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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.

A Taste For The Other (John Claypool)

John Claypool “A Taste for the Other” Biography The Rev. Dr. John Claypool is a native of Kentucky. He was ordained in the Southern Baptist denomination in 1953, and served churches throughout the South for over 30 years. In 1986, he was ordained to the priesthood in the Episcopal Church, and became rector of the […]

Malcom Muggeridge On Mother Teresa

In 1970, a man by the name of Malcolm Muggeridge went to Calcutta to do a special documentary on Mother Teresa for the BBC-TV. Muggeridge then was Europe’s Tom Brokaw. Well, on that fated morning of their meeting (a morning that would change him for the rest of his life) he met her as she […]

George Macdonald Sermon

An exact textual copy of the First Edition, published by Ward, Lock, Bowden and Co., London, 1892. Converted to e-text by Johannesen Printing & Publishing. This Volume contains the following sermons: Salvation from Sin, The Remission of Sins, Jesus in the World, Jesus and His Fellow Townsmen, The Heirs of Heaven and Earth, Sorrow the […]

Stars On The Walk Of Faith

Religion in Daily Life By the Rev. Edward Chinn, D.Min. http://www.allsaintstorresdale.org Michael J. Fox received the 2209th star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. Fox’s star is located in front of the Hollywood Galaxy Theatre complex. Fox is now battling Parkinson’s disease. He is devoting most of his time to campaigning for funding to research the […]

Jonathan Edwards

70 EFFECTIVE RESOLUTIONS by Eric Reed (and Jonathan Edwards) Jonathan Edwards was a serious man. Even at 19, the young man who would become a leading figure in the First Great Awakening took his faith seriously. In several sittings over a one-year period, Edwards drafted 70 resolutions by which he governed his life and ministry. […]

Francis

STARTING SIMPLE LIKE SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI The Assisi countryside in Italy, like much of Europe in the 1200s, was dotted with chapels, churches, and abbeys, each dedicated to one saint or another. Some were well endowed, but many were neglected, and most had a priest who depended on the generosity of locals to sustain […]

The Atheist – Madelyn O’hair

THE ATHEIST’S GOD: THE REAL MADELYN MURRAY O’HAIR[Note: I’ve had a couple of emails disputing some of the details of this lady’s career and beliefs, as they appear in this article and others. Maybe someone who’s researched it all can send me any corrections you deem necessary. Rowland]. THE ATHEIST’S GOD: THE REAL MADELYN MURRAY […]

The Richard Dimbleby Lecture 2002 – Dr Rowan Williams

This is the first major public address delivered by the new Archbishop of Canterbury in his new role, and it looks both thoughtful and thought-provoking. Shalom – and Happy Christmas! Rowland Croucher http://jmm.aaa.net.au (8400+ articles) ~~~ ACNS 3236 | LAMBETH PALACE | 19 DECEMBER 2002 The Richard Dimbleby Lecture 2002 Delivered by the Archbishop of […]

Man’s Search For Meaning (Victor Frankl)

by Michael C. Gray November 25, 1998 Victor Frankl was a Jewish Austrian psychiatrist who was interned in a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. He lost his wife and family. Yet he emerged in triumph. His story and this book have inspired many, including Steven Covey, of Seven Habits fame. Frankl observed that […]

Preparatio Evangelica – The Two Towers

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-255 (Evangelism) PREPARATIO EVANGELICA – THE TWO TOWERS BreakPoint with Charles Colson Commentary #021218 [This month, tens of] millions of people will go to see The Two Towers, the second installment in the trilogy based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. If they pay close attention, they’ll see more […]