November 21, 2024
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The main writer of this blog, Jobin George, is a member of Malankara Orthodox Church (or commonly known as Indian Orthodox Church). The Church has its historical roots since AD 52 when St. Thomas, an Apostle of Jesus Christ came to India and founded the Church in South India. The writer has completed his studies in India and has recently moved to London, United Kingdom. Though he does not have any formal theological education, he was always interested to know about Jesus and learn more about Him. As he got involved in the local church, he was given opportunities to teach and nurture the younger generation of the church as well. He is very much interested in the applying the teachings of the Bible in our day-to-day life. He has started this blog to reach out to the people around the world to let them know on how can we apply the teachings of the Bible in our daily life.

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Rising with Christ in Resurrection amidst Covid-19

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When we look at the story of the Resurrection, the story begins with darkness, in a time of great fear, sorrow and despair. We find the disciples who followed Jesus and expecting Him to overthrow the Roman Empire, frightened of the darkness and covering behind closed doors of their homes, having their hopes crushed and destroyed. We find the people who proclaimed to follow Jesus to the ends of the world, frightened and alone, and rejecting Jesus amid their fears. This description is very similar to the situation of the world we are living in amid the pandemic of Covid-19.

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Paschal Homily of St. John Chrysostom

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O death, where is thy sting?
O Hades, where is thy victory?
Christ is risen, and you are overthrown!
Christ is risen, and the demons are fallen!
Christ is risen, and the angels rejoice!
Christ is risen, and life reigns!
Christ is risen, and not one dead remains in a tomb!

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The Jesus Prayer – The Discipline of Repetition

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In the name of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. In the previous two sessions, we first understood a brief introduction about the Jesus Prayer and then we started understanding the four elements embedded within the Jesus Prayer. In the last post, we understood the first element – the cry for mercy….

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Being Christian – Baptism – Part 4

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“In Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh has been put off when you were circumcised by Christ, having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised with Him through your faith in the working of God, who…

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Three day Lent – Day 3 – Repentance

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Should I not pity Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left-and much livestock? Jonah 4:11 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus What a blessed journey has this been for the last 2 days and coming to…

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Three day Lent – Day 2 – From Darkness to Light

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When we compare our life with the situation of Jonah, we are in the same darkness when we don’t have the light in our life, when we don’t know the true direction/purpose of our life or when we do are not aware of the incidents surrounding our life. But when we realize this situation, we too cry out in our plight to the Almighty God, to the Eternal Light to guide us in our steps.

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Three day Lent – Day 1 – The Call of Life

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Co-relating the life of Jesus and the story of Jonah, each Christian who has been baptized in the name of the Holy Trinity is called for the same mission which Jesus showed during His life on earth, to be a person of God’s own possession and to show His light to the dark world.

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Being Christian – Baptism – Part 3

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In the life of the baptized people, there is a constant rediscovering, re-enacting of the Father’s embrace of Jesus in the Holy Spirit. The baptized person is not only in the middle of the human suffering and muddle but also in the middle of the love and delight of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

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The Jesus Prayer – A Cry for Mercy

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“Lord, have mercy”, “Kyrie eleison” or “Kurielaison” is found in the liturgical worship from at least the 4th century and it’s use in Christian prayer may well be ancient. To ask for divine mercy is not to be seen as something gloomy and exclusively penitential. While the cry for mercy certainly involves sorrow for sin, it speaks also of divine forgiveness. It affirms that God’s loving kindness and compassion are greater than my brokenness and guilt.

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Being Christian – Baptism – Part 2

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Christians will be found in the neighborhood of Jesus – but Jesus is found in the neighborhood of human confusion and suffering, defenselessly alongside those in need. If baptized is being led to where Jesus is, then being baptized is being led towards the chaos and the neediness of a humanity that has forgotten its own destiny.

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