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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.

Painting The Church

It seems that there was a little old church out in the countryside: painted white and with a high steeple. One Sunday, the pastor noticed that his church needed painting. He checked out the Sunday ads and found a paint sale. The next day, he went into town and bought a gallon of white paint. […]

Parenting

My husband and I took our two-year-old daughter to the home-improvement store. Madison got tired of walking, so my husband let her ride on his shoulders. As he walked, Madison began pulling his hair. Although he asked her to stop several times, she kept on. Getting annoyed, he scolded, “Madison! Stop that!” “But, Daddy,” she […]

Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road? (Again)

DESCARTES PHILOSOPHER The chickens have no mental power and it is nature which acts in them according to the disposition of their organs, just as a clock, and make the chicken cross the road. THOMAS BAYES FATHER OF THE TEORY OF PROBABILITY Considering that the event of “a Chicken crossing the road” has to happen, […]

Ever Wonder?

….why the word “Lisp” contains the letter “S”? ….why God gave the turtle a Drag Coefficient of 0.03 (making it the most aerodynamic land animal in the world)? ….why we Park on “Driveways” and Drive on “Parkways”? ….why women’s langerie are described as a “Pair” of panties but there’s only ONE bra? ….why the word […]

Irishman In The Pub

An Irishman moves into a tiny village in County Kerry, walks into the pub and promptly orders three beers. The bartender raises his ebrows, but serves the man three beers, which he drinks quietly at a table alone. An hour later, the man has finished the three beers and orders three more. This happens yet […]

If Noah Lived In Australia

……..and the Lord spoke to Noah and said, “In one year, I am going to make it rain and cover the whole earth with water until all flesh is destroyed. I want you to save the righteous people and two of every kind of living thing on the earth. Therefore, I am commanding you to […]

Puzzling

A blonde woman calls her boyfriend crying and says, “Please come over here and help me…I have a killer jigsaw puzzle, and I can’t figure out how to get it started.” Her boyfriend asks, “What is it supposed to be when it’s finished?” The blonde says, “According to the picture on the box, it’s a […]

Jonah

A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales.The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small. The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale. Irritated,the teacher reiterated that a whale could […]

Three Bags

Three women escaped from prison. One was a redhead, one a brunette, and one a blonde.They ran for miles until they came upon an old barn where they decided to hide in the hayloft and rest. When they climbed up, they found three large gunnysacks and decided to climb into them for camouflage. About an […]

Excuses To Give When You Have Missed Work

~ I can’t come in to work today because I’ll be stalking my previous boss, who fired me for not s showing up for work. Okay? ~ I have a rare case of 48-hour projectile leprosy, but I know we have that deadline to meet… ~ I am stuck in the blood pressure machine down […]