Kick Temptation Away..!
Of late, priests, godmen, gurus and other religious leaders are showing a sordid side of themselves! Rape, molestations, blackmail, assaults, greed and debauchery seem to be springing from their sacred loins, and seeing this there seems to be a growing disenchantment for all things holy! “If priests are like this,…
Not Buildings or Cemeteries..!
“Bob!” he said as he opened the blueprint, “This is going to be a fourteen-story building! On the ground floor we will have our bookstore, on the next floor a conference room, then the residences of all our employees, and above offices!” “Offices?” “Yes, we will rent it out and…
Churches, Courts and Lucifer..!
“When you have something against another Christian, why do you file a lawsuit and ask a secular court to decide the matter?” 1 Corinthians 6:1 Oh what a mockery we make of our Christianity! I once attended Christmas at a church, and there, instead of the good priest talking joyously…
Let Your Voices Ring..!
One Sunday morning in church, I felt like a racehorse with an iron yoke on my shoulders. I wanted to shout to the Lord, to sing out, to cry out the words in the hymn that we were trudging through like defeated soldiers returning from a lost war, but thought…
God Speaks Out Loud and Clear..!
“God doesn’t speak anymore!” whispered the frail old lady to her daughter, who sat by her bedside one Christmas eve, “Not the way he spoke to Abraham and Isaac, not anymore, not the way He spoke to Moses and the others, God doesn’t speak anymore, though I pray to Him…
Robert Clements is a newspaper columnist and writes a daily column, which has graced the pages of over 60 newspapers and magazines, from a daily column in the Khaleej Times, Dubai, the Morning Star, London, and in nearly every state in India, from The Statesman in Kolkata, to the Kashmir Times in Kashmir to the Trinity Mirror in Chennai.