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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.

The Cross

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

The Best Mathematical Equation I have ever seen: 1 cross + 3 nails —————— 4 given That’s the whole gospel message simply stated. [from a friend]

Friends

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead. He remembered dying, and that the dog had been dead for years. He wondered where the road was leading them. After a while, they came to a high, white […]

Image Of God

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A young lady named Sally relates an experience she had in a seminary class, with her teacher, Dr. Smith. She says Dr. Smith was known for his elaborate object lessons. One particular day, Sally walked into the seminary & knew they were in for a fun day. On the wall was a big target and […]

Daily

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Dr. F.W. Boreham tells about his stay in a quaint old cottage in England occupied by a minister’s widow. She had given him her bedroom and in the morning when he pulled up the blind, he saw that into the glass of the windowpane had been cut the words: “This is the day.” He asked […]

The Road To Success

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Words to live by and things to remember! The Road to Success is not straight. There is a curve called failure, a loop called confusion, speed bumps called friends, caution lights called family, and you will have flats called jobs. But… if you have a spare called determination, an engine called perseverance, insurance called faith, […]

A Positive Thought

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it. If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it. He sends you flowers every spring and sunrise every morning. Whenever you want to talk, He’ll listen. He could live anywhere in the universe, and He chose your heart. What about the Christmas […]

Kingdoms Of This World

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-124 THE KINGDOMS OF THIS WORLD From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. Foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head. Matthew 8:20. Frank Sinatra, did […]

Do You Act Or React?

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

I walked with my friend, a Quaker, to the news stand the other night, and he bought a paper, thanking the newsie politely. The newsie didn’t even acknowledge it. “A sullen fellow, isn’t he?”, I asked. “Oh, he’s that way every night”, shrugged my friend. “Then why do you continue to be so polite to […]

Truth

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I’d much rather go through life with questions I cannot answer than have questions I cannot ask! “Truth is always strong, no matter how weak it looks; and falsehood is always weak, no matter how strong it looks.” – Phillips Brookes “Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as […]

What Kind Of Day Shall I Have?

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

I woke up early today, excited over all I get to do before the day ends. I have responsibilities to fulfill today. I am important. My job is to choose what kind of day I am going to have. Today I can complain because the weather is rainy or … I can be thankful that […]

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