Rev J N Manokaran

Prophet Jeremiah records the death of another contemporary prophet who died as a martyr. King Jehoiakim was a wicked king, who ruled for eleven years from 609 to 598 BC. Jeremiah, Micah, and Uriah were contemporary prophets. “They took Uriah from Egypt and brought him to King Jehoiakim, who struck him down with the sword […]

Some prophets declared fires and brimstones on hearers, others were different. Jeremiah was a weeping and lamenting prophet. He wept because of the sins of Judah, their rebellion, and God’s intended punishment of exile for seventy years in Babylon. When Jerusalem was destroyed, he lamented for the city as we see in the Book of

Lord Jesus Christ is the Good Shepherd. The people who are hired, act like shepherds but will run away when a wolf attacks the flock. (John 10:11-12) Jeremiah said that he had not run away or hurried away from being your shepherd. (Jeremiah 17:16) Conflict of priority: God has called all disciples to make disciples

A believer’s wife is badly beaten by a believer’s husband. She runs to safety and enters the home of the pastor. What should the pastor do? Or if a Sunday School teacher comes to know about domestic violence in a home from a child, what should she do? Confronting sinners is an important and noble

“The three billion letters of DNA spell out instructions that, if printed in a tiny font, would fill three hundred books of a thousand pages each. (Each letter counts: a mistake in only two letters can cause a disease like cystic fibrosis) A nerve cell may operate according to instructions from volume four and a

Prophet Jeremiah spoke to the Nation of Israel: “You shall say to them, thus says the Lord: When men fall, do they not rise again? If one turns away, does he not return? Why then have these people been turned away in perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit; they refuse to return.” (Jeremiah 8:4,5)

Some advertisements claim their performance or services are ten times better than the products of competitors. Probably, an exaggeration. If a king in ancient times interviewed graduates from his academy to serve his empire and certifies someone to have ten times better knowledge and skills, it would be true. Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah were

The parable of the rich man and Lazarus teaches about life after death. (Luke 16: 19-31) Two lives: Both the rich man and poor Lazarus lived on the same street, one on the street, another in the mansion. Rich dressed in purple, while poor in rags. His table was full of sumptuous food, and Lazarus

Some IT companies terminated the services of some employees. The reason was that they were Moonlighting secretly. The term Moonlighting means taking up a second job, apart from the primary job, without the knowledge of the employer. Sometimes, the moonlighting job could be for a competitor in the market. The IT company bosses were clear

Daniel was listed as one of the three most righteous men in history along with Noah and Job. Interestingly, Daniel was alive when Ezekiel wrote that message. (Ezekiel 14:20) Generally, people are not generous with genuine praises. On the other hand, some exaggerate and flatter people. For some, the Righteous are those who do not