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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.

Cult Resource

The Advanced Bonewits’ Cult Danger Evaluation Frame(Version 2.6) Copyright  © 1979, 2001, 2004 c.e., Isaac Bonewits Introduction Events in the last several decades have clearly indicated just how dangerous some religious and secular groups (usually called “cults” by those opposed to them) can be to their own members as well as to anyone else whom […]

Is Gandhi In Heaven? (Christianity and Other Religions)

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. And the Word became […]

Entering The Quiet

The effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever. My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places. Isaiah 32:17-18; O LORD, my heart is not lifted up, my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with […]

Christianity: How Much Are You Saved?

The Lord is my light and my salvation;whom shall I fear?The Lord is the stronghold of my life;of whom shall I be afraid? Surely God is my salvation;I will trust, and will not be afraid,for the Lord God is my strength and my might;he has become my salvation. For God so loved the world that […]

Do I Have to Join a Church?

Do I Have To Join a Church? This question is asked more by young people than those who are older. And it’s a good question. These paras are excerpted from my book  GROW! Meditations and Prayers for New Christians  (JBCE) Shalom! Rowland Croucher ~~~ Can you be a good Christian outside the Church? That’s like asking ‘Can […]