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Silent Time
Welcome to Silent Time, the opportunity to think on what is really important in life.
Episodes
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Cracked cisterns
When it comes to preparing for the future – what are your strategies? Maybe you try to get a good education in order to have a good job in future. Or you might…
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Amidst all the bad news - good news
From the news we tend to observe a lot of bad news and negative facts. But there are also positive things going on. We can find many things to give thanks for…
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The new covenant
Usually in a covenant all sides have rights and duties, obligations to be fulfilled. God’s new covenant gives us privileges and salvation, even if we cannot…
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Happy are those who work for peace
“Blessed are the peacemakers” – but how can I be a peacemaker if the surroundings are full of aggression, war, selfishness and hatred?
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Do you fear people?
Do you fear people? It is scaring how cruel people at times harm each other. Yet we can look beyond the harm that people may ever do to us, no matter how much…
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The rising
Often a great fuss is made when someone rises to the next level, e.g. in sports or in career. How about the most important rising of all times?
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Love in union
“Love” – what comes to your mind? The word “love” is used for a wide range of meanings.
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Taking hold of life
Taking hold of life. It is amazing how many conveniences technology has brought and which possibilities continue to be invented. For example health care can…
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No weapon shall hurt you
There is both obvious persecution and aggression against believers as well as there are hidden dangers and attacks. Many weapons are turned against those who…
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They left everything and followed
“They left everything and followed”. Whom do you follow? Whose advice do you listen to?
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Honour
Do you know people who continually talk about themselves? Every sentence starts with “I”.
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Who will help?
How wonderful it is if someone tells you in a difficult situation “I will help you”. Do you reject or accept that wonderful offer?
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A permanent home
In what kind of place do you stay? Is it a temporary shelter or a permanent home?
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The big surprise
What have been significant surprises in your life? The future holds an even bigger surprise!
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A thought reaping destiny
Sow a thought – and you reap an action. Sow an action – and you reap a habit. Sow a habit – and you reap a character Sow a character – and you reap a destiny.
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Why light of the world?
How comes that we are called light of the world? Is it arrogance or simply a false statement?
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Who is young?
Who is young? What is your definition? People may come up with various numbers of years of age. But there are also other definitions from which we can learn.
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What is the highlight of the year for you?
What is the highlight of the year for you? Your vacation? An anniversary? A major celebration?
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Why don’t you tear the sky open?
“Why don’t you tear the sky open?” – it seems to be an unusual prayer request.
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The perfect triple
If you really want to wish good to someone, which words do you use? Often in final words, there is a special meaning.
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Protected of falling into traps
We all are at risk as long as we live: other people try to harm us, obviously evil-doers like criminals and burglars, sometimes even our so-called friends have…
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What do you select - blessing or curse?
What do you select – blessing or curse? The answer seems obvious and yet it often turns out later that we made the wrong choice. How can we know upfront what…
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Worn out by too many plans
Do you also know such a situation – you make too many plans and get worn while loosing the focus? It can easily happen especially in this digital age of so…
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Burdens and Focus
What do you do with burdens and sorrows that bother you in life? We easily complain. And yes – we can tell everything, tell it most of all to the Lord: we are…
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Does it still make sense to honour parents?
Does it make sense to honour parents and to respect superiors and elders?
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No more anxiety!
Do you live in anxiety? Hardly anyone will admit that. But deep down many have hidden fears. Even less will admit that they are afraid of punishment, yet that…
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New insights
Over the lifetime of a person, interests and assumptions develop, convictions and patterns of thinking change with age as we get new insights. Because even…
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Have you created anything?
Have you created anything? For example you might have set up your own website, or made the garden look nicely, or you might have invented something. Even major…
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Freedom!
How important is freedom to you? We might only become aware of how relevant freedom is, once we have lost it. Praise the Lord for his offer to set us free.
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What would you say - who needs mercy?
What would you say - who needs mercy? Only the weaklings?
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Patiently reminding
As children at times need to be repeatedly reminded and yet might act against the well-intended instructions of the parents, so we often continue to act…
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Friendliness and Goodness
Friendliness and goodness – everyone can experience in one’s own life the greatness of the Lord as the people of the bible did, who closely walked with the…
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Do grown-up persons need parental comfort like children?
Do grown-up persons still need comfort like children get from their parents? Most people will say “no, I have everything under control”. But why do so many…
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Is my life still worth living?
In very tough times of severe pain or serious trouble, it may seem as if life was not worth living anymore. But do not give up! The almighty God gives…
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Ruling - or being ruled?
Ruling – or being ruled? Kain did not rule over negative emotions, he allowed evil spirits to rule is behaviour.
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Disregarded or paid attention to?
Am I disregarded? Does the Lord know my trouble? If God takes care of so many matters in the world, does he have no time for me? People of all times had such…
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Disappointment
How many times have you got disappointed in life? How many people got disappointed by the behaviour of other Christians? Throughout history and still today…
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Global impact - Individual impact
For the whole world – and for me personally! Do you doubt at times how the big universal deeds of the almighty eternal God, the creator of the universe…
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Ridiculing and rejection
How comes that Jesus and the good news is so often been ridiculed and rejected?
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Swimming with or against the majority?
The easy way is to go with the majority. In which areas of life do you step out and consciously swim against the flow?
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What is nice wrapping worth without a content?
Have you ever received a present box nicely wrapped but there was nothing inside? If the present itself is missing, then the main point is lacking. We easily…
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Who needs a renewed heart?
Who needs a renewed heart? We might initially think of criminals and those who do wrong. Eternally blessed is the person who understands that it is oneself who…
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Insolent behaviour
Do you know people who are insolent? People who behave inappropriately? Behaviour that has negative impacts on others?
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A continuous reminder
Which kinds of reminders do you use, in order to remember important matters?
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Daily life - and its regular risks and dangers
We are aware of some of the risks and dangers, that we face in in our daily lives. Other dangers we are not aware of. They are not so obvious because we cannot…