Rev J N Manokaran

Mary heard the message from Gabriel that God will overshadow a virgin and will conceive to bear the Son of God, the Messiah. She was spontaneous to obey. However, the path of obedience was tough. To get solace, comfort, and fellowship she traveled to the home of Elizabeth and Zachariah. It was a great time […]

Lord Jesus Christ sent the seventy disciples in pairs to preach the Kingdom of God. They came back and gave excellent reports. Lord Jesus thanked His Father for hiding these things from the wise and prudent and revealing them to the little children. (Luke 10:21-22) Indeed, they had divine wisdom revealed by God. Paul also

Joel R. Beeke in his book: How can I cultivate private prayers provided five truths about prayer. Wellbeing of the soul: Prayer is essential for the spiritual well-being of a person. It is compared with breathing which is absolute for the existence of the human body. Some compare it with the heartbeat. It must be

David was hounded on all sides. In fact, he had no place to go. He could not go to his own home as Saul was waiting to kill him. It was dangerous to go to Jonathan, son of Saul. Going to Samuel would result in revenge against him and Samuel. David did not know where

In the newspapers, there are reports of abuse of parents. Drunkard father hits hard, and his son dies. A ruthless mother gets annoyed and places hot rods on a child. Children need rebuke, discipline, counsel, and guidance. If the parents are not mature, emotionally stable, and spiritually discerning, they become abusers of their children. King

Most festivals have feasts as an ingredient part. All celebrations are complete only with good food. Even some mourning events are concluded with a feast, so that the affected may be no sadder. Some mismanagement or fights during feasts could end up in bad taste. But David says: “You have put more joy in my

Gary Hamrick states there are three kinds of churches. The local churches exist amid a cultural context. In three ways churches respond to popular culture. 1) Complicit: Participating in the culture without opposing it. This is a passive church, sometimes withdrawing into shells. Hence, the church does not influence the culture. Sadly, some of the

A marriage ended abruptly for a bizarre reason. The bride’s family did not entertain the bridegroom’s family and his guest well. They failed to add the bone marrow of lamb (mutton) menu. The two families fought, police intervened, but failed to convince the egoistic family to continue with the marriage ceremony. (India Today 26 December

Some people wish to leave their own country due to poverty or war and settle in another country. However, they cannot migrate directly. Hence some migrants, use the technique known as ‘donkey flights’, where individuals transit through third countries with lenient travel document requirements to reach their final destinations like the USA, Canada, or the

A court declared that a person abuses another person, demeaning him by calling out his caste name which is lowest in social strata is not a crime, if done in private, when no other outsider is present. (Bar & Bench, 23 December 2023) In other words, verbal abuse is not a crime according to the