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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.

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Health Watch

Almonds can help lower blood cholesterol, according to a new Canadian study. When people with high cholesterol ate about one ounce of almonds a day, they lowered their LDL (“bad”) cholesterol by an average of 4%; 2 ounces, by 9%. At the same time, their HDL (“good”) cholesterol rose slightly. Many other studies have found […]

Best Gifts To Give

To your friend – loyalty; To your enemy – forgiveness; To your boss – service; To a child – a good example; To your parents – gratitude and devotion; To your mate – love and faithfulness; To all men and women – love; To God – your life.

Quotes About Opportunity

Albert Einstein: In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity. C. Wright Mills: Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them — and then, the […]

Memory

Albert Schweitzer: Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory. Anne Sexton: It doesn’t matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was. Art Buchwald: We seem to be going through a period of nostalgia, and everyone seems to think yesterday was better than today. I don’t think it […]

Maturity

Anais Nin: We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up […]

Beauty From Ashes

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-175 (Practical Christian Living) BEAUTY FROM ASHES (From Christian Quotation of the Day) The following is an excerpt from an essay written by a young woman, a great prayer warrior, who had cancer almost from birth, was treated, and survived. In the intervening years, she has had numerous surgeries and treatments due […]

Diet

HEALTH WATCH All nuts have a lot in common. With one exception, they have 160 to 190 calories and 14 to 19 grams of fat per ounce; at least three-quarters of the calories come from fats, but these are healthy unsaturated fats. Yet there are some nutritional differences such as the following: Highest in fat […]

Secular Shortfalls: Faith And Suffering

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-176 (Apologetics and Social Issues) SECULAR SHORTFALLS: FAITH AND SUFFERING BreakPoint with Charles Colson Commentary #020821 One of the best tests of a worldview is how well it stands up to the challenges of real life. When tragedy strikes, does your belief system meet the challenge — or does it let you […]

The Positive Side Of Life

Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun every year. How long a minute is depends on what side of the bathroom door you’re on. Birthdays are good for you; the more you have, the longer you live. Happiness comes through doors you didn’t even know you left […]