LOOKING UP: Kyle Hooks - "Hell is a hard, remarkably uncomfortable concept. When we think of the fire and pain the Bible associates with Hell, it’s hard to imagine a loving God sending people there. I’ll grant you that. I struggle with it myself. However, it is a biblical reality, and as believers, we need to seek to understand Hell and why God would ever send anyone there.''

LOOKING UP: Kyle Hooks - "Did you have that awkward moment when he realized that you knew that the wilting rose and cheap chocolate were an afterthought on the way home? After repeated and blatant negligence, complete thoughtlessness and total aloofness — when you are left with the distinct impression that for much of his day, he completely forgot about you — it’s clear there is only one thing you should do."

LOOKING UP: Kyle Hooks - "If you’ve been reading your Bible carefully, and perhaps more so if you haven’t, you may have noticed that it says some things that don’t exactly agree with the prevailing attitudes of our culture."

LOOKING UP: Kyle Hooks - "I miss Christopher Hitchens. A prolific writer and icon of 21st-century atheist thought, Hitchens died of esophageal cancer on Dec. 15, 2011. I never met Hitchens, but I read his books and listened to his speeches and debates. He challenged me. He ensured my faith was not mindless and blind by questioning it. He drank like a fish and smoked like a chimney, but his intellect was razor-sharp and his wit even sharper."