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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.

Odd Signs From England

Sign in a Laundromat: AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINES:PLEASE REMOVE ALL YOUR CLOTHES WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT Sign in a London department store: BARGAIN BASEMENT UPSTAIRS In an office: WOULD THE PERSON WHO TOOK THE STEP LADDER YESTERDAY PLEASE BRING IT BACK OR FURTHER STEPS WILL BE TAKEN Outside a farm: HORSE MANURE 50p PER PRE-PACKED […]

Stupid!

*AT&T fired President John Walter after nine months, saying he lacked "intellectual leadership." He received a $26 million severance package. Perhaps it’s not Walter who’s lacking intelligence…. *Police in Oakland, California spent two hours attempting to subdue a gunman who had barricaded himself inside his home. After firing ten tear gas canisters, officers discovered that […]

Medical Cost Cutting

Administration at your local hospital Re: Hospital Costs: In an effort to reduce costs this year, the following are effective immediately. Please share this information with your patients and physicians as soon as possible. 1. Food service will be discontinued immediately. Patients wishing to eat will want to get their families to bring them a […]

Diet

Here is the final word on nutrition and health. It’s a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting medical studies. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than do the British or Americans.The French eat a lot of fat and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or […]

Jews Converting To Christianity

From: (Jack McCaw) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: Which came first, faith or reason? Date: 24 May 1998 14:53:44 GMT Les Brown () wrote: : Michael Smith wrote in aus.religion.christian: : >A beautiful example of this is Stan Telchin's autobiographical book : >”Betrayed”. Stan was a 50 year old Jewish man, who's 21 year old : […]

If Microsoft Made Cars

From: “Gary Brun” Newsgroups: uk.religion.christian Subject: Re: This newsgroup needs lightening up ! MS Soft Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 00:16:46 +0200 Thought a few of you might like this one. 😉 The Top Ten ways things would be different if Microsoft built cars. 1. A particular model year of car wouldn't be available until […]

Irony Joke For The Day

Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 07:58:46 -0400 From: CK Bannister <> To: christia listserv <> Subject: IRONY JOKE FOR THE DAY From: Barry Whitney <> FROM: "Dr. Terry Joe Sprinkle" <> ====================================================== Oh, the irony of it all ! 1. The average cost of rehabilitating one seal after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska […]

Travel Agent Jokes

The following are actual encounters related by travel agents (and you wonder why U.S. citizens generally score less than the rest of the world on geography exams)… A client called in inquiring about a package to Hawaii. After going over all the cost info, she asked, "Would it be cheaper to fly to California and […]

Stop Sign Hermeneutics

Thought you’d like this: Yep — you can tell a lot about someone’s theology by watching how they deal with a stop sign: 1.A postmodernist deconstructs the sign (i.e., he knocks it over with his car), thus ending forever the tyranny of the north-south traffic over the east-west traffic. 2.Similarly, a Marxist sees a stop […]

St Paul’s Chain Letter

Paul’s Chain Letter To The Corinthians 1.The Chain Letter of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians. With love all things are possible. This epistle comes to you from Philippi. Grace be to you and peace. Spiritual gifts will be delivered unto you within four days of receiving this letter – providing you in turn send […]