KneEmail - a devotional by Mike Benson associated with Forthright Magazine
Kneemail - Faith
A CROWD GATHERED around Jesus' disciples... A demon-possessed boy had been brought to them, but they were unable to cast out the devil. When Jesus appeared, the father rushed to him, desperate for someone to help his son. "But...
MICHAEL HODGEN TELLS a rather humorous story about a man dressed in a devil outfit who was on his way to a costume party when suddenly he got caught in a rain storm. Searching for cover from the downpour, the...
GOD INSTRUCTED MOSES to return to Egypt and lead the Israelites out of bondage (Exo. 3)... The reason given by God for Moses' return to Egypt at this time was that God had "surely seen the oppression of My people...
JESUS TOLD THE twelve to get into a boat on the Sea of Galilee... As they started across the sea, everything was smooth and calm, and Jesus went to sleep. Suddenly a huge wind blasted on the sea and the...
THE STORY IS told of a young man who came to the door of a monastery with a large duck in his arms... His uncle, who happened to be one of the monks, answered the knock. "Here, uncle, this is...
DAVID WAS MOVING the ark of the covenant... The Philistines had captured it but sent it back to Israel. They did this by placing the ark on a cart drawn by two milk cows (1 Sam. 6:2, 10-12; 7:1). When...
WE ARE NOT left in ignorance whether Nicodemus came to Jesus by night... The universal and unanimous response from all believers in the Bible is that he did. We can be united perfectly in believing this fact. This is because...
I ONCE VISITED the testing room of a large steel mill... I was surrounded by instruments and equipment that tested pieces of steel to their limits and measured their breaking point. Some pieces had been twisted until they broke, and...
ON MY RECENT trip to Oklahoma, I was privileged to also experience my first flight... To most people, I assume, this would be a welcome new experience. For me, it was something akin to a claustrophobic being buried alive in...
LAST VETERANS' DAY, I bought a poppy from those nice ladies outside the post office... That night an 18-year-old girl spotted the flower attached to my shirt pocket and asked what it was for. I was a little taken aback....
THE STORY IS told of a man in a fancy restaurant who started to choke on a bone... A doctor rushed over, identified himself as a doctor, and reassured the man that he was going to be all right. He...
DURING THE GREAT Depression a good man lost his job, exhausted his savings, and forfeited his home... His grief was multiplied by the sudden death of his precious wife. The only thing he had left was his faith, and it...