Gods Own Words

A God who Hesitates to Conquer…‍

Jacob Chanikuzhy The Jews never eat of the sinew that joins the thigh and the hip of any animal. They have a story to tell behind this dietary rule – the story of Jacob’s wrestling with God (Genesis 32). Through a dietary practice they have memorialized an event that happened in the life of thei

The Obedience of Faith

Benny Nalkara, CMI “Isn’t the obedience of faith a mere slavery? “Is there a place for logic in faith?” “Is not faith without reasoning a blind one?” The faithful are often confronted and confused by such questions in daily life. Often obedience of faith is misunderstood or misinterpreted as the slavish and submissive attitude in […]

Climbing the Ladder

Jacob Chanikuzhy Living peacefully in one’s own land is an unmistakable mark of a blessed life. However, we see Jacob who received his father’s blessings not as one who is peacefully enjoying the fruits of the blessings, but as one who is fleeing from the wrath of his brother. Father’s blessings brought him brother’s hatred. […]

The Genius of the Genealogy

Benny Nalkara CMI “What is in a name?”- the famous Shakespearean question in Romeo and Juliet reveals the fact that a name does not define a person or a thing and reasons that our language is really just random at some point. But, then it is amazing that the Bible has got around 1800 names! […]

God Choosing a Cheat…!?

Jacob Chanikuzhy God’s choosing of Jacob to continue the line of election baffles many. The book of Genesis does not picture Jacob as an ideal character. Rather than carpeting the dark sides of the personality of Jacob, Genesis vividly portrays the flaws in the character of Jacob. What the readers of the bible readily remembers […]

Penny-Wise and Pound-foolish

Jacob Chanikuzhy We are all familiar with sibling rivalry. But probably none of us have heard about a sibling rivalry that started in the mother’s womb itself, apart from the story of Esau and Jacob in the Bible (Genesis 25). Their fight in their mother Rebekah’s womb was so fierce that she had fear for her own […]

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