January 2024 | Conversion: Persecutor Turns Promoter
We live in dangerous times. How easy for us to become alarmed, discouraged, to despair that God has abandoned us. We all need hope in our times - hope greater than wishful thinking, knowledge based upon fact. Hope greater than mere optimism. Hope based upon the Word of God, upon His...Read More
In the city of London a fourteen year old girl succumbed to acute cancer. Her desire was to have her body preserved in the cryogenic system, hopeful that some day medical science would find a remedy for her disease and that the doctors would be able to bring her back to life.We can't blame that girl...Read More
Hope that goes Beyond the Curtain: A Biblical Theology of Hope
The Bible as a whole provides true hope to disillusioned humanity by revealing how God, out of love, will renew all creation following the disruption caused by the rebellion of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. While the early chapters of Genesis look back to the first creation to explain the pres...Read More
Mrs. Mary Abraham: Our Beloved Mummy
Mrs. Mary Abraham wholeheartedly dedicated her life in molding, shaping and training the younger generations both in the secular as well as the theological streams of education. The India Bible College and Seminary community stand united in sharing in the sorrow borne out of the departure of o...Read More
Paul used the concept of hope in the light of different situations of the churches to which he wrote the epistles. The believers of the churches had to go through persecution because they had come to the new faith; some had physical problems, mental struggles, and they had genuine questions about li...Read More
Hope for the Hopeless: Christian Response to Social Issues
Pain is the chief human problem. Peace is the result of resolving such pain. There are many forms of pain but primarily physical and emotional. Doctors prescribe pain-killers and sedatives to manage pain. A whole branch of medicine called palliative care is dedicated to the treatment of pain in term...Read More
The Blessed Hope of Resurrection
Life after death is the blessed hope of a believer. A believer’s hope is beyond the blue. It never ends or gets extinguished with this earthly life. Apostle Paul exalts the experience of resurrection in the resurrection hymn of 1 Corinthians chapter fifteen. Because Jesus is risen from the dead we...Read More