The Power of Kindness
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The word for today is… blasphemy (noun) - 1a: the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God or to something sacred: accused of blasphemy b: something said or done that is disrespectful to God or to something sacred 2: irreverence toward something deemed important or
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He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.