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‘Let no one who is not eager for truth and peace enter here’ (Plato)

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.

Where Is God?

There once was a little boy who wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with Twinkies and a six-pack of root beer, and he started on his journey. When he had gone about three blocks, he met an old woman. She was […]

Your Friend, God

FROM: GOD TO: YOU SUBJECT: LIFE’S PROBLEMS I AM GOD. TODAY I WILL BE HANDLING ALL OF YOUR PROBLEMS. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT I DO NOT NEED YOUR HELP. IF LIFE HAPPENS TO DELIVER A SITUATION TO YOU THAT YOU CAN NOT HANDLE, DO NOT   ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE. KINDLY PUT IT IN THE SFJTD (SOMETHING […]

Special Heavenly Customer Service

Customer: I can do this. I’m not very technical, but I think I am ready to install now. What do I do first? CS Rep: The first step is to open your HEART. Have you located your HEART ma’am? Customer: Yes I have, but there are several programs running right now. Is it okay to […]

Careful What You’re Seeing

I have no way to verify the facts, so will accept them. But the principle remains the same. Read on: A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, dressed in a homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked timidly, without an appointment, into the University President’s outer office. The […]

Our Relationship To Sin

Consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus (Romans 6:11). Even though you are dead to sin, sin’s strong appeal may still cause you to struggle with feeling that you are more alive to sin than you are to Christ. But Romans 6:1-11 teaches us that what is true […]

Responsibility [2]

Responsibility by definition means answerable or accountable for. And what is a person responsible for? Everything he thinks, says or does. Why? Because no matter what or whom one can blame for the circumstances of his life, he is still stuck with the consequences of everything he thinks, says or does. People can be terribly […]

Walk By The Spirit

Walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh (Galatians 5:16). When we first became Christians, we were like one-third horsepower lawn mower engines. We could accomplish something, but not very much because we weren’t very mature. Our ambition as Christians is to become engines that can power earth-moving […]

Don’t Judge People By Their Dress!

I have no way to verify the facts, so will accept them. But the principle remains the same. Read on: A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, dressed in a homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked timidly, without an appointment, into the University President’s outer office.  The […]

East Timor Prayers

Dear friends, I have put together some prayers for East Timor for daily use at Saint George’s Cathedral in Perth. Some are original, and others are adapted from prayers in the Anglican prayer book APBA. You are welcome to use these if you find them useful. A PRAYER FOR EAST TIMOR Almighty God, we humbly […]

The Power Of Prayer

When you receive this, say a prayer. That’s all you have to do. There is nothing attached. This is powerful. Prayer is one of the best free gifts we receive. There is no cost but a lot of rewards. Let’s continue praying for one another. Father, I ask you to bless my friends reading this […]