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Christ Follower, Husband & Father, Texas native, Soli Deo Gloria, MDiv SBTS, BA UTAustin, @LibertyU & @freedomcenterlu , views & opinions are my own.

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For the Christian, there is no loving way to embrace a lie. Real love begins with Truth.
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Abortion was the number 1 cause of death globally in 2020 - Not Covid, hunger, heart disease or cancer. It claimed the lives of 42.7M unborn children. No serious Christian should ever propagate the LIE that Abortion does not matter or that it shouldn’t be a top priority.
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81 million ballots or 81 million people? Cuz I don’t think you can find either of them today.
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Reject medical apartheid now! Unvaccinated Americans are still Americans.
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The greatest threat to any Authoritarian government, whether in the First Century or Today, are the 4 words: “Jesus Christ is Lord” Anyone in Christ is Free already and answers to a Higher authority. This is why Tyrants hate the Gospel.
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My sincere thanks to @JennaEllisEsq who worked tirelessly in support of our President and John MacArthur in defense religious liberty; an essential liberty enjoyed by all Americans. Jenna’s courage amidst tremendous opposition is what should be remembered for years to come.
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As the President’s term comes to an end, so does my role with the Trump Campaign. I’m so grateful to POTUS for the opportunity to advocate for his re-election & for election integrity. We still have a lot of work to do for conservatism over the next 2 years! #TeamTrumpForever 🇺🇸
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“Only one life, yes only one, Now let me say,”Thy will be done”; And when at last I’ll hear the call, I know I’ll say “twas worth it all”; Only one life,’twill soon be past, Only what’s done for Christ will last.” - C.T. Studd Happy New Year. Stand strong.
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So proud of @LibertyU students Over 500 students and 11 buses rolling out this morning at 5am to @March_for_Life in Washington, DC. #marchforlife2023
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We are living among the most hyper-critical and hypo-critical times in American history. Never did a generation exist with such acute, moral awareness & judgment while simultaneously lacking in any personal moral character or responsibility. This country & culture needs Christ.
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6-3 decision. Praise God. Now, it's the job of the Church to make it unthinkable.
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Texas is Texas once again. It’s time to open up the USA 100% End the mask mandate. End the lie. Let’s go.
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So called Christians who only dish daily acrimony to Christian conservatives in the public arena, while remaining mute concerning the Left’s assault on Religious Liberty, the Church and the decline of free society don’t deserve your praise. They are a special kind of coward.
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Every freedom loving American must reject medical apartheid. Unvaccinated Americans are not second class citizens and no emergency has ever suspended the constitutional rights of Americans.
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Today, we Worship the Living Christ and we Celebrate America 🇺🇸 Christians can actually do both without complaining and Praise God that we are Free to do both without tyranny.
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Propagating the posture of apathy and indifference is far more pervasive in mainstream Evangelicalism today than anything that comes close to sensationalism or conspiracy. It has greater and more damning consequences for each passing generation. Wake up people.
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. @RudyGiuliani is and always will be a true American hero. #neverforget
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I don’t trust anyone who bears the name of Christ and is not vociferously and outspokenly against the draconian and tyrannical effort of the federal government to MANDATE vaccinations for everyone. This is a Religious Liberty issue & cowardly compliance is a Gospel issue.
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King David to his son, Solomon: “I am about to go the way of all the earth. Be strong, and show yourself a man.” 1 Kings 2:2 (also, vv 3-4) 1. Be strong. 2. Show yourself a man. Biblical masculinity isn’t just permissible, it’s good and godly, obedience and joy.
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Any society where both Truth and Work are outlawed can not stand. We are borrowing against the future to keep people out of work today in order to maintain the largest public lie in modern history.
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God already ruled on soul freedom and religious liberty long before #SCOTUS . My encouragement to pastors everywhere, hold the line. Dear Christian, support your pastor and affirm their leadership as they lead. There is a higher court and higher judge still. Acts 5:29.
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The 2020 election in total is not about Trump vs Biden, it’s about Freedom vs Tyranny. It’s so obvious, in fact, even the Left is now admitting to the Tyranny part.
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I don’t care your politics or party, every American deserves the right to say no to a vaccine. Period. The best argument for vaccination is not the one where the government goes house to house to forcibly jab you. Freedom requires Truth, Voluntarism and Transparency. Period.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but real coffee is always served hot. Always.
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“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”” John 16:33
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The inescapable reality right now is that the RNC and elected Republicans need Donald Trump in 2021 way way way more than they realize.
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Anyone waiting for a better time to defend Freedom in the United States will ensure better times never come. Freedom always costs us something. Pay it now.
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“And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,” Hebrews 9:27
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While praying for Canada 🇨🇦 I’m encouraged to think there’s 227,000 Truckers and only 1 Trudeau. His seizing bank accounts and declaring national emergency means he’s scared and time is not on his side.
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Not at all photoshopped
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Absolutely incredible.
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Ukrainian Christians worshipping at a metro station in Kiev. They sing of forgiveness, salvation, mercy, joy, peace, and the people of Ukraine. A biblical light in the gloom of possible war.
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Praise God that when the Word of God is faithfully preached nothing is whispered.
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When America was founded there were exactly 58 criminal laws Today our criminal laws are too numerous to count. We have become a lawless nation of laws.
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Patriotism is a biblical virtue. Period.
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Without Freedom in Christ there is no true or lasting freedom. In a world of empty and broken promises, that one empty tomb brought promise to the entire world. Christ is the Resurrection and the Life. There is salvation in no one else.
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The future belongs to the fearless. Those who live by faith and not by fear have a very bright future (2 Tim 1:7).
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Just spoke to a reporter concerning @Caitlyn_Jenner candidacy for governor of California. The conservative movement can’t give up Traditional Marriage and Sexuality. It must not. There’s no political system that can withstand the loss of a moral and religious foundation.
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There’s few things more terrifying than an autonomous global financial system that can cancel anyone at any time based entirely on postmodern subjectivism and regime politics.
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To the “Evangelicals for Biden” who feel betrayed by the Biden Admin, what did you expect? You ignored every public promise candidate Biden made to the pro-Abortion lobby. The Blame is on you! You’ve proven everything Real Evangelicals have believed & said about you.
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Most Americans today couldn’t pass an 8th grade final exam from 100 years ago Why? Were people smarter back then? No! America has lost public virtue. Scholarship is first a deeply moral & spiritual commitment to the pursuit of knowledge Parents must stand up & fix this
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Interesting to see the same “Christians” who only 100 days ago bemoaned the commingling of Christianity and politics - now work twice as hard to promote the propaganda of the mainstream media and the left - parroting the same popular lies - while suppressing unpopular truths.
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“Barack Obama became the first president to address Planned Parenthood... Today, Donald Trump became the first president to address the March for Life. Don’t tell me elections don’t have consequences. You know what’s at stake.” @SteveScalise @March_for_Life @falkirk_center
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As long as politics results in real policies concerning the life of the unborn, marriage, family, Religious Liberty, education, economic freedom - even the air we breath - then Christians should always be engaged in politics. Abdication and abandonment is disobedience to God.
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Buried my mom today. She fought a very advanced cancer for 7 months but couldn’t overcome it. God is greater still and she is now in his presence. Many of you have already reached out in support and have offered your prayers and condolences.
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The only way out of this mess in America is complete surrender to Jesus Christ. I love what conservative parents, business owners and Governors are doing, but we need even greater cultural renewal. That won’t come without Revival and Reformation. We need it. The time is now.
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Watching the Left suddenly run from the word "Critical Race Theory" like an amputated limb is truly remarkable. Wokeism has no shortage of terms that essentially mean the same thing and will be employed like cheap prosthetic substitutes. The Gaslighting of America continues...
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but RINOs who endorsed Joe Biden for President in 2020, don’t get to suddenly complain when Joe Biden actually turns out to be Joe Biden. There’s nothing subtle, sly, or cunning about Joe Biden.
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“Jesus Christ changed my mind about Abortion.” Many have said this, b/c sin isn’t just immoral, it’s irrational. Objective reality requires moral, rational thinking. Only Jesus can fix this. Praise God, the Gospel doesn’t just change hearts, but minds also (Rom 12:2).
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The warmth of this congregation represents 51 years of faithful shepherding ministry. @johnmacarthur has earned the respect of @GraceComChurch and the greater evangelical world. The 2020 test is the culmination of a lifetime of faithful ministry. @falkirk_center @JennaEllisEsq
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Anyone who is forced or threatened to perform a service for another against their will, is the definition of a slave. You know what else is the definition of a slave? Anyone who is coerced and compelled by law to put something in their body against their will.
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Social Justice replaces the false Gospel of self-love with the false Gospel of self-loathing. There is no forgiveness, assurance or hope. It’s an endless abyss of animosity, fear and suspicion.
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I’m convinced that only the forgiven and unashamed are truly fearless. Where do Christians find courage? Only being found in Christ, unashamed, do we have courage to run to the fire.
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A Leftist and a Liberal Christian are 2-sides of the same penny and worth half as much.
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Science that cannot be questioned isn’t science, it’s propaganda. Love that cannot tell the truth isn’t love, it’s a lie. In 2022, “Follow the Science” and “Love your Neighbor” had better mean question the propaganda and tell the truth. Christians have a responsibility here.
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There’s no such thing as conservative principle for allowing the chemical castration of children. Any fool that says otherwise can’t be trusted.
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Countless bivocational pastors will enter a pulpit tomorrow to preach an original sermon they prepared after being physically, emotionally and spiritually exhausted from a full week of work and ministry. They won’t get any recognition, praise or credit. God bless them all.
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The world can see how deeply broken our leadership is. The pile of deception and devastation is so big now - a year in the making - Only God can fix it. Praying God’s mercy on our nation right now as there is no quick fix or quick turn around.
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This is a huge victory for @GraceComChurch @johnmacarthur and religious liberty.
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Very pleased with the approval of an $800,000 settlement and total win for my clients, @johnmacarthur and @GraceComChurch , on behalf of @ThomasMoreSoc . The church IS essential. Our statement:
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“So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”” John 8:31-32
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The mark of every Christian is a longing and expectation for the presence of God (Matt 5:8).
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Every true Christian is by the world’s definition a fundamentalist.
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If you’re for abortion, you’re not just on the wrong side of history, you’re on the losing side of eternity. And your enemy is God himself. What this past week has proven is that many people already know that. It just needs to be said out loud.
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“The money is going somewhere - I’m running for office to find it.” @kimKBaltimore #faithsummit2020 #getlouder
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Be very suspicious. A digital currency allows more technocratic oversight and less individual freedom or autonomy. A cash dollar can be somewhat physically safeguarded still, not so with fully digitized currency. It’s not about our convenience, dummy.
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Small church pastors are unsung heroes. Period.
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Yes, God is Sovereign and He has and will deliver his people. But we must be a praying Church.
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I don’t always go to @GraceComChurch church on Sunday, but when I do I sit next to @andrewklavan
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Since it’s Election Day in VA, one might ask how should a Christian vote? Vote to: - Advance the Sanctity of Human Life - Defend Marriage & Family, God has instituted - Protect Religious Liberty & Conscience - Free Education from Leftist Indoctrination - Affirm Dignity of Work
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There’s nothing more self-defeating than Conservatives embracing the leaven of Liberalism. Conservatism will not endure by embracing Leftist policies or morality; by becoming more like the Left. Not only will it guarantee the death of Conservatism but the Nation also.
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The most dangerous person to MSM today is an average American with a memory lasting longer than 4 hours. Not kidding.
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Let there be no Christian tomorrow that conflates the worship of Christ with the same love of country. And let there be no Christian tomorrow shamefully treat the country they call home with contempt or scorn. Patriotism IS a biblical virtue rooted in the love of neighbor.
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If God did not care about theology, He wouldn’t care about evangelism either. Think about it.
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More relevant today than perhaps at any point in our history. Francis Schaeffer: Christian Manifesto
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Perhaps in a way we didn’t predict, God is using Covid to diminish the platform of Pastors and Christian leaders we shouldn’t follow. I praise God for fearless pastors who are committed to God’s Word, unapologetically preach the Gospel, disciple their people, and meet regularly.
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This 👇👇👇
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I’m all for teaching this in schools 😉
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Anyone that is desperate to talk to your children about sex of any kind and desperately wants to avoid telling you (the parent) about their conversation, is definitely a Groomer. That’s the definition of Grooming.
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If there was ever a photo that clearly represented the attitude, ignorance and flirtation of the youngest generation with socialism, it’s this.
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Fun day at @LMsnowflex with @AbbyJohnson @christineyeargs @COL1972official . Everyone had fun. We are the ProLife generation.
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Woke ideology, like underlying Marxism, is predicated on a fractured, broken and missing family. Mainly families without Fathers. Clamoring about “systemic racism” while ignoring Families and Fatherhood is like yelling “Fire” with no remedy or intention to extinguish its flames.
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“For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39
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When Christians say, “We don’t do politics. We can’t do politics.” Ok, then. You want political correctness. When life, marriage, religious liberty, education and even families are now political issues - stick with me - your choosing not to engage IS a political choice. Period.
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The unConstitutional Mandate goes against Individual Liberty and has proven deadly for many patients. Vaccines are a matter of conscience. And conscience is under Religious Liberty protection. And Cowardice in violating one’s own conscience is a Gospel Issue (Rom 14:3).
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The Canadian pastors in 2020 were right all along. They told the world. The world wouldn’t listen.
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Not sure the postmodern party cares, but there’s a lot of America First plagiarism in this speech.
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If you are struggling with the ultimate question, “How do I truly know that I am saved?” Read God’s Word and draw confidence in the risen Savior. These things are written for us, they we may KNOW Jesus Christ and KNOW we have eternal life. Trust in Him.
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How to destroy the Social Justice movement in 5 words? “For God shows no partiality.” (Rom 2:11)
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Westminster Catechism: “Chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy him forever.” By comparison today… Modern Evangelicalism: “Chief end of God is to glorify man by indulging him forever.” This is where the Church has failed.
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Everything that @William_E_Wolfe tweeted here is correct. His account was suspended. The Tone Police may not like the words or truth here, but it’s 💯 accurate. Yes, all these policies would amount to destroying image bearers of the living God. Is that not hatred? You decide.
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“We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst” - C.S. Lewis
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Checkmate, tyrants😂 #ChurchIsEssential
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Clearly this is an unpopular stance with those that hate Religious Liberty. Loving your neighbor doesn’t start with ad hominem, threats and coercion.
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For the Christian, there is no hopeless present nor vain tomorrow. Every trial, loss, affliction, grief, sorry, tribulation will culminate in an eternal weight of glory beyond comprehension because of Jesus Christ. No hopeless present; no vain tomorrow.
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Who’s awake?
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There is a seismic shift taking place across this country. People are waking up. Freedom means taking personal ownership and responsibility. Education is no different.
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U.S. Census Bureau reporting 1 out of 12 children now homeschooled.
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