KneEmail - a devotional by Mike Benson associated with Forthright Magazine
Kneemail - Discipline
DURING WORLD WAR II, Nazi Germany dropped pornographic pamphlets from the sky over enemy territory... The reason; to distract the soldiers minds with fascinations causing them to ignore the front line. This has been the strategy of porn from...
ELVIS PRESLEY WAS one of the most talented singers and performers in the history of our country... In fact, the Smithsonian Institute described Elvis as having the MOST influential impact on the entire history of American music. This man...
EVER PLANT A garden...? Or maybe just a few flowers in a bed or a plant in a pot? Something makes it possible for the gardener to function, or a farmer to produce a crop is a "law" of nature....
JESUS DOESN'T FORCE us to be His disciples... Never does He coerce anyone into His service. His invitation is free, His offer of eternal life is free, the opportunity to serve Him is free. He freely took the initiative in...
THERE WAS A big, overgrown cow poke named Tall Cotton, whose specialty was going to sleep during duty hours, leaving the rest of the crew to do his share of the work... The boys took it for a time, but...
ARISTOTLE SAID, "WE are what we repeatedly do... Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." We are creatures of habit. Habits--overeating, thumb-sucking, breath-holding, nail-biting, smoking, and the like--run the gambit from unpleasant to unhealthy. Other habits, like reading,...
IN 490 BC, THE Persians landed at a place called Marathon with the hope of capturing Athens... Greatly outnumbered, the Athenians dispatched Pheidippides to Sparta for help. Pheidippides is reported to have run one hundred and fifty miles in two...
ONE AUTHOR TELLS the story of the world's most unwanted ship, the Pelicano... No country in the world wanted her. No country allowed her to land. She was a seaworthy ship and had reputable owners. The problem was that she...
WHENEVER YOU FIND yourself going through times of testing, there is always a reason...a very good reason... In fact, there are several reasons. Testing times are to: UNCOVER something: When God allows pressures and trials, it is so that you...
GEORGE O. WOOD writes that on October 31, 1983, Korean Airlines flight 007 departed from Anchhorage, Alaska for a direct flight to Seoul, Korea... Unknown to the crew, however, the computer engaging the flight navigation system contained a one-and-a-half-degree routing...
I HEARD THE screams long before I could see him, but as I wheeled my grocery cart around to the next aisle of the store, there he was... With angry tears streaming out of squinty eyes, the little boy was...
WHO HASN'T DREAMED of hitting the jackpot and buying a new car and taking the vacation of a lifetime...? Not all that long ago, Nevada was the only place you could legally play the slots or poker, and New Hampshire...
ANCIENT WRESTLING MATCHES weren't for the squeamish or timid... Hoping to see some clean takedowns, reversals, and figure-four leg locks? Better look elsewhere. During the time of the Roman Empire, little things like kicking, biting, and scratching were perfectly acceptable...
"WORLDLY SORROW" MEANS feeling sad because you got caught doing something wrong or because you must suffer the unpleasant consequences of your actions, such as financial loss, a broken marriage, a damaged reputation, or merely nagging guilt... Any normal person...
"THEREFORE, MY BELOVED, flee from idolatry..." "Flee" is a strong word. It means to escape by running away. This calls for deliberate, strenuous, and prolonged action. By using this word, Paul is warning us that we will not free ourselves...
WE ALL KNOW and love the parable of Jesus called "The Vine and the Branches" (John 15:1-8)... Non-productive branches are removed; productive branches are pruned to make greater growth. Brethren, crestfallen, admit they are not growing. This probably means they...