Marbaniang, Domenic

After FREEDOM, the Constitution came and defined our: 1. FORM - The word "Constitution" itself speaks of form and identity. The Constitution declared the nature, form, and identity of the nation. It answered questions like "What is this nation?" "What is its form?" "Who is its citizen?" "Who are the officials?" ___________ From the Wikipedia In India, Republic Day honours the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on 26 January 1950. The date of 26 January was chosen to honour the declaration of independence of 1930 at Lahore. The new Constitution of India, as drafted and approved by the Constituent Assembly of India, was mandated to take effect on January 26, 1950, to commemorate the 1930 declaration. On that day in 1950, India became a republic.... India achieved independence from British rule on 15 August 1947 following the Indian independ...

HONORABLE PRESIDENT, Matron, Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Board of FPCGI, Board of PCG Itarsi, Dear Pastors, Guests, Colleagues, Delegates and all Friends. I count it a privilege once again this year to stand and welcome you to another Commencement Service of Central India Theological Seminary. The goal of education is the acquisition and discovery of truth. Jesus declared to Pilate His mission as being a witness to the truth. Of course, Pilate was not in a position to accept such a position as worthwhile; for brute force and wisdom are two different worlds. History is witness to the fact that brute force has often tried to silence the voice of wisdom; while the purpose of wisdom has always been to introduce order into a world full of chaos. The word is supposed to calm the storms. Man lost that power when he fell from truth and disobeyed God’s word. But, the Word of God Himself incarnated as man and men marveled that even the winds and the storms obeyed His word. They obeyed, not just...

Excerpt from Welcome Speech, Graduation Exercise, 2012 ..... The goal of education is the acquisition and discovery of truth. Jesus declared to Pilate His mission as being a witness to the truth. Of course, Pilate was not in a position to accept such a position as worthwhile; for brute force and wisdom are two different worlds. History is witness to the fact that brute force has often tried to silence the voice of wisdom; while the purpose of wisdom has always been to introduce order into a world full of chaos. The word is supposed to calm the storms. Man lost that power when he fell from truth and disobeyed God’s word. But, the Word of God Himself incarnated as man and men marveled that even the winds and the storms obeyed His word. They obeyed, not just because He is God, but because the Wisdom and Truth of God has its finality in Him in bodily form. Truth is a difficult word in the modern context of things. The world is a dark habitation of skepticism, doubt, suspicion, mistrust, an...

Honorable Director, Respected Chief Guest, Principal, Teachers, and Dear Friends: It gives me great honor to speak on the occasion of the 66th Independence Day Celebration of India. As we know, our country went through various phases of foreign domination, finally falling subject to the British Crown, before we saw the Sun of Freedom rise over our nation. But we were never slaves to anyone. In our minds we were always a free spirit. Mahatma Gandhi said, "The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. Freedom and slavery are mental states." Freedom begins within, first, then comes in action externally. The Austrian psychologist Viktor Frankl said, "Forces beyond control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation." This sense and life of freedom, subject only to the Law of God, to the Law of Justice, Equality, Liberty, and Fraternity, is the spring and fountain...

1st Prize Winning Speech by Anna Massey YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SEMINAR New Delhi 2011 THE LITERAL meaning of the term "empowerment" is to give authority or power to someone or to enable someone. Today the main concept of our youth meeting is "youth empowerment". By this we mean to give authority or power and enable the youth of the christian community. As it is written in 1 Timothy 4:12 "Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity..." With this we must understand that by being a Christian we must set examples for others irrespective of our age. We must live our lives with love, faith and purity and set an example for others so that they might admire us. We must always obey and respect our father and mother as the Bible says in Exodus 20:12 "Honour your mother and father, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you." and ev...

  by Domenic Marbaniang November 5, 2010 HONORABLE PRESIDENT , Matron, Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Guests, Colleagues, Delegates and all Friends. We count it an immense privilege to have you all witness this holy convocation. The globe has run another year’s course as we find ourselves under a canopy of white witnessing the commissioning of 35 young men and women. And while we anxiously wait for that with a longing, it feels, as our Respected Chancellor had said, it feels as if the remnant of oil is going to be poured out on these heads and the dream and purpose of the Seminary about to break into reality through what they are going to say and do from this time forth. The dream has been served, the dream must be lived, the dream that was birthed in the will of the Father, was anointed by the blood of His only Son, and baptized in the inundation of His Spirit of Grace. But, let me snatch off a few minutes to refresh our minds with how this all began here at Itarsi. In 1962, the Lat...

Good morning everybody! We have assembled here this morning for an august occasion; to witness and participate in a grand celebration of a few bright, strong, vigorous, and promising men and women who finished a course, a race, and a learning episode. To some of us, this is a magnificent spectacle; to a few, it is intensely personal; because the laborer who brings home his wages knows the value of what he got by his sweat; and the laborers here are many, the labors have been many, especially on the part of the learners, but also greatly on the part of the teachers, administrators, sponsors, and numerous others who gave this momentum its particular shape. So, isn’t this a significant academic juncture; especially when we see that this package of the conference has unfolded under its cover of prayers and passion with the deeply embedded motif of Encountering God ? We’re having mind-opening revelations, heart-strengthening visitations, and spirit-enriching manifestations. From the early u...

Honorable Guests, Parents, dear students, and friends, Today marks the 62nd year of our independence from foreign rule. The word "foreign rule" still haunts our memories; for we can't but accede that it was our own weakness that brought us under the domination of the utilitarian invaders, who came to this land just to make profit out of it. Still, our hearts are filled with gratitude for the Providence of God whereby He secured to us through these mercenary colonizers the modernization of the land. The Orientalists stirred the intellect of the nation see its own depth of grandeur, the Evangelicals awakened our conscience to humanist values and compassion, and we saw great movements birthed that justly and pacifically sought the emancipation of our great and noble nation. And, now as we celebrate another distinctive day of freedom, may this be our prayer that each passing day of this next year every little child of this nation will awake with a sense of justice, liberty, e...