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Nitrogen Execution Over My Head: Waiting with Anthony Boyd

Last updated on: September 15, 2025 at 11:03 pm By Jeff Hood

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A Nitrogen Execution Over My Head: Anthony Boyd’s Prophetic Cry “To have a nitrogen execution hanging over my head on October 23 is unreal and constantly nerve-racking. Haven’t you seen what it did to these other guys?” – Anthony Boyd, September 15, 2025 Anthony Boyd’s words are not sterile. They are not distant. They are prophecy spoken through trembling lips. They testify to the sickness of a society that imagines killing can heal, that violence can be sanctified by law,... Read more

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Situational Ethics: The Enemy of Liberation

Last updated on: September 15, 2025 at 1:04 pm By Jeff Hood

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The Call to Liberation Ethics is not a casual conversation…it is the terrain upon which life itself is waged. Every choice we make, every compromise we entertain, every whisper of convenience or calculation leaves an imprint on the soul. And yet, the dominant moral frameworks of our age…particularly situational ethics…invite us to measure principle against circumstance, to trade fidelity for expedience, to barter truth for comfort. This is not simply a failure of morality…it is a failure of moral…and a... Read more

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2025-09-14T22:32:22-06:00

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Apokatastasis: Who Goes to Heaven? What a Stupid Question.

Last updated on: September 14, 2025 at 10:32 pm By Jeff Hood

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Apokatastasis. Note: Throughout this essay, Greek theological terms are provided with brief definitions in parentheses to help the reader engage with the richness of Orthodox thought. Let’s be blunt: asking “Who goes to heaven?” is already the wrong question. It’s lazy, self-righteous, and spiritually shallow. Heaven isn’t a reward, God isn’t tallying points, and obsessing over who “qualifies” is the purest form of pride. From an Orthodox Christian perspective, it doesn’t matter. What matters is synergy (synergeia, cooperation with God’s... Read more

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2025-09-13T10:38:08-06:00

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Lactantius Against the Death Penalty: Early Christian Ethics

Last updated on: September 13, 2025 at 10:38 am By Jeff Hood

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Lactantius and the Death Penalty: A Radical Moral Witness from the Early Church It’s hard to even imagine what it must have felt like to stand in that crowd and hear the cheer when the sword dropped. Roman streets hosted spectacles of death…crucifixions, beheadings and other types of public executions staged as both punishment and entertainment. Citizens gathered not only to witness justice…but also to marvel at the power of the state. Life itself was measured by obedience…not by dignity.... Read more

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Saint Mychal Judge: The Eucharist in the Rubble of 9/11

Last updated on: September 11, 2025 at 11:05 am By Jeff Hood

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God’s Canonization of Mychal Judge The Church doesn’t need to canonize Mychal Judge. God already did. Running Toward Chaos: Mychal Judge in Action On September 11, 2001, when planes tore into towers and the streets of New York filled with screams, Mychal Judge ran toward the chaos. He didn’t carry a weapon. He didn’t carry armor. He just wore a collar and carried a burning heart. While others fled, he entered the lobby of the North Tower with the firefighters... Read more

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Political Violence : The Anti-Gospel

Last updated on: September 11, 2025 at 3:18 pm By Jeff Hood

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Political Violence is the Enemy of Christ The Fundamental Betrayal of Political Violence Political violence is not just a sin among many. It is the fundamental betrayal of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. To speak of political violence is to speak of a rival faith, a rival story, a rival salvation. The Gospel announces reconciliation. Political violence announces domination. The Gospel calls us to the breaking of bread. Political violence calls us to the breaking of bodies. The Gospel proclaims... Read more

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2025-09-10T23:41:43-06:00

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Don’t You Dare Call the Shooting of Charlie Kirk Justified

Last updated on: September 10, 2025 at 11:41 pm By Jeff Hood

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The Shooting of Charlie Kirk: Evil. A Horrendous Act of Violence The news of Charlie Kirk being shot hit me like a punch I didn’t see coming. I won’t lie…I’ve disagreed with almost everything he has said for a long time. He uses his platform to shape ideas that harm people. And yet, none of that gives anyone the right to shoot someone. None of it makes this act anything less than horrendous. The violence itself is a wound on... Read more

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2025-09-10T23:42:16-06:00

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Father Aleksandr Khmelyov: Modern Saint

Last updated on: September 10, 2025 at 11:42 pm By Jeff Hood

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Father Aleksandr Khmelyov: A Modern Witness Courage rarely looks glamorous. It doesn’t usually arrive in the form of medals, parades or even applause. Most often, it looks like one person quietly refusing to move…even when it costs them everything. Such is the story of Father Aleksandr Khmelyov, a young Russian Old Catholic priest whose life has become a living witness to what it means to take the Gospel seriously. Old Catholic Roots in Russia Father Aleksandr’s priesthood has never fit... Read more

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The Old Catholic Church: Traditional & Revolutionary

Last updated on: September 10, 2025 at 11:42 pm By Jeff Hood

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The Old Catholic Church The Old Catholic Church is fully Catholic, yet fiercely free. Born in Europe to resist papal overreach, Old Catholics now thrive in the United States as a network of inclusive, justice-driven communities. Rooted in ancient liturgy, Old Catholics are boldly shaping a future where faith is both sacred and revolutionary. Breaking from Rome: The Origins of the Old Catholic Church The roots of the Old Catholic Church stretch back to the 19th century. At the First... Read more

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Locking God Out: Prison Chaplains & Religious Liberty

Last updated on: September 10, 2025 at 11:43 pm By Jeff Hood

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Locking God Out: Why Prison Chaplains Must Never Be Gatekeepers Prisons as Graveyards of the Human Spirit Prisons are graveyards. Every breath is monitored. Every movement is tracked. Every choice extinguished. The system is built to crush, cage and erase the human spirit. In such a place, faith is not a luxury. It is all that you have. And yet, even that freedom is under threat. Too many prisons allow their chaplains to decide which clergy may enter and which... Read more

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