Sadly, the world has witnessed tyrants and oppressors who loot people and live in luxury. In the time of Nehemiah, around 445-430 BC, the governors were oppressing Israel with excessive taxes. Governors charged 40 shekels of silver as allowance for a life of luxury (Nehemiah 5:15). Selfish rulers who love luxury are a curse for […]
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Some are heartbreaking tragedies. A 27-year-old software engineer died after his car collided with a drainage boundary, which had no reflectors and fell into a 70-foot-deep ditch amid dense fog in Noida. The car was completely submerged, he screamed for help, even called his father and said: “Dad, I’ve fallen into a deep pit filled
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Eagles do not compete with sparrows. They fly in their lofty ways in the sky. However, humans could be selfish and petty-minded and be mean to others. Haman is a classic example in the Bible. “Then Haman said, “Even Queen Esther let no one, but me, come with the king to the feast she prepared.
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An organisation approached a respected leader to mentor some of its leaders. The CEO wrote to those four upcoming leaders to get in touch with the mentor and be mentored for a year. None of the four responded to the email, even after two months. The mentor was angry, saddened and upset. He wrote to
A little boy got hold of a toothpaste tube; interestingly, its lid was removed. The boy squeezed it and saw a colourful paste coming out. He started walking, squeezing it, and filled the whole house with lines of toothpaste. Being excited, he called his mother to come and see what he had done. Mother was
This was circulated widely on social media. It cannot be ascertained if it was a real story. A small child used to come to the church and pray every day. What does she pray for? The priest who observed stopped her and asked her: Do you know how to pray? What do you pray for?
One believer lamented it should be comfort, and not good: “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28) People want this verse according to their convenience and comfort. All things work together for my popularity, accumulating wealth,
A boy about ten years old was sitting and scrolling through his mother’s smartphone. His elder sister was studying and doing her homework. He called his sister and demanded drinking water. She said, I am studying, you are grown up, go drink water on your own. ” He said, “I am a boy, you are
People belonging to a particular community experienced immense oppression because they were considered lower in the hierarchical social and religious status. The women were not allowed to wear upper clothes, and if they wore it would be torn, and women would be beaten up and fined. Charles Mead, who worked among them, helped them to
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In the city of Philippi, Paul was irritated by a demon-possessed slave girl. She publicly cried daily, seeing Paul stating: Servants of the Most-High God. That girl used to tell fortunes and earn money that went to her masters. When Paul rebuked the evil spirit, the girl became free. But her masters lost their source
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