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Waiting on the Lord Patiently
1. Waiting – A Negative Connotation? An old Indian song warns us not to be fooled into waiting on the false hopes that someday, someone will come and improve their lives – the reference is to some self-serving and deceptive politicians and religious leaders who are out there just to
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Farewell Discourse of Jesus – IV (Overcoming the World)
1. Overview This is part 4 in the series on the ‘Farewell discourse of Jesus’ (this study series covers from John chapters 13 to 17). Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 covered John 13, John 14 and John 15 respectively. This article (part 4) covers John 16. John 16
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Faith, Meaning, Purpose
Faith is not the belief that God will remove all our problems in this world, necessarily (2 Corinthians 12:9). Faith is the determination and willingness to maximally grow or stay in truth, love, goodness, justice, fairness, kindness, generosity, trustworthiness, self-control, sacrifice, empowering others, etc. It’s the realization/acknowledgment that all these
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Celebrating India’s Independence Day
1. Freedom as a Result of Many Sacrifices On Aug 15th, we celebrate India’s Independence day. India’s freedom has been achieved by many sacrifices of the freedom fighters. Those of us born and brought up in India and have experienced India’s democracy and freedom are very grateful. The cost of