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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.

In One Accord

(~) IN ONE ACCORD The following bit of humor comes from Roy Rivenburg: “Most people assume WWJD stands for ‘What would Jesus do?’ But according to Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle, the initials are shorthand for ‘What would Jesus drive?’ “For centuries, theologians have squabbled over the type of transportation the Lord would […]

Atheist Nabbed In Tennessee

An atheist was nabbed in Elizabethton, Tennessee. The suspect, Charles Van Dodge, allegedly was reading Jean-Paul Sartre and eating a melted cheese sandwich when he was spotted, chased through the streets and apprehended entering a shopping mall. Three Christians recognized him. “He was big and hairy. Ears big as a rabbit,” said Calvin Thobbs. “Personally […]

Reading and spelling

If you can read this, you have a strange mind too… Can you raed tihs? So far olny 63 plepoe can. i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno’t mtaetr in what oerdr the ltteres […]

Pastor’s Vote

A pastor, sensing that God was calling the church to a whole new vision of its future, called the elders together. He presented this new vision with as much energy, conviction and passion as he could muster. After he had finished and sat down, the senior elder called for a vote. All 12 elders voted […]

Tall Tales of the Bible Belt

Another edition of “Tall Tales of The Bible Belt” has been released. This one’s the 29th edition and contains a good baker’s dozen tales devoted to a variety of subjects. Chief among them the child evangelist Billy Bible who at the age of seven had saved three thousand souls, the many farmers who grew vegetables […]

Christian one liners

*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* Don’t let your worries get the best of you; remember, Moses started out as a basket case. *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* Some people are kind, polite, and sweet-spirited until you try to sit in their pews. *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* Many folks want to serve God, but only as advisors. *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* It is easier to preach ten sermons than it […]

McDonald’s Story

An elderly couple visit McDonalds. He orders one hamburger, one order of french fries and one drink. The old man unwraps the plain hamburger and carefully cuts it in half. He places one half in front of his wife. He then carefully counts out the french fries, dividing them into two piles and neatly placing […]

Telephone conversation

To get the full effect, this should be read aloud. You will understand what ‘tenjewberrymuds’ means by the end of the conversation. This has been nominated for the best email of 2005. (By whom I don’t know) The following is a telephone exchange between a hotel guest and room-service,at a hotel in Asia, which was […]

Church Humour

There was a very gracious lady who was mailing an old family Bible to her brother in another part of the country. “Is there anything breakable in here?” asked the postal clerk. “Only the Ten Commandments,” answered the lady. “Somebody has well said there are only two kinds of people in the world. There are […]

Car Repair

TODAYS RIDDLE : A man is sitting in a pub feeling rather poor. He sees the man next to him pull a wad of  £50 notes out of his wallet. He turns to the rich man and says to him, “I have an amazing talent: I know almost every song that has ever existed.” The […]