The past is gone, the future waits; What will that future be?—Dixon, alt.

Yet another year has passed, and we are entering a New Year with lots of hopes.

During such times, it’s good to take  stock  of the past.

Generally as Christians we do this through different activities at the end and beginning of the new year.

It is always good to think about the past.

We can think about how God has blessed us, and, perhaps, what He has in store for us this year.

But there is something else we have to ponder as we enter this new year.  Read more... (624 words, 2 images, estimated 2:30 mins reading time)

Dr. Woodrow Kroll, president of Back to the Bible International, wrote an article recently for “Bible Teaching for Confident Living” an official publication of Back to the Bible India.

I believe it to be worth reading writing to ponder over to this New Year.

He said,“The last two decades have shown how much the world needs the salt and light of Christians.”

“I was born in the 1940s and remember fondly the innocence of my youth. The 1950s was perhaps the more carefree decade in modern history. I spend my boyhood in that decade.  Read more... (517 words, 1 image, estimated 2:04 mins reading time)

As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them, 2 being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3 They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was now evening. 4 But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand. Acts 4: 1-4

Those who were astonished by the courage of Peter and John when they preached the gospel were not ordinary men, but rulers, elders and teachers of the Law.  Read more... (451 words, 1 image, estimated 1:48 mins reading time)

The first Psalm begins with the word “blessed.”

One godly man had described it as an introduction to Psalms, which he called God’s hymnbook.

Whenever we hear the word “blessed,” the thought that comes immediately to our mind is of a “person who is perfect and self sufficient, having all things and is in need of nothing.”

But in the Holy writ, this word is used in an entirely different context. It is used in relation to the word of God.

Many Old Testament saints are called “blessed” in the Holy Scriptures.  Read more... (346 words, 1 image, estimated 1:23 mins reading time)

These days everything seems unsafe.

People are being caught in the merciless radar of terrorism.People are being attacked and killed in the name of politics and religion. Recent incidents show many fall victims to this evil.

On the other, big and small business establishments lace their products (food stuffs, medicines etc…) with spurious materials which lead innocent people to different kinds of ailments to a slow process of death.

Lastly the recent outbreak of bird flu which hit the country made people panic all over the nation.

In every sphere a certain kind of uncertainty and panic prevails.  Read more... (660 words, 1 image, estimated 2:38 mins reading time)