Author: Yeremia Nugroho (Yeremia Nugroho)

My daughter often asks if she looks pretty, but when I said “yes,” she would say that of course I would say that because I am her dad. I am supposed to say that (though I beg to differ that that is the only reason). We often think of God’s love this way. We think...

Silicon Valley Bank touting itself as one of the best banks in America failed last week. Other banks might come next. Although the depositors’ funds are protected, their investors are not. This reminds us that our treasure on Earth is temporary and may vaporize at any given time. As Christians, our ultimate goal should be...

Some people maintain, including the sources for Wikipedia, that the four Gospels in the New Testament were written between AD 66-AD 110; long after the time of Jesus. Many also believed these accounts were not written by eyewitnesses – further questioning the Gospels’ account. This conclusion cannot be further from the truth.  The book of...

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that plays a key role in the brain’s reward and pleasure centers. It is involved in motivation, pleasure, and movement. It is the highest form of “currency’ in our brains. Hope may be related to dopamine in that it involves positive expectations for the future, which can lead to an increase...

Some of our Christmas traditions are just traditions and not biblical. For example, Jesus was not born on December 25. The Christmas tree is based on the celebration of the reincarnation of Nimrod. The ancient Babylonians burned a “Yule” log (the Chaldean word for infant) in the fireplace, and the next day a symbolic evergreen...

According to the Bureau of Standards in Washington, a dense fog covering seven city blocks to a depth of 100 feet is composed of less than one glass of water. That amount of water is divided into about 60 billion tiny droplets. Yet when those minute particles settle over a city or the countryside, they...

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” – Genesis 2:18 ESV The Chinese character (人) for human is like two lines leaning on each other to stay standing. This is accurately depicting a human as social a creature...