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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.

It’s Between You And God

People are often unreasonable, Illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, People may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway. If you are successful, You will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank, People may cheat you; Be honest and frank […]

When Life Is Less Than Perfect

Every life has difficulties. It may be a difficult marriage, chronic pain, depression, painful childhood memories, past mistakes, or emotional pain. Maybe you have begged God to take it away, but it’s still there. One thing is true: God has the power to change your circumstances – so it is acceptable to ask Him to […]

The Balanced Approach To Spiritual Victory

“Be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God” (Eph. 6:10-11). When I was a child, my father and I watched a boxing match on television. After going through the ritual of punching the air, kicking his feet, and putting rosin on his shoes, one […]

Night Shift

Graveyard shift, night shift, third shift — they all meant the same thing to me — 8 hours of no sleep. I walked up the hill to the hospital entrance, each leg feeling as if it was cast in concrete. Mulling over what a nursing instructor had told me at graduation, I giggled despite my […]

Guidance

In article , “Mandrake” writes: > Dear fellow Christians, > I’m currently experiencing a crisis in my career life in this current > economic downturn and would like to know what should I do next since there > are a few options that are open for me. The problem is I’m confused as to > […]

Every Christian Must Belong To Two Churches

L I V E I T Today’s best advice from Christian books. http://liveit.crosswalk.com/ Phil Madeira, songwriter and multitalented musician, writes about the necessity of dual church membership in the book City on a Hill, a book of writings by the recording artists, who also produced City on a Hill CD. I believe in Church. I […]

Holy Hatred

“Hate evil, you who love the Lord” (Ps. 97:10). After spending this month exploring fifteen characteristics of godly love, it might seem odd to shift suddenly to the topic of hatred. Additionally, “holy hatred” will sound like a contradiction in terms to those who view all hatred as evil. But love and hate are inseparable. […]

Stress

E V E R Y D A Y L I G H T by Selwyn Hughes When Broken by Stress “You have let me sink down deep in desperate problems. But you will bring me back to life again, up from the depths of the earth!” (v. 20, TLB) — For reading & meditation: Psalm […]

Tuning In To God

Back when the telegraph was the was the fastest method of long-distance communication, a young man applied for a job as a Morse Code operator. Answering an ad in the newspaper, he went to the office address that was listed. When he arrived, he entered a large, busy office filled with noise and clatter, including […]

Only God Is God

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 The serpent said . . . “you will be like God, knowing good and evil” (Genesis 3:4, 5). Adam was the first to […]