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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.

Fundamentalists and the Orthodox

By and others ⋅ November 18, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

From Mark Tindall: YOU MIGHT BE A FUNDAMENTALIST IF… * You pronounce “sin” with two syllables. * You enjoy talking to people in King James English. * You are building your own pulpit for your living room. * You think hair tonic is Biblical. * You find June Cleaver attractive. * You believe Moses should […]

Turn Up Your Sound

By and others ⋅ November 17, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Turn up your sound. http://media.hugi.is/hahradi/fyndnar/maestro_1.wmv Shalom! Rowland Croucher http://jmm.org.au/ 13,000+ articles including 3000 clean jokes/stories!!!

Today’s Riddle

By and others ⋅ November 17, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

TODAYS RIDDLE What number completes the following sequence? 4 9 19 ?? 79 159 /\ x x x x x Scroll down for the answer x x x x x Here it comes x x x x x \/ 39. Each number is twice the previous number plus one. ============================= Last week, I stated this […]

Another Riddle

By and others ⋅ November 17, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

TODAYS RIDDLE A schoolteacher uses a five hour hourglass to keep track of class time. One day, he sets the hourglass at 9 a.m. and while he is teaching his class, a student inadvertently inverts the hourglass. Another student, who notices this, sets the hourglass to its initial position at 11:30 am. In this way, […]

Religious quotes

By and others ⋅ November 17, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

The good Lord didn’t create anything without a purpose, but the fly comes close. [Mark Twain] Most of us spend the first six days of the week sowing wild oats, then we go to church on Sunday and pray for a crop failure. [Fred Allen] Quit griping about your church; if it were perfect, you […]

Marriage

By and others ⋅ November 17, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

`If you two quarrel much more,’ said the Director, `I think I’ll make you marry one another.’ from C. S. Lewis, “That Hideous Strength”

How Do You Kill A Circus?

By and others ⋅ November 17, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Go for the juggler

Anointing

By and others ⋅ November 17, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Someone wrote on a Christian newsgroup: They hate us charismatics, yes, it’s the annointing, they can’t stand it. I responded: Pentecostal preacher-friend of mine was declared ‘very anointed’ after an open-air event… (Later he confessed: ‘Wasn’t anointing at all. The mosquitoes were so bad I had to move around faster’!)

Hell is Unfair

By and others ⋅ November 16, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

A man died and was taken to his place of eternal torment by the devil. As he passed sulfurous pits and shrieking sinners, he saw a man he recognized as a lawyer snuggling up to a beautiful woman. “That’s unfair!” he cried. “I have to roast for all eternity, and that lawyer gets to spend […]

Definitions

By and others ⋅ November 16, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Finally, definitions that make sense: ADULT: A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle. BEAUTY PARLOUR: A place where women curl up and dye. CANNIBAL: Someone who is fed up with people. COMMITTEE: A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours. DUST: Mud with the juice squeezed […]

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