Are You A Real Tree Hugger?

Every year, from October to January, the people who don't like hunting make a huge effort to ruin the season for those of us who love it. Meanwhile, I spend ZERO time thinking about them and really don't care if they don't like hunting and/or don't eat meat...Its a free country! I find it amusing that the people who claim to be the most tolerant only tolerate things they like.....so I wrote a song just for them!

Cuttem All Jack Music Video!

Get-R-Dead Hunting Music Video!

That's right....it's not a type-o.....The Get-R-Dead Hunting Music Video is live on YouTube! I haven't done a video in a while and wanted to release one that truly reflects the Hardcore Huntin' Nation...and I think I have accomplished that :)

A special thanks goes out to all of the people featured in the video...They are Fans at www.Facebook.com/HardcoreHuntinMusic and have submitted their pictures for use in the video.

So watch....listen....and smile!

Are You A Cross Carrying Christian?

I am struck lately by the busyness that seems to occupy most of our lives. I sit here on a cold and dreary November morning, musing about the number of conversations I have taken part in lately, that can basically be boiled down to " I would love to do more IF" there were more time, money, people to help, other commitments, and the list goes on...so this morning I ask myself this simple question...Am I carrying my cross?

In Luke 14 Jesus has an amazing conversation with a large group of people following him. Jesus told a couple of parables that revolved around having parties and who His followers should invite and the motives behind those invitations. At first it seems like a very benign conversation about putting more emphasis on inviting and elevating those who are less fortunate because of your Eternal reward that is awaiting in Heaven...which is by itself a great lesson!

But the teaching takes on a very serious tone when someone says to Jesus “Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God” Luke 14:15.

¹⁶ Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. ¹⁷ At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’

¹⁸ “But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’
¹⁹ “Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’
²⁰ “Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’
²¹ “The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’
²² “‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.’
²³ “Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full. ²⁴ I tell you, not one of those who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.’”

WOW! What an interesting response to a person telling Jesus how wonderful it was going to be when we could eat at the table with Him in His Kingdom?  Jesus basically told them, to their faces, I'm going to invite all of you but MOST of you won't come!

Jesus goes on to say ²⁶ “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. ²⁷ And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

So what does all this mean? Surely we are not supposed to hate our family and friends?

If we consider the fact that Jesus is asking us to take up our Cross and follow him it gets a little easier to understand. At this point there was no Cross at Calvary....only the common practice of Crucifixion. So what is Jesus asking to be Crucified? 


So, just as Jesus closed with in Luke 14, I beg you to consider the cost of being a disciple. Way it carefully in respect to the reward. The cost....YOUR LIFE! What's the other option? You can be one of the people that is just to busy with family,friends and other responsibilities to attend?
 
²³ “Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full. ²⁴ I tell you, not one of those who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.’”

 Are you ALL IN? Have you HUMBLED yourself so that "Your Life" is hung on a Cross so that it can only be seen through the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ? If not...I beg you to reach out to Jesus and then to Godly men and women that will encourage you and hold you accountable so that you will endure!


 “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”

Give to Caesar what is Caesar's!

Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and give to GOD what is GOD'S~Jesus So how's that "Honor thy Father & Mother" thing going America? In 1935...in the middle of the Great Depression... we decided to abandon our responsibilities and allow Caesar to begin taking care of our parents and grand parents! I guess we figured that times were bad and surely God could not help us help ourselves? So we allowed Caesar to take advantage of a crisis, gee...where have I heard that before?, and start us down the road that we are on today. 

The only problem is....... That was NOT God's plan! According to the Word of God...HE established government to do the things necessary to keep civilizations from imploding. Our founding fathers new this and understood that the several states mere existence was a result of Divine Providence! Upon a careful reading of our Constitution you will see that this was CLEARLY understood by the framers that a Federal Government of enumerated powers was the best way to keep the government away from doing what God has called individuals, families & churches to do! So we allowed Congress to create the Government god :( Our children are now raised by the Government god because we have decided to give the primary teaching role to him. We have allowed our seniors to become dependent on the Government god and finance that on the backs of their grand children. Lastly... we have allowed the poor and down trodden to believe that the Government god is their only hope! 

Now what? Just because we give to Caesar what is rightly God's does NOT MAKE Caesar....GOD! Caesar is now taking care of the very people that we are charged to take care of....so the Church simply needs to START BEING THE CHURCH! 

 The Judgement starts with us...we are the light of the world....if God is with us who can stand against us? Maybe these times...the election...the hardship to come is just God using his rod and staff to urge us to OBEY HIM and allow HIS Mercy and Grace to be revealed at a time that looks like there's no hope? If this is our Cross let's pick it up and carry it with Faith, Hope and Love because after all.....we know how the story ends!

Everybody But Jesus!

Who has ever had a hurt, a hang up, or a habit?

 Everybody?

Everybody but Jesus! Man's sole purpose while on Earth is to Co-Create with God. All of us , for some or all of our lives, make a decision to Co-Create with Satan :( Thank you Jesus for your Gospel and for dropping the veil so I could see the way home! Your Grace is amazing and your Mercy is the only reason I am still alive :)

 

 

Another Hunting Season Is Here!

It seems like every year hunting season comes upon us with much anticipation and joy.....but this year is an election year.... and it brings along anxiety, fear and stress! I would like to encourage everyone to.....PRAY! This a great opportunity to let go and let God handle this situation. I trust that you will all do the right thing and cast your vote in a way that meets you belief system. 

I would also like to take this chance to encourage all of you to spend as much time in the great outdoors and be one with our Creator and admire His Creation!

It also helps to enjoy great humor! My friends at Duck Dynasty have a really cool Facebook App that allows you to "Beard Yourself". Click the link below and have fun!

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As always....make sure you load up on Hardcore Huntin' Music through iTunes at www.HuntingMusic.com or you can get the CD at www.HuntingMusicCD.com!

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Liberal Hypocrisy?

"White House officials met this week with envoys from the Muslim Brotherhood, in the latest sign that the Islamist group is returning to prominence in post-Mubarak Egypt after years in political exile. " Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/05/muslim-brotherhood-envoys-met-with-white-house-officials-in-dc/#ixzz21pNW7PxK

This is very strange?

We learned this week that the Liberal Democrat establishment, like the mayor of Boston, is trying to destroy of very successful business because the owner happens to believe in the Biblical definition of marriage. many Liberal Progressive groups, commentators and pundits are calling for the boycott of Chik-Fil-A to PUNISH this company and it's employees for the personal religious views of it's owner?

Whats The Problem?

Evidently these Liberals haven't checked with the White House because the current Liberal Progressive mantra on religious views of organizations is this;

"We have broadened our engagement to include new and emerging political parties and actors," Carney said Thursday. "Because of the fact that Egypt's political landscape has changed, the actors have become more diverse and our engagement reflects that. The point is that we will judge Egypt's political actors by how they act -- not by their religious affiliation."

So.....The Muslim Brotherhood believes that homosexuals should be put to DEATH and its OK to "engage" with them? REALLY?

And.... Chik-Fil-A doesn't discriminate against homosexuals in the service or hiring practices but because their owner believes a  marriage is between a man and a woman...so......they must be DESTROYED? REALLY?

The current President and his administration are supporting a group of people who if given the chance will KILL ALL HOMOSEXUALS on the planet!

Ah.....ATTENTION LIBERALS....I think you are boycotting the wrong organization!

God Speed!

Steve Conover

Do We Need More Gun Laws?

 The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks. Luke 6:45

 There is NO LAW that can repair the damage in one's heart! You see.....that's why Jesus came to Earth in the form of a man, lived a sinless life, allowed himself to be hung on a cross, died, buried in a tomb and ROSE TO LIVE AGAIN on the 3rd day! This was necessary to redeem man, who in the Garden of Eden, sinned and ate from the tree....

 And the LORD God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever." Genesis 3:22

 Man has a tendency to believe that man's laws will somehow replace the true sacrifice that was made for him. Man's nature, according to God, is to be evil without the atoning sacrifice of Jesus. Try as hard as we might we will always fall short in our own attempts! Don't get me wrong...the Bible says we should obey our laws and that the governments are put in place God. Without laws, which are based on the 1st covenant, life on Earth would be crazy!

 The point is....we can enact all the laws we want and people who are outside of Christ Jesus will continue to invent new ways to be evil!

 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator--who is forever praised. Amen. Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion. Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless.Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them. Romans 1:25-32

So what should we do?

 Let us not be afraid to take this opportunity to point out to those who ask.... that Jesus is the only answer to this problem! Evil will always be with us until Jesus returns for His own. This is TRUTH and is comforting to those who have eternal life in Him. It is time for the Church to be the Church! So reach out to those who are hurting and extend the Hope of redemption and eternal life that only comes through the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

God Speed,

Steve Conover

Dear President Obama,

Please know that I have had help building my small business. Through CHRIST I can do ALL Things! My relationship with Jesus connects me with everything I need to be successful while here on Earth. HE gives me the songs and the talent to record them. HE also provides the funds needed to accomplish those tasks. HE connects me with the people who support me. HE also has given me the inalienable individual RIGHTto LIFE, LIBERTY & THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. Lastly, I have received benefit from things provided by the government such as schools, roads and our amazing military...and I PAY TAXES FOR THAT... JESUS paid for the rest!

I write this morning sitting on my back porch with my dogs and cats contemplating how blessed I am.....truly BLESSED! I can't help but think back to a time when I wasn't a very good person by deed but wanted to be better....somehow?

 It was a warm night...a Tuesday night in 1997. I was invited to go fishing with a bunch of guys I didn't know...being new to West Monroe, Louisiana a jumped at the opportunity to meet new people. As I sat on the bank of the Ouachita River, watching my line for that initial soft catfish bite, a fella sat down beside me with a scruffy beard and started a conversation with the strangest question I had ever heard.... He said "Conover...have you solved your death problem yet?" I just laughed and said I didn't know I had one...so I guess NO is the answer! That bearded fella was Jason Robertson of Duck Commander & Duck Dynasty. We fished and talked for a while and then Jase asked me if I would like to come to his house for a study the next night...I accepted. That very next night a man...Jase Robertson....took the time to do what nobody had ever done....he told me the TRUTH and he did it with LOVE. When I heard the Gospel that night it was like a huge rock had been lifted off of my back! That night I made Jesus Christ the Lord of my life and through the power of the Holy Spirit I buried the man I created....the sinful man....and God raised up a new man....the one HE CREATED! I made Jase Baptize me that night :)

 Fast forward 13 plus years....I am sitting in a Celebrate Recovery meeting at the Whites Ferry Road Church in West Monroe, LA.....on New Years Eve. Mac Owen starts off the meeting by explaining that Celebrate Recovery is for people who have ever had a hurt, habit or hang up. My friend David Magown was sitting next to me and said "Well that's everybody"....and it hit me...I said "Everybody But Jesus"! In that moment I was able to see how amazing God is! He put a song in my head and it will always be a part of who I am and be a monument to God's amazing LOVE. You see...he sent the perfect person after me even when I was so far away from Him....because he Loves us that much. I hope that if you are struggling with any kind of HURT, HABIT or HANG UP you will listen to this song and get some encouragement.

Just remember that Jesus came for you and Loves you right where you are...RIGHT NOW!

May Your Aim Be True! My friend and father in the Faith Phil Robertson, the Duck Commander, has a "thing" about saying good bye and says "May Your Aim Be True Instead. After hearing this for years God finally delivered a song to me I think truly describes the reason and feeling of the phrase. Please take a listen a drop me a comment on your take?