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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.

Ponderables

The best way to get even is to forget.. Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death… God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts… Some folks wear their halos much too tight… Some marriages are made in heaven, but they ALL have to be maintained on earth. Unless you can create the WHOLE […]

Gaining Wisdom

EASY TO SAY … It’s easy to sit in the sunshine And talk to the man in the shade. It’s easy to sit in a well-made boat And tell others where to wade. It’s easy to tell the toiler How best to carry his pack. But you’ll never know the weight of the load, Till […]

Beliefs

I believe- that we don’t have to change friends if we understand that friends change. I believe- that no matter how good a friend is, they’re going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that. I believe- that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. […]

The Key

Whatever mystery you wish to unlock, or whatever goal you wish to accomplish, God is the key. -unknown

God – I Hurt!

(The following was posted on the wall at the Oklahoma City bombing site) I said, “God, I hurt.” And God said, “I know.” I said, “God, I cry a lot.” And God said, “That is why I gave you tears.” I said, “God, I am so depressed.” And God said, “That is why I gave […]

Secret Of Serenity

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-192 THE SECRET OF SERENITY From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. While some were saying, ‘He is a good man,’ others were saying, ‘No, he is deceiving the crowd.’ John 7:12. Let us wander through the fourth gospel using […]

What’s On The Other Side ?

(Received from Alan Smith – Thought for the Day) A sick man turned to his doctor as he was leaving the room after paying a visit, and said, “Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the other side.” Very quietly the doctor said, “I don’t know.” “You don’t know?! You, a […]

** I Am / I Shall **

Psalms 139: 14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well I am capable. I am worthwhile. I am beautiful. I am lovable. I shall accept both my strengths and my weaknesses for they are me. I shall never again believe […]

The Messenger

(Author – Stephen J. Hall) God reveals Himself to us in ways we seldom see; Too wrapped up in our daily lives of earthbound reality. But children are a different lot, that’s why He loves them so; Exploring life’s curiosities wherever they may go. They feel His breathe in a summer breeze, See His face […]

When My Pain Meets God’s Word

The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses. Psalms 25:17 When life closes in, read the story. When someone you trusted repays you with dishonesty. When searing yesterdays stall soaring todays. When you’ve been knocked off the mountaintop and climbing back up seems hopeless. You’re faced with a […]