Life is beautiful, but also miserable. How can something be beautiful and ugly at the same time? In one part of the world, we see people are celebrating successes: athletes win trophies they have long dreamed of, workers get promoted in their jobs, businessmen or politicians travel the globe, married couples welcome new precious lives …
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Nobody is perfect. If you think you are perfect, then you are nobody. We may have heard something along the lines of this statement. I think most—if not all—of us can relate to them, although some may argue that it depends on what "perfect" means or what they mean by it. The word "perfect" literally …
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There is an innate desire in every human being for a genuine relationship. We long to know and to be known by our loved ones. This longing can ultimately be fulfilled by the One who formed us—fearfully and wonderfully—according to the Father's image in our mother's womb. We are created to worship the One who …
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Have you noticed or realized that many forms of technology we use every day are connected to God’s innovative and active works in the world we live today? We might have taken technology for granted; in a way, it is rightly so, because technology has been granted to us to make our lives easier, helping …
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This Friday we will remember the darkest day in the history—the sacrifice of an innocent Man that takes away the sin of the world. He was rejected, despised, and crushed by the ones He came to save. On that day, evil seemed to prevail. The enemy was on the verge of victory. The sinful men …
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There are many religions or belief systems in this world. In a pluralistic country like Indonesia, where I grew up, there are six officially recognized religions: Islam, Christianity, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. In general, these religions arguably share one thing in common, that is a belief in a supreme being—the source and creator of …
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I am grateful for the God-given opportunity to have a family vacation over the new year. Following an eventful 2025, which culminated in a hectic December, we flew to Indonesia for the first time in over three years. It was our first flight of the year, so we couldn’t be more excited. It was overall …
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The Bible is filled with stories of miracles. By an Oxford definition, miracle is “a surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of a divine agency.” Our life is filled with miracles—whether we realized it or not—because we are God's masterpiece …
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Have you ever wondered how long life has existed on earth? Well, the answer depends on which “lens” you use. Seeing through the lens of science, life is estimated to have existed on earth for about 3.5 to 3.7 billion years. From a Biblical perspective, however, life on earth is believed to have existed for …
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As Christ's followers and believers, we have been granted a special position that gives us privilege to have an everlasting relationship with God the Creator as our heavenly Father. This relationship is not something that we earn, but it is given to us by His grace through faith in Jesus. From Scripture, we know our …
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