Ausgangssperre zu Ostern. / Exit lock over Easter.

 

 ...the thing with 'exit lock' over Easter has never happened so far anyways!

Zuhause. | Home.

...dies findet 100m entfernt von unserer Haustüre statt - auch nach den 8 Jahren, seitdem wir hier lieben dürfen, sind wir immer wieder aufs Neue von Seiner Schöpfung erstaunt und überwältigt...

...this is happening 100m away from our doorstep - we are still in awe and overwhelmed by His Creation...even after all those 8 years we are privileged to live here.

Wissenschaft. | Science.

Liebe Freunde, 

dieses Mal (leider) nur in englischer Sprache - wir bitten um Euer Nachsehen und glauben fest daran, daß Ihr die nachfolgende Konversation dennoch gut aus dem Zusammenhang verstehen könnt.

Es lohnt sich - vertraut uns.

Rainer & Kerstin.

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Dear friends

take time to read. 

It's worth reading it. 

Trust us.

Rainer & Kerstin.

Professor : You are a Christian, aren’t you, son ?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, you believe in GOD ?
Student : Absolutely, sir.
Professor : Is GOD good ?
Student : Sure.
Professor: Is GOD all powerful ?
Student : Yes.
Professor: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to GOD to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn’t. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?


(Student was silent.)


Professor: You can’t answer, can you ? Let’s start again, young fella. Is GOD good?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Is satan good ?
Student : No.
Professor: Where does satan come from ?
Student : From … GOD …
Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?
 Student : Yes.
Professor: So, who created evil ?


(Student did not answer.)


Professor: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, who created them ?


(Student had no answer.)


Professor: Science says you have 5 Senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son, have you ever seen GOD?
Student : No, sir.
Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your GOD?
Student : No , sir.
Professor: Have you ever felt your GOD, tasted your GOD, smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any sensory perception of GOD for that matter?
Student : No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.
Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student : Yes.


Professor : According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.
Professor: Yes, faith. And that is the problem science has.



Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Professor: Yes.
Student : And is there such a thing as cold?
Professor: Yes.
Student : No, sir. There isn’t.


(The lecture theater became very quiet with this turn of events.)


Student : Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.


(There was pin-drop silence in the lecture theater.)


Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?
Student : You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light. But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and its called darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, well you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?
Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man ?
Student : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Professor: Flawed ? Can you explain how?


Student : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good GOD and a bad GOD. You are viewing the concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing.
Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. 

Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Professor: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.

Student : Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?


(The Professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going.)


Student : Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor. Are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?


(The class was in uproar.)


Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?


(The class broke out into laughter. )


Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?


(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable.)


Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on faith, son.
Student : That is it sir … Exactly ! The link between man & God is FAITH. That is all that keeps things alive and moving.



P.S.:
By the way, that student is said to be Albert Einstein...

Gott sagte 'Nein'. | God said 'No'.

I asked God to take away my habit. 
God said, No. It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up.

I asked God to make my handicapped child whole. 
God said, No. His spirit is whole, his body is only temporary.

I asked God to grant me patience. 
God said, No. Patience is a byproduct of tribulations; it isn't granted, it is learned.

I asked God to give me happiness. 
God said, No. I give you blessings; Happiness is up to you.

I asked God to spare me pain. 
God said, No. Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares and brings you closer to me.

I asked God to make my spirit grow. 
God said, No. You must grow on your own, but I will prune you to make you fruitful.

I asked God for all things that I might enjoy life. 
God said, No. I will give you life, so that you may enjoy all things.

I asked God to help me LOVE others, as much as He loves me. 
God said...Ahhhh, finally you have the idea.

by Claudia Minden Welsz

Fokussiere Dich! | Focus!

In a mother’s womb were two babies. 

One asked the other: “Do you believe in life after delivery?” The other replied, “Why, of course. There has to be something after delivery. Maybe we are here to prepare ourselves for what we will be later.”
“Nonsense” said the first. “There is no life after delivery. What kind of life would that be?”

The second said, “I don’t know, but there will be more light than here. Maybe we will walk with our legs and eat from our mouths. Maybe we will have other senses that we can’t understand now.”

The first replied, “That is absurd. Walking is impossible. And eating with our mouths? Ridiculous! The umbilical cord supplies nutrition and everything we need. But the umbilical cord is so short. Life after delivery is to be logically excluded.”

The second insisted, “Well I think there is something and maybe it’s different than it is here. Maybe we won’t need this physical cord anymore.”

The first replied, “Nonsense. And moreover if there is life, then why has no one has ever come back from there? Delivery is the end of life, and in the after-delivery there is nothing but darkness and silence and oblivion. It takes us nowhere.”

“Well, I don’t know,” said the second, “but certainly we will meet Mother and she will take care of us.”

The first replied “Mother? You actually believe in Mother? That’s laughable. If Mother exists then where is She now?”

The second said, “She is all around us. We are surrounded by her. We are of Her. It is in Her that we live. Without Her this world would not and could not exist.”

Said the first: “Well I don’t see Her, so it is only logical that She doesn’t exist.”

To which the second replied, “Sometimes, when you’re in silence and you focus and you really listen, you can perceive Her presence, and you can hear Her loving voice, calling down from above.” 

- Unknown -

Jesus.

Auf die Frage "Wer ist Jesus?", antwortete der Sänger der Band 'U2' "Dies ist die entscheidende Frage im Hinblick auf das Christentum. Entweder ist Er Gottes' Sohn...oder er war verrückt."
Dieses Video ist zwar nur in englischer Sprache verfügbar, umso eher mehrere Male sehenswert...schaut Euch an, was Bono hier sagt.

Ermutigende Grüße in die frische Woche schicken Euch

Rainer & Kerstin.




When asked, "Who is Jesus?," Bono from U2 answered, “That is the defining question of what Christianity is about... Either he is the Son of God… or he was nuts.” 

See what Bono says here..

Encouraging greetings into the fresh week send

Rainer & Kerstin.

Google.

Quelle: www.glaubensimpulse.org

Wunder geschehen. | Miracles do happen.

[English version see below.]

Liebste Familien, Freunde & Bekannte,

ein für uns schon fast unfassbares Wunder ist geschehen - seit 
dem 1. Mai hat unsere Tochter Loah ein Brüderchen.
Mit seinen verführerischen Lippen, einem verzauberndem Blick 
und 3540 Gramm auf den Rippen wurde Noah unserer Familie 
anvertraut.

Das war ein wahrer "Tag der Arbeit", der ab jetzt eine ganz
andere Bedeutung für uns hat...!
Unser Dank gilt unserem himmlischen Schöpfer, Euch allen 
weltweit im Gebet einstehenden Familien und Freunden, 
unserer befreundeten Hebamme Frederike und dem gesamten 
Klinikpersonal.

Und wieder ist der Beweis erbracht: Wunder geschehen.

Erschöpfte, unendlich dankbare und himmelhochjauchzende 
Grüße schicken

Vater Rainer, Mutter Kerstin & Sohnemann Noah.

P.S.: Dieser Brief bewegt in diesem Zusammenhang unsere 
Herzen:

"Mein geliebter Sohn Noah,

so sehr liebe ich Dich: meinetwegen lebst, atmest und bist Du (1). 
Ich kannte Dich, ehe Dich Deine Eltern empfangen haben (2). 
Bereits als ich die Welt erschuf, hatte ich Dich in meinen Gedanken 
und Du wurdest von mir erwählt (3).
Du bist wunderbar gemacht (4).
Nach meinem Ebenbild habe ich Dich geschaffen (5) und Deine 
Chromosomen im Leib Deiner Mutter zusammengewoben (6). 

Ich weiß alles über Dich (7), kenne Deinen Tagesablauf (8), die Zahl 
der Haare auf Deinem Kopf (9) und die einzigartige Farbgebung 
Deiner schönen Augen.
Wenn Du glücklich bist, erlebe ich die größte Freude. Ich möchte, 
dass Du Dein Leben in seiner ganzen Fülle genießt (10). Mein Plan für 
Dich ist, dass Du Erfüllung darin findest, das zu tun, wozu ich Dich 
geschaffen habe.

Dein Vater." 

(1) Apostelgeschichte 17,28 - (2) Jeremia 1,5 - (3) Epheser 1,4-5 - (4) Psalm 139,14 - (5) 1. Mose 1,27 
(6) Psalm 139,13 - (7) Psalm 139,1 - (8) Psalm 139,2 - (9) Matthäus 10,29-31 - (10) Johannes 10,10

 

Dearest families, friends & acquaintances,

an unbelivable miracle has occured to us - since 1 May, our daughter Loah has a brother.

With his attractive lips, Noah's tempting way of staring at us and 3540 grams on his rips, we were entrusted to welcome him to our family.
From now on, "labour day" has a whole different meaning to us...!

All our gratitude goes to our heavenly Father, to our friend and midwife Frederike, to all of you who have been standing in prayer for days and months all around the world and all 
staff at hospital.

It has been proven again: Miracles do happen. GAP = God Answers Prayers.

Exhausted, endless grateful and cheerful greetings send

father Rainer, mother Kerstin & precious son Noah.

Dritte Staffel ist angebrochen/ Third episode has been started

Liebe Freunde, Familien und (un-) bekannte LeserInnen,

mit Freude dürfen wir verkünden, dass wir eineinhalb Jahre nach erstmaligem Einbringen unserer Erfahrung, Zeit, Energie und Ideen in das Stärken von Beziehungen aktuell die "dritte Staffel" einläuten:

Unsere Teilnehmer-Paare der ersten Stunde haben sich für den Bund mit Gott (= Ehe) entschieden, auch das jetzige Paar ist ebenfalls mit vollem Elan und Offenheit am Ball. Weiter so!

Freudige Grüße an alle, die ihre Beziehung als ihr dynamisches "Hobby" und mit gesundem und sportlichem Geist (er-) leben wollen.

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Dear friends, families & (un-) known readers,

after 1,5 years of investing in relationships with our time, energy, experience, fun and ideas we are pleased of announcing the "third episode":

By now, all our past couples have made their decision for extending their relationship with God (= marriage).

Our present couple has started recently and goes for it with openess and the will to change.

Excited greetings to all out there, who are keen on living their relationship as a "hobby", driven by a healthy and sportive spirit.

Unbedingt lesen - Die Huette / A must read: The Shack

Liebe/r Leser/in,

soeben haben wir das Buch "Die Hütte" von William Paul Young beendet und sind zutiefst beeindruckt, berührt und verändert.
Weitere Worte wären an dieser Stelle zu viel des Guten.

Ein Weiteres der wenigen Bücher, die wir uneingeschränkt und generationsübergreifend als "unbedingt Lesens-wert" weiterempfehlen können!


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Dear reader,

we have just finished reading the book "The Shack" by William Paul Young and are deepliest impressed, touched and changed.
Furhter words at this stage would just be too much.

A must read!

Willkommen zuhause! Welcome home!

WOW & Juchuuuu - nun sind wir schon seit einem halben Jahr am Schwäbischen Meer zuhause und fühlen uns "saumäßig" wohl! Uuuund, noch viel schöner:

Nach unserer Zeit in der Mutterstadt-Gemeinde wurden wir schon gleich nach unserem Umzug quer durch die Republik im November 2oo6 zu unserem neuen "geistlichen Zuhause" namens LakesideChurch* geführt.

In dieser 4 Jahre jungen Gemeinde mit stark 2oo Mitgliedern fühlten wir uns schon nach wenigen Wochen unbeschreiblich wohl und willkommen...ein tolles Gefühl, "willkommen zuhause" zu sein.

Die lebendige und frische Atmosphäre, der inspirierende Lobpreis und die realitätsnahen Predigten bestätigen uns in dem, was wir glauben und ermutigen uns, das Reich Gottes aktiv und mit Freude mitzugestalten und zu -bauen.

Gott sei Dank :-)

* Wir empfehlen Euch, die Predigten wie folgt herunterzuladen: "Media-Store" --> "Predigten"