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Bible, Culture, Meditation

Truth & Post-Truth: Christians in a World of Alt-Truth (Part 3)

September 10, 2025

Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not written in this book. But these are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.(John 20:30-31) Christ as Personified Truth…
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Bible, Culture, Meditation

Truth & Post-Truth: Christians in a World of Alt-Truth (Part 2)

September 9, 2025

Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is one who seeks it, and he is the judge. Very truly, I tell you, whoever keeps my word will never see death.”(John 8:50-51) The Judgment Through Truth On what testimony will the case against us be determined? In the days of Adam, the first man,…
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Bible, Culture, Meditation

Truth & Post-Truth: Christians in a World of Alt-Truth (Part 1)

September 8, 2025

Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” (John 8:31-32) Truth and Post-Truth The question of truth is the most important part of human existence. Among all God’s…
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Book Review, Culture, Faith, Tiqvah

Book Review – Faith & Fake News

March 19, 2025

Review by Rev. Dennis Abraham (First published in Tiqvah Vol 1 Issue 4) Fake news is a current and evolving reality that continues to be a subject of conversation and continuous interpretation by political entities, media agencies, government, and society. It has affected people all over the world as information technology develops and becomes faster…
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Culture, History, Tiqvah

Christmas Traditions Explained – Caroling (Part 3)

December 6, 2024

Read the full article in the Tiqvah Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 4 (Oct – Dec 2023). Click this link to view Christmas Caroling Music has been a staple of Christmas celebrations around the world. There are the solemn choirs at Kings College, Christmas songs filling the stores across America after Thanksgiving, or high-energy caroling rounds…
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Culture, History, Tiqvah

Christmas Traditions Explained – Christmas Tree (Part 2)

December 5, 2024

Read the full article in the Tiqvah Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 4 (Oct – Dec 2023). Click this link to view The Christmas Tree Decorating a Christmas tree is a common tradition around the world now. It had its origins in Central Europe, where an evergreen tree, such as a pine tree is cut down…
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Culture, History, Tiqvah

Christmas Traditions Explained (Part 1)

December 4, 2024

Read the full article in the Tiqvah Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 4 (Oct – Dec 2023). Click this link to view Introduction So where do the traditions of the Christmas season come from? Today, many people in the Mar Thoma parishes participate in a variety of cultural Christmas activities. In Kerala, some practices adopted from…
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Bible, Culture

Re-Imagining Halloween: Magic, Horrors, and Christian Faith

October 31, 2024

As we enter the Autumn Season and near Winter, the lawns outside many homes become decorated for Halloween. Witches, ghosts, and skeletons appear with ever-increasing realism each Halloween season. Halloween has its origins in European paganism. Christian encounters with those traditions led to a make-over. Modern observations around the world are usually non-religious although some…
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