The Greatest Literature

"As a Christian, there is an entrenched intention for my attraction towards literature. Would this be ultra-practical, if I concede that English literature had guided me towards the Bible? This whole new “ME” is due to the literature which I chose without snaking on science but helped me to be “JUST AS IAM” so that I could scream from a mountain top saying, Oh! My God, I’m utterly smitten by the “WORD OF GOD”. I can recall one of the incidents which made me to read the Bible. Once my professor told us sternly to read the Bible irrespective of our religious background; she said that if we failed to read the Bible as a literature student, there would be no reason for us to sit in the literature dept. Literally she told we were unfit. Those words kept ringing in my ears for two reasons...." writes Esther Dara (English Teacher, GEMS English School, Bihar) in this article in The CALL.

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The Song that turned my Life

"The year was 1998 and I wished not to see yet another year. I wanted to end my life. But that day was to be etched in my memory forever and my life was to turn for the best.
As usual I went to school. One of our teachers had become a believer of Christ in those months. He gave an open invitation to the class to come and take part in prayer one evening. Prabhu took me there, to our school chapel where the prayer was going on. It was the very first time I was attending a prayer meeting like that.
Though I could not make much sense of it all one thing stayed in my mind. As I was cycling back home the words of the song that they sung kept ringing in my ears..." writes Mariyosh J (Chief Editor, The CALL) in this article in The CALL.

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Student of Literature & the Scripture

"I praise God from deep down of my heart that in every aspect of my life He bestowed His blessings upon me, though am not worthy of it. He helped me to pass my graduation (Eng. Hons.) with first class marks and distinction in my P.G. program awarded with Gold Medal, Certificate of Merit and Certificate of Honour. It was given by the Hon’ble Governor of Uttar Pradesh.
When this ceremony was going on, 18th march 2015, I was speechless and my heart was praising God for His wonderful deeds in my life. I knew and read in the Bible several times that God’s makes impossible things possible but it was the first time I experienced that in my life. When I saw my name on the University site in the list of the selected students for gold medal, I started crying and my words were vanished and my tears were praising God because it was beyond my imagination. Three days before that day..." writes Blessy in this article in the MK Memoirs column of The CALL.

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Practice What You Preach (and Sing)

"I began praising and worshiping God. While I was yet praising I heard God’s voice asking me to sing a particular song that I always liked to sing. It is a popular Hindi song even today: “Seva karenge pyare Prabhu ki mar be mitange pyare Prabhu may” (I will serve the Lord and am even prepared to die for the sake of the Lord). As I began to hum, God commanded me to stop. He said that I should never ever sing that song again.

I was shocked. He then said, “My daughter is fighting for her life and you refuse to give her one bottle of blood. How can you give your life for me?” I was ashamed of my thoughts. The insensitivity, the selfishness, the pretense of being sincere when I gave the blood samples all shocked me and brought me to the realization that my inner man was still so spiritually weak. I began to cry..." writes Bro. D. Augustine Jebakumar (General Secretary, GEMS) in this article in The CALL.

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