We are just in the end of January and many things have happened already. Sadly, they are quite unpleasant news: from the Australia wildfires, the Jakarta floods, the Ukraine airlines crash, the tragic passing of Kobe Bryant, to the coronavirus outbreak. What in the world is going on? Early this month, I came across this …
Continue reading Life is Short and Frail: Is There Still Hope?
Today we celebrate Christmas. (Finally!) Christmas is, according to Andy Williams, the most wonderful time of the year and the happiest season of all. Whether or not we agree with this idea, Christmas has always been celebrated during holiday season at the end of the year. It is the moment of reunion, rejuvenation, and reflection …
"You will when you believe." That is the ending lyric from the song When You Believe popularized in 1998 by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston duet, which resonates with what I am going to share here. Last month, I briefly shared about service as the essence of every work we do. These days, I am reminded again …
Early this year, I read on a broadcast email in my workplace, "Engineering is a profession of service." I couldn't agree more. In fact, not only engineering, the heart of every profession is service. Whether you are a businessman, educator, entertainer, sportsman, custodian, or even president: service is the core of your work. With this regard, …
How can we know that God exists? How can we prove the Bible is a perfect, inspired, and holy book? How can we be sure that the Creator of the universe has become a man named Jesus Christ who died and came back to life? Those are the questions that have been investigated throughout the …
Continue reading The Reliability of the Bible from Moral Perspective
One day a friend of mine asked, "What makes you believe the Bible is true?" My simple answer was because I was born in a Christian family, so obviously we're supposed to trust the accuracy of the Bible. Just like many other Christians, we share a common belief in the deity of Christ, the fallibility …
Continue reading Why the Bible is Trustworthy: A Scientific Perspective
What is human's greatest need? Food, friend, love, money? Yes, we need food when hungry, friend when lonely, love when gloomy, and money when needy – we also need rest when weary. All of these are our physical needs while we live here on earth. But, we are not living just to eat, play, work, …
The deity of Jesus has long been a subject of debate. Whether he is God, a prophet, or an extraordinary man, we all now can do our own research with the help of internet and come to the right conclusion. To me, it is final: Jesus Christ is God. And because he is divine, he …
I remember the time when I was sitting in a biology class, perhaps in high school, listening to my teacher on the controversial subjects, like theory of evolution, the existence of dinosaurs, or the age of the earth. I learned that fossil fuels were formed from dead organisms million years ago. Meanwhile, my Sunday school …
Continue reading The Struggles between Science and Faith in the Research
Humans are in the journey of understanding life. There are always things to ponder, questions to ask, challenges to face, and/or problems to overcome every day. I believe that basically everyone has an inherent quality as a researcher. Whether you are a business person, a sportsman, an entertainer, an artist, a politician, a farmer, a …
