Like a storm that grows fiercely strong, then calms down into a modest breeze, has been the advent of the BJP into the present political scene.But what can be predicted ahead of all this? Let's use the following three tools to analyse that:1. The Modus Operandi Tool. (The Empirical a posteriori Tool) The markets have already responded in prospect of predictions based on Modi's previous modus operandi and expressed commitment to economic empowerment of the nation. There are estimated statistics of the number of jobs that'll be created and economic...
Sources of Dreams
A dream may be defined as "thoughts, images, and visions that pass through the mind while one is asleep" (cf. Daniel 4:5 (NIV); Daniel 2:29 (NKJV)).There are at least three sources of dream:1. The Human Body (The senses being awake to external stimuli while one is asleep).2. The Soul (Mind, Will, Emotions)3. The Spirit1. BodyE.g. (a) A person hears someone calling his name in a dream; he awakes and finds that someone in reality had been calling his name.(b) A hungry man sleeps and dreams of eating something; he awakes and finds that it was just...
Couple of Renderings from Kamayani, the Great Hindi Epic
Kama-1, Kamayani. Jai Shankar Prasad मैं देख रहा हूँ जो कुछ भीवह सब क्या छाया उलझन है?सुंदरता के इस परदे मेंक्या अन्य धरा कोई धन है?Is my vision of all I see a shadowy snare?Or, the veil of beauty has some treasure unaware? Kama-2"यह नीड़ मनोहर कृतियों कायह विश्व कर्म रंगस्थल है,है परंपरा लग रही यहाँठहरा जिसमें जितना बल है।This world is a play theatre of nesty pleasant works,The governing principle is that the strongest remain on earth देखा तो सुंदर प्राची मेंअरूणोदय का रस-रंग हुआ।Behold in the beautiful eastthe joyous blushing of the da...
New Kids Hindi Song - Oh Ho Yeshu Hei Adbhut
PLAY DOWNLOAD MP3 LYRICSKABHI KABHI CHOTE BAAT DETE BADE GUM PAR PYAR KI HEI YEHI BAAT KI BHOOLE UNHE HUMO HO O HO YESHU HEI ADBHUT SACCHA PYAAR VO DIKHAYA O HO O HO YESHU KI MAHIMA HO MERE DIL MAY VO SADAACHANAK JAB KOYI BAAT HILAYE TUMHE JUM KROOS KO KARO TUM YAAD AUR PAWO NAYA DUMO HO O HO YESHU HEI ADBHUT SACCHA PYAAR VO DIKHAYA O HO O HO YESHU KI MAHIMA HO MERE DIL MAY VO S...
Whirlwinds Wind up Wonderfully (Poetry)
Whirlwinds wind up wonderfullyWhen the heart is in Christ reposed;God abounds graciouslyWhere the heart to the world is closed;Light glimmers lustrouslyIn a heart that's only to Christ disclos...
Being a True and Just Citizen Today
Then the commander came and said to him, "Tell me, are you a Roman?" He said, "Yes."The commander answered, "With a large sum I obtained this citizenship." And Paul said, "But I was born a citizen." (Act 22:27-28 NKJ)In Paul's time, citizenship was not determined by religion but by birth. Therefore, he could boldly say "I was born a citizen." Later on, when the emperor cults arose, Christians were persecuted in a religious pogrom that interpreted their refusal to offer sacrifices to the emperor as acts of treason. However, such religious...
Clothing and Culture
Clothing and culture are closely knit together. Often, clothing is identified with culture. However, in modern times, people in most parts of the world are embracing a plurality of inter-cultural dress culture. The dominating influence is Western. People of some cultures have protested against the new dress forms (imported or innovated) as threatening the indigenous forms. Much can be written on the variety of issues that concern the dress ethic and theology. However, that is not the goal here. One can take any of the many approaches to understand...
Raja-niti Vs Loka-niti (Sarvodaya's Quest for True Democracy)
Raja-niti refers to the politics of party and power ("raja" means king and "raj" means rule). It is the common word used for "politics" in India. In contrast to it, the Sarvodaya philosophers, especially Vinoba Bhave, in the Gandhian line promoted what they called as "Loka-niti", i.e. the politics of people. For the Gandhians, centralization of power in any form (dictatorial or "democratical") is a threat to swaraj (self-rule)."...any state, with separated and strongly developed organs of legislation, execution, and judiciary in well organised...
Isaac Had An Eleazar, But Jacob Had None
"Arise, go to Padan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father; and take yourself a wife from there of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother. (Gen 28:2 NKJ)Isaac had an Eleazar, but Jacob had none; he was to find a wife by himself, and that was done.The marriage of Isaac and Rebekah have often been quoted as the ideal one. Of course, the entire episode is quite dramatic, and involves strong themes of obedience, faith, excitement,...
Made, Destined, and Perfected for WORSHIP
We are1. Made for Worship (Rev.4:11; Ps.139:13-18; Job 10:10,11; Jn.9:3)2. Destined for Worship (Rev.4:10,11)- The Absolute Acknowledgement of the Source – “You Have”- The Joyous Consideration of Our Purpose – “For Your Pleasure”Col.1:16; Eph.1:10; 2:73. Meant to Worship (Acts 17:25-29) –To seek Him4. Perfected for Worship (Ps.29:2; Heb 9:9,14; 10:19-22; Isa.61:3; Rev.15...
Tall Buildings
Tall and magnificent buildings do often elicit awe from meagre men who can't afford to build a room for themselves, perhaps hardly even find a place to rest their head. Jesus's disciples in Matthew 24 were also immensely stricken by the beauty of the famous Herod's Temple. However, Jesus had a different opinion. He saw the present with the eyes of its future. He told the disciples that not one of the Temple's stone would remain upon another. Isn't that also true of any major edifice we know of today? However, that doesn't undermine their present...
Did Jesus Turn Water into Liquor?
There are at least two ways in which we can attempt to answer this question:1. Historical Approach. Try to understand the wedding customs during Jesus' times and see if people in His times gave fermented wine at weddings. But, a general practice doesn't need to be a necessary practice in every instance. For instance, just because a few instances tell us that Christians play also secular music during weddings doesn't prove that they do so in every...
Nakedness, Shame, and Shamelessness
Excerpted from Hamartiology (2006)Shame is the result of eyes being opened. Man sees, therefore he shies. The knowledge of good and evil, thus, first produces the sense of shame. An analysis of shame reveals the following characteristics of the newly obtained knowledge:* Self-consciousness. It is not merely the consciousness of one’s existence; but the consciousness of one’s existence above and against others. One who doesn’t possess this kind of self-consciousness is never ashamed since he is lost in the consciousness of the other.* Other-consciousness....
The Meaning and Nature of Sin
Excerpted from Hamartiology (2006)Sin can only be sin if it has an eternal dimension. Sin can only have an eternal dimension if there are eternal beings. Sin can be said to have an eternal dimension only if there is an eternal order that it violates so as to have eternal repercussions. In this sense, then, sin is the violation of an eternal order. ‘Where there is no law, there is no transgression.’Sin exists as a disruptive factor among eternal beings. The eternal order is founded upon the nature of the Source (of all being): God the eternal...
8 Lessons from the Book of Job
1. Suffering has meaning (Job.23:10)2. Mourning is not despair (Job 6:10; 7:6; 14:7; 19:10; 13:15)3. Bad theology never glorifies God (Job 4:15; 8:8; 15:10)(spiritual privilege, tradition, experience are not the bases)4. Silence comforts more than words or speech (Job 16:2; 13:5)5. It’s before God that a man stands or falls. (Job 13:1-4; Rom.14:4)So stay focused on Him. Job didn’t give in to the counsel of his friends6. We only know the outskirts (edges) of His ways (Job 26:14)7. God knows and God cares (Job 38-41)8. God doesn’t write tragedies-...
