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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.

C I A

By and others ⋅ July 16, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

A few months ago, there was an opening with the CIA for an assassin. These highly classified positions are hard to fill, and there’s a lot of testing and background checks involved before you can even be considered for the position. After sending some applicants through the background checks, training and testing, they narrowed the […]

Lunch

By and others ⋅ July 16, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

An old nun who was living in a convent next to a Brooklyn construction site, noticed the coarse language of the workers and decided to spend some time with them to help them correct their ways. She decided she would take her lunch, sit with the workers, and talk with them. She put her sandwich […]

New Car

By and others ⋅ July 16, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

A man was on his way home with a new car, which was absorbing all his attention, when it struck him that he had forgotten something. Twice he stopped, counted his parcels, searched his pockets, but finally decided he had everything with him. Yet the feeling persisted. When he reached home his daughter ran out, […]

Horse Race

By and others ⋅ July 16, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

A champion jockey is about to enter an important race on a new horse. The horse’s trainer meets him before the race and says, “All you have to remember with this horse is that every time you approach a jump, you have to shout, ‘ALLLLEEE OOOP!’ really loudly in the horse’s ear. Providing you do […]

Pearly Gates

By and others ⋅ July 16, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

On their way to get married, a young couple are involved in a fatal car accident. The couple find themselves sitting outside the Pearly Gates waiting for St. Peter to process them into Heaven. While waiting, they begin to wonder: Could they possibly get married in Heaven? When St. Peter shows up, they asked him. […]

Fully Tested

By and others ⋅ July 9, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

At an electronics company the sales representative was showing prospective customers around the plant. As he led the group into the test department, a circuit board suddenly flew across the room, thrown by a quick-tempered technician frustrated in his attempts to repair it. The board crashed off a wall and landed right at our visitors’ […]

R-Rated Bible

By and others ⋅ July 9, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

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Preacher’s Wife

By and others ⋅ July 9, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Gladys was the preacher’s wife and accompanied her husband each Sunday to Church. One particular Sunday when the sermon seemed to go on forever, some of the congregation even fell asleep. After the service, to be sociable, she walked up to a very sleepy looking gentleman. In an attempt to revive him from his stupor, […]

Weight Loss

By and others ⋅ July 4, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Sign outside a Sydney gym: “Fat and ugly? Why not just be ugly?”

Bible Quiz

By and others ⋅ July 4, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Q. Who was the greatest financier in the Bible? A. Noah; he was floating his stock while everyone else was liquidating. Q. Who was the greatest female financier in the Bible? A. That would be Pharaoh’s daughter, who went down to the bank of the Nile and drew out a little prophet. Q. What kind […]

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