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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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Does time pass slowly or quickly?
Does time – for you – pass by slowly or quickly? We all have 24 hours per day, yet we have different impressions of time. How do we make the best use of our…
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Wonderful news
Which topics are exciting for you? Your hobbies? Your career? Your house? A wonderful news, which might not sound exciting at all at first glance. The good…
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A busy road
A man who lived all his life high up in the mountains very close to nature, he once came into the big city, and was so amazed how busy it was. He tried to…
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Why sheep?
By nature, we object to be compared to sheep, rather we prefer to be something great, to be admired. Yet, the bible compares us to sheep. And we do not need to…
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To which places have you travelled so far?
To which places and countries have you travelled so far?
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The reason for enthusiasm
What has been the reason for people being enthusiastic about Jesus? Just the expectation of one or the other miracle?
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How to make the best use of our resources
How do we make a good use of our resources? What is the best possible usage of our time, energy, possessions and creativity?
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Whom have you last looked down on?
Whom have you last looked down on? Everyone has weaknesses but instead of judging others, let’s rather pray for them. We all can learn a lot from thinking…
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Mountain tops and valleys
To be on the top of the mountain is nice – both literally when having been hiking or climbing up and enjoy the view, as well as in a transferred sense when…
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Who can overcome the difficulties?
What are the major difficulties in your life? Once identified, the next question is: who can overcome them?
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Different kinds of wisdom
Different kinds of wisdom – different kinds of criteria: The holy, almighty creator God has an eternal view that often differs from our human ideas in several…
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Struggles in the mind
Struggles, trials and challenges in the mind - and how to handle them.
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What a friend we have!
Even throughout the darkest hour the best friend we can imagine offers to be with us and to help.
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Do you tell to God how to help?
Do you tell to God how to help? It is funny that we with our limited human short term view try to tell the eternal, all-knowing creator God in which way to…
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Yeast in the dough
Despite the flood of evil going on in the world seems to be overwhelming, yet, on a small scale, good positive things have started already.
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Distinguishing between true and false teaching
How can we find out whether a preacher proclaims the good news from the Lord or has one’s own agenda?
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They gladly tolerate fools
The public opinion often gives a lot of tolerance to those who talk foolish things and at the same time rejects those who proclaim the good news of the…
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To what do you like to listen to?
To what do you like to listen to? Mainly stories and legends?
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Finally rest and joy
Do you look for rest and joy? As long as we live here in this life on earth, many factors try to hinder us from having real rest and joy. Yet there is a firm…
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Inner peace and outer unrest
Life’s circumstances give us a lot of unrest, such as persecution, hatred, stress and many more such things try to ham us, especially believers in the holy…
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Is it ok to enjoy life?
Is it ok to enjoy life? We do not need to seek suffering. God knows what is best for us, and he will bring into our life everything in a way, timing and dosis…
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Learning from the children
As adults we might be proud of our wisdom and intellect, and at times we may look down to the simple-mindedness of children. But the almighty creator God…
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Give us this day our daily bread
The “daily bread” is much more than food alone. Interestingly, the Lord’s Prayer does not give a long list of things that we think we need, in the way that we…
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Is suffering good or bad?
Is suffering good or bad? Pains are never pleasant; still it is to be distinguished: e.g. pains from exercise might help to build up a muscle.
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Tempting spirits
There are many different kinds of temptations – each person gets attacked in one’s weak areas.
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Which efforts are useless? Which are useful?
Which efforts in life are useless and in vain? Which efforts in life are useful and worth the pain?
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The war between good and evil
Evil often comes in not so obviously; matters are turned around, people get confused, so that it appears as if good is bad and vice versa. Let’s pray for…
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The ”begotten Son” - and the relevance for your life
What does “the Father’s only begotten Son” have to do with your life nowadays?
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The word became a human being
“The word became a human being” – what do you think about that statement? It sounds like a strange combination of words. But St. John explains and points well…
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Judge justly – or not at all
Judge justly – or even better: do not judge others at all. Better to show mercy to others and to offer them new beginnings if someone has done wrong, because…
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People riding over our heads
Since God has all power and is at the same time merciful, does it not mean that we should be free of trouble? Far from that. God does not promise a…
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What do you hope for?
What do you hope for? To pass an exam or to graduate? Or looking forward to a promotion in the job? Or do you look for health or for peace in the family?…
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A record of misery
A record of misery - a strange title, isn't it? After all, why would anyone talk about a record misery? Hardly anyone wants to talk about it, and yet, if we…
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Have you spent recent days in sorrow or in joy?
Have you spent recent days in sorrow or in joy? Whatever the current circumstances are, there are many things to be thankful for to the Lord, most of all for…
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World versus Word
A lot of resources are wasted in the world by rivalry, as people try to be relatively better-off than others. Envy, selfishness and peer-pressure destroy, but…
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Receiving power
Receiving power – what a great promise! The word of Lord tells us for example in the book of Acts that we can receive the power of the Holy Spirit, courage and…
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Do not throw away your confidence
Even throughout the toughest times of life, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. Do not give up your confidence and the trust in the…
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2 bull calves made of gold
Throughout history and sadly still today there have been cases where many need to suffer because a few leaders or rulers egoistically try to increase their own…
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In which mood?
In which mood do you turn to the Lord, specifically for communion? In whatever mood and with all kinds of emotions we can turn to the Lord – important is that…
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I know whom you are looking for
“I know whom you are looking for” – is it not strange to say that? How can you know whom someone else is looking for? Sometimes we may guess by the…
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Do not forget how kind he is
We tend to have in mind the things that we lack in life. But considering that there have been times when people had barely enough to survive, and still today…
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What is the heaviest weight?
What is the heaviest weight? We may think of the weight-lifters, they can impressively lift up weights that an average person can not lift up. But the heaviest…
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Do not pay attention to them
In recent weeks, what has dominated your thoughts? Maybe something went wrong and you still think about it? Or positive things that you look forward to? Many…
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Was noone else found to return?
Whoever has suffered pain for a long time of a harmful, serious disease will surely remember the day of getting healed and be thankful to the doctor who…
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The prey hunting strategy
The wild animals have their strategies to hunt and catch other animals. Some use raw violence to attack, others hide at first and wait until the prey shows…
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Songs of freedom
Some prisoners in the world suffer pain from severe conditions or even torture. When there is news about the outlook of being set free, such prisoners may sing…
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Let us not forget the family
We have such a great news to share – the best news – the Good News about the great offer that the heavenly Father makes to everyone: the Lord has bridged the…
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No place to lie down and rest
During Jesus’s lifetime in human form on earth, he often was not given any place. How about us nowadays? Do we give him the place in our heart that he deserves?
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The great army
Military parades can be impressive. Much greater than that is the heavenly army of angles, which usually we cannot see, but sometimes is revealed, for example…
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Astound and astonished
Are you sometimes astonished by special abilities of others? For example someone is able to quickly remember an unbelievable amount of names or numbers. Or…
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Hiking along the water
Hiking along the water – it might be a difficult path, we may have to give up some comforts, yet it can be worthwhile especially when it is nice and fresh…
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Given authority
Do you sometimes feel as if you cannot change anything, as if being subject to fate alone? It may often feel that way considering the major topics going on in…