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Des vielen Büchermachens ist kein Ende 2022-08-06
Ich habe größtenteils aufgehört, auf Papier gedruckte Bücher zu kaufen. eBooks haben viele Vorteile; nicht zuletzt, daß sich irgendwann mal meine Erben nicht den Kopf zerbrechen müssen, wo sie meine Büchersammlung unterbringen sollen.
It is possible to be a Values Conservative 2022-08-05
Because of the effective take-over of the GOP by the Trumpians, and similar developments in several other countries, I find it necessary to state clearly: It is possible to be a values conservative without becoming a right wing crazy.
What is “the worst”?? 2022-08-05
The 47-year old lead pastor of an evangelical church in Wiconsin was arrested after soliciting a sex act with an underage girl. …
Quo Vadis, America? 2022-08-03
Many Americans, including many of my friends, believe that the US is special; that “America does it better than most”. But is this true? I think, not.
Biblical? Christ-Like? 2022-08-01
This is why we seek, not to be Biblical, but to be Christlike.
Biblisch? Christus-Ähnlich? 2022-08-01
“Deshalb streben wir nicht so sehr danach, biblisch zu sein, sondern vielmehr danach, Jesus-ähnlich zu sein.”
Pressreader’s Pseudo-Flatrate 2022-07-31
Pressreader claims to offer 7000+ newspapers and magazines from around the world for one flatrate subscription—but is this really true? My experience suggests otherwise.
Lobpreis-Enunziation 2022-07-24
Es gibt sie immer noch, die christlichen Gemeinden, die kein professionelles Lobpreis- oder Musikteam haben, zumindest nicht jeden Sonntag. Da kommen dann “Amateure” zum Einsatz. Hier sind ein paar Vorschläge für verständlicheres Singen.
Shocked By The Reactions To The Roe Reversal 2022-06-26
I must confess to being a bit shocked by the reactions to SCOTUS reversing Roe v Wade. On the one hand there are my conservative Christian friends, both Evangelical and Catholic, who celebrate the court’s decision, in a triumphal tone, seemingly without any awareness of how this will increase and confirm the polarization of the USA; ...
“Unser Kardinal” 2022-06-17
Bei allen Schwächen, die er als Mensch natürlich hat, und trotz all meiner theologischen Differenzen mit seiner Kirche, bin ich, als evangelikaler Christ, sehr dankbar für den Wiener Erzbischof, Christoph Kardinal Schönborn OP.

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So wie es Israel ergeht, wird es uns allen ergehen 2016-12-27
Hoffer spricht davon, sich vorzustellen, was geschehen wäre, wenn 1967 die Araber den Krieg gewonnen hätten. Soviel Phantasie brauchen wir gar nicht; wir müssen uns nur ansehen, was aus dem “Arabischen Frühling” geworden ist, und was seither im Nahen Osten passiert. Etwa ein Jahr nach dem Sechstagekrieg, am 26. Mai 1968, schrieb Eric Hoffer, nicht-jüdischer amerikanischer ...
Der Drache an der Krippe 2016-12-25
von Chad Bird, übersetzt von Wolf Paul Ich bin noch immer auf der Suche nach einer Weihnachtskarte mit einem roten Drachen in der Krippenszene, der sich zwischen den Kühen und Lämmern versteckt und darauf wartet, das Kind in der Krippe zu verschlingen. Keines der Evangelien erwähnt diesen ungeladenen Gast in Bethlehem, aber in der Offenbarung lesen wir ...
Unser neues Zuhause 2016-04-04
In einigen Wochen werden wir (Wolf & Geraldine Paul) von Wien-Eßling in unser neues Zuhause in Groß-Schweinbarth im niederösterreichischen Weinviertel übersiedeln, ungefähr 30 km nordöstlich von Wien. Hier ist ein Kartenausschnitt, der die Gegend zeigt: Lage von Groß-Schweinbarth in Bezug auf Wien Hier seht Ihr einen roten Marker ziemlich weit unten auf der Karte, in Eßling am Stadtrand von Wien, ...
Hinweise für das Vorlesen der Heiligen Schrift im Gottesdienst 2016-01-18
Dieser Artikel hat mir sehr gut gefallen und wichtige Hinweise für die öffentliche Schriftlesung geboten. Damit auch andere davon profitieren können, habe ich ihn mit Erlaubnis des Autors übersetzt. Wolf Hinweise für das Vorlesen der Heiligen Schrift im Gottesdienst von Russell E. Saltzman Nur weil ich gerade daran denke: hier sind einige Hinweise für Lektoren, die irgendwie das falsche ...

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Pachamama – Paganism in the Church? 2019-10-28
Some conservative Roman Catholics have displayed quite some anger and frustration over the use of some indigenous statues of a highly pregnant naked woman in some quasi-religious ceremonies and a display in a church, in the context of the Synod of the Amazon in Rome; a couple of men, believing the statues to be pagan ...
Decision Making and the Will of God 2019-10-24
I’ll admit it right at the outset: the title of this note is not original with me; it is borrowed from a book I read sometime in the 1980s and which massively influenced my thinking on this subject. As a young Christian I was taught, first in a basic Christian Life course by the Navigators, and ...
The Billy Graham Rule and supposed sexist discrimination 2019-07-23
I am fascinated by the discussion in the United States concerning the so-called “Billy Graham Rule” or “Pence Rule”. This rule, named after the late evangelist Billy Graham is the commitment by some married men, mostly in the public eye, not to be alone with woman other than their respective wives, in order to avoid ...
Intimate Worship in a Public Church Service? 2019-01-21
Recently I was drawn into two similar, strange discussions in one day. First, in a conversation about taking pictures and filming in public church services someone said that being photographed or filmed during worship was irritating, since worship was such an intimate thing that it was almost like being photographed or filmed during sex. Later that same ...
Some Thoughts on All Saints/All Souls 2017-11-02
A Ukrainian-Catholic friend posted the below hymn for the Feast of All Saints. I am afraid this hymn, and the feast of All Saints (or more specifically, the distinction between All Saints and All Souls) demonstrates a couple of reasons why, despite the very welcome increasing reconciliation between the churches as well as individual Christians, I ...
Chain Letters are nonsense, even on Facebook 2017-01-14
When I grew up so called chain letters circulated at our school, which one was supposed to copy and forward to five or ten other people; if one complied one was promised good luck and riches, but if one failed to comply and thus broke the chain one was threatened with bad luck and all sorts ...
Disciples observe what Jesus has commanded 2016-09-27
Interesting insight from Stuart Dauermann: The Great Commission is not, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to know all that I have commanded you.” Nor is it, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in ...
A Tribute of Affection to Abbé Jacques Hamel 2016-07-27
This is a “Tribute of Affection” to Abbé Jacques Hamel, written yesterday morning as the news of his martyrdom became public. It was written by Fleur Nabert, a sculptress specializing in sacred art who knew Abbé Hamel personally. It appeared on the French Aleteia site; I found it very moving and thought it worth translating ...
Our New Home 2016-04-04
Later this year we (Wolf & Geraldine Paul) will be moving from Vienna to our new home in Gross-Schweinbarth in the “Weinviertel” region of Lower Austria, about 30 km northeast of Vienna. Here is a map which shows the area: Map showing location of Gross-Schweinbarth in relation to Vienna Here you can see a red marker near the bottom of ...
Passion or Vision? 2014-01-09
I recently had a conversation with a friend who is doing some recruiting for support positions (accountants, secretaries, building maintenance) for various “fields” of a Christian mission organization. Apparently many leaders of this organization have bought into the idea that people need to be passionate about what they are doing, and so candidates have been ...

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Hier werde ich, nach Maßgabe der verfügbaren Zeit, meine Facebook-Beiträge sammeln, damit sie leichter zugänglich sind.
Here I will collect, as time allows, my Facebook posts, to have them more accessible.

Feindliche Übernahme: Mein Facebook-Konto wurde von Hackern geklaut! 2024-06-12
Mein Facebook-Konto wurde Opfer einer feindlichen Übernahme — es wurde von Hackern geklaut! Was habe ich daraus gelernt?
Hostile Take-Over! My old FB account is now in enemy hands … 2024-06-12
My old FB account fell victim to a hostile take-over and is now in enemy hands . What did I learn from this?
Wolfabschuß in Kärnten 2023-06-02
Bin ich froh, daß ich nicht in Kärnten wohn’ — ich halt’ mich nämlich auch unmittelbar neben, und sogar in, von Menschen genutzten Gebäuden auf …
Social Engineering in Fernsehserien 2023-06-02
Ich kann gut verstehen, daß viele Christen ein Problem haben mit den heutigen Fernsehangeboten. Ich hab mich hier ja schon öfters auf die deutschen Fernsehserien bezogen, die ich an sich recht interessant finde. Mir ist schon öfter aufgefallen, daß diese Serien “social engineering” betreiben, und zwar im Sinne einer progressiven Sexualmoral (oder -unmoral): Homosexualität ist o.k., ...
Lies vs Bullshit 2023-06-02
In 2016, during the pesidential contest between Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump, in which both candidates were caught making untrue statements, I characterized the difference between them as follows: When Clinton tells untruths she knows what the truth is and is consciously saying something else — just like most of us when we lie. Trump, on the ...
On the subject of ChatGPT 2023-05-31
“Language models are trained to predict the next word,” said Yilun Du, a researcher at MIT who was previously a research fellow at OpenAI, and one of the paper’s authors. “They are not trained to tell people they don’t know what they’re doing.” The result is bots that act like precocious people-pleasers, making up answers ...
Mentalitätsunterschiede? 2023-05-29
“24h Polizei im Einsatz”, eine aktuelle Serie auf puls24 TV die Grazer Polizisten auf ihren Einsätzen begleitet, ist genauso interessant, wie die deutschen Serien “Auf Streife” und “Ruhrpottwache” — aber auf ganz andere Weise. Teilweise liegt das sicher am Ansatz (die Deutschen stellen Einsätze mit teilweise tatsächlichen Polizisten und anderen Ersthelfern nach, die Grazer begleiten ...
USA: Problems with super long trains 2023-05-28
When we were living in Plano, TX in 1984-1989 trains would regularly cut the town in half; as soon as the sound of a train whistle was heard, cars started racing along Avenue K to get to a crossing before the train blocked all crossings for half an hour. And this was not rural Texas, ...
Russell Moore on Tim Keller, and other stuff. 2023-05-25
Russell Moore is editor of Christianity Today. This is his weekly newsletter. Link to sign up to it is at the bottom. Moore to the Point
Salzburger Katastrophen-Koalition 2023-05-24
Wie man hört plant Wilhelm Haslauer in Salzburg eine Koalition mit der FPÖ — wohl ein Vorbote dessen, was uns im Fall einer Doskozil-SPÖ auf Bundesebene bevorsteht. Man sieht daß, wenn es um Machterhalt geht, Schwarze (bzw Türkise) und Rote ziemlich gleich agieren und nicht den gebührenden Abstand zur ausländerfeindlichen Kickl-Partie halten.

Hier gibt es gelegentlich eher technisch orientierte Beiträge, vor allem auf Englisch, da dies meine „Technik-Sprache“ ist.
Here I will post the occasional technical note, mostly in English since that is the language I mostly work in.

Michael Connely Book List 2024-11-10
A comprehensive list of Michael Connelly’s novels, identifying title, publication year, the series and the main characters.
Win11: Stop Taskbar Auto-hiding 2024-11-09
On a newly installed Windows 11 machine I recently had the problem that the taskbar would auto-hide despite the feature being turned off. Some searching in Google identified the cause and provided the solution: There is another setting in Taskbar Setting → Taskbar Behaviors, called “Optimize taskbar for touch interactions“. Apparently that gets turned on automatically ...
Proxmox on a Raspberry Pi 5 2024-06-24
I am starting a project to install Proxmox on a Raspberry Pi 5.
Through Theology In One Year 2024-06-24
I am just starting to watch a video podcast series called “Through Theology In One Year”, and found a way to reverse the playlist to watch the episodes in the correct order.
Hostile Take-Over! My old FB account is now in enemy hands … 2024-06-12
My old FB account fell victim to a hostile take-over and is now in enemy hands . What did I learn from this?
Upgrade Windows 11 Home to Pro using an OEM key 2023-10-18
Using an OEM key to upgrade Windows Home to Pro is not as straightforward as using a Retail key, but it can be done, and at least in Europe is perfectly legal.
Forgetting Backups can be Disastrous 2023-10-16
With hard disks / SSDs now frequently soldered to the mainboard you can’t take them with you when your computer breaks. All the more important is is to consider and implement some sort of backup.
Linux Mint Mate: Menu Scripting 2023-07-07
I have been playing around with the Mate menus.
Google Translate has become almost usable 2023-05-19
I am really impressed with the progress Google Translate has made. After a disppointing experiment a few years ago, yesterday it produced a passable translation of a theological article.
Google Translate ist ziemlich brauchbar geworden 2023-05-19
Ich bin schwer beeindruckt von den Fortschritten, die Google Translate gemacht hat. Nach einem enttäuschenden Versuch vor ein paar Jahren habe ich gestern eine ziemlich brauchbare Übersetzung erhalten.