Bruce Green Articles

A Taste of Grace | Hidden in Plain Sight

BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION — It’s the person looking for glasses that are perched atop their head or someone searching for keys that are still in the door. Paul tells us in Romans 5:8, “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ...

A Taste of Grace | Finishing with a flourish

BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION — Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!“Who has known the mind of the Lord?Or who has been his counselor?”“Who has ever given to God,that God should repay...

A Taste of Grace | What about Israel

BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION — Chapters 9-11 are a speed bump in the book of Romans. They make us slow down and thoughtfully consider the text. These chapters are also very important to the overall theme of the letter as they develop the righteousness of God from yet...

A Taste of Grace | Thinking about the Resurrection

BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION — The resurrection of Jesus is one of the core beliefs of the Christian faith. As such, it has profound implications for us. Here are three. Our body is an essential part of our identity. There’s a little saying that goes something like this:...

A Taste of Grace | Life in the Spirit (Part 2)

A Taste of Grace | Life in the Spirit (Part 2)

Apr 8, 2025

Last week we looked at Romans 8 in terms of what Paul has to say about the follower of Jesus and the Spirit. We saw how as God’s new creation we...

A Taste of Grace | Life in the Spirit (Part 2)

A Taste of Grace | Life in the spirit (Part 1)

Apr 1, 2025

Romans 8 is one of the highest mountains in range of Scripture, packed full of power, encouragement and instruction for the follower of Jesus. I’d...

A Taste of Grace | Life in the Spirit (Part 2)

A Taste of Grace | Sincerely (but no longer) yours

Mar 25, 2025

Paul’s statement, “There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,” (Romans 8:1), is a crescendo he has been building toward from...

A Taste of Grace | Life in the Spirit (Part 2)

A Taste of Grace | Romans and the Torah

Mar 18, 2025

BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION — Romans 7 is as challenging to grasp as Romans 6 is easy to understand. It would have been fine with most of us if Paul had...

A Taste of Grace | Life in the Spirit (Part 2)

A Taste of Grace | Romans and baptism

Mar 10, 2025

OIPINION — In Romans 6, Paul is dealing with a couple of objections he must have encountered more than a time or two in sharing the good news of...

A Taste of Grace | Life in the Spirit (Part 2)

A Taste of Grace | Gloriously ever after

Mar 3, 2025

BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION — Seriously Paul?The fifth chapter of Romans begins with a celebration of the peace we have with God through Jesus and “the...

A Taste of Grace | Life in the Spirit (Part 2)

A Taste of Grace | Romans and Father Abraham

Feb 25, 2025

BY BRUCE GREEN Anyone who’s ever been to VBS knows the song, Father Abraham. But what is the song talking about? What is its meaning? That’s the...

A Taste of Grace | Life in the Spirit (Part 2)

A Taste of Grace | Romans and the atonement

Feb 18, 2025

BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION — How does God make the world right while maintaining His righteousness? How does He treat a person as if they’ve never...

A Taste of Grace | Life in the Spirit (Part 2)

A Taste of Grace | Romans and the wrath of God

Feb 11, 2025

BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION — Romans has a lot to say about the wrath of God. In fact, the word is found there more than in any New Testament book other...

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