Are Satanists and Gays changing the text of the Bible?

Wolf Paul, 2020-08-17

There is a post making the rounds on Facebook, being shared by concerned and well-meaning Christians, which claims that Harper-Collins owns the rights to the NIV and ESV and is intentionally altering the text of the Bible. (more…)

A lack of accountability

Wolf Paul, 2020-08-08

CNN reports that Jerry Falwell Jr. has taken an indefinite leave of absence from Liberty University, at the request of the university board’s executive committee.

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My Views on the Eucharist, or Lord’s Supper

Wolf Paul, 2019-12-28

As an Evangelical Christian, currently attending a Baptist church in Vienna, Austria, I have for quite a while been bothered by the prevailing view of the Eucharist, or Lord’s Supper, in our circles. (more…)

Pachamama – Paganism in the Church?

Wolf Paul, 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; (more…)

Decision Making and the Will of God

Wolf Paul, 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.

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The Billy Graham Rule and supposed sexist discrimination

Wolf Paul, 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 a number of problems:

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Intimate Worship in a Public Church Service?

Wolf Paul, 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.
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Some Thoughts on All Saints/All Souls

Wolf Paul, 2017-11-02

A Ukrainian-Catholic friend posted the below hymn for the Feast of All Saints.

O Saviour Jesu, not alone Lyrics

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 will not “swim the Tiber” (or the Bosporus, for that matter) any time soon. (more…)

Chain Letters are nonsense, even on Facebook

Wolf Paul, 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 of disasters and mishaps.
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Disciples observe what Jesus has commanded

Wolf Paul, 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.” (more…)