Gods Own Words

Love: Not a Noun but a Verb‍

Benny Nalkara, CMI 1 Cor 13 is one of the mostly celebrated passages of the entire New Testament. Paul the letter writer and theologian adopted and adapted this already existing hymn to prove his point that agape is the greatest of all virtues and Charisms in Christian community by inserting it into

The Divine Romance

Jacob Chanikuzhy “I don’t think there’s anything like love at first sight. What happens is actually lust at first sight.” There may be some truth in this statement of Hindi film star AbhayDeol. Lust has caused the downfall of many. The biblical figure of Samson is sometimes considered as one who spoiled his life addicted […]

Becoming Slaves through Love: Paradox of Christian Freedom

Benny Nalkara, CMI “For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another” (Gal 5:13). This seems to be one of the most paradoxical statements of the New Testament. Freedom is the hallmark of Christian life; and […]

Spirit-filled Foolish Leaders…

Jacob Chanikuzhy When renowned film director Mel Gibson was arrested for drunken driving, he shouted at the police officer and made some anti-Jewish comments. The next day, Mel Gibson who was already labelled anti-semitic after directing the famous movie “The Passion of Christ”, made an apology. Three days later he issued a written apology in […]

Self-emptying Christ: Portrait of an Ideal Christian

Benny Nalkara, CMI The letter to the Philippians has had a greater influence in theology, largely because of the significant ideas expressed in the hymn (2:6-11). Paul’s intention was to present the portrait of an Ideal Christian. More than handling the issues like divinity and humanity of Christ, Paul spells out the way in which […]

Thorns Ascending the Thrones!

Jacob Chanikuzhy The character Dracula is said to be fashioned after Vlad the Impaler, also known as Vlad Dracula. He was a ruler in Romania in the 15th century and is known as one of the most wicked rulers in history. One of his sadistic pleasures was to impale people. He would impale his enemies […]

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