Excellence At The Work Place
By Mobis Philipose Growing up as a typical Indian boy who loved his cricket, I often thought to myself, ‘If only I didn’t have to take these periodic breaks to do my homework and study. If only Adam and Eve hadn’t eaten that fruit and sinned, life would have been so perfect. I could have […]
Views On Discipleship
By Daniel Theophilus A young lad that I was – 10 years ago, I was very passionate about drumming, and also had all the foundations and biblical principals intact since I was from a very good Christian family. When I happened to meet this man (Ps.David Selvan) in my school, I found him quite interesting, […]
Sahaara: Gifting Dreams
Sahaara Charitable Society has been gifting dreams to various underprivileged sections in the city of Mumbai since 1994. Project Prakash has been working with the visually challenged population. We are pleased to share two “dreams” gifted through the activities of Project Prakash. By Arthur Thangiah Imagine that you are blindfolded and you have […]
FAQs On Discipleship
1. What attitudes will slow down the process of discipleship? Prejudices (traditional thoughts or bias towards a routine way of thinking – the Pharisees fitted wonderfully into this category, thereby excluding themselves from understanding Jesus’ teaching). Preconceived ideas (that lead to responses like “I already know that”, thereby excluding us from the learning or discipleship […]
Discipleship And Sexuality
By Rajesh Mathew Discipleship is a process that is vital to Christian growth and maturity. It provides a secure environment through a strong, trusting relationship, to develop insight. It also provides the right Biblical counsel and care for a young Christian, who desires to build his life with godly values and character. As teenagers and […]
A new season ahead
We have initiated the process of decentralising the churches in Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai, under GMI. Several churches as of now have already got their trusts registered and some have even obtained the 12A Income tax registration. Others have filed their documents with Charity Commissioner and we trust that by the end of this […]
Led By The Spirit Or Led By The Laws Of Management
As a rule, the laws of management as taught in management schools are well researched and grounded in common sense. We can also find many of the principles of the Bible converted into principles at the management institutes. For example the advice given by Jethro to his son-in-law Moses about delegation in Exodus chapter 18 […]
Need for revelation
Jesus said “Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” (Mathew 4;4) In so doing Jesus emphasized the need for “revelation” for our spiritual existence besides bread for our physical sustenance. We are not merely human beings, but spirit filled human beings. So we need […]
Searching for Jesus
v i p e z via Compfightcc Zacchaeus sought to ‘see’ Jesus. (Luke 19:2-10) The presence of a large crowd prevented him from seeing Jesus. This was further made difficult due to his short stature. So he climbed a sycamore tree, to aid him to get a good vantage point to ‘see’ Jesus. That may be very […]
Wanted: Theologically trained leaders
However, new kind of cult groups have emerged with erroneous doctrines. these are, what we call, post-modernist groups. They are very subtle and one would need a sharp sense of discernment to detect their deviation. And in my opinion there are very few people with such discernment within our sphere. So I am naturally concerned […]