Nothing quite brings out the true face of the “tolerance and kindness” mob than the death of someone they adamantly refused to tolerate. Almost as soon as the death of Cardinal George Pell was announced, the Australian left turned into a squirming, orgiastic herd of pigs joyously rolling in the

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 13 3 Those who control their tongue will have a long life;    opening your mouth can ruin everything. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.

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Proverbs 12 3 Wickedness never brings stability,    but the godly have deep roots If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.

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Proverbs 11 3 Honesty guides good people;    dishonesty destroys treacherous people. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.

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Some Country Towns Sure Do ‘Ave ‘Em

Karl Popper, in a much-misunderstood and abused footnote to his The Open Society and Its Enemies, wrote of the “paradox of tolerance”. It’s not a very clear or well-developed argument, but its essence is that, if a society extends tolerance without limit, that will inevitably lead to tolerating the

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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 10 2 Tainted wealth has no lasting value,    but right living can save your life. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.

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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 9 6 Leave your simple ways behind, and begin to live;    learn to use good judgment.” If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.

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