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‘Let no one who is not eager for truth and peace enter here’ (Plato)

Articles on this site express varying points of view, to encourage mature thinking on serious issues. The assumption is that you will want to study a controversial topic from various angles before you arrive at a conclusion, rather than simply believe what someone told you when you were impressionable! (So some stuff here is ‘hot’. Proceed at your own risk!). See the Statement of Faith for John Mark Ministries' theological stance.

The Essence of Christianity

Excerpts from an Expository Times article by Rev. Selwyn Dawson (Auckland NZ) December 1975. Google for the full article… ***** * For some ‘the faith’ is clearly set out in the Scriptures, as ‘containing all things necessary for salvation’. How true – yet how specious. It is rather like saying ‘All of Shakespeare is to […]

Reviews: ‘Freedom in Christ’ (Steve Goss)

Steve Goss: ‘Free to Be Yourself’, ‘Win the Daily Battle’, ‘Break Free, Stay Free’, ‘The YOU God Planned’, (Monarch Books, 2008, each about 100 pages). As a pastor-evangelist, I’m always looking for materials to give to new Christians. If they’re adults or young adults, and not necessarily tertiary-educated, and perhaps a bit disenchanted with routine-church, […]

Free Biblical Training Classes

*Free Biblical Training Classes* New Testament scholar Bill Mounce has a great online Bible training institute. Scholars like Craig Blomberg, Bruce Ware, and Paul House have joined Mounce to provide these free classes in several downloadable audio formats. Courses for lay and professional ministers are available. http://www.biblicaltraining.org/index.php Grab Bag of Interesting SITES # Fruits and […]

Archbishop of Canterbury at the Islamic University, Islamabad

23 NOVEMBER 2005 Lecture delivered by the Archbishop of Canterbury at the Islamic University, Islamabad Imagine someone watching, over a period of about one year, the things that happen in a Christian church. They would be aware that one day of the week had special significance. Particularly if they were observing what happens in a […]

Fixing the Car

Ephesians 5:18 ll week long, my car ran great. Here and there, across town and back, up hills and down; no problems. I turned the key, the engine fired and I was on my way. Then, suddenly, on Friday a terrible thing happened. I was cruising along when it coughed a couple of times, sputtered, […]

Is there a God?

Bob: If you claim there is a god, it is up to you to prove it exists. Jewish friend: Well, I find the evidence is circumstantial, having had no direct communication with the Supreme Being. To me, I find life itself to be a proof for the existence of God, then there is history, the […]

Actions of Christ

He came from splendor to be born in poverty. He left the presence of angels, for the company of me. He laid down a scepter in heaven to be laid in a manger, and exchanged the worship of Arch-angels, for the praise of lowly shepherds. He walked into the world with all the power of […]

Reading the entire Bible

(~) Reading the entire Bible Rev. Dr. Sandra Bochonok. For ever, O Lord, thy word is firmly fixed in the heavens. Thy faithfulness endures to all generations; thou hast established the earth, and it stands fast.” Psalm 119:89-90 [The readings in “Living as the Beloved”] from April until the end of October, [take us] through […]

What Will Heaven Be Like?

Thirty-five frequently asked questions about eternity. By Peter Kreeft | Asking questions about Heaven may seem like asking questions about Katmandu, Kuala Lumpur, The Great Barrier Reef, or some other exotic place you are unlikely to see firsthand Heaven is not really like writing about faraway places with strange-sounding names, for writing about Heaven is […]

Does God exist?

A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: “I don’t believe that God exists.” […]