Rev J N Manokaran

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

One person sarcastically commented: “The God who cannot forgive Adam and Eve for just eating an apple, how can he forgive any other sin.” It is pitiable, that this person neither understands the magnificent holiness of God, nor the magnitude of sin. For them, forgiveness of sins through the Lord Jesus Christ will remain a

The accuser of saints would face the advocate of saints. Satan is termed as the accuser of the people of God. (Revelation 12:10) Snares and Strategies: Satan has many snares and strategies to attack the saints of God. (I Timothy 3:7; 2:26; II Corinthians 2:11) His chief weapon is doubt. The children of God are

One corporate leader said workers should work 70 hours a week, and another affirmed that it should be 90 hours weekly. On social media, one woman said that she had experienced anxiety, and sleeplessness, and would cry in the bathroom working 90 hours a week. Another commented, why should we sacrifice for you to become

Recently, in a place in Congo, about 70 Christians were beheaded. Christians around the world felt sad, that a few Christ followers are tortured and killed every day in some part of the world. Peter wrote to believers who were facing such kind of persecution in the first century. He advises the suffering Christians to