Can money buy everything? Money is needed to buy certain things. But there are also certain things which money can't buy. Acts 8 talks about Philip preaching in Samaria. Verse 6 says, “And the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.” And the next verse is so beautiful. It says

Church, when it began, had a system where they helped widows, says Acts 6. I heard about a church in Chennai where they take special care of the widows and poor people at their church. They have a low-price shop where people can go and get some clothes they need. Isn’t it beautiful? Acts 6 says there were complaints as the Hellenist widows were neglected in the daily distribution. Hellenists (or Hellenistic Jews) were Jewish Christians whose primary language was Greek and who

After planning and failing many days to visit Vandalur Zoo, my husband and I finally went there last week. We decided to explore by walk. Though there was this electric vehicle and electric cycles, this time we wanted to take it slowly. They had a vast place, carefully dividing one animal from the other with so much gap. So it was a whole-day walk to cover the entire park. All of us started the journey with joy. But, halfway through, we saw people exhausted. Some sat on the s

There is a beautiful truth about growing in our spiritual life. C.S. Lewis, in his book Mere Christianity, explains this in a common-man language. He is known for explaining deep theology in layman’s language. Yes, it is true that we are righteous in Christ. But does that mean there is no failure in you and there will be a super-empowerment with complete angelic transformation? God can certainly do it, but He also allows us to grow through the process. But we Christians, once

One of my favourite verses in the Bible is Daniel 12:3, which says, “Those who are wise will shine as bright as the sky, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like stars forever.” We have so many people whom the world celebrates as stars. But in heaven’s language, stars are those who lead many towards righteousness. Proverbs 11:30 says, “The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.” We had a three-day convention at our church,

There are brothers in the Bible who are quite the opposite to each other. The first is Cain. When Cain saw that God blessed Abel and his offering, Cain was angry and he killed his brother, Abel. Genesis chapter 4, verse 9 says, “Then the Lord said to Cain, ‘Where is Abel your brother?’ He said, ‘I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?’” The answer shows sheer negligence, shrugging off his responsibility towards his brother and accountability towards Father God. Then we have a

A same verse is repeated in the Bible four times. It says, “The just shall live by faith.” It is in Habakkuk 2:4, Romans 1:17, Galatians 3:11 and Hebrews 10:38. Let's first look at Habakkuk 2:4. It has a different scenario where the faith of the righteous person is needed in the time of waiting. 2:2 says, “Then the Lord answered me and said: ‘Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the

I was thoroughly captured by the article I read recently. It was about The Uncontainable Christ, written by Robert Clements. As my daily reading is on Acts, I was able to relate well to what he was talking about. It was a call to ask Christians to be daring enough to face anyone or any law that tries to stop them from sharing the good news. The same scenario of people trying to stop the disciples can be seen in Acts 4. As I was writing in my previous blog, when we have the Ho

We must have often heard a question from fellow believers or elders in our family: “How is your prayer life?” Some say that as long as we feel close to God, we do not need to set aside a specific time for prayer. Opinions may differ, but here is what the Bible says: “Pray without ceasing” (I Thessalonians 5:17). Some may say, “That sounds difficult,” but the Bible also says, “Rejoice always.” Prayer and rejoicing go together. Hannah prayed to God, and afterward, she was no lo