Vasanthi Isaiah The Word of God’s Exhortation to Give Thanks to the Lord I’ve often been amazed at the myopic memory of many Christians with regards to rendering thanksgiving to our Lord. The Word of God often exhorts us to give thanks to God for all His goodness at all times and in all situations, […]
Kenneth. A. Krause The Birth of the Intimate Theology of Suffering An intimate theology of suffering was strong and common among the believers who were persecuted and martyred in the days of the early church. This intimate theology of suffering did not have its origin in sanitized, safe seminaries, but first in genuine love and […]
Sudhir Isaiah, Ph.D. God Is Waiting Patiently! Many of us are familiar with the old favorite hymn, ‘Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling, He is calling for you and for me… He is patiently waiting for you to come home… Sinner, come home …” We still sing this hymn but seldom do we realize that […]
Kok Beng Worldly Philosophy and the Philosophy of God’s Word There is a philosophy in the world, which is selfish in application: “Every man for himself.” Self love and self benefit is the heart of this slogan. The Bible, however, teaches otherwise: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Jesus teaches that the Golden Rule which says, […]
Pastor Harold Brokke List of Contents Introducing Pastor Harold Brokke and Cathy Brokke 1. The Law of the Spirit of Life – Romans 8:1-39 2. The Content of Faith 3. The Perfect Heart 4. Reprieve and Pardon 5. Work Out What God Works In 6. New Morality 7. Living From the Heart 8. God’s Commands […]
Ed Dudek Tough days. We all have them. Some are worse than others. Like the one a hard-hat employee reported on his accident form: “When I got to the building, I found that the hurricane had knocked off some bricks around the top. So, I rigged up a beam with a pulley at the […]
Vasanthi Isaiah Introduction Spiritual Warfare is an evil issue, says Ed Murphy in his Spiritual Warfare (1992), while writing about the Cosmic Rebellion. The origin and presence of evil in this world is a puzzling issue to many. If there is no evil, obviously there is no need for spiritual warfare. Anyway, the subject of […]
Tim Freeman WHO IS TRANSFORMING WHOM? September 3, 1981: A sultry day in Manila. A blast of heat as the ten dreamers step forth from the coolness of the plane. A bright day, but hazy. Was it the Manila pollution or the fog of the jet-lagged minds? Ten dreamers step forth to transform their world. […]
Ed Dudek 1. CHRIST REDEEMED US FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW Gal. 3: 13a: Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us- 2. OTHERS MAY CURSE US Certainly, there are those who curse others: Goliath cursed David: Meanwhile, the Philistine, with his shield bearer in front of […]
Sudhir Isaiah M. S. Thirumalai THE FIRST PROTESTANT MISSIONARIES TO INDIA Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg was born in 1683 in Pulsnitz in Germany and was sent as a missionary to the Tranquebar port, a small Danish colony on the east coast (Bay of Bengal) in Tamilnadu, by the King of Denmark and Norway in the year 1705. […]