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Bruce Green Articles

The walk of life — part one

BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION — Paul’s letters often fall into a basic, two-part division. The first part is theology while the second is about turning theology into biography. Paul follows this pattern in Ephesians with the first three chapters focusing on teaching and the...
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What makes a church special?

OPINION — “I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my pray-ers.” Paul to the Ephesians in 1:16 of his letter. Here’s one of those verses that’s easy to rush right by. It’s not hard to think of Paul’s statement as being the first century equivalent...
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Rescued

BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION — Paul starts our story at the cemetery. “You were dead” — not in ICU, not even on life support — we were dead. A dead person is powerless to change their situation. Before death we had choices, options and opportunities, but after death that...
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Out of this world — part two

BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION — Last week we looked at the “heavenly realms,” a phrase Paul uses five times in Ephesians. We talked about it being 1) different than heaven, 2) the realm of spirit activity, 3) a place of both good and evil spiritual powers and 4) as real as...
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Just Passing Through      

Mar 8, 2023

RELIGION — All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed...

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We Need More Pearls

We Need More Pearls

Mar 2, 2023

RELIGION — The Torah’s good neighbor policy (Deuteronomy 22:1-4) was about more than simply making sure everyone’s lost ox, sheep, cloak or...

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Hide or Seek

Feb 22, 2023

By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — Jesus summed up the Torah as being about loving God exclusively and loving your neighbor as yourself. But of course, He...

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More, More, More

Feb 15, 2023

By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — Greed is wanting more than we need. It’s never a good look. It’s the attitude that says, “More, more, more!” when there is...

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The Kingdom of More

The Kingdom of More

Feb 8, 2023

By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — Deuteronomy 17:16-17 says this about Israel’s king: “The king, moreover, must not acquire great numbers of horses for...

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How To Be a King

Feb 1, 2023

RELIGION — It was always the plan of God for Israel to have a king. Deuteronomy 17:14-20 is one of the passages that tells us this, but there are...

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More On Truth Telling

Jan 25, 2023

By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — The witness section of Deuteronomy 19:15-21 should lead us to think about truth telling as it relates to the community of...

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Can I Get a Witness?

Jan 18, 2023

By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — Even though disciples are under the new covenant Jesus inaugurated rather than the old covenant God gave Israel through...

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Dealing with the Anakites

Jan 12, 2023

By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — In the book of Deuteronomy, Moses is preparing a new generation of Israelites to enter the land of Canaan. The previous...

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