Rev J N Manokaran

In certain cultures, there are aspects that are not right in God’s sight, approved and accepted. For example, there is one community, and their livelihood is stealing. All are involved in stealing sheep, chicken, eggs, paddy, shoplifting…etc. They also organised to steal by waylaying trucks that brought goods. Among them went a Christian evangelist to […]

The Lord Jesus Christ shared parables, the Pharisees, Sadducees, and scribes were keen listeners. As the Lord was sharing the parable in which the younger son demands inheritance from his father was interesting. (Luke 15:11-32) In their minds, the parable was good as the boy was punished by being condemned to live with pigs, apt

Being watchful, vigilant and awake are admonitions given to believers often. When believers are not alert and agile, they could be easily deceived. Paul writes: “Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.: (Colossians 4:2) In fact, putting being watchful before being thankful. There are many devotees who only offer petitions as prayers.

Crippled man healed: When the crippled man was able to walk, people raised their voices and said in Lycaonian language that gods have come in the likeness of men. Paul was Hermes, while Barnabas was Zeus. Miracles or healing of the crippled man should have led them to Lord Jesus Christ, instead it misled them

Perhaps, Paul prophetically wrote about this Digital Generation. “Always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.” (II Timothy 3:7) Unlike any other previous generation, this generation seems to be actively engaged with people or pictures or games or videos or audios always through their smartphones. They are frequent travellers on

Every day scary news reports are a sad commentary of deteriorating moral values, politeness, tolerance, kindness, forgiveness, mercy, and love. An eight-year-old boy, son of a doctor, was kidnapped and killed by two ex-employees of his hospital in Bulandshahr. They took revenge for being dismissed for under performance in the job. (NDTV news 31 January

Four family members walked across the Canada-USA border, trapped in a snow blizzard, and froze to death. (Indian Express, 23 January 2022) They were near the dream land but could not reach their desired destination. There are many who perish drowning in oceans trying to cross the dreamland. Some are smuggled in containers across borders.

As an old business man lamented that he had not seen such ‘funny’ young workers. They were demanding five days’ work and weekend holidays. He said, they just work for five days to make money and waste it in entertainment, enjoyment and eating. They do not save money and come to him to get an

The most famous shipwreck in history could be the Titanic that was touted as the ‘unsinkable’ ship which hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage and sank. The captain and ship failed and the passengers lost their lives. In the same way a believer can shipwreck his/her faith. Those who fail to navigate stormy weather

People who have authority and power, like to be popular. As Lucifer desired the worship, acclaim and applause of others, some leaders pursued the same. (Isaiah 14:12-14) Haman is a classic example of such power ambitions. He imagined in his mind as a great personality who deserved popularity. Not knowing whom the King Ahasuerus wanted