Teddy Donobauer

It is not very often that there is any feedback on the things I write. But my text about the silence of women in the church raised  feedback with some questions that I do well to address. A medical student somewhere in the cyber world has read and commented and Continue Reading

Another  case of Ichabod?  How can the matter of praising God become a hot and debatable issue among believers? There is a lot of furore and the various positions taken up by brothers and sisters on the issue threatens to be as divisive as any other matter over which the Continue Reading

“All that crap about the God and the Devil is so just so much gibberish and another fairytale, I’ll have none of it, I am a modern person.” Right! Or very very wrong! Might even be a very significant sign that the largest marketing enterprise in the universe has paid off good Continue Reading

Crosses, one, two and three. You see them as decorative bling bling in the ears and navels of people, or as  tatoos on various body parts; as signs of office on priests chests and bellies. You see them on mountain tops in the Alps, on church-spires and as worship inducing Continue Reading

Within a few days of her expected firstborn child’s arrival, the wife of Pinchas Elison is sitting waiting for news from a battlefield where her husband and his brother is fighting for his nation. The battle is between Israel and the Philistines, once again. The things are going badly for Continue Reading

As on every other issue there is a deep division between those who think  that the world of Harry Potter is of the Evil one and those who love, cherish, live and honour it. I confess to have never read one chapter of any of the books, I have not Continue Reading

The modern day massacre of the scriptures is never more vociferous than when it comes to the Apostle Paul and his views on women in the church. Pauline ideas are not only severely questioned, the whole of his ministry is frequently rejected or at least ignored. People who on the Continue Reading

As most people in the world know the international focus is on the tiny bit of Earth between Syria in the North and Egypt in the South, the Mediterranean in the west and the Transjordanian land to the East. Depending on what your political leanings are you know it as Continue Reading

Often enough we are forcefully reminded that this is the age of super-individuality. The social structures are falling apart because the self-interest of the individuals is not matched by insight into the long-range consequences. This holds true inside and outside the Church of Christ. Sadly the ways of the world Continue Reading

Biting the bullet: What is wrong in the world? “Apart from these instructions God also took note of Adam’s solitariness and said: this is not good enough. Out of the same ground that Adam was formed God now formed every living being, of the air, the earth and the sea, Continue Reading