Urban Indian women are leaving a new trail – smoke. Women are catching up fast and narrowing the gap across gender lines in the domain of smoking or chewing tobacco. See a report in India Today. It is based on…

i am a Christian. i am a Feminist. i am an Indian. i value justice and equality. i will not apologize. i will not retreat. i will not be defeated. i do not owe anyone an explanation. i am independent.…

Last Saturday, i.e. on 13th March, a seminar was held on “Healthy Family Dynamics”, addressing especially on parenting. Although being in an embryonic stage in the field of parenting, the Lord has blessed me with the gracious privilege to speak…

On Sunday, in church, we were singing a worship song with the line, “Everywhere I look, I see Your face,” when all of a sudden a thought occurred to me.  Wouldn’t it be awesome if everywhere we looked we actually…

Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the poor?Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; When I looked for light, then came darkness.The churning inside me never stops; Days of suffering confront…

Dear friends, The Christian Messenger has been put on offline mode because it has come under a series of vicious and vengeful attacks by hackers who claim to be Muslims from Pakistan. While we are working in the background to…

The book of Revelation speaks of the triumph of the Lamb of God. But we are told that the Lamb has an army of disciples through whom He fights His battles and overcomes. These disciples are called, chosen and faithful.…

I know your record of works and what you are doing; you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were cold or hot! [16] So, because you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out…

When 1.2 billion people are awakened. There is transformation . . . We just concluded a 5 week ministry trip to India. Thank you to the many of you that were praying. We had a wonderful crusade in Delhi and…

The centrality of Christ’s person and work seems to be usurped in contemporary ‘Christian’ preaching and ministry by a variety of charismatic themes, social issues and humanitarian activities. Vital as these are, Paul writing to Christians at Colosse makes the…

In Revelation 1:12-13, when John turned around to see who was speaking, he saw Jesus. But he saw Him in the midst of the churches. It is through the local church that the Lord seeks to reveal Himself and to…

On Good Friday, we remem ber the sac ri fice of our Sav iour. Some two thou sand years ago, a man who came from God, born of a vir gin, who did many signs and won ders, healed sick,…

Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father, glorify your name. John 12:27-28Why did Jesus die? It’s a simple question and…

Reading: Ephesians 6:10-18"Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Cor 15:57) Christ is the Captain and we are His soldiers. Our weapons are not nuclear, chemical or biological but spiritual. Through them we…

This written prayer is found among notes, papers and books by a young African pastor in Zimbabwe after he was martyred. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I’m a part of the fellowship of the unashamed. The die has been cast. I have stepped over the…

HAVE you ever wondered if you matter to God? Do you matter to the God who created heaven and earth? Does He know you by your name? Is He concerned about your needs? Does He care enough to wipe away…

'And a voice came from the throne, saying, "Give praise to our God, all you His bondservants, you who fear Him, the small and the great." And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude and as…

Gethsemane, Aramaic for ‘Oil press’, was an olive garden maintained by wealthy Jews on the west slopes of the Mt. of Olives (Mt. 26:36-41; Lk. 22:42). On his way to Jerusalem, across the Kidron valley, Jesus reveals to his disciples…

In Matthew 6:16 Jesus said “when” we fast. Thus, He was expecting His followers to fast. He also said that our Father in heaven will reward us for fasting in secret. The following are some principles related to the spiritual…

Isaiah 50:4-9 (New International Version) 4 The Sovereign LORD has given me an instructed tongue,        to know the word that sustains the weary.        He wakens me morning by morning,        wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. 5…