Today's Igniting Insight
Eight students of a school in Kandhamal district’s Phiringia block had a nightmarish beginning to their day when they could not open their eyes. Reason: Some fellow students had allegedly applied adhesive to their eyelids while they were fast asleep the previous night. They had to be hospitalized. (The New Indian Express, 13 September 2025) […]
Igniting Insights by Rev. Dr. J.N. Manokaran
There is one epic that lauds a hero. He was so strong that when arrows pierced him, he did not die for three days. However, he was serving a wicked …
This is a beautiful prayer for protection. (Psalm 17:8) It is a specific, meaningful, and bold prayer. No person will allow his/her eyes to be affected. The protection of the …
A man was shouting at a waiter (server) in a restaurant. “Can’t you be attentive. You are not serving us; you are too distracted and disoriented.” He rushed out of …
In 2000, the First World Christian Book Fair was organised in Mumbai by the Christian Booksellers International Association (CBAI). Apparently, it was a success, but due to the last-minute cancellations …
When a doctor prescribes a CT scan, a patient is nervous. Several questions and doubts go through the mind. Yes, a medical investigation could give anxiety and even a panic …
People wish that criminals were punished immediately, instantly, and without delay. For them, the judicial process is cumbersome, and criminals could manipulate the witnesses and escape. Yes, there are occasions …
“Sometimes being a manager feels like babysitting grown adults,” said an executive. (Hindustan Times, 4 September 2025) The employees refuse to grow up, take responsibility, take ownership, take initiative, and …
There is a quest to create life. For some scientists, life is a product of an accident – A Big Bang. For some, it is an Art of life. The …
There are prosperity preachers who teach: Name it and claim it. Some teach that blessings should be demanded and commanded and even snatched. Sadly, such erroneous teachings become popular among …
What is true treasure? For some, it was assets, for others, it was knowledge, for a few, it was power, and for the Godly few, knowing God and doing His …
A new Christian from a non-Christian background was excited to study the first chapter of Genesis. God created each day and said it was good. She understood that all times …
All humans play the role of a shepherd. As parents, shepherding the children; in the workplace, shepherding the employees; leaders shepherding the followers…so on. However, there is always a paucity …
The Roman Emperor Diocletian (A.D. 284-305) was determined to destroy Christians and the Christian faith. He made two monuments with the following inscriptions: 1) Diocletian Jovian Maximian Herculeus Caesares Augusti …
One person who was proud of his caste tried to assign the status of others based on caste hierarchy. The first, being Brahmins; the second, kshatriya, the warrior caste; the …
Paul was accused of advocating foreign gods in Athens. (Acts 17:18) In many countries, Christians are accused of worshipping and propagating foreign gods. That is presented as the reason for …
A wicked woman slapping a few women and nuns became viral news in social media. The Nuns were empowering rural women to be educated, get employment, and lead a self-supporting …
When there was a diphtheria outbreak in 1925 in a remote town, Nome, Alaska, Dr. Curtis Welch called for diphtheria antitoxin. It had to be relayed by a dog sledge …
When 16-year-old Adam Raine died by suicide. But within weeks, his parents discovered something more chilling: that their son’s closest confidant in his final weeks was not a friend, a …
In Pune, a daily wage worker wondered how much he had to pay for the delivery of his child through cesarean section. He timidly asked, “Doctor, what child is it?” …
The Psalmist sings that if God had not been on their side, they would have perished. (Psalm 124:1) He describes it with five poetic metaphors. (Psalm 124:3-7) There are threats, …