November 2023 | Persecution: The First Martyr—Stephen
The Essence of Christian Unity
Christian unity is one of the most desired-and most misunderstood-qualities of the church. In John 17, Jesus prays for unity among His disciples and those who would hear their preaching (that includes you and me). What did He actually pray for?He did not pray for a one-world church under ...Read More
George MacDonald wrote, 'Half of the misery in the world comes from trying to look, instead of trying to be, what one is not.' The name that Jesus gave to this practice is 'hypocrisy', which simply means wearing a mask, playing the actor. Many churches are turning to be places of hypocrisy as i...Read More
Church was a mystery hidden in the mind of God. It was unknown to the Old Testament saints and prophets. The church is not the continuation of the Old Testament Israel. It was not existed even in the time of Jesus. It can be assumed from the statement of Jesus at Philippi Caesarea, where He said to ...Read More
The Church from Cornerstone to Capstone
“The Church as a spiritual house built as lively stones”Today’s believers still rejoice to the lyric of Pastor Edward Mote’s hymn, “On Christ the solid Rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand…” Peter, whose name means “rock”, the original Rocky, said that we have come to Chr...Read More
Church life for Edification of Christians
The term “the church” is used to apply to all those whom Christ died to redeem, all those whoare saved by the death of Christ. Jesus Christ himself builds the church by calling his people to himself. Moreover, God has called the church out of the world for a purpose. He intended for his creation...Read More
CHURCH LIFE -Psychological and Counseling Perspective
Generally it is understood that, church is a community called out from darkness to light. Jesus set us the members of the church free from the bondages of sin. Therefore we are expected to lead a wholesome life and a life in abundance. But on the other hand, we are all growing into and being transfo...Read More
Neither Organism nor Organization; The Church is an indescribable Mystery
Introduction"The Church is an organism and not an organization," is a common statement made by many leaders in the Christian community. There are some Christian vocabulary that are not directly derived from the Scripture. Words like trinity or 'mission' is commonly used but not in the Bi...Read More
Church-the Body of Christ: A Spiritual Anatomy
The word 'Church' is derived from the Greek words like 'ekklesia' and 'kuriakon' provide the meaning 'Assembly', belongs to the Lord respectively. The Malayalam word 'Sabha' also represents an Assembly which has no bearing of a Christian church necessarily. In this modern age, the structure of...Read More