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2015-05-07T20:55:32-06:00

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Would Jesus Call the Police?

Last updated on: May 7, 2015 at 8:55 pm By Jeff Hood

Last Tuesday night, someone called the police and reported a homeless man with a dog harassing people in Venice Beach. A short time after police arrived, one of the responding officers shot unarmed Brendon Glenn dead. In the understatement of the year, Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck described the shooting as “concerning.” I would use the word “concerning” to describe a power outage. When talking about the shooting death of an unarmed man, the word “murder” seems... Read more

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2015-05-06T00:10:07-06:00

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The Wayward Movement of the Movement

Last updated on: May 6, 2015 at 12:10 am By Jeff Hood

I’m sick. I can feel it deep down in my stomach. The comments are eating at me. For the third time in less than a week, I heard a respected activist make a problematic remark. Now, I’m not talking about anything that was misconstrued. I am talking about blatantly problematic remarks. There was the black activist who casually declared, “No Homo!” There was the feminist who spoke of keeping Muslims out of her neighborhood. There was the immigration activist who... Read more

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2015-05-04T23:58:26-06:00

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Liberation Will Only Come Through Revolution

Last updated on: May 4, 2015 at 11:58 pm By Jeff Hood

In the wake of the flames of the streets of Baltimore, Christians of all stripes have incessantly talked about the need for liberation. It often goes something like this, “Let’s seek God for liberation in our time….” While these words are wonderful on their face, they don’t speak to the depth of the crisis that our nation faces. Liberation is impossible in this nation without revolution. There has to be a total transformation of the way that we think and... Read more

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2015-05-03T22:51:33-06:00

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When Violent Bigots Meet

Last updated on: May 3, 2015 at 10:51 pm By Jeff Hood

This is not about Islam. I know too many Muslims to fall for that trick. This is about the consequences of unrestrained bigotry. Pamela Geller and the American Freedom Defense Initiative are bigots in every sense of the word. Today in Garland, Texas, the bigots hosted a “Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest” as a means of insulting Islam and promulgating hate. Two other violent bigots responded to hate with hate and pulled up guns blazing. Now, both shooters are... Read more

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2015-05-03T00:24:39-06:00

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When did Jesus Become God?

Last updated on: May 3, 2015 at 12:24 am By Jeff Hood

If Jesus got down from the cross, would we still call him God? Does the cross make Jesus God or was Jesus God before then? I think the answer lies in the fact that God is Love in perfection. Jesus cannot be God until he becomes the perfection of Love. When Jesus died on the cross, he showed us what perfect Love looks like. If Jesus got down from the cross, I believe we would call him a great... Read more

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2015-05-02T15:45:00-06:00

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The Color of Evil

Last updated on: May 2, 2015 at 3:45 pm By Jeff Hood

Scared, Jesus ran away. When evil was on top of him, Jesus refused to fight back. The officers were rough. I guess they didn’t realize who he was or didn’t care. Jesus screamed. Looking up, the color of evil was blue and white. Though he had committed no crime, Jesus was arrested and led away. Unable to breathe, Jesus was going down quick. The officers threw Jesus into the back of the wagon. Screaming for help, Jesus fell out of... Read more

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2015-04-30T00:10:12-06:00

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Testimony on Texas HB 1527: A Bill to Abolish the Death Penalty

Last updated on: April 30, 2015 at 12:10 am By Jeff Hood

Thank you. My name is Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood. I am the Minister of Social Justice for Hope for Peace and Justice…which is the social justice ministry of a consortium of churches in the Dallas area…and I sit on the Board of the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. I am here to speak in support of House Bill 1527. I am here to talk with you a little bit about Jesus. Y’all ok with that? I am... Read more

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2015-04-28T00:46:08-06:00

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The God Who Riots

Last updated on: April 28, 2015 at 12:46 am By Jeff Hood

Jesus couldn’t get the horrific images of police brutality out of his mind. Walking downtown, Jesus was tired of seeing people assaulted and killed. Enraged, Jesus destroyed a police car and other properties. When officers started to show up in riot gear, Jesus gathered his friends together and confronted them. “Get out! Get Out! Get out!” they kept screaming in unison. Though everyone kept calling them agitators and thugs, Jesus and his friends refused to back down in their quest... Read more

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2015-04-24T21:22:38-06:00

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The Blood of a Black Man in Dallas

Last updated on: April 24, 2015 at 9:22 pm By Jeff Hood

Over a hundred times, the family of Jason Harrison reached out to Dallas police for help getting him to Parkland Memorial Hospital. Suffering from severe mental illness, Jason was often out of his mind. On June 14 of last year, police arrived at the Harrison residence. The body camera of one of the officers captured what happened next. Jason’s mother Shirley came to the door and declared, “Oh, he’s just off the chain. You can hear him, talking about... Read more

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2015-04-23T21:27:31-06:00

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Guns Don’t Belong at Church

Last updated on: April 23, 2015 at 9:27 pm By Jeff Hood

Recently, I read a story that the evangelical megachurch Briarwood Presbyterian in Birmingham, Alabama is petitioning the state for its own police department. For a second, I couldn’t believe what I was reading. The thought of a church or any other private institution being able to found and govern a police department is really problematic. Can you imagine the power that churches and private institutions would have to enforce their own moral judgments? Would those who don’t pay their... Read more

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