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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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ST00341 - Mysteries - Wisdom - Knowledge
Science discovers more and more things that in the past seemed to be mysteries. And probably that will go on in future, more knowledge will be gained by…
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ST00340 - Good days - bad days
Do you also talk of “good days” and “bad days”? Lucky days and unlucky days? Instead of putting our focus on the fate which would make us passive, rather let’s…
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ST00339 - The liar
What are the consequences of each lie spoken by someone in the world? And whom do you follow – the gruesome liar who continually brings evil and destruction…
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ST00338 - Exuberant joy
What gives you great joy? What kind of topics really move your heart?
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ST00337 - Talking all day
Do you know someone who is talking all the day long? It might be annoying if another person continually talks. But not so with the Lord. God also continually…
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ST00336 - The Lord of Time
What do you think about God? Do you think of him in human terms? Some people even think they could judge the eternal creator God, as if they had more knowledge…
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ST00335 - Celebrating the Healing
Supposed you had been seriously sick and someone – e.g. a good doctor – intervened with a major surgery and then guided you and instructed you well how to…
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ST00334 - Shut in - shout out - or not shut
If someone is shut in, that often has to do with force and wrongdoing, for example if someone acted against the laws. Similarly, if someone is shut out by…
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ST00333 - Freedom
Freedom – what would you like to be free of? God wants us to have freedom. He could have created us like puppets, but he created us humans with a free will. We…
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ST00332 - Water in the desert
Water is necessary for life – we become aware of it especially in dry places like when walking through a desert. Not only does our body need physical water to…
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ST00331 - Who will show us better times?
We all look forward to better times. But what do we do in order to achieve it? Do we only pursue fun and pleasures in order to seek short term distraction from…
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ST00330 - He went downwards
As humans we naturally want to go upwards, to gain honour and favour with people or to accumulate more possessions and so on. Jesus did the opposite, he went…
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ST00329 - Being busy
What do you do, if you have too many things to do, a long list of tasks, and there is not enough time? A clever person will set priorities and focus on the…
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ST00328 - Washing the feet
What do you reply if someone says “it does not matter which religion one follows”? Many people imply that it is more important to do good deeds. And most…
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ST00327 - Compromises
What do you think about compromises? Are they good? Are they bad? Often compromises between 2 conflicting opinions are useful to find a solution and a way…
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ST00326 - Giving little - Receiving much
Have you ever done a small favour to someone, and that person made you a much bigger present of incomparably more value? Whatever we can do for Jesus is much…
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ST00325 - He has risen
What is your reaction to that great news? – “He has risen!” The greatest news of history about the decisive victory of all times and for everyone personally…
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ST00324 - Do you have anything to eat?
Do you have anything to eat? To most people of our times sufficient food supplies are available. Less obvious, beyond the need for food and other physical…
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ST00322 - What technology cannot do
What can technology do? More and more things. The advance in development is amazing. Technology can do things that were thought of as being impossible in the…
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ST00321 - Ill-mannered behaviour
“Ill-mannered behaviour” – what comes to your mind? The behaviour of a small child? Or your own moods, tempers and unreasonable desires? Blessed is the person…
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ST00320 - The great day
In the past, the festival of reconciliation was a great day for the people. What can we learn from that for the life nowadays in our current times?
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ST00319 - Sad about how they behave
Are you sometimes sad about how people behave? It can be especially disappointing if beloved people like family members ruin their lives, such as teenagers and…
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ST00318 - Who fascinates you?
Some people easily get our attention and they might fascinate us with their rhetoric or visions. But let’s be careful not to follow the wrong persons and…
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ST00317 - Is it possible to cheer up a person who has sorrow in heart?
Is it possible to cheer up a person, who bears a lot of sorrow in mind? What is the major factor, whether the good intentions to help will succeed or not?
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ST00315 - Which logic do you follow?
Which logic do you follow in life? Do you still only try to maximize your own benefit as most people do? Or have you already understood that there is more to…
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ST00314 - Who is he?
Who is Jesus? What would you say? Some say he started a religion, others say he gave good moral teachings, others say he was a prophet. When we do not know for…
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ST00313 - Running
Which sports are you interested in? Similar to the full concentration in many other sports, as far as the discipline of running concerns, the runners run fully…
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ST00312 - Do you also wait?
Do you also wait? That question might be asked at the bus stop or when queuing up in a line. Do you also wait? That question can also be asked in a much more…
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ST00311 - Cooperation
What comes to your mind with regard to the words “cooperation” and “partnership”? There are many kinds of cooperation between individual persons, in private…
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ST00310 - Deficiencies in societies
How do you see the world? As most of things going on well and tendencies in the right direction? Or more a pessimistic view considering all the deficiencies in…
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ST00309 - Being challenged by doubts
One of the most common way that people are challenged and get doubts in their faith is by bad things happening. For example if a family looses a relative, a…
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ST00308 - Are you joyful?
Are you joyful or sad? So many times, the devil tries to make us sad, either by filling us with pride and arrogance that we think we do not need God and walk…
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ST00307 - Opposite to the obvious
Opposite to the obvious. Often opposite to the logics that we are used to. And yet perfectly makes sense and answers many questions that people puzzle about.
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ST00306 - Not only of words but of great power
Have you only heard of the word of God? Or have you really experienced the life that the good news offers, the personal relationship with the Lord, his love…
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ST00305 - The inner vs the outer being
As humans we tend to categorize and judge others by outward appearances and behaviours, by what people look like, by what they say and how they behave. Praise…
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ST00304 - How would you react?
How would you react if you request something and seemingly get a harsh reply? How would you react if you requested something from the Lord in prayer and you do…
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ST00303 - Have you given up?
There are so many reasons to give up in life, so much suffering, work and tasks to be done and so little time per week to accomplish all. Additionally as a…
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ST00302 - Shall we always respect the authorities?
Shall we always respect the authorities? It is a good practice and required for good order. But are there any circumstances under which conditions exceptions…
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ST00301 - Finding life in the scripture
What are the major findings that you discover, when you study the word of God, when you read the bible and Christian books or listen to sermons? What is the…
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ST00300 - The last will be the first
What are the most important things for you in life? Since God has already shown that he has the best intentions for us and a good long term plan for our life…
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ST00299 - Blessed are those who do not see and yet believe
Thomas – called the twin – did not believe the words of the other disciples when they reported that they had seen the risen Lord. Blessed are those who do not…
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ST00298 - Do you receive God’s grace?
Even a minor wrongdoing cannot enter the kingdom of God. No human individual is perfect. So the question is: Do you receive God’s grace and forgiveness? Or…
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ST00297 - Who belongs to the Lord?
Who belongs to the Lord? It sounds as a minor or even irrelevant side note. Yet it is so important: The one who belongs to God, listens to God’s word.
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ST00296 - One Lord - One Faith - One Baptism
Have you also experienced situations in which a group of people thinks they are better than others? There are different talents that the Lord has given, but no…
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ST00295 - Good stewards of the good news
Good stewards of the good news: how can we recognize whether someone preaches and acts to the will of God? That person will take the great shepherd Jesus as an…
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ST00294 - Why is the response delayed?
It often seems as if the selfish and evil-doers in the world are better off, while the believers seem to be at disadvantage. The conditions in the world look…
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ST00291 - Hope despite wrath
Have you experienced situations of life in which it feels as if God is far away? It may even seem as if God is angry. But God is not angry about our…
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ST00290 - Only the sick come to the doctor
Only those, who recognize that they are sick, go to see the doctor.
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ST00289 - The sacrifice of Christ is sufficient
Even if someone tries to live a decent life, yet nobody is perfect, everyone does wrong at least at times. But whatever we have done wrong or failed to do, his…
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ST00288 - Two kinds of birth
With the eyes of the body we can see another person, but to recognize God we need to involve the soul. With the mouth of the body we can talk to a human…
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ST00287 - Central message
What is the core message of religion for you? Many people will think of how to work off wrongdoings or overcoming a kind of karma by good deeds or about trying…
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ST00286 - Raise up your heads
Do you tend to look more often upwards to the opportunities or downwards to the difficulties of life? There are indeed a lot of challenges in life, yet we are…
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ST00285 - Our shepherd in challenging times
It sounds not realistic to have no trouble, obviously there are a lot of needs on hand. Yet there is the promise that our needs will be taken care of, if we…
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ST00284 - The greater hope
What is currently your biggest hope? It might be the hope to graduate in school or university or to get a better job or to recover from sickness. Or to move to…
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ST00283 - Building up
Among the characteristics how God treats us - and how we are called to act towards others – is love and mercy. God forgives us, so we are also called to…
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ST00282 - Is there any hope?
Is there any hope? Often there seems to be none considering the circumstances in the world. And yet there is great and true hope!