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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.

Is There Really A Santa?

1 No known species of reindeer can fly. But with 300 000 species of living organisms (mostly insects and bacteria) yet to be classified, flying reindeer – which only Santa has seen – cannot be ruled out. 2 There are two billion children in the world. But since Santa doesn’t appear to handle Muslim, Hindu, […]

Pastoral Merits

Two ladies were praising the merits of their respective pastors. Our minister is so wonderful, he can preach a dozen sermons from the same text, said the first woman. Why that’s nothing, the second responded. Our minister can take any text in the Bible and preach the same sermon from it!

Christmas Life

Some have declared that there are four stages of life: 1. when we believe in Santa Claus 2. when we don’t believe in Santa Claus because we know Christ is real, 3. when we become Santa Claus, and finally. 4. when we look like Santa Claus. — Mickey Stonier, PH.D., Horizon International Magazine

Flight

In the year 1870, the Methodists in Indiana were having their annual conference. At one point, the president of the college where they were meeting said, “I think we live in a very exciting age.” The residing bishop said, “What do you see?”; the college president responded, “I believe we are coming into a time […]

How To Write A Novel

} The Delphic Research Inc. Guide } on } How to Write a Novel } } Rule 1 Don’t have a short, bald hero who isn’t very interesting – if } you start with him, you’re just making a rod for your own back. } } Rule 2 Before you start, you should decide how […]

Lessons From Noah’s Ark

This one’s been around a while but it’s worth repeating. Everything I need to know about life, I learned from Noah’s Ark: 1. Don’t miss the boat. 2. Remember that we are all in the same boat. 3. Plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the Ark. 4. Stay fit. When you’re 600 years […]

Optimism

A family had twin boys whose only resemblance to each other was their looks. If one felt it was too hot, the other thought it was too cold. If one said the t.v. was too loud, the other claimed the volume needed to be turned up. They were opposite in every way. One was an […]

Sleeping Through The Sermon

By William Webber I was pastor of a small church in a rural community. Wilbur and his wife, Leah, attended every Sunday morning. Wilbur was a farmer, and whenever he came into the house from the field and sat down, he would fall asleep. It was such a habit that when he came into church […]

Optimism

Two friends, one an Optimist and the other a Pessimist, could never quite agree on any topic of discussion. One day the Optimist decided he had found a good way to pull his friend out of his continual Pessimistic thinking. The Optimist owned a huntin’ dog that could walk on water. His plan? Take the […]

Top 8 Idiots Of 2001

Idiot # 1 I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the poison control center. Today, this woman called in very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured her that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into […]