Jacob varghese

For this meditation, I have taken two scripture portions. First of all, let us open the Bible and look at I Peter 1:3-5 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again…

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In the Bible, in book of Proverbs we have a long enough chapter beautifully describing the noble characteristics of a godly woman. I think it is time for the men too to reflect on the same. It is time we define the ideal man to whom we…

It’s been said that knowledge consists of knowing tomato is a fruit and wisdom is knowing not to put tomato in a fruit salad! To be wise is not merely to know a lot about something but it is all about understanding how to use that thing in…

What do you do when a “Christian” man or woman come to the church with indecent or provocative clothes or inappropriate hair style? In multiple occasions I have been offended by such people. I shared this matter with some of my Christian…

God's plan for leadership in the church is shepherds caring for His flock. The pastor as a shepherd is someone who committed to knowing, feeding, leading, and protecting the church flock. We live in a day and age where anyone can listen to…

In a moment everything can change and life can be hard, right? Just when we think, things are going great, a phone call, a diagnosis, or a host of other mishaps can leave us feeling afraid and alone. But from my experience I can say, those…

Sometimes, we all can get so caught up in the fun of Christmas that we forget what it’s all about. We get so involved with presents, food, and lights that Jesus becomes secondary to a season dedicated to his birth! It is difficult to enjoy…

Let us turn our attention to Philippians 1:3-8. This book is Apostle Paul’s letter to the Christians who were living at Philippi. Paul wrote this book while he was in prison. Paul was in prison because of his teachings about Jesus Christ…

1 Timothy 6:7 “For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.” The other day I was on the phone with a friend. We did the usual catching up, how we have been, how’s the family, what are our holiday plans, etc. It…

Let us turn our attention to John 1:43-51 for this mediation. Through this meditation I want to take your attention to a story of witnessing. We read like this in the selected portion, “the next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found…

We all make excuses sometimes as we do not want to take on responsibilities or face consequences. "I don't know how", "I didn't understand", "I couldn't find the right tools" these are some of the common excuses I often hear in our work…

Does God know us or not? (Seven-word horror story: "I never knew you; depart from Me...".) “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.…

I recently started hearing the usage of “proud humility” a lot. The key difference between pride and humility is that pride refers to having an excessively high view of one's importance whereas humility refers to having a modest or low view…

Stress, anxiety, depression is all becoming very common in our society. The word depression is very familiar to all of us these days. In our today’s society, people suffering with depression are increasing. There is no difference in age…