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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.

Denying 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 13 DENYING SELF If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself (Matthew 16:24). A primary reason why we struggle […]

Stop And Smell The Roses

E V E R Y D A Y L I G H T by Selwyn Hughes “… Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow …” (v. 28, RSV) — For reading & meditation: Matthew 6:25-34 Another principle that helps us cope with stress is this: Seek to overcome any rigidity in your personality. […]

Picking Up The Cross Daily

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 14 PICKING UP THE CROSS DAILY If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him . . . take up his cross […]

The Kingdom Of Heaven

The Kingdom of Heaven is not for the well-meaning: it is for the desperate. … James Denney (1856-1917) The sacred page is not meant to be the end, but only the means toward the end, which is knowing God himself. … A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) Faith is required of thee, and a sincere life, not […]

Temptations Of Success

T O D A Y G O D I S F I R S T Marketplace Meditations by Os Hillman Elevated From the Pasture Now then, tell my servant David, “This is what the Lord Almighty says: I took you from the pasture and from following the flock to be ruler over My people Israel.” […]

Hunger For God

T O D A Y G O D I S F I R S T Marketplace Meditations by Os Hillman Hungering for God God looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God. – (Psalms 53:2) “Are you coming to the conference?” I […]

Stress And Time

E V E R Y D A Y L I G H T by Selwyn Hughes Don’t Push the River! “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven …” (v. 1) — For reading & meditation: Ecclesiastes 3:1-4 Refuse to be obsessed with time. It is right to be […]

What Cancer Can’t Do

Found this in my files… Why not pass it on to a suffering friend? ~~~ ‘There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body’ (1 Corinthians 15:44) One of the most dreaded sentences a patient might hear is ‘You have cancer’. These words bring a chill to the heart. Although great progress has […]

The 11th – 20th Commandments

11th. Thou shalt not worry, for worry is the most unproductive of all human activities. 12th. Thou shalt not be fearful, for most of the things we fear never come to pass. 13th. Thou shalt not cross bridges before you come to them, for no one has yet succeeded in accomplishing this. 14th. Thou shalt […]

Shaken Faith Can Worsen Poor Health

This could explain why so many have health problems from the time they begin to doubt their leaders ………. August 13, 2001 Study Suggests Shaken Faith Can Worsen Poor Health By ERICA GOODE eligion and good health go hand in hand. Or so some researchers have asserted in studies over the last half decade, saying […]