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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.

Problems With Children

To those of you who have children in your lives, whether they are your own, grandchildren, nieces and nephews, or students…here is something to make you chuckle. Whenever your children are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God’s omnipotence did not extend to His own children. After creating heaven […]

Phone Calls

Phone Calls Caller: I’d like the number of the Argoed Fish Bar in Cardiff, please. Operator: I’m sorry, there’s no such listing. Are you sure you have the spelling correct? Caller : Well, it used to be called the Bargoed Fish Bar but the B fell off. Caller: I’d like the number of the Scottish […]

Poor Guy

A man appears before the pearly gates. “Have you ever done anything of particular merit?” St. Peter asks. “Well, I can think of one thing,” the man offers. “Once I came upon a gang of high-testosterone bikers who were threatening a young woman. I directed them to leave her alone but they wouldn’t listen. So […]

First Things First

Asking the children in my Sunday School class, “If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and gave all my money to the church, would I get into Heaven?” “NO”! the children all answered.”If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the yard, and kept everything neat and tidy, would […]

Scholarly President

From ‘Cats’ to Cicero July sometime, 2002 By MAUREEN DOWD ASHINGTON – On Air Force One on Friday, Ari Fleischer gave reporters a preview of the president’s schedule, including a pitch for fitness in Orlando, a Republican fund-raiser in Florida, a T-ball game on the South Lawn, a Presidential 3 Mile Run in Washington, the […]

Burial Service

While walking along the sidewalk in front of his church, our minister heard the intoning of a prayer that nearly made his collar wilt. Apparently, his five-year-old son and his playmates had found a dead robin. Feeling that proper burial should be performed, they had secured a small box and cotton batting, then dug a […]

Four Stories

There was this guy in a mental hospital. All day long he had his ear to the wall, listening. The doctor would watch this guy do this day after day. The doctor finally decided to see what the guy was listening to, so he put his ear up to the wall and listened. He heard […]

Kindness Prank

STUDENTS’ ‘ANTI-PRANK’ SURPRISES STAFF AT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL Forsaking stink bombs and false fire alarms, a group of graduating high school students in Holland, Mich., pulled off the ultimate “anti-senior prank” this week–they performed random acts of kindness. Several seniors at Holland Christian High School took on lawn-maintenance duties from school employees Tuesday, washing windows and […]

Fish & Chips

Lost on a rainy night, a nun stumbles across a monastery and requests shelter there. Fortunately, she’s just in time for dinner and was treated to the best fish and chips she had ever tasted. After dinner, she went into the kitchen to thank the chefs. She was met by two of the Brothers. The […]

Preaching

My pastor shapes his sermons From A to final Z In clear and forthright language, And aims them straight at me. And when he gets to preaching, I look around to see If there might be another Deserving more than me. But every soul looks saintly — Their hearts to Heaven turn — While I, […]