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2022-09-13T00:52:21-06:00

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Alabama Insanity: On the Potential Gas Chamber Execution of Alan Eugene Miller

Last updated on: September 13, 2022 at 12:52 am By Jeff Hood

September 13, 2022 Alabama Insanity: On the Potential Gas Chamber Execution of Alan Eugene Miller Before government officials in Alabama go ahead with an untested gas chamber execution of Alan Eugene Miller (nitrogen hypoxia), it might be wise to consider a few experiential facts… Millions upon millions of people were killed in Nazi gas chambers during the Holocaust. On September 2, 1983, Jimmy Lee Gray was tightly restrained inside Mississippi’s gas chamber. At the... Read more

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2022-09-11T16:21:42-06:00

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Pull Back The Curtains on Executions!!!

Last updated on: September 11, 2022 at 4:21 pm By Jeff Hood

Pull Back The Curtains on Executions!!! crossposted @ Death Penalty Action, https://deathpenaltyaction.org/blog/pull-back-the-curtains-on-executions/ By Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood On July 28, 2022 at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama Department of Corrections officials strapped Joe James, Jr. to a gurney and prepared him to be executed. Normally this should take minutes. For over three hours beyond his scheduled execution time, gathered reporters, witnesses and other interested parties waited and waited and waited. Two states over, I was... Read more

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2022-09-05T22:32:10-06:00

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The Dawn of a New Resistance: Words of Intentional Division in a Time of Apathy

Last updated on: September 5, 2022 at 10:32 pm By Jeff Hood

The Dawn of a New Resistance: Words of Intentional Division in a Time of Apathy *Sermon Delivered on August 28, 2022 at Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas +Tried to clean it up as best I could…but this is a transcript. Thank y’all. Good morning. Man…you know, it’s usually hot in this sanctuary, but I can tell you when I said I was going to wear this robe, I forgot about that.... Read more

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2022-09-04T20:06:58-06:00

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On the Need for Honest Abolitionists.

Last updated on: September 4, 2022 at 8:06 pm By Jeff Hood

On the Need for Honest Abolitionists. Throughout my work of abolition, I’ve committed to standing with those that nobody else will. The ones who have no remorse. The ones who wish they could kill again. The ones that you would never want to meet on the street. While such statements are not true of all of the guys I work with, they are true of some of them. I do not believe in progress without truth. If... Read more

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2022-08-30T07:22:27-06:00

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There’s a Snake Loose in Oklahoma named Pastor Scott Williams

Last updated on: August 30, 2022 at 7:22 am By Jeff Hood

Prosperity theology teaches that those who follow God are automatically blessed with abundance. Like there is a contract with God that will pay dividends. There are few more popular…or for that matter evil…heresies that have infected the mind of the modern seeker. Often, those who teach such heresy use the teachings as a smokescreen to be able to do all sorts of evil…i.e. I’m blessed and therefore anointed by God and therefore can do whatever I want…which of course is... Read more

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2022-08-25T00:05:31-06:00

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EXECUTION TODAY: Clemency Statement of & Lamentations on JAMES CODDINGTON

Last updated on: August 25, 2022 at 12:05 am By Jeff Hood

Clemency Statement of & Lamentations on JAMES CODDINGTON CLEMENCY STATEMENT OF JAMES CODDINGTON “The person that he welcomed into his home was not me…it was a shell of me…it was a drug addict…that didn’t deserve his friendship…and I’m very sorry that I took their dad…their grandpa. I still today would do whatever I have to do to make it right to his family. I said it at the time of my sentencing…if this ends today with... Read more

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2022-08-14T21:19:36-06:00

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Wonderful Words of Life? // Mark Sandlin & Jeff Hood on Poetry & Genesis 1

Last updated on: August 14, 2022 at 9:19 pm By Jeff Hood

Buy our new book at https://www.amazon.com/Wonderful-Words-Life-Interactions-Genesis/dp/B0B8BJZ92M/ref=sr_1_1?crid=FJXG9939XOAF&keywords=wonderful+words+jeff+hood+mark+sandlin&qid=1660532649&sprefix=wonderful+words+jeff+hood+mark+sandlin%2Caps%2C254&sr=8-1 Wonderful Words of Life? Poetic Interactions with Genesis 1 is our new book. Introductory Remarks God works in mysterious ways…or sometimes God doesn’t work at all. We don’t know which best describes our trajectory. We just know that we’ve been changed…or something like that. You see, we are a part of a generation of thinkers and scholars that set out to change the Progressive Christian industrial complex. In time, it was... Read more

2022-08-13T13:52:23-06:00

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A Letter to the Editor & A Public Prayer for Kosoul Chanthakoumanne

Last updated on: August 13, 2022 at 1:52 pm By Jeff Hood

A Letter to the Editor & A Public Prayer for Kosoul Chanthakoumanne Back in 2006, realtor Sarah Walker was brutally murdered. Somebody should pay for such a crime. But what if the wrong person is being called to account? Next Wednesday, the State of Texas is scheduled to execute Kosoul Chanthakoumanne for the murder of Walker in McKinney…but doubts linger. A simple internet search, reveals a number of questions. The State relied on multiple pieces of discredited forensic... Read more

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2022-08-09T15:36:27-06:00

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WHEN FORGIVENESS BECOMES A FARCE: On the Fight to Save KOSOUL CHANTHAKOUMMANE, the KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS & Catholic INDIFFERENCE

Last updated on: August 9, 2022 at 3:36 pm By Jeff Hood

WHEN FORGIVENESS BECOMES A FARCE: On the Fight to Save KOSOUL CHANTHAKOUMMANE, the KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS & Catholic INDIFFERENCE video discussed in blog is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8iWIdiJqiU From a variety of sources, the words of Joseph Walker have echoed from beyond the grave… “This crime has devastated my family…but we’ve got to pray for my daughter’s killer.” “…we’ve got to pray for the one who did this.” “Under no circumstance…do I want Kosoul Chanthakoummane to receive the... Read more

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2022-08-05T07:59:36-06:00

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Lamentations: On Kosoul Chantakoumanne

Last updated on: August 5, 2022 at 7:59 am By Jeff Hood

Lamentations: On Kosoul Chantakoumanne Make no mistake…Sarah Walker was brutally murdered in McKinney Texas in 2006. Somebody should pay for such a crime. Unfortunately, it’s quite possible that the wrong man is being called to account. Here’s why. The bedrock of every murder investigation is the establishment of a motive. The McKinney Police Department (MPD) tried to say that Kosoul Chantakoumanne sexually assaulted and killed Sara Walker. When no evidence of sexual assault was able to be... Read more

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