The No Kool-Aid Zone Blog

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

The Best Book I've Ever Read…

December 31, 2008

besides the Bible, of course, may very well be a book entitled Idols for Destruction: The Conflict of Christian Faith and American Culture, by Herbert Schlossberg. Next time you run into an evangelical lefty, or for that matter a lefty of any stripe, a good question to ask would be, “so what do you think…

Separating Church from State in Marriage

December 30, 2008

Bob Hyatt gets it right, it seems to me… Win/Win on Same-Sex Marriage

God's Politics? I Don't Think So…

December 30, 2008

Every now and then, it’s good to read a book that, going in, you expect to disagree with in large measure. For instance, though I’ve not bought any of the books written by the new “militant atheists”—and don’t intend to—I’ve perused some of their arguments, particularly those of Sam Harris in Letter to a Christian…

Really, Don't Thank ME…

December 30, 2008

Chrysler, fresh from getting the unconstitutional, ridiculous, W-is-losing-it-fast bailout, has the gall to take out full page ads to “thank America” for the money. Well how’s this, Chrysler (and GM): since you’ve taken the government’s money, you won’t be needing a dime of mine. Here’s one American who will not even consider purchasing a car…

Why Obey the Law (ANY Law) in California?

December 26, 2008

That may well soon be the question. Typical liberal Jerry Brown “reasoning” has now caused the California Attorney General (hasn’t this man held just about every position there is to hold in the Loon State? He’s been governor, mayor of Oakland, now AG, and I’m sure I’m missing something) to reverse field and determine that…

Church Discipline in the News

December 26, 2008

By now you’ve no doubt heard of the case of Rebecca Hancock, the Florida woman whose determination to live in a sexually-immoral relationship has caused her Jacksonville church to exercise church discipline in her case. For some reason that honestly escapes me, this has become national news; not only did Fox News do a story…