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2025-12-13T23:42:49-06:00

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Or Should We Look for Another? : On Matthew 11:2-11

Last updated on: December 13, 2025 at 11:42 pm By Jeff Hood

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Matthew 11:2-11 John heard what Jesus was doing while he was in prison. From that place, he sent word with the question that remained: Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another? Jesus did not answer with an explanation. He said, Tell John what you see and hear: blind eyes are being opened, broken bodies are being lifted, the untouchable are being restored, the dead are being raised, and the poor—still poor—are hearing good... Read more

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2025-12-11T11:07:05-06:00

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Why Didn’t Governor Bill Lee Kill Harold Nichols Himself?

Last updated on: December 11, 2025 at 11:07 am By Jeff Hood

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I keep coming back to the same question. Why wasn’t Governor Bill Lee even in the room? If Governor Lee insisted that Harold Nichols be executed, he should have been the one to do it himself. This is not rhetoric. It is a moral demand. If the state is going to take a human life, those who authorize it must confront the full human reality of what that authorization means. To hide behind bureaucracy, protocols, and the anonymity of state... Read more

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2025-12-06T17:43:30-06:00

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A Voice in the Wilderness: Repentance at the Borders

Last updated on: December 6, 2025 at 5:43 pm By Jeff Hood

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When God Calls Us Into the Wilderness of Truth “Voices in the Wilderness: Repentance at the Borders” When Matthew ushers John the Baptist onto the stage of history, he places him not among polished institutions but in the wilderness. That is not accidental. The wilderness in Scripture is the crucible of truth…where Israel confronted its failures and where prophets received their summons. It is a place stripped of illusions, where the noise of empire, comfort and self-justification fades. If revelation... Read more

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2025-12-04T13:45:41-06:00

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A Prisoner’s Appeal for a Prisoner’s Life: On Harold Nichols

Last updated on: December 4, 2025 at 1:45 pm By Jeff Hood

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Jonathan Stephenson’s Appeal for Harold Nichols When you speak with a man on death row…even over a phone line distorted by static and prison time limits…you learn quickly that life is far more nuanced than headlines can allow for. Case files and trial transcripts can record a person’s worst moments…but they can’t record what came before or after…the decades of transformation, the friendships forged in confinement, the quiet decency that persists even when the world is determined to kill. Last... Read more

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2025-12-01T00:07:21-06:00

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Moral Caution: Luigi Mangione and Our Public Hearts

Last updated on: December 1, 2025 at 12:07 am By Jeff Hood

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Moral Caution & Luigi Mangione Moral caution is often most hidden when it is most needed. Today, Luigi Mangione steps once again into public view for his latest hearing, and once again the atmosphere around him is charged like a gathering storm. These moments…when a defendant is brought into a courtroom, when families hold their breath, when the public tightens its’ collective jaw…are moments that test not just the legal system, but the soul of a people. Every time Mangione... Read more

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2025-11-29T21:14:58-06:00

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Staying Awake in a Sleeping World – First Sunday of Advent

Last updated on: November 29, 2025 at 9:14 pm By Jeff Hood

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“Staying Awake in a Sleeping World” Just like it was in Noah’s time, that’s how it will be when the Son of Man returns. Before the flood came, people were living life as usual—they were eating, drinking, getting married—right up until the very day Noah went into the ark. They never realized what was happening until the flood swept in and carried them all away. That’s exactly how the coming of the Son of Man will be. Two men... Read more

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2025-11-27T23:30:05-06:00

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Rahmanullah Lakanwal & The Unfairness of The Death Penalty

Last updated on: November 27, 2025 at 11:30 pm By Jeff Hood

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Due Process: Rahmanullah Lakanwal and the Eternal Unfairness of the Death Penalty The Immediate Shock, Public Reaction & Due Process When a crime shocks the public, the first casualty is often patience. The second is principle (…due process). In the aftermath of the shooting that left two National Guard members mortally wounded in Washington, D.C., the nation entered a period of deep grief. Officials confirmed that U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom has died, and leaders across the country urged Americans... Read more

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2025-11-27T13:36:40-06:00

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Beyond The Death Penalty: The Human Evolutionary Journey

Last updated on: November 27, 2025 at 1:36 pm By Jeff Hood

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Taming Ourselves, Choosing Mercy: Beyond the Death Penalty Humanity’s Paradox: Violence and Compassion Human beings are shaped by paradox. We are capable of extraordinary tenderness, creativity and moral imagination, yet beneath the surface of civilization lies a deep persistent history of violence. Richard Wrangham, in The Goodness Paradox, illuminates the evolutionary roots of this paradox. He argues that humans became cooperative and socially attuned not primarily through culture or morality…but through coalitionary enforcement against the dangerously aggressive. Our ancestors, living... Read more

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2025-11-27T01:24:23-06:00

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Harold “Red” Nichols’ & The Final Thanksgiving on Death Row

Last updated on: November 27, 2025 at 1:24 am By Jeff Hood

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The Final Gathering Before Death Watch : Harold “Red” Nichols and Friends As soon as today, Harold “Red” Nichols is scheduled to be moved to death watch…exactly two weeks before his December 11 execution. That knowledge has shifted the atmosphere on Tennessee’s death row. Men who have known him for decades understand what the move means. Once he crosses that threshold…human contact narrows to protocol…and each day is measured not by habit but by proximity to the end. Nichols carries... Read more

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2025-11-25T01:08:26-06:00

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The Autopsy of Anthony Wainwright=Florida Killed a Dying Man

Last updated on: November 25, 2025 at 1:08 am By Jeff Hood

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A State Killing a Dying Man: On the Absurdity of Executing Someone With Terminal Metastatic Cancer As his spiritual advisor, I stood beside Anthony Wainwright when he was executed by lethal injection at 6:22 p.m. on June 10, 2025. I thought that was it. I was wrong. The Autopsy of Anthony Wainwright = That Told the Truth the State Didn’t When the autopsy of Wainwright recently surfaced, one line in particular broke through the noise…“Hepatic tumors with metastases to regional... Read more

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