The No Kool-Aid Zone Blog
I don't drink the Kool-Aid. For Anyone.
On the Occasion of my 1000th Facebook Friend
I now have reached the “1000 Facebook friends” threshold. On the occasion of this milestone—such as it is—I felt it apropos to take a few moments and reflect on some thoughts that crowd my head. First, I consider Facebook to be a great tool (when used correctly). I have some real-life friends who are Facebook…
The Church is NOT Responsible for This: A Response to Candice Czubernat
Please read this first; the following post will make no sense without it. A couple weeks back, a Facebook friend posted a sympathetic response to an article by a frustrated lesbian who complained began her blog post this way: “I hold the church personally responsible for any LGBTQ person who walks away from God and…
Beyonce: Role Model for Sasha and Malia?
Given the information that I read a couple of hours ago on more than one website, including this one, I am forced to conclude that Michelle Obama would have little qualm with her beautiful daughters Sasha and Malia growing up to be sluts or streetwalkers, or at the very least people who celebrate and heartily…
My Second Response to Ann Coulter
After writing a column two weeks ago simultaneously criticizing Dr. Kent Brantly as “idiotic” and all American Christians who go on mission trips as those who “slink off” to other countries because they are “tired of fighting the culture war” and “Christian narcissists”, Ann Coulter has (predictably) doubled-down with her latest column. She suggests that…
How Wrong Can Ann Coulter Be?
Though the MDJ gave a somewhat milder title to Ann Coulter’s recent hit job on Dr. Kent Brantly, her website proclaims “Ebola Doc’s Condition Downgraded to ‘Idiotic’”. To which the proper rejoinder might be, “Ms. Coulter, it takes one to know one.” The two key questions she raises are, first, “Why did Dr. Brantly have…
A Serious Question for my Calvinist Friends
Been a long while since I’ve posted here–five months, to be exact–and this post isn’t a post full of statements, but rather an honest question to which I’d like feedback from my Calvinist friends (the more TULIP points, the better!). I have asked this on several occasions, most recently this week of a new friend,…