These are the words of the apostle Paul to the people in the church at Corinth, “Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ,” 1 Cor. 11:1. Unlike many preachers who say, “Don’t look at me, look only at Jesus,” Paul was bold enough...
In a medical shop, two seniors engaged in an enthusiastic conversation reminiscing their early days, before their medicines were delivered to them. They fondly recollected a few occasions of their time and concluded that the present period is not as good as was...
These days ‘models’ are flashed in the media superfluously. People are crazy about modeling. Modeling is just acting and it is not real. It is expensive & self centered. It is selective and only for some glamorous people. And yet the world is after such models as they...
I had always wanted to be a teacher! As I was finishing my MTech in IIT, Madras in 1965, my professors wanted me to complete Ph. D. and join them on the staff. God, apparently, had different plans! He ‘threw’ me into a corrupt government system in...
Published in Evangelical Student (March – June 1970) Today India has 72 universities with 2700 colleges which have more than 2 million students. If we look back at the 15 year's history of the Union of Evangelical Students of India, we notice that evangelical students, graduates and staff...
Jesus preached about how the end of this world will come and the signs of His return. One such sign is. . . “And this gospel of the Kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations and then end will come.”...
The Scriptures tell us clearly why we have been created: “For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren” (Romans 8:29). The Apostle Paul told the Galatians that he...
PURSUING What does it mean to pursue the sheep God has given us? “I am the gate’” says Jesus. He is our gate, our point of entry to a new life with God. Many students, in fact, desire the love, acceptance and truth that your fellowship has to...
Published in Evangelical Student (March – June 1970) A University or College Campus constitutes a Society. Students make a large part of this society who together with their lecturers are in the pursuit of knowledge. The curriculum is moulded to provide an organised and systematic form of...