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Picture: Shot in 1990 in their home in USA I cannot ever forget Elsie Baby and Baby Mathews. Among them, Elsie is more widely known among the Brethren because of her extensive writing ministries. I had known from the time…

The first step and the last step of a race are most important. These can make or break the race. The brother who gave me the first major push in book-publishing is Samuel John, a person who did not even…

The actual writing of the Systematic Theology book started in December 1996. The publisher gave us 12 months to complete the project, and all of us got  heavily involved into the project with the deadline in mind. This was no…

Pic: Dr. OM Samuel around 1996 When He Agreed To Join The Systematic Theology Team Writing an indigenous Systematic Theology for the first time in an Indian language (Malayalam) was an unusual challenge. Such a work was never done by…

Pic: Sampson D’Cruz (Now In Full-time Ministry) Who Joined The Project As A Scribe As soon as Vadavana’s Magazine announced that we were going to write and publish a Systematic Theology, there was a big commotion in the Kerala Christian…

By now I had two major projects in my mind: First, I needed to see that the Systematic Theology book becomes a success. Second, I had to find a publisher who would have the courage to take up such a…

Photo: A Pic taken slightly before we got into writing  the Systematic Theology When Saneesh and Shibu told me that they wished to write a book on Systematic Theology, I only encouraged them. However, when they requested me to join…

Pic: Me with my Bondwell laptop, that weighed 7 kilograms, at BBI in 1995. It went everywhere with me in my backpack! The Brethren Bible Institute at Pathanmthitta opened its doors in June 1989. I was part of the faculty…