The No Kool-Aid Zone Blog

I don't drink the Kool-Aid. For Anyone.

YeeHAAAA! A Whole NEW Prophecy!

August 18, 2008

For fans of the Ronald Weinland and Harold Camping posts comes this newly-received email! Turns out both Ronnie the Phony and Harold are wrong in their calculations; we’ve got another 11 years! Verbatim, the email I got from “Carlos Humberto”: Dear Beloved, I Carlos Humberto a servant of the LORD Yeshua-Jesus Christ by the will…

Free for Coming, Installment Two

August 18, 2008

Some good reads to bounce around in your brain this week: First, on the supposed phenomenon of Barack Obama stealing away some of the “evangelical vote” usually reserved for Republicans: Obama Attracts Young Evangelicals Telling quote #1: “We did what they said to do. We elected all these people, we got conservative justices appointed at…

Obama's Christianity: "Faith Fit for our Age"

August 15, 2008

5000 or more miles after I was warned that the Toyota needed new tires, I decided the other day to take her in to Sam’s Club and get, as my Nascar fan friends might call ’em, four brand new Mr. Feel-Goods. This procedure would take about an hour, I was told, leaving me with some…

Free for Coming, Installment One

August 14, 2008

For some time now, I’ve had a “catch all” category I’ve called “Free for Coming” (members of churches I’ve pastored will recognize that title, believe me!). I think that I’m going to periodically, perhaps several times a week, post some links that I’ve found and want to pass on under this category heading. And so,…

A Boring Blog Lately?

August 14, 2008

Yeah, I confess; I don’t think I’ve posted any original writing on this blog in what seems like months. I haven’t had much to say about the Smokin’ Barry and the Travelin’ Messiah Show, the Least-Qualified, Most-Liberal Nominee in History. I haven’t changed my mind; the fact that this man is considered, at least at…

Blog Tour!!! "A Better Country"

August 13, 2008

A first at the Zone: I’ll be hosting an author for a “blog tour” of his new book! Here’s the skinny: UPDATE: This is a much better book than I anticipated it being…that sounds bad…let me rephrase: this is a really, really good book. I’m better than halfway through it, and it has really been…