The Earth is Lord's   “The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it”  Psalm 24: 1 Christian stewardship springs from the belief that everything belongs to God. God’s ownership extends to every single thing in this world, including all we have. It doesn’t matter whether I inherited a big property from my ancestors or I have worked hard to earn my comfortable life. Everything belongs to God.  Firm belief in this concept makes a person a mere manager of resources and not the owner. If a person is just a manager, he or she is accountable. The manager should give report about the way resources were spent to the owner at one point of time.  This understanding gives a new perspective for us to see our lives.   God has given us different types of resources – money, property, healthy body, time etc.  Are we good stewards? Are we using them for our luxury or to fulfil the will of the owner?     Take money as...

  “ We preach Christ crucified; a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles ” 1 Corinthians 1: 23 God is full of surprises. He sprung a great surprise in Jesus Christ that both Jews and Gentiles (Greeks) were equally taken aback. Jesus was a complete contrast to the expectation of both the groups regarding the salvation of men. Jews longed for a Messiah – a Messiah with power to overthrow the Romans. The Greeks expected an emergence of a revolutionary philosophy from the saviour which could supplant all the great philosophies of ancient time. They believed that this knowledge could save men. But both groups were disappointed with Jesus and what He did to save the mankind. What Jews got was a Messiah who suffered and died at the hands of the Romans. What Greeks got was the ‘message of the crucified Christ’ which in content was not appealing to their speculative mind.  If Jesus had been an astute leader who mobilised the masses against the Romans, Jews would have accep...