Prime Minister Daniel..!
Just imagine, in the middle of today’s Israeli-Iran war, reading from the scriptures, that once upon a time an Israeli slave became the chief administrator, or prime minister in what we now call Iran. Not a consultant. Not an advisor. A slave. And yet, running the empire! Enter the Jewish…
Be A Worthy Product..!
The Anti Conversion Bill has been tabled in Maharashtra and suddenly the air is full of panic, discussion, and the kind of serious expressions usually seen only when somebody realises the tea has no sugar. People are worried. People are debating. People are forwarding long messages on WhatsApp written by…
Churches for Entertainment..!
God, I have always believed, is not fussy about geography. You can find Him in a cathedral, a chawl, a hospital corridor, or even while stuck in Mumbai traffic near Mahim Causeway, which, I assure you, requires divine intervention. But when Solomon built the Temple, God was not casual. He…
Repairer of the Breach..!
In Isaiah 58 verse 12 we hear God talking about a Repairer of the Breach. Which immediately makes me picture someone in overalls, holding a spanner, standing thoughtfully in front of a gigantic crack in humanity, scratching his head and saying, “Right then, let us get to work.” A Repairer…
Admitting We Are Weak..!
One of my favourite verses in the Bible is tucked away quietly in Isaiah chapter forty verse twenty nine. ‘He giveth power to the faint, and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.’ But like many verses we love, we sometimes love them selectively. We love the part…
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.