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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 Greatest Commandment

Subject: Re: The Greatest Commandment – a Sermon Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 9:11:31 +0800 From: Nigel Mitchell < > Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian On Mon, 25 Oct 1999 3:08:45 +0800, Graeme Hunt wrote (in message < >): > Love is never the point of contact betwen God and man, ever. Graeme, I have been reflecting on […]

Ancient Wisdom

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, the One God, Amen. Peace and grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. "Do you wish to be a theologian and worthy of divinity? Keep the commandments, be guided by the statues. Practice is based upon theory." St. Gregory the […]

Hit The Switch

Read: 1 Thessalonians 5:12-24 This is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. -1 James 5:3 I can’t get Steven to turn off the light when he leaves his bedroom. It’s frustrating to have to tell him time after time to hit the switch on the way […]

Letting Go

It’s so hard to let go of cherished dreams, they seem such innocent needful things, until we see them for what they are, idols taking place of the Lord in our heart. Joan

Life At Its Best

Read: Genesis 22:1-14 I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me. Genesis 22:12 Abraham’s heart must have pounded as he stood on Mount Moriah with his son Isaac. He had offered many sacrifices during his lifetime, but this one was different. God was asking him […]

One In A Million

Read: Job 29:1-17 Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth? -Job 2:3 In 1984 the newspapers told of the plight of a child in Mexico City. The 4-year-old boy had been orphaned and severely burned in a gas explosion that took the lives of 500 people. Millions […]

Running From God

Read: Psalm 38 I will declare my iniquity; I will be in anguish over my sin,…Help me, O Lord.  ยท Psalm 38:18,22 Our dog had fleas. For a while they just about drove him crazy. When we realized what his problem was, we bathed him with flea shampoo, dusted him with flea powder, and fumigated […]

Getting To Know Him

Read: Jeremiah 9:23-24 Let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me. -Jeremiah 9:24 My wife and I have been married 38 years, so you would think we would know each other pretty well. But I am still finding out things about her I never knew. Just the other day, for […]

Here Is Wisdom!

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, the One God, Amen. Peace and grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. "Wishing to show that to fulfill every commandment is a duty, whereas sonship is a gift given to men through His own Blood, the Lord said, ‘When […]

Her Last Christmas

It was Christmas night. Time for bed. The old woman loosened the pins that held her hair and let the long locks fall past her shoulders. Glistening jet-black strands had long since faded into grey. They looked tired and worn, just like the woman sitting on the edge of the bed working her comb through […]