Rev J N Manokaran

Doctors provide bitter medicine coated with sugar. For children, medicine could be mixed with honey and given. That principle is applied in spiritual life too. Paul urges disciples to speak truth in love. (Ephesians 4:15) Every disciple should have clear understanding of truth, should not compromise or dilute the truth. However, Paul exhorts us to […]

Sad description of humanity is, they choose or prefer darkness than light. “And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.” (John 3:19) Light is the judgement on human nature inclined towards sin. 1) Hide: When we remove

In some cultures, the idea ‘husband is god’ is promoted. There are also proverbs like, even husband is just a ‘grass’ or ‘stone,’ he is still ‘god,’ Hence, he is an object of worship, adoration and service. This exalts a husband to higher status with lot of privileges and at the same time reduces wife

God spoke to Jeremiah regarding the twin nations of Israel and Judah: “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. (Jeremiah 3:11) 1) Foolish Choices: Judah was not careful with their choices. They were not able to understand the only true God and sought-after variety, variety and pseudo gods as choices. God has

After four hundred and eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, Solomon began to build the temple. (I Kings 6:1) Just before dedication the ark of covenant was brought to the Temple. “There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone that Moses put there

Amy Carmichael was a missionary serving in India. In the year 1931, she had a fall and had to be bedridden for two decades. Yet, she wrote about sixteen of the thirty-six books during that time. Yes, like Paul she ministers in spite of her disabilities. People of God use even their sufferings to further

Recently one of my relatives called and asked: Why have you wasted your life? For him, my life has been meaningless, purposeless and pointless immersed in religion and ignorance. In fact, he was speaking out of ignorance or even with spiritual blindness. When a woman poured the priceless perfume as love sacrifice for the Lord

George Verwer founder of Operation Mobilization a global mission agency used to wear an iconic jacket with the World Map. That was to indicate his global vision and passion for missions. While some people easily embrace global vision, others are not at all concerned about missions. There are others who are committed to a ‘local

There was an interesting case in the court. One smart looking man accused an impoverished man that he was creating trouble. When the judge asked him, what was his issue: “I just stood erect.” Judge told that ‘standing erect’ was not a crime. “No sir, I fell down.” Judge: “What happened?” The poor man said:

There are times, when we cannot stop crying or weeping. Sometimes, it includes shy and groaning. Such moments could lead us to despair and even depression. Emotional exhaustion, mental tension, and spiritual weariness could overwhelm us. Turning to the Lord during such moments is very important. There is no situation that is beyond redemption or