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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.

Trust The Cook

“Trust The Cook” Written by Anne Dingcong There was once a story of an old woman, walking and meditating through a meadow. As she was strolling, she came upon a field of golden pumpkins. She then reached a corner of the field where a majestic oak tree stood. The woman sat under the oak tree […]

Forgiveness

E V E R Y D A Y L I G H T by Selwyn Hughes Transformed! “Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.” (v. 1) — For reading & meditation: Psalm 32:1-11 We come now to speak of all those who have been broken, or are on the verge of […]

Lost & Found: My Soul

I thought my soul was fine, but it wasn’t ByMike Yaconelli I lost my soul. I mean, I didn’t know I had one. What I really mean is, I knew I had one, but I’d never come in contact with it. I came from a tradition where souls were a theological reality, not a faith […]

Righting Wrongs

N E I L A N D E R S O N D A I L Y D E V O T I O N A L from Freedom in Christ Ministries September 17 By this is My Father glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples (John 15:8). How […]

What If…?

What if God couldn’t take the time to bless us today because we couldn’t take the time to thank Him yesterday? What if God decided to stop leading us tomorrow because we didn’t follow Him today? What if we never saw another flower bloom because we grumbled when God sent the rain? What if God […]

Grace – Greater Than All Our Sin!

E V E R Y D A Y L I G H T by Selwyn Hughes “… where sin abounded, grace did much more abound …” (v. 20, KJV) — For reading & meditation: Romans 5:12-21 We are meditating on how to recover from the brokenness caused by the memory of some deeply grievous sin. […]

Issues Of The Heart: Bondslavery

by A.D. Reese Two recent comments made to me, and the pastoral messages of the last few weeks got me really thinking about what it means to be a bondslave of the Lord Jesus. I recently visited a church I’d passed many, many times over the years. Housed in a tired looking little A-frame building, […]

Turning Typhoons Into Tailwinds

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-150 TURNING TYPHOONS INTO TAILWINDS From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. See, I am making all things new. Revelation 21:5. Norman Vincent Peale, the well-known ‘positive thinker’ was sitting one time in the co-pilot’s seat of a DC-6 in […]

Three Little Trees

(Anonymous) Once upon a mountain top, three little trees stood and dreamed of what they wanted to become when they grew up. The first little tree looked up at the stars and said: “I want to hold treasure. It want to be covered with gold and filled with precious stones. I’ll be the most beautiful […]

Always Say A Prayer

Ever wonder about the abbreviation A.S.A.P.? Generally we think of it in terms of getting a reply or something else as soon as possible. Maybe if we think of this abbreviation in a different manner, we will begin to find a new way to deal with those hurried and stressful days along the way. As […]