If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Rom 10:9. #Sooners#autismdad
BREAKING: Elite 2027 CB Gabriel Osborne Jr. has Committed to Oklahoma, he tells me for @Rivals
The 6’2 190 CB chose the Sooners over Alabama, Michigan, Ohio State, & Miami
He’s ranked as a Top 30 Recruit in the 2027 Rivals300
“Mama, I’m Staying Home.”
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When I was Muslim, man, this verse used to mess me up.
Jesus on the cross saying, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
As a Muslim, I used to think: how does God feel forsaken by God? That sounds like weakness. That sounds like a prophet in pain.
But then I dug deeper.
And I realized Jesus was not speaking randomly. He was quoting Psalm 22.
That entire Psalm, written by King David centuries before Christ, is a prophecy about the crucifixion:
“They pierce my hands and feet.”
“They divide my garments among them.”
“All who see me mock me.”
In Jewish culture, quoting the first line of a Psalm pointed people to the entire passage.
So Jesus was not crying out in confusion.
He was declaring fulfillment.
He was saying: “This is that.”
And at the same time, He was carrying the full weight of sin, shame, abandonment, and suffering for humanity.
Every moment humanity has cried out, “God, where are you?” Christ stepped into that pain Himself.
That is not weakness.
That is intentional.
That is prophecy unfolding in real time.
That is the King bleeding on purpose so humanity could be brought near to God.
That is the Gospel.
Already 13 years since the infamous Moore, OK tornado, which for some time was the last EF-5 tornado before the infamous “drought”. PX-1000, a mobile radar run by OU ARRC, was perfectly positioned and scanned the tornado thru its entire life
I learned an interesting fact the other day about Jesus’ lineage.
Some of you know this, but one of his ancestors was Ruth, the Moabite, and heroine of her own book.
What I had forgotten was this verse:
““No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of them may enter the assembly of the Lord forever,”
Deuteronomy 23:3 ESV
NO Moabite could enter the assembly of the Lord? This harsh punishment was a result of Moab’s many sins against their cousin, Israel (sons of Lot and born of incest) when they tried to hire Balaam to curse the Hebrews, when they refused to help their cousins, when they invaded, and when their wicked religion butchered infants to their pagan gods.
So why was Ruth able to not only become Hebrew, but to be a proud member of the line of David, and later, Jesus?
“But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.”
Ruth 1:16 ESV
Ruth the Moabite did more than pledge loyalty to Naomi; she rejected her culture, her gods, and her old life, choosing the true God instead. Ruth was not subject to the curse against Moab because she was penitent, humble, and a convert.
God punished the host who violently opposed him and embraced sin even when they knew a better way. Moab knew about God; Lot was a follower, but they chose wickedness instead. Yet God forgave anyone who abandoned wickedness and returned to Him.
More than just a love story; Ruth is a reminder that God forgives all who seek His face.
BREAKING: Class of 2027 DL Sione Felila has Committed to Oklahoma, he tells me for @Rivals
The 6’3 300 DL from Hesperia, CA chose the Sooners over Notre Dame, Oregon, and Cal
“All thanks to my Heavenly Father, BOOMER!” https://t.co/ARmPrq1Na9
HOLY CRAP! Karoline Leavitt is calling out Democrats BY NAME who SPARKED the rhetoric leading to Saturday's attempt on President Trump's life
🔵 "Rep Hakeem Jeffrey just THIS MONTH said, 'we are in an era of maximum warfare everywhere all the time.'"
🔵 "Governor Josh Shapiro said heads need to roll within the administration."
🔵 "Senator Alex Padilla said people are DYING because of fear and terror caused by the Trump administration."
🔵 "Senator Elizabeth Warren: President Trump is making the country look like a 'FASCIST STATE'"
🔵 "Senator Adam Schiff saying President Trump using a dictator playbook"
Senator Ed Markey calling President Trump a dictator, saying that this administration's actions are authoritarism on STEROIDS"
🔵 "Governor JB Pritzker: 'Never before in my life have I called for mass protest disruptions. These Republicans cannot know a MOMENT of peace.'"
🔵 "Rep. Pressley saying we'll see you in the streets."
🔵 Monica M McIver, a Democrat representative on Capitol Hill, we will "not take this sh*t from Donald Trump. He thinks he's a DICTATOR. We are at WAR!"
"These are Democrat elected officials calling for WAR against the president of the United States and his supporters."
They arrested the President of the United States of America 4X, charged him 91X, indicted him 4X, spied on his campaign, sabotaged his first term, jailed his supporters, raided his private residence, censored him, gagged him, tried to bankrupt him, and attempted to remove him from state ballots.
When all of that failed they tried to assassinate him not once but four times.
And they go on national television to talk about how we need to vote for them to save democracy.
During the postgame radio broadcast, an emotional Camden Johnson tells Toby Rowland his 24-year old cousin tragically lost her life in a car accident this morning. He hit two HRs, incl. a game-tying grand slam, and knocked in 7 RBIs in the OU win. Wow.
This Easter, I invite you to look at Jesus, consider what he said and did, and ask for yourself what I believe is the most important question you will ever answer: Did he really leave behind an empty tomb? And if he did, what does that mean for you?
This video was made possible and in collaboration with my friends at @ChildlikeMedia.
Today is Good Friday.
Thank you, Jesus for your amazing and unthinkable sacrifice. You died so that we would have life, and life in abundance.
“It was nine in the morning when they crucified him. The written notice of the charge against him read: the king of the jews … With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died, he said, ‘Surely this man was the Son of God!’”
Mark 15