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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.

Christianity: Who Am I?

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

God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness… So God created humankind in his image,in the image of God he created them;male and female he created them. God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over… […]

Christianity: The Family

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

For it was you who formed myinward parts; you knit me together in mymother’s womb. But now thus says the LORD,he who created you…I have called you by name, youare mine. The counsel of the LORD standsforever,the thoughts of his heart to allgenerations. Happy is the nation whose God isthe LORD,the people whom he has […]

Christianity: Meet Your New Father

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

Ah Lord GOD! It is you who made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you. You know no God but me,and besides me there is no saviour.I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god. Holy, […]

Christianity: Commitment And Cost

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We… have been chosen… to be obedient to Jesus Christ. If you love me, you will keep my commandments. If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free. Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them […]

Christianity: What To Do With Your Sins

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All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. The Lord is not […]

A Christian Approach To War And Peace

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

Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his faithful, to those who turn to him in their hearts. To all God’s beloved… Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Since we are justified by faith, we have […]

Sacraments

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I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh. One Lord, one faith, one baptism. He went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for […]

Strive For Greatness: Be A Servant

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Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand by night in the house of the LORD! Praise the LORD! Praise, O servants of the LORD; praise the name of the LORD. Let the steadfast love become my comfort according to your promise to your servant. Remember these things, O Jacob, and […]

Suffering

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My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer; and by night, but find no rest. Psalm 22:1. My inward parts are in turmoil, and are never still; days […]

Christianity: Prayer: Friendship With God

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Be still, and know that I am God! Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD! For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him… He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said […]

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