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ARTICLES AND SERMONS OF REV. DR. VALSAN THAMPU AND SWAMI AGNIVESH

REV. DR. VALSAN THAMPU

Rev. Dr. Valsan Thampu is an educationalist and theological scholar. Rev. Dr. Thampu is a Maramon Convention Speaker and was Member of Minority Commission. Currently he is the Principal of St. Stephan's College Delhi. He is an ordained minister of Church of North India.

ARTICLES AND SERMONS:
COLD-SHOULDERING COLD-WAVE DEATHS [ENGLISH]
For us today, only deaths due to cross-border terrorism matter. We are callously apathetic to deaths resulting from State apathy that outnumber by far the victims of terrorism. At the root of the culture of terrorism is the tacit assumption that human life is a commodity to be played with in a political game. There can be absolutely no religious justification for terrorism of any kind.
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MOTHER TERESA'S BEATIFICATION [ENGLISH]
Catholics all over the world were waiting eagerly for the beatification of Mother Teresa. October 19th Vatican had authenticated her sainthood. Now we who used to know and love her as “Mother” got her as “Saint”. Ironically, the Catholics are bound by their quaint tradition, to wait in uncertainty to welcome the dead Mother to be proclaimed a saint.
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STAINES’ MURDER: WHO IS GUILTY? [ENGLISH]
The keenly-awaited verdict is pronounced at last. The trial judge has found Dara Singh and his twelve associates guilty of the murder of Graham Staines and his two sons: Philip and Timothy. He has, thus, validated the findings of the Wadhwa Commission that inquired into this event. The extent of punishment the culprits are to receive is not known yet. But that hardly concerns us here.
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COPING WITH SUFFERINGS [ENGLISH]
By responding positively to suffering, we could master the challenge of suffering. Jesus stands out as a shining example of the positive and transforming approach to suffering. The spiritual purpose that underlies the unfailing presence of God in the sanctuary of human suffering is to empower a positive response to our predicament.
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SPIRITUAL RECIPE FOR PEACE [ENGLISH]
Jesus emphasized that the spiritual approach to peace-making is radically different from the worldly approach. The radical business of spirituality is to awaken and empower in human nature a thirst for peace and an aversion to war. Jesus is the Prince of Peace.The way of Jesus is the way of giving, rather than of taking: of generosity, rather than of greed.
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FROM POISONOUS TO PEACEFUL IDENTITIES [ENGLISH]
Identity is a complex and fluid entity. It is compacted of diverse ingredients: emotional, mental and spiritual development, social and economic standing, ethnic and religious status, the prevailing political and ideological climate, and so on. If identity were a purely internal thing it would not have been vulnerable to manipulation by organized external forces. Human identity integrates matter and consciousness. The wholeness of human identity depends on the harmony of the local and universal. When identity is defined purely in material and local terms, it tends to precipitate conflict and alienation.
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FROM MERRY CHRISTMAS TO MARY CHRISTMAS [ENGLISH]
By Swami Agnivesh
This Christmas season it is Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, much more than the Holy babe Himself who fills my imagination. This is not because I am a Catholic. I am not, but all my life I have endeavoured to be Catholic in my outlook, unfettered by the assumptions and barriers that human beings read men - evolve and impose on others. Incidently, I have always felt amused that Catholics and Protestants see Mary as a bone of theological contention and denominational exclusion between them.
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FAITH AND FAMILY SERIES [ENGLISH]
Signposts to Fullness of Life addresses the foundational issue of our times: wasting of the family. Tragedies arise, often, out of trivial things. Fortunately, the remedy too is simple. We do not have to move mountains to heal our homes. But we do have to turn a new leaf. Sadly, moving a mountain rather than turning a new leaf appeals to most men and women. Those who refuse to make even minor adjustments move inexorably to desperate remedies like divorce or suicide. Millions of men and women live in avoidable domestic purgatories. That should not happen to you. Healing and happiness can come to your home. This book tells you how.
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