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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.

Bible Answers

Sorry for the “all caps” but that’s the way I received it. ============================= . . PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE WORDING AND SPELLING. IF YOU KNOW THE BIBLE EVEN A LITTLE, YOU’LL FIND THIS HILARIOUS! . IT COMES FROM A CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEST. KIDS WERE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS. THE […]

Secretary

. TODAYS RIDDLE: This is an unusual paragraph. I’m curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may […]

Hearing Test

A man feared his wife wasn’t hearing as well as she used to and he thought she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called the family Doctor to discuss the problem. The Doctor told him there is a simple informal test the Husband could perform to give the […]

Thinking TOO much

It started out innocently enough: I began to think at parties now and then to loosen up. Inevitably, though, one thought led to another, and soon I was more than just a social thinker. I began to think alone — “to relax,” I told myself — but I knew it wasn’t true. Thinking became more […]

Sam Clam and Ollie

Sam Clam and Ollie were life long friends. One day Ollie passed away and went to heaven. . After several months Ollie longed for his old pal Sam Clam. Becoming depressed he went to St. Pete and asked if he could go down to earth and visit with Sam Clam. . St. Pete said he […]

Maharishi Phucknuckel

* Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either, just clear out and leave me alone. * The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and a flat tyre. *The darkest hours […]

Darwin Awards

Yes, it’s that magical time of the year again when the Darwin Awards are bestowed, honouring the least evolved among us. Here then, are the glorious winners. 1. When his 38-calibre revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a hold-up in Long Beach, California, would-be robber James Elliot did something that can only […]

The Prayer of Jabez

The Prayer of Jabez’ next-door neighbor, Shabez by Tamara Jaffe-Notier Issue #180, Mar./Apr. 2002 “Oh, that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that your hand would be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain.” So God granted him what he requested.—The Prayer of […]

What retired people do

Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting. Well for example, the other day I went into town and went to a shop in Lake street. I was only in there for about 5 minutes. When I came out there was a cop writing out a parking ticket. I […]

Ministerial humour

Comment from an interim minister: “What we have to do is get these people to take this dysfunction out of the church and put it back in their families where it belongs.”