KneEmail - a devotional by Mike Benson associated with Forthright Magazine
Kneemail - Christian Evidences
WHERE DID WE come from...? Who are we? Why are we here? How should we live? Where are we going? The answers to each of these questions depend on the existence of God. If God exists, then there's ultimate meaning...
IF WE ESSENTIALLY "gut" the first chapter of the Bible and teach that the word "day" really doesn't mean day--but vast eons of time, how can we trust anything else we read in Scripture...? The starting point for Christianity is...
IMAGINE YOU'RE SITTING in your living room, enjoying a peaceful afternoon while reading the paper... Suddenly, a baseball flies into the room, shattering your window. Obviously, your first question wouldn't be, "How did it get here?" It would be, in...
CARS GO THROUGH a systemized process in their formation... They don't just build themselves from iron and elements found in soil; they're formed and fashioned in automotive factories. Likewise, concertos are birthed through composers, paintings come from painters and inventions...
THOUGH LESS THAN an inch in length, the bombardier beetle is noted for its unique defense system... When threatened, the insect sprays boiling, foul-smelling liquid and steam from its posterior, warding off spiders, birds, and even frogs. Consider: This beetle...
BRITISH BIOLOGIST THOMAS Huxley was a staunch defender of evolution -- so much so that he was often referred to as "Darwin's Bulldog..." In responding to those of his day who questioned the likelihood of "blind chance" being able to...
WATCH A SUNSET... Stare at the waves of the ocean. Examine a leaf or a flower. Hold a newborn baby. Our eyes don't have to travel far to find proof that the earth was intricately designed. The world around us...
THERE ARE NO INFIDELS (atheists) anywhere but on earth... There are none in heaven, and there are none in hell. Atheism is a strange thing. Even the demons never fell into that vice, for "the demons also believe, and tremble"...
A SEAGULL DOES not freeze even while standing on ice with bare feet... How does this creature conserve its body heat? Part of the secret is in what are called countercurrent heart exchangers. A countercurrent heat exchanger consists of a...
SCIENTISTS AGREE THAT the universe is constantly communicating with us... When we hear this, most of us imagine some half-crazed researcher spending decades listening to static noise from outer space, waiting for some abnormal yet distinct pattern or variance. For...
DURING THE EIGHTEENTH century, no skeptic delighted in finding humor at the expense of the Bible (and Christianity in general) more than Francois-Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire... His rejection of a personal God -- of God as Father --...
YOU ARE NOT the product of evolutionary chance... You are the handiwork of a skillful Weaver. “Your body is made up of microscopic cells so small that the letter O on the this page would contain between thirty to forty...
CONSIDER THE DESIGN of the Earth... How can chance explain the Earth's position in the following: (1) the right type of galaxy; (2) the right location within that galaxy; (3) the odds of being near the right Sun; (4) being...
PERHAPS THE MOST strikingly audacious "fact" I have discovered in my teaching is found in the Glencoe Science Level Red 6th Grade Edition... Not only does this textbook boldly teach evolution throughout it pages, it goes so far as to...
HUMANS AND ANIMALS have very different characteristics... Humans have the ability to write, produce computers, learn foreign languages, and think about concepts such as heaven and God. No animals have these abilities. Not only that, all humans recognize some things...
ACCORDING TO THE theory of evolution, about 14 to 15 billion years ago all of the matter in the Universe was located in one very dense little spot, smaller than the period at the end of this sentence. As the...
IN 1977, THE United States launched a rocket into space... On board was a small craft called Voyager I, a probe that was jettisoned into space to explore the planets. After Voyager was done spending back photos and data from...
IN EXODUS 20:8-11 the instruction concerning the Sabbath was given to the Israelites... They were told to work six days and rest on the seventh. The Sabbath day (rest day) was based on the rationale that God used six days...
THE ANT LION is a little insect whose larva (also called a doodlebug) lives in regions of dry or sandy soil... It digs a pit about 2 inches deep and waits for ants to fall in. It is equipped with...
ASTRONOMERS HAVE DISCOVERED the most distant massive structure yet found in the universe... It is a huge galaxy cluster that appears to be in a very advanced state of development. This is unexpected because there should not have been enough...