Rev J N Manokaran

Nathaniel was a sceptic that nothing good can come out of Nazareth, (John 1:46) Lord was not ashamed of his humble birth in Bethlehem or insignificant city of Nazareth or his parents who were poor. Lord was not offended by the unfair comment of Nathaniel; he said: “Israelite without any deceit.” (John 1:47) Nathaniel was […]

There was a pastor, who was not performing his task as expected. His preaching was mediocre, administration poor, leadership pathetic and there was no initiative taking. One young woman in the congregation was an upcoming leader. She found a good Sunday School material that could be used for over a hundred children in the church.

The officials received the scroll containing the message to the King and the Nation of Israel. They kept it in a safe place as they had regard for Jeremiah. They gave an executive summary to the king. (Jeremiah 36: 20-21) But Jehoiakim summoned the scroll. He was sitting in the winter palace which was built

“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.” (Matthew 10:16) This verse’s three components: A Commission, A danger, and instructions to handle the danger. 1) Commission: Mission is Lord sending us on His behalf, as representatives or ambassadors. C.H. Spurgeon writes,

There was a polite, courteous, soft-spoken, and intelligent journalist who spoke, argued, and reasoned with diligence and intelligence. However, one who was opposed to that view was adamant, loud-mouthed, arrogant, dominating, and used words that were uncivil, demeaning, filthy and obscene. The journalist objected stating that the other discussion member was using ‘unparliamentary words.’ Hearing

In a small village in UK, there were two naughty boys. They used to steal hen, sheep, or goat, cook and eat them. The village elders warned them, but it did not bring any change. One day they stole a sheep from a poor widow’s home. The villagers decided to punish the boys. They tattooed

One Chartered Account took life insurance for his wife for a tune of rupees sixty lacs. (1 million is ten lacs) After three months, he gave contract to a professional ‘hitman’ to kill his wife in an enacted road accident. The hitman took rupees two lacs to do this wicked job. He drove his vehicle

Indian Express newspaper dated 25 January 2021 stated: Believing in rebirth theory, ‘superstitious’ couple murder two grown up, college educated daughters in Andhra’s Madanapalle. There was no natural love as parents or fear of law or society. The educated couple, husband having a Ph.D. and wife a postgraduate in science and a gold medallist; did

According to historians Nazareth was 200 plus years old at the time of Lord Jesus Christ. It is about 80 miles from Jerusalem, on the way to Damascus, far removed from the centre of Jewish religion. It is a new city and could not have been mentioned by Moses or Prophets. Nazareth was also considered

There are many cricket fans. Few of them are followers of a team or an individual. It has been found that the players are influenced by betting syndicates, who pay huge sum as bribes to few players to make a team lose so that those who bet could get huge money. Even though it is