Samuel Thambusamy
Samuel Thambusamy is a PhD candidate with the Oxford Center for Religion and Public Life.
In Philippians chapter 3, Paul talks about his goal: All I want is to know Christ and the power that raised him to life (v10). We all need goals in life. Our goals determine what we want to achieve and how...
A few years back, several Musicians in Tamilnadu were trolled and threatened with a boycott for singing Christian Carnatic hymns and participating in musical events organized by churches. However, the use of ragas (Indian melody types) in Church devotionals is...
In the Days of Caesar: Pentecostalism and Political Theology by Amos Yong. Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2010. 377 pp._____________________________________________
Doesn't ‘being Pentecostal’ and ‘being Political’ seem contradictory? Prof. Amos Yong’s book, “In the Days of Caesar:...
These are challenging times. Covid-19 and the many repeat lockdown restrictions have exacerbated hunger and poverty around the World.
Our World is falling apart!
Never did we imagine an invisible tiny-little virus would wreak havoc across the World! Eighteen months...
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Dowry is the marriage gift (in cash or kind) that a bride brings to her husband’s family. Although the primary function of the dowry is to serve as a form of protection, the violence against women for...
God blesses those people who refuse evil advice and won’t follow sinners or join in sneering at God. Instead, the Law of the LORD makes them happy and they think about it day and night (Psalm 1: 1- 2)
Happiness...
Laura Spinney, Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and how it changed the World. Penguin Random House, 2018, 352 Pages.
The Spanish Flu (1918) was nothing but a “great tidal wave of death.” It infected a third of the...
If delinquents like us lament in pain, will our voice be heard or is it in vain? - Master (2021)
Then the Lord said, “I’ve clearly seen my people oppressed in Egypt. I’ve heard their cry of injustice because of...
God, as a boy I used to be afraid of darkness; be scared of lizards; be fearful of crossing the streetand be absolutely terrified by ghost stories I used to be fearful of many people and things too.Luckily, I...
Samson could bring his enemies to their knees. Taunt them with his riddles, if not his pranks. In fact, he was the nemesis of every Philistine. But, not any longer! Samson was no longer a superhero he once was....
