One annoyed Christian mocked with a caption in his Facebook post: A prophet and a dog share pulpit. It was in response to a self-proclaimed prophet who made his Facebook status with a picture of him with his dog on the dais in a spiritual conference. Another also was rebuked for Facebook post; celebrating Holy […]
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Advertisement: A young girl sees a strand of hair in her comb. She is worried. Then her sister steps in and says, “This is dangerous, you have to use … shampoo to avoid hair fall.” Fashion and grooming are very popular among young people. Also, daily we could see strands of hair on our pillows,
There were three friends who were bureaucrats with the government met after a decade. They shared their life journeys, which could be summed up like this. First, “I came up working hard and making sacrifices. Now, I am enjoying life. Good family, good food, foreign vacations, car, comforts…etc. Second, “My father paid a huge bribe
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The Holy Bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit. Each word including punctuation marks are important, significant and intentional. (Matthew 24:35) There are two special personalities who are given with some information. One is Jabez, whose prayer is well-known and there are books written on that prayer. (I Chronicles 4:9-10) However, there is another woman
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There are many modern-day challenges that becomes popular through social media. Ice bucket Challenge was one such, in which a person is filmed as a bucket of ice water is poured on his head. This kind of challenges are encouraged for raising funds for non-profit organizations. The idea is to encourage people to do an
There are many people who think they are permanent residents of this world. The rich fool told himself: “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”’ (Luke 12:19) Fools are those who are just living for the present, without future or eternal perspective. In contrast, biblical leaders were
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“Doing Good” to poor, marginalized, destitute and widow is a challenge. There are people with vested interests who try to stop such work. There was one local Maharaja who did not allow missionaries to start a school or hospital. They went 20 miles away in two directions and started school and hospitals. Today, that region
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People of faith must go out pioneer, explore and excel in new areas creating new entities. Lord promised Moses and Joshua: “Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses.” (Deuteronomy 11:24, Joshua 1:3) Yes, missionaries in every era continuously did that.
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One preacher was seriously saying that Lord Jesus Christ never laughed or smiled. And so, Christians were forbidden to laugh or even smile. Hearing this a ten-year-old girl stood up and said: “Pastor, you are wrong. Lord Jesus smiled.” The preacher was very much upset and raised his tone and voice said: “Where in the
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Preachers and pastors who do not perform miracles are looked down as ‘incompetent’ or ‘person of feeble faith’. “And many came to him. And they said, “John did no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.”” (John 10:41) John did not do any sign or wonders is a ‘miracle statement’ indeed.
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