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No doubt that Chirstmas is one of the most celebrated holidays globally. people across across the globe somehow benefit from Chistmas .. at the least form is by taking some days off our routines and works some even make profit therefrom.

Well, Christmas was not as fun as it is presented nowadays. It was actually pretty sorrowful (at least from the way it was told in the bible) 

• many mothers lost their babies around that time. the ruler of the land (forgot the name) was said to have ordered execution of male babies out of his fear for one particular baby - who was prophecied to be the King of the Jews.
• the parents of that particular baby had to flee Israel for Egypt… and went back to Israel before the delivery… (such long distance travel was rather of compulsory reasons and could be deadly for the travellers)
• the mother was carrying a baby in her during the travel to Israel from Egypt.
• the couple could not find any decent accomodation.. maybe it was peak season?
• the baby said to be delivered in a meanger (among animals?) not even in a proper bed.

well, even if you dont believe truly in the stroy or you believe in different kidn of story, it is only proper that Christmas should be remembered the way it was told in the Bibel for that is why we have it now : in a sorrowful and mournful manner. the birth of the baby Christ Jesus was told that he is come to save the human being from the eternal death. His coming was a joy of different kind from that we see around us today. It was not a joy out of shining and blinking lights, gifts, or such kind but the joy of realising that God cares about us so much that Christ was sent in such a manner. — that is our truest and ultimate benefit from the birth of Christ Jesus.

May we make the most benefit from it.

i have been regularly visiting this wonderful Berlin International Baptist Church.
i am happy and surprised that among the secular and humanism-oriented people of the west there are actually christian groups that are alive.
I am not talking only in terms of participants (although it is worth mentioning that this church is attended and backed by youths)
However, more important it is to note that the church emphasis on true aspects of christianity that is personal relations with God but also the need or desire to witness it to the people who has not come to know Jesus.
Today’s sermon again reminded me to ask myself the very question whether i have spread the good news to the people in my walk of life. I have wondered about the question and thought that if I live in Christ’s way, i would have been already an open letter about Jesus. I never regarded this preposition as a final answer so today again it was put under question. IS IT ENOUGH?
In the sermon, it was mentioned that people could actually see ‘the Light’ through our life but still have no idea where the light  come from… unless we openly credit it to the Lord Jesus.
well… i wonder if i have been defending my actual reluctance or hesitance to proclaim my faith because my life has not been really a model of christianity maybe i simply have not had the urge to witness because I have not actually had it in abundance.
come to think of it, maybe i dont have to wait for a better me … cause i will never be perfect enough to witness the perfect love of Jesus. now i wonder whether witnessing itself is  a part of process to embetterment… so many questions about life…
i guess the only way to find out is to decide and carry on!….. so help me Lord .. wake me up and lead me to witness!

disclaimer: sekedar ungkapan hati dan doa yang gundah gulana dari suatu makhluk asing

Reformasi … katanya
Perubahan… katanya
Demokrasi… katanya

masih lebih suka bicara atau sudah mau mendengar?
masih lebih suka jadi orang pintar atau orang benar?
masih mau jadi pemerintah atau jadi pelayan?

deformasi… kataku! karena kita menjadi semakin kerdil tapi mengira sebaliknya
pe-’rubah’-an…kataku! karena semakin banyak rubah-rubah yang pintar dan mahir bersembunyi
demon-krasi…kataku! ya pemerintahan oleh demon huahahaha

semoga aku salah semoga semoga… amen.

Pertama kali gw terbitkan di sini Dalam situasi Indonesia saat ini, pekerjaan merupakan sesuatu yang sangat sulit dicari. Tingkat pengangguran yang tinggi merupakan suatu masalah yang akut yang dihadapi bangsa dan negara Indonesia. Tidak heran, jika pada saat ini Pemerintah menyatakan komitmennya untuk mendorong Usaha Kecil Menengah atau segala bentuk usaha wiraswasta yang diharapkan dapat membuka lowongan kerja baru. Hal ini merupakan suatu hal yang perlu didukung oleh segenap golongan masyarakat termasuk mereka yang mengaku beragama Kristen. Apakah Yesus dapat menjawab tantangan ini? ataukah Yesus hanya sekedar Tuhan yang terpisah dari dunia nyata yaitu bahwa manusia perlu mempunyai sumber pemasukan untuk kelangsungan hidupnya? (more…)

Christmas Not So Frequently Asked Question

Q: Why do we have holiday on December 25??? we all know it is called christmas in english. but do we know what christmas refers to?
A: some two thousands years ago, a baby -believed to be the perfect incarnation of the Almighty- was born in Betlehem (Israel). the baby was named Jesus.

Q: what is so important about this baby Jesus that the holiday was established in the commemoration of his birth?
A: it is worth the commemoration because he has a mission for the good of whole humankind

Q: what is his mission?
A: his mission is to save humankind from the slavery of sins and to restore the nature of human which was created according to the image of God

Q: Why did God incarnate into a human being for this mission?
A: Well this is God’s covert operations to inflitrate as a human being to accomplish his mission

Q: so how is this Jesus going to accomplish his mission?
A: He sacrificed himself on calvary as a perfect sacrifice and absolute restitution

Q: why did he, being an incarnation of God, have to sacrifice?
A: 1) Love… unconditional love; 2) Truth … that true & complete salvation is only possible with the perfect sacrifice

Diskon (Potongan harga) merupakan salah satu cara yang paling ampuh dan banyak digunakan dalam memasarkan atau menjual barang. bermacam-macam istilah digunakan mulai cuci gudang, banting harga, jual rugi (yang bener aja! ini istilah yang paling menggelikan), balik modal, dan sebagainya.
Para calon pembeli segela menyerbu toko-toko yang menawarkan diskon atas barang-barang konsumsi seperti buku, elektronik, baju dan sebagainya.
rupanya strategi ini juga dipakai untuk memasarkan injil yah injil/kabar keselamatan itu sekarang sedang ramai di diskon…. ngga percaya???! (more…)

Well, sekarang gw mau share sedikit tips-tips menangkal hipnotisme yang sekarang ‘katanya’ lagi merebak di Indonesia dan di mana-mana. Bukannya apa-apa gw juga dulu pernah jadi korban kejahatan yang sangat mungkin menggunakan teknik hipnotisme…. yang mengakibatkan motor gw dibawa lari orang. it was one of the most embarassing episode in my life.
Gw pernah denger bahwa hipnotisme itu gak melulu untuk kejahatan, bisa juga untuk hiburan seperti yang dilakukan oleh para hipnotainer dan terapi. It sounds nice but hey guys wake up on my count of three and smell the coffee do you really want to give the control of your body and mind to other?
Semoga tips-tips ini berguna ketika lu lagi di jalan: (more…)

this will be my first time i make a writing on this topic.. well i am kind of acquainted to this thing but just havent had any urge to really think about it until recently i am involved with this dude.
this is the definition by oxford:
({sm}h{shti}pn{schwa}t{shti}z({schwa})m) The process of hypnotizing, or artificially producing a state in which the subject appears to be in a deep sleep, without any power of changing his mental or physical condition, except under the influence of some external suggestion or direction, to which he is involuntarily and unconsciously obedient. On recovering from this condition, the person has usually no remembrance of what he has said or done during the hypnotic state. The term is also applied to the branch of science which deals with the production of this state, and its causes and phenomena. (more…)