Academic Articles

2017

‘Demon Possession and Psychopathology’. Journal of Youngsan Theology, no. 41 (September 2017): 37–60.

2009

"One God, One Spirit, Two Memories: A Postcolonial Reading of the Encounter between Western Pentecostalism and Native Pentecostalism in Kerala" In The Spirit in the World. Emergin Pentecostal Theologies in Global Contexts. Edited by Velimatti Karkainen. (Grand Rapids: WmB Eerdmans, 2009), pages 69-88.

2006

"'A Poor Reflection as in a Mirror.' A Response to 'Pentecostal-Charismatic Movements in Post-Independent India' by George Oommen". Doon Theological Journal 3.2 (2006) pages 180-195.

"Azusa Missionaries in the Context of Caste System in India". Azusa Street Revival Centennial Volume (Cleveland, TN, Pathway Press, 2006).

2005

"Biblical Reflections on Ageing." Drishtikone. Evangelical Perspectives on Mission and Ethics (August-Nov

"Christian Scholarship: A Love-driven Pursuit" Pneuma. The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies (Vol. 27, Number 1, 2005) pp. 130-135.

“Ramankutty Paul: A Dalit Contribution to Pentecostalism”, in Asian and Pentecostal: The Charismatic Face of Christianity in Asia (A. Anderson ed. Oxford: Regnum Books International, 2005) pp. 245-257.

2002

“Emergence of Indian Pentecostalism” Dharma Deepika (No. 1, 2002) pp. 47-58.

“As East and West Met in God’s Own Country: Encounter of Western Pentecostalism with Native Pentecostalism in Kerala,” Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies 5.1 (2002) pp. 5-22.

“Indian Pentecostal Church” In Melton, J. Gordon and Marin Baumann, eds. Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices. 4 vols. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 2002)

“The Pentecostal Mission” In Melton, J. Gordon and Marin Baumann, eds. Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices. 4 vols. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 2002)

1998

“God, Creation and Humankind: Old Testament Themes in Ecological Perspectives” in Marak, C. Krickwin and Atul Y. Aghamkar, Ecological Challenge and Christian Mission, (Delhi: ISPCK, 1998), pp. 41-57.

The Days of Antipas

"The days of Antipas" means not only a period of persecution but a period of perseverance as well. It signifies the days of believers who withstood the pressures from outside to surrender. In the church in the city of Pergamum, there were some people who remained faithful to Jesus in the days of severe persecution. Apostle John calls these days of persecution "the day of Antipas" (Rev. 2:13). The Antipas mentioned here should not be confused with Herod Antipas, the son of Herod the Great. Herod Antipas was a wicked ruler whom Jesus called "fox". He is the one who offered the head of John the Baptist on a silver platter to his daughter. He might have tried to kill Jesus and presided over Jesus' trial. However, the Antipas mentioned in Revelation 2 was the bishop of Pergamum, a pagan city in the first century AD. The name means "against all." There is a great con trast in the names -- Herod was against all that was good, however, Antipas th...

The Lonely Jungle Babbler

Every day it comes, and pecks at the glass panel of the window of my study. It is a Jungle Babbler, a very common bird in the Indian subcontinent. It dances flying up and down and fluttering its wings. Sometimes, three or four times a day it repeats this ritual. I thought it is trying to get into my room or fly through as it can see the other side. But why does it keep coming, can't it make out after three or four attempts that it can't fly through? I told my Neighbor, whom I consider an expert on birds, about this winged visitor. She explained that the babbler is pecking at its own reflection, thinking that it is another bird. I thought of verifying her suggestion. The following day I kept the window half open, drawing one panel fully open. The babbler came as usual. Perched on the window, looked into my room through the open panel but did not enter the room or peck. But it moved to the side of the window where there is glass and started pecking on the gl...

The Conquering Grace

Grace of God is hard to define. When I was making baby steps in Christian faith, mentors told me that ‘grace is unmerited favor.’ I found that helpful. But as I continued to experience God’s grace as I grew, I found that this definition is inadequate to express all that God does in my life. Now, I have come to realize that grace of God is such a thing that eludes any definition. Grace, as I understand now is what God alone and no human can do in our lives. It comes in various colors, shapes and sizes! John, the gospel writer seems to have understood the multifarious nature of grace that he talks about the ‘fullness of grace’ and ‘grace upon grace’ (John 1:17). Or the New Living Translation puts it: ‘From his abundance we have all received one gracious blessing after another.’ These expressions mean that grace is not just one-sided reality but a multi-faceted reality. Its fullness is beyond our comprehension just as God evades our understanding. One of the rare but ...

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