Rev J N Manokaran

Along with my friend, I went to preach in a remote village church. We were invited for dinner in a leader’s home. When we sat, suddenly the hosts came with large buckets, towels, soap, and basins. They washed our feet. When we asked why they did it; they reasoned: “If we wash preachers’ feet, we […]

One Member of Indian Parliament instructed government officials to identify Christians with the symbol of crosses in their necks (chains, pendants, bracelets, rings) and deny them services or privileges offered by the government. Sadly, the politician did not understand that just external marks are inadequate expressions of Christian faith. The real or true mark of

A well-educated person serving the government was searching for truth. By listening to a testimony, he came to know Lord Jesus Christ as saviour. He became a disciple, attended occasionally church services. However, he never shared his faith with anyone including his wife or children. He was a very passive, dormant and non-influential personality. Sadly,

We were travelling on a highway, there was a refreshing smell. The driver of the vehicle said that there was a perfume factory and it is refreshing smell when we go nearer to it. Some people took deep breath to enjoy the fragrance, others smiled, some were asleep and some it caused allergic reactions. Whether

This is an amazing verse: “Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he” (Matthew 11:11). John the Baptist was greatest of the order of Old Covenant based on

There was a young educated girl, who lost her job. There was a church nearby, she went and prayed there. God was gracious to answer her prayer and she got a job. She also got a new faith in Lord Jesus Christ. However, she was attached to the place, the church building. Her faith was

When I was a small boy, there was a small temple near our home. Every week on Monday morning a middle-aged person would come there to shout, weep and lament, sometimes even hurling abuses. He would curse gods, friends and relatives whom he considered as reasons for his poverty. Most people around that area will

One minister serving in the government said to his followers to beat up officials who were not heeding to their grievances. Another said, we are ruling party, the officials and police should do all our bidding. Sadly, there are bureaucrats and police officials who do not uphold law, but uphold unrighteous desires of rulers and

Kari Lake, a top-rated journalist said she is hanging up her broadcasting job after over twenty years of service. According to her, the news media has devolved over the years and has become tool of propaganda that promotes hatred, fear and division. ‘Cancel Culture’ and fake media industry is flourishing. She observed that: not everyone

Ann Rose Nu Tawng is a Catholic Nun serving in the town Myitkyina, Myanmar. Due to political unrest, police came to punish people and could have shot the children. She in a white robe and black habit knelt down on the street and said to the police: “I don’t want to see any trouble here