Rev J N Manokaran

Zaria Gorvett writes about shipwrecks that happened around the world. Several websites provide a database. The number of ships and boats that have been shipwrecked varies from 150,000 to 250, 000. Around 15000 ships were sunk during World War II alone. UNESCO estimates that there would be three million undiscovered shipwrecks in the world’s oceans. […]

God provided manna for the Israelites for forty years in the wilderness. The average number of Israelites who wandered in the wilderness is estimated by experts as 3 million. They needed 4,500 tons of manna each day. God bestowed upon them around 65,700,000 tons of Manna for forty years. God’s provision: God gave them manna

In one survey, people were asked: What do you like to hear often in your home? Some could not answer immediately, but they thought and gave answers. Three phrases were on top of the list. The three phrases are: ‘I love you’; ‘I forgive you,’ and ‘Supper is ready’. This is what the gospel offers

One person was boasting about his home security features. He can switch off the video, being at the office, or in another city when his teenage son was supposed to study. The whole home was monitored by him, and no mishap happened. Then he said: “Why can’t God have such remote control that he stops

On the evening of December 1981, a group of men entered the compound of the house of Premvati, in Sahupur village and fired, killing a 14-year-old girl and two boys aged ten and eight. Ten members of the Dalit community were killed that day. After 42 years, a 90-year-old villager was sentenced to life in

About 40 percent of the population of the world uses Social Media platforms. In this new information age, influencers have emerged. Sadly, many are bad models, promoting falsehood and misleading people. Social Media influencer: An influencer is a popular Social Media personnel, who can persuade and influence the decisions of followers or fans. They are

Sports personnel make ample preparation for their events. It is not just days, but months and years of preparation that give them strength and stamina. How did God prepare the Israelites for the forty years of journey through the wilderness? (Exodus 15: 22-27) The weak slaves got spiritual, moral, mental, and physical strength during the

A 23-year-old woman Jung Yoo-jung in South Korea kills a girl, dismembers her, and confesses to police that she did it out of curiosity. She was obsessed with watching crime thrillers and reading detective novels, and her mind was saturated with criminal thoughts. She conspired to kill a girl ‘out of curiosity,’ or to experience

Interestingly, the Egyptians believed in an afterlife and had elaborate cultural rituals. The Book of the Dead is a collection of mortuary texts, Coffin texts, or Pyramid texts that have spells, magic formulas, incantations, and instructions for the afterlife. There were authors and scribes, who compiled these writings on rolls of papyrus, with colorful illustrations.

A young man got an opportunity to go abroad for his studies. He was excited as well as tensed. This was his first trip on an airplane and to a foreign nation. He meticulously prepared all his personal belongings, books, and documents. On that day, he reached the airport which was over two hours’ drive