The No Kool-Aid Zone Blog
I don't drink the Kool-Aid. For Anyone.
Words Fail Me…
Among “animal rights” (for the uninitiated: animals no only do not have rights, animals by definition cannot have rights) these days is, apparently, the right to privacy. Words fail me…
A Treatise on Homosexuality, Part 4: A Question of Identity
Refresher (or intro, if this is your first visit to this series, in which case, I recommend highly that you visit the first three installments): “Bob”, a friend of mine, posed some questions to me about the subject of homosexuality, and I decided to attempt a somewhat comprehensive (is that an oxymoron, like military intelligence? …
Winning the Debate
I wrote recently about Jennifer Knapp, a professing Christian musical artist who has come out as a lesbian—but who wants to still claim the name of Jesus. Now, Trevin Wax has posted an excellent piece on why, when we evangelicals debate this subject, we almost always seem to lose, not because the truth isn’t on…
A Treatise on Homosexuality, Part 3: In the Image of God?
Part next in my series on homosexuality, written in response to the honest inquiry of a friend, whom I’ll call “Bob”, instead of his actual name, Aloysius. That’s a joke. Take a pill. “Bob” writes: For the moment, and I would ask you to bear with me if my thinking is not cutting edge theologically,…
The Psychology of Ugly Cars, or "In Defense of Minivans"
I didn’t realize until several years back that I was highly uncool, by virtue of the fact that I own a minivan. Now, I mostly drive my convertible these days—even though it’s an oldie (but not nearly vintage, of course), it’s still cool—but we own a minivan, which my wife (who’s blissfully unconcerned about cool,…
Why I Don't Believe in Myself (and I Hope You Don't, Either)
In today’s USA Today Letters page, Tom Billington had this to say about Tim Tebow, who either is the next great thing in the NFL (and as a Denver Bronco fan, I’m rooting for that), or his choice in the first round of the NFL Draft was a colossal mistake (as many think). This post…