King Ahaz of Judah faced the intimidating Syro-Ephramite alliance marching out to defeat him. The sign of deliverance that the Lord gave him through the prophet Isaiah was, “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel” (Isaiah 7:14, NIV). However, to Ahaz, this radical alternative brought no comfort. …
In the housing society where I live, there are only a handful of Christians. However, many more families hang up Christmas stars, and the society management consistently organises a combined function celebrating both Christmas and New Year’s Eve. While no spiritual content is present in these celebrations, this practice subtly mainstreams Christianity and Christians at …
For the last several weeks and months, every morning I open the newspaper to read that the economy is doing badly; that the Indian economy grew by less than 5 percent in 2019 and that perhaps worse is to come. Newspaper headlines come to life in other ways ; at the market , a lot …