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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.

You are

(~) You Are You are strong… when you take your grief and teach it to smile. You are brave… when you overcome your fear and help others to do the same. You are happy… when you see a flower and are thankful for the blessing. You are loving… when your own pain does not blind […]

Persistence

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! has solved and always […]

Useless Life

A farmer got so old that he couldn’t work the fields anymore. So he would spend the day just sitting on the porch. His son, still working the farm, would look up from time to time and see his father sitting there. “He’s of no use any more,” the son thought to himself, “he doesn’t […]

Uplifting Thoughts

(~) Uplifting Thoughts To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world. Going to church does not make you a Christian anymore than going to McDonalds makes you a hamburger. Real friends are those who, when you feel you’ve made a fool of yourself, don’t feel you’ve […]

Inspirations

=============================“A happy childhood is one of the best gifts that parents have it in their power to bestow.” —— Mary Cholondeley=============================It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. —– Confucius=============================Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter […]

Today’s To-Do List

(~) Today’s To-Do List Smile at a stranger. Listen to someone’s heart. Drop a coin where a child can find it. Learn something new, then teach it to someone. Tell someone you’re thinking of him or her. Don’t hold a grudge. Don’t be afraid to say, “I’m sorry.” Look at child in the eye and […]

People over 30 should be dead

People over 30 should be dead. Here’s why . According to today’s regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 40’s, 50’s, 60’s, or even maybe the early 70’s probably shouldn’t have survived. Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors […]

Merry Christmas In 33 Languages

(~) “MERRY CHRISTMAS” IN 33 LANGUAGES Here’s how to say “Merry Christmas” in over 33 languages! ** Afrikaans – ‘n Geseende Kersfees en ‘n voorspoedige Nuwejaar ** Afrikander – Een Plesierige Kerfees ** Albanian — Gezuar Krishtlindje ** Arabic – I’D MIILAD SAID OUA SANA SAIDA ** Armenian – Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand […]

Nativity Mosaic — Lego

Dear Christian friends, Here’s a LEGO nativity scene for 2004. (130kB) http://www.ericharshbarger.org/lego/images/nativity/nav_2.jpg and the story behind it http://www.ericharshbarger.org/lego/nativity.html Enjoy. * Shalom! Rowland Croucher * * http://jmm.org.au/ * (14000 articles, 3000 clean jokes/stories, 1m. hits/month) *

Lighten up!

Lighten up, and put more lights up as well By Julia Baird December 11, 2004 ‘First verse of the fourteenth chapter of the Second Book of Kings: ‘And he said, ‘But my brother Esau is an hairy man, but I am a smooth man’.”‘ Anyone who has ever endured a cliche-ridden sermon would still laugh […]