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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.

29 UNIVERSAL TRUTHS :-)

1. I think part of a best friend’s job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die. [See this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9gnexnnIDc ] 2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong. 3. I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when I was […]

Proverbs

1stgrade school teacher had twenty-six students in her class. She presented each child in her classroom the 1st half of a well-known proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. It’s hard to believe these were actually done by first graders. Their insight may surprise you. While reading, keep in […]

Bad Day

A woman came home to find her husband in the kitchen shaking frantically, almost in a dancing frenzy, with some kind of wire running from his waist towards the electric kettle. Intending to jolt him away from the deadly current, she whacked him with a handy plank of wood, breaking his arm in two places. […]

Two Naughty Boys

(An old one, but some of you may not have seen this): Two little boys, ages 8 and 10, are excessively mischievous. They are always getting into trouble and their parents know if any mischief occurs in their town, the two boys are probably involved. The boys’ mother heard that a preacher in town had […]

A good answer I can understand

An American tourist asks an Irishman: “Why do Scuba divers always fall Backwards off their boats?” To which the Irishman replies: “If they fell forwards they’d still be in the *&%”x* boat.”

Don’t Tell Lies :-)

John was a salesman’s delight when it came to any kind of unusual gimmick. His wife Marsha had long ago given up trying to get him to change. One day John came home with another one of his unusual purchases. It was a robot that John claimed was actually a lie detector. It was about […]

MAILING A BIBLE :-)

Mailing a Bible There was a very gracious lady who was mailing an old family Bible to her brother in another part of the country. “Is there anything breakable in here?” asked the postal clerk. “Only the Ten Commandments,” answered the lady.

Who’s Smarter – Brits or Americans ?

FIRST – TEST YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE WITH THAT OF THESE AMERICANS… (Join 23 million others who’ve watched this – how did you go?) Including ‘What country begins with U?’ ***** Now, just in case you think that’s a send-up about Americans’ ignorance, here’s something which should encourage Brits towards a little humility: BRAINS OF BRITAIN […]

Men are just happier people :-)

If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah. If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Godzilla and Four-eyes. EATING OUT * When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in $20, even […]

Marriage Blues

A man goes to see the Rabbi. ‘Rabbi, something terrible is happening and I have to talk to you about it.’ The Rabbi asked, ‘What’s wrong?’ The man replied, ‘My wife is poisoning me.’ The Rabbi, very surprised by this, asks,’How can that be?’ The man then pleads, ‘I’m telling you, I’m certain she’s poisoning […]