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Bakht Singh Chabra (1903 - 2000). Indian evangelist, church planter, and Bible teacher born in Joiya, Punjab (now Pakistan), to a devout Sikh family. Educated at Punjab University, he studied agricultural engineering in England (1926-1928) and Canada (1929-1932), embracing a Western lifestyle, including smoking and drinking, while rejecting his Sikh roots by shaving his hair. Initially hostile to Christianity—once tearing a Bible apart—he converted in 1929 in Winnipeg after reading the New Testament, influenced by Christian friends John and Edith Hayward. Returning to India in 1933, he began preaching as an Anglican evangelist, later becoming independent, sparking the 1937 Martinpur revival, a pivotal movement in Indian Christianity. In 1941, after a night of prayer in Chennai, he founded Hebron Ministries, establishing over 10,000 indigenous churches modeled on New Testament principles across India and South Asia. Singh authored books like How I Got Joy Unspeakable and Full of Glory and held annual “Holy Convocations” in Madras, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, and Kalimpong, drawing thousands. Married to Rama Bai at age 12 in 1915, little is recorded of their personal life. His contextualized gospel, blending Indian spirituality with biblical truth, earned him the title “Elijah of the 21st Century” in Indian Christendom. Singh’s words, “I have never asked any man for anything, but the Lord is richly supplying all my needs,” reflect his faith-driven ministry. Despite Parkinson’s disease in his final decade, his legacy endures through Hebron’s global network and writings, praised by figures like Ravi Zacharias.
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This sermon emphasizes the importance of being born again in spirit and establishing a deep relationship with the teachings of the Bhagavad-gita. It calls for humility, respect, and seeking blessings through the spirit of the Bhagavad-gita. The speaker identifies with Arjuna's journey and expresses gratitude for the grace of the Lord, highlighting the significance of worship and following New Testament practices.
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When you have come again, this is what life, the spirit of life, and you are born again. So your relationship with Bhagavad-gita is no less than that, that we can come hundred percent So let me be affectionate to you, respectful to you. Please help me in the name of the Bhagavad-gita. We pray to God with a full motion, full arm, as said in the Bhagavad-gita. You have done a mission for which you have done us proud. I can lay my head everywhere and say that I am the younger brother. This very fact, this very matter of life, of belonging to somebody who has done you the same, First of all, please, first of all, please, please bless me with the spirit of the Bhagavad-gita. I am Arjuna, I know, I am something that is very beautiful. I can lay my head everywhere and say that I am the younger brother. This very matter of life, of belonging to somebody who has done you the same, I can lay my head everywhere and say that I am the younger brother. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Christian friends, We are nearly less than a thousand graces of worship there. We worship the Lord, worship and break bread and teach the world according to New Testament practice. We thank the Lord for everything. We thank the Lord for the majesty of His grace. On the basis of the Lord and the grace of His mercy, we ask the Lord to bless us with the spirit of the Bhagavad-gita. We thank the Lord for everything.
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Bakht Singh Chabra (1903 - 2000). Indian evangelist, church planter, and Bible teacher born in Joiya, Punjab (now Pakistan), to a devout Sikh family. Educated at Punjab University, he studied agricultural engineering in England (1926-1928) and Canada (1929-1932), embracing a Western lifestyle, including smoking and drinking, while rejecting his Sikh roots by shaving his hair. Initially hostile to Christianity—once tearing a Bible apart—he converted in 1929 in Winnipeg after reading the New Testament, influenced by Christian friends John and Edith Hayward. Returning to India in 1933, he began preaching as an Anglican evangelist, later becoming independent, sparking the 1937 Martinpur revival, a pivotal movement in Indian Christianity. In 1941, after a night of prayer in Chennai, he founded Hebron Ministries, establishing over 10,000 indigenous churches modeled on New Testament principles across India and South Asia. Singh authored books like How I Got Joy Unspeakable and Full of Glory and held annual “Holy Convocations” in Madras, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, and Kalimpong, drawing thousands. Married to Rama Bai at age 12 in 1915, little is recorded of their personal life. His contextualized gospel, blending Indian spirituality with biblical truth, earned him the title “Elijah of the 21st Century” in Indian Christendom. Singh’s words, “I have never asked any man for anything, but the Lord is richly supplying all my needs,” reflect his faith-driven ministry. Despite Parkinson’s disease in his final decade, his legacy endures through Hebron’s global network and writings, praised by figures like Ravi Zacharias.