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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.

Hypernews And The Life Of Faith

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-148 (Practical Christian Living) HYPERNEWS AND THE LIFE OF FAITH by Terry Mattingly When a life-or-death crisis landed Paul Weyrich in the hospital, the conservative patriarch found himself plugged in medically, but unplugged from newspapers, talk radio and the Internet. There was a television in his room, but he didn’t watch in […]

Desert Preparation

T O D A Y G O D I S F I R S T Marketplace Meditations by Os Hillman Nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went immediately into Arabia and later returned to Damascus. – (Galatians 1:17) The apostle Paul tells us […]

Conquest Of Self

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 15 FOLLOWING HIM If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him . . . follow Me (Matthew 16:24). Seeking to overcome […]

John Greatest Of Those Born Among Women

Matthew 11: 11 Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. Luke 7:28 I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John; yet the least in the kingdom […]

Five Rules For Happiness

Free your heart from hatred Free your mind from worries Live Simply Give More Expect Less http://www.sendingfun.com/rulestobehappy/flash.asp

Resolutions

No one will ever get out of this world alive. Resolve therefore to maintain a sense of values. Take care of yourself. Good health is everyone’s major source of wealth. Without it happiness is almost impossible. Resolve to be cheerful and helpful. People will repay you in kind. Avoid angry, abrasive persons. They are generally […]

Give Thanks, With A Grateful Heart!

Clergy/Leaders’ Mal-list No. 1-145 GIVE THANKS, WITH A GRATEFUL HEART! From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name forever. Psalm 86:12. One of the teachers […]

Quotes About Faith And Life

“Why was I born?” “Why am I here?” Theology answers, “You are here to grow, to grow up in every way unto the full stature of a man newborn in Christ.” … Frederick Ward Kates, A Moment Between Two Eternities [1965] Race highlights the fact that in our congregational life we usually do not reflect […]

Jesus As Intercessor

As children of God, we have the privilege of talking to our Heavenly Father in prayer about our own requests, and interceding for other people as well. But isn’t it encouraging to know that the One Who loves us most of all, intercedes (prays) for us also? Below are some passages that demonstrate Christ as […]

Stress

E V E R Y D A Y L I G H T by Selwyn Hughes What a Waste! “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” (v. 6) — For reading & meditation: Philippians 4:1-13 We continue meditating on the principles we […]