Arpan speaks up on Eldership

As I write this article on eldership and me I am once again awed by God’s grace in my life. I am eternally indebted to Christ for having known me before the foundation of the world, living for me a perfect sinless life, suffering for me to the point of death, dying on the cruel cross in my stead, rising …

The Elect of God

1 Peter 1:1-2 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are the elect exiles of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood. Romans  8: 29-30 For those whom he foreknew he …

He gave me hope when I had no hope!

I was just pondering today about how privileged we are to have a gracious God who has loved an undeserving people like us. We did not have any hope. Pondering further I began thinking of how would it be to live a life without hope, without any thought of destiny. I suddenly got a feeling of pointlessness thinking – why …

You need to rise up!

I have been wondering about what the world will come to in the next 20 to 25 years. Yes we see strides in technology and medicine. We see every day newer parts of the universe that till today had never been known to man. We see the rise of intellect and intelligence. No doubt that in the next 25 years …

The Gospel is no fairy tale

The preacher after expounding the scripture dynamically to the church on that Sunday morning took a deep breath followed by a sip of water and proclaimed “This!, is the Gospel my dear people. God , yes God, the creator of the universe, supreme commander of the heavenly host, to whom none can compare and whose wisdom no one can match …

The Focus is on Him

Worship is an attitude. Worship is a lifestyle. Worship is what we have been created for. Worship is what we ought to do, NOT because it is our duty but it should spring out of our love for the LORD. It is our response to HIM. Worship is our reaction to who GOD is and what he has done. Worship …

Rejection that brought communion

The message of Christ was a message that was bound to be rejected by people. Who he claimed to be was also bound to be rejected. The stuff that he came to accomplish and what he spoke about was bound to be rejected. When he was born King Herod was after his life and this was just the start of …