The No Kool-Aid Zone Blog
I Don't Drink The Kool-Aid. For Anybody.
I think I have found—or rather been again reminded of—my exact polar opposite when it comes to people calling themselves followers of Jesus. A little history here is in order. Between January, 1990 and March, 1993, I was pastor of a small Southern Baptist church in High Point, NC. Students of church history will recognize…
Read MoreThe sky is falling. Well, at least if the pundits are to be believed. The so-called “SuperCommittee” didn’t turn out to be so super after all, and was unable to agree to budget cuts this week, so according to a previous decision (one now being protested by Republicans and Democrats alike, and one being correctly…
Read MoreArticle VI of the United States Constitution reads, “No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States”. And I couldn’t be more in agreement, if this plank is understood correctly: no person should be barred from running for elective office, nor from serving in…
Read MorePlease, no. Please, please, no. Not Newt Gingrich. Republicans, do not offer us this man as the conservative alternative to Barack Hussein Obama. Newt Gingrich is not an acceptable candidate, and under no circumstances will he receive my vote. None. See, if Republicans are foolish enough to nominate the current “flavor of the month”, they…
Read MoreMay I suggest you not patronize Sprint. I consider it a public service to blog about companies both to avoid and to patronize. A few years ago, I blogged about why I will never give another dime to DirecTV (their incessant mailings to me notwithstanding). I had signed up for DirecTV and the salesperson had…
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