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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.

Humility

I am just finishing up the little book on *HUMILITY* by Andrew Murray, and can almost grasp what is being taught. BTW this fellow died in 1917. On page 110 in the *notes* he says, “Could you see what every stirring of pride does to your soul, you would beg of everything you meet to […]

True Beauty

Dear brother Rowland, It has been far too long since I wrote to you and thanked you for the repeated blessings that the excerpts from your writings has provided me through the Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list. Bless you for your work. I wanted to take the slightest exception to the excerpt in Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-133, a […]

Song In Your Heart

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-127 A SONG IN YOUR HEART From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. And when they had sung the hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. Matthew 26:30. Contemporary Christian worship is almost 50% singing. At Bethlehem the […]

If Tomorrow Never Comes

If I knew it would be the last time That I’d see you fall asleep, I would tuck you in tighter and pray the Lord, your soul to keep. If I knew it would be the last time that I see you walk out the door, I would give you a hug and kiss and […]

God List (Familiar Quotes)

God List 1. If you feel far away from God, guess who moved? 2. Fear knocked. Faith answered. No one was there. 3. What you are is God’s gift to you. What you become is your gift to God. 4. I am God’s melody of life and He sings His song through me. 5. We […]

Today

I MAY NEVER SEE TOMORROW, THERE IS NO GUARANTEE I may never see tomorrow, there’s no guarantee, And things that happened yesterday belong to history. I can’t predict the future; I can’t change the past, I may have just the present memories to treat as my last. I must use this moment wisely, for soon […]

Quotes

The devil never tempts us with more success than when he tempts us with a sight of our own good actions. … Bp. Thomas Wilson The primary truth about our church membership is not that we are members of a particular congregation, but that we have been born into this new race of human beings, […]

True Beauty (2) Beauty

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-136 TRUE BEAUTY (2) From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. A gentle and quiet spirit… is very precious in God’s sight. 1 Peter 3:4. Physical beauty can be hazardous to one’s emotional health. As every ‘beautiful’ woman knows, she […]

Friendship

His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming […]

Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

YESTERDAY, TODAY & TOMORROW There are two days in every week about which we should not worry, two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension. One of these days is yesterday, with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control. All […]