Welcome to Silent Time, the opportunity to think on what is important in life.
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 concentrated straight towards the targe…
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 significant regard!
What comes to your mind with regard to the words “cooperation” and “partnership”?
There are many kinds of cooperation between individual persons, in private and in public, on government level and so …
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 the societies, with major factors in th…
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 beloved person who even might still have b…
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 away from him. Or by the opposite way: th…
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.
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, power and guidance?
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 the Lord if you live in a place of relat…
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 not get any word of comfort and rather …
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 believer you may experience persecution and…
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 should be made? What would you say?
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 core message for you? What are the criteri…
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, and since he has won the decisive victor…
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 see yet and already believe the good new…
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 not?
No matter how much wrong we have done …
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.
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 one shall look down on others, neither …
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 example and will not only pick out cert…
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 not fair, and it looks as if God delays h…