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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 Holy Spirit’s Gift Of Energy (A Sermon For Pentecost)

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

PENTECOST: The Holy Spirit ¢â‚¬â„¢s Gift of Energy Pentecost Sunday is sometimes called ¢â‚¬Ëœthe birthday of the Church ¢â‚¬â„¢. Pentecost is a Greek word meaning ¢â‚¬â„¢50 ¢â‚¬ ², so we celebrate Pentecost 50 days after the resurrection of Jesus. Forty days he taught and encouraged his followers, then after his Ascension they waited another ten days for his gift […]

Baffled To Fight Better

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ January 4, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Paul Harrison 1 Kings 17:1 – 18:1 Elijah ¢â‚¬â„¢s tremendous task, as we have seen, was to recall a whole nation to its lost God, to turn it away from idols to serve the living God. The first act in his dramatic campaign was to crash into King Ahab ¢â‚¬â„¢s court like a thunderbolt, and declare in […]

Peak experiences/ecstasies

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ May 23, 2002 ⋅ Post a comment

She is in her sixties, ‘brought up’ in the church, and religion has been an important part of her weekly diet. But her ‘faith’ has not brought her a richer, fuller life. She ‘went forward’ as a young person during an evangelistic crusade, but she has never grown up spiritually… They’re an older couple, married […]