By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission What’s new with Fraytene Grasseschi these days? Well, those who follow her Canadian political initiative MY Canada (as it is now named) may be interested that the former Faytene Kryskow is forming local chapters of that group in several Canadian cities.
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Bene Diction Blogs On: Starring Brad Pitt as Pontius Pilate?!?
By Rick Hiebert All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission No one can say that Hollywood is a boring place, eh? It seems that Bible-themed films might be a bit of a trend these days. The latest idea is that Brad Pitt is perhaps set to play Pontius Pilate in a
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: “Isn’t there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?!?!”
By Rick Hiebert All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. “Sure, Charlie Brown, I can tell you what Christmas is all about…”
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Twitter’s testimony about Todd
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission Todd Bentley’s infamous remarks saying that the death of British MP Malcolm Wicks was “the Lord’s justice” were, as noted in Bene D’s transcript here, were reportedly inspired by a dream that he had regarding the date Sept. 29th. Bentley allegedly
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Todd Bentley–MP died because he worked to have me banned from Britain
By Rick Hiebert. All Tights Reserved. Used by Permission. Don’t mess with Todd Bentley. He’ll have you “whacked” by the Lord. One of the local papers in Croydon, England–where Todd Bentley was to evanglize earlier this year before he was banned from entering by immigration authorities–is rightly appalled by Bentley’s
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: “We have the right to be stupid [about Todd Bentley]“
By Rick Hiebert All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission Why does evangelist Todd Bentley, after the disgrace at Lakeland and being banned from entering Britain earlier this year, feel the need to keep going and going and going like the Energizer Bunny? An e-mail of his from a few days
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Fumbling this political football?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission Damian Goddard, the sportscaster who was dismissed from SportsNet for sharing his views on gay marriage, knows exactly why the Argos won the Grey Cup this year. It’s due to Argo team discipline and taking few penalties, he says in this
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: His Mom has extra reasons to cheer?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Fans of the Calgary Stampeders in Sunday’s Grey Cup may be interested to know that one of their players takes a position on the long running Anglican debate over whether gays … Continue reading →
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By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved, Used by Permission. Canadian Press is reporting that pro-life MPs have discovered another tactic that they can use in the House of Commons. Following the failure of Motion M-312, what pro-life MPs have started … Continue reading →
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Obama’s possible failings our fault, says the Lord
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved, Used by Permission. If you are not a supporter of Barack Obama, you could be making the President fail. Thus saith the Lord. Per Wendy Alec, at any rate. As you no doubt know, … Continue reading →
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Will Hugh Hefner outlive his magazines?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission Another of the spinoff “Special Editions” of Playboy has announced that it is shutting down. I was at my corner store last night when I noticed that “Playboy’s Lingerie” also was wrapped with plastic wrapping, this time stating “FINAL LINGERIE Issue”.
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Even Hugh Hefner can’t make a go of it…
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission. It’s not like Hugh Hefner will have to stand in line at a food bank any time soon, but something that I thought would never happen is happening–one of his magazines is ceasing publication. Playboy is still ticking,, but as I
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Mr. Bentley strikes Norse letter writer as not unlike last month’s lutefisk
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission I found something of interest in a Norwegian paper, thanks to the Google Translate verion of a letter in a newspaper there. Letter writer Martin Hjellvik of Bergen wrote in the oped section of what I am guessing is a local
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Nicholas Cage to star in Left Behind reboot film?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Canadian Christian filmmaker Paul Lalonde has big news that has just moved on Charisma News. He’s planning a remake of his company’s first Left Behind film, made a few years ago, and says that Nicolas Cage is set to star. I’d
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: If at first you don’t…pro-life MP division
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission A story just posted on the Vancouver Sun website, may make pro-choice supporters think that stopping motions by pro-life MPs in the House of Commons is not unlike getting Rasputin to die. The Vancouver Sun’s news story, in which pro-lifers explain
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: The Gagnam Style Priest
By Rick Hiebert All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission These days, the kids are all a-flutter about a music video performed by a South Korean singer named Psy. “Gagnam Style” is celebrated for its catchy beat and wacky dancing. No doubt you have been e-mailed it dozens of times already,
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: The M-312 failure and the start of the “Stephen Harper ignored you, but I…” meme
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission As noted by Bene D in his quick update–thanks!–the pro-life motion, M-312 was defeated in the House earlier today. John Ivison of the National Post has what I think is a very good observation in his report on the vote. Of
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Motion M-312 will be… *shakes Magic 8-Ball*
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission September 26 brings us the second reading vote for Motion M-312 in the House of Commons. And all I know for certain is that I don’t know for certain how it is going to go. Some oddities over the past day
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Government whip who tore into Motion M-312 will allow free vote
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. A CBC reporter is tweeting that the Harper government, which had been trying to get cabinet ministers to hold steady against the pro-life motion M-312, will now formally allow every Tory MP to vote as they like, acording to this Lifesite
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: If Motion M-312 survives, does this point to why?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission. Motion M-312 is doomed. “Done like Dinner” in Dave “Tiger” Williams’ famous phrase. The effort by pro-life MPs to set up a House of Commons committee to discuss issues on abortion is set to be formally voted on again on Sept.
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