Rev J N Manokaran

The Roman soldiers used to carry water-soaked and water-saturated shields. They were prepared for enemy attacks, who could shoot fire-bearing arrows. If the shield is dry, it will catch fire. A Greek writer describes a special arrow called belos that is long, slender, with a hollow interior filled with flammable fluids, when it hits, by […]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear that attempting to reunite a couple in a marriage that has become “unworkable and totally dead” serves no purpose. The court cannot force a couple separated for 17 years to live together, it would be a legal fiction that disregards the emotional and practical realities

As the Scripture teaches, neither sin can enter heaven, nor unrighteous inherit the Kingdom of God. (Revelation 21:27; I Corinthians 6:9-11) Hence, Lucifer was expelled from heaven. Lucifer: God created Lucifer as a powerful, intelligent, and beautiful; in fact, a perfect angelic being. He was also one of the three chief angels. His name Lucifer

The wildfire burnt the city of Los Angeles in early 2025. Some preachers said that it was judgment of God, and connected to the tribulation times in the Book of Revelation. Some voices condemned such preachers from among Christians and others outside the church. Such disasters, accidents, and destruction could be warnings, or punishments, or

Sometimes Paul uses harsh words to communicate a strong message. He rebukes the believers in the city of Galatia as foolish, and for pursuing weak, worthless, and beggarly elements. (Galatians 3:1; 4:8-9) God has chosen the believers who were slaves to Sin, Satan, World, Idols, and traditions as His children that they can call Him,

The Taj Mahal is considered a monument of love. As one of the seven wonders of the world, all people around the world wish to visit that at least once. The building is beautiful and is an architecture of splendor. Only a few people realize that this is just a tomb, that does not give

One preacher declared that each human is an incarnation out of unwarranted enthusiasm. Sadly, he is not speaking the biblical truth, in fact, the opposite. God becoming man: The truth of incarnation happened only once in history and will never be repeated. God became flesh or human in Jesus. Apostle John explains well: “And the

It is a peculiar situation. A slave, who is set free, refuses to go away. He insists that he wants to continue as a slave for life. If he does not want to go free, he must be with the approval of the community and elders, the man is brought to the door of the

The Lord Jesus Christ sent ahead Peter and John to prepare for the Passover prayer and meal. (Luke 22:8) They did the preparation quite well but missed one thing. Knowing all of them would have traveled, there should have been a provision to wash the feet of all. The man who showed the furnished hall

There are two kinds of courage. First, is the courage of the moment. For example, there is a fire in a building, and someone daringly goes in and brings out an old man. Or a man jumps into the water to bring a drowning baby from the water. The second is planned courage. This sees