KneEmail - a devotional by Mike Benson associated with Forthright Magazine
Kneemail - Money
HE HAD JUST left... Saddened by Jesus' command to sell everything. To give his money to the poor. He had great wealth. The problem was, he loved his money. Probably, the disciples stared unbelieving at Jesus, perplexed that he would...
BECAUSE THE CHURCH is a spiritual kingdom (Col. 1:13), having Jesus Christ as her Lord, there are spiritual principles that govern her life... Jesus never intended for us to adopt worldly wisdom with its principles which guide and organize human...
IT WAS DURING the war... His wages were low. He and mother wore old clothes, and tried to provide as best they could for our family. We were very poor; but frankly, I didn't know it then. Yet, while it...
IT'S FLU SEASON again, only there’s a not-so-new strain that is out there that is more vicious than any germ... Its Latin name is affluenza-gottabuyitis. The symptoms affect us all unless we are inoculated with the contentment serum that comes...
MORRIS AND HIS wife went to the state fair every year, and every year Morris would say, "Esther, I'd like to ride in that helicopter..." Esther always replied, "I know Morris, but that helicopter ride is 50 dollars and 50...
WORRY IS WIDESPREAD and is a universal problem... It is not limited to any one class. The poor and rich, the cultured and the unlearned and both the young and old worry. We worry about how to get money, and,...
HAVE YOU EVER noticed how some televangelists are always making urgent pleas, asking for money to keep their ministry afloat...? They often promise that if you "plant a seed of faith" (translated: give them money) you will receive one hundred...
WHETHER MEN ARE wealthy or poor -- or somewhere in between -- their attitude toward material possessions is one of the most reliable marks of their spiritual condition... There is a temptation to both the rich and the poor. The...