Rev J N Manokaran

When a country has a good number of natural resources, yet underperforms economically, it experiences the resource curse. The reason is to be over-dependent on that resource and fail to develop in other areas. In such countries, the rich would be super rich, and the majority of the population would be poor. For example, some […]

Besides the pool of Siloam was a man who was lying invalid for thirty-eight years. He wanted to be the first person who got into the pool whenever an angel stirred the pool to be healed miraculously. Lord Jesus came, after a brief conversation with him, commanded him to pick up his bed and walk.

There are many witnesses like a cloud who have gone ahead in the spiritual journey. (Hebrews 12:1) Learning from them or reading their biographies enriches the believers. “Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.” (Hebrews 13:7) The leaders

A Manager asked his leader: “Do you know…Act of the government. We must submit documents every year by 31 December?” The Leader answered: “I know only one Act, i.e., Acts of Apostles. As an administrator take care of all those things, I will focus on studying scripture, prayer, teaching the Word of God, mentoring leaders,

The ancient superpower of the world, Egypt was judged. It never again could become a superpower in the world. Forgot gracious God: The Pharoah did not know the future. God revealed the future to save Egypt by giving him dreams regarding the seven years of surplus harvest and seven years of scarcity that would engulf

One rich man wanted to have peace. He gave advertisements in the newspapers asking counselors and consultants to help him. There were some calls and emails. One email was impressive. The person wrote about his long life and experience. He quoted a huge fee and promised to take him on a designated day and time.

Sadly, many in the world take refuge in perishable, temporal, and untrustworthy things. Relying on Egypt was like leaning on a broken staff that would pierce the hand of any man who leaned on it. (Isaiah 36:6) Such reliance or refuge is futile, and Prophet Isaiah describes that as a Refuge of lies. (Isaiah 28:17)

The rainbow is seen as seven colors. However, it is a refraction of light which is considered white. After the rains, the sunlight refracts and creates a beautiful rainbow. God placed the rainbow as a sign of the covenant that He will not destroy the whole of humanity at a time anymore after the flood

An old man called his sons, just before his death and exhorted them to live to be contributing members of the community. To demonstrate he asked them to bring four glasses of water. Pebble: In the first glass, he dropped a pebble. It sank and rested at the bottom of the glass. He explained that

Some athletes who changed the track during the race have been disqualified. Many have lost their opportunities to win medals, even when they finished first. There are a few characters, who stumbled at the last. Asa King Asa was the third king of the Kingdom of Judah. He generally did good and what was right