Bruce Green Articles

A Taste of Grace | Aug. 15, 2024

I have a job for you OPINION — Isaiah’s ministry ended somewhere around the time of Hezekiah’s death in 687 BC. Sixty years later, Jeremiah was called to his ministry in the 13th year of Josiah’s reign (Jeremiah 627 BC/1:2). It would span the final five kings of Judah...

A taste of grace

Staying humble and hungry OPINION — Most of us have heard of the John Godfrey Saxe poem, The Blind Men and the Elephant. It is based on a traditional Indian parable and tells of six blind men from Indostan who came across an elephant. As each touched a different part,...

A Taste of Grace | July 18, 2024

Rce OPINION — The psalmist supplies us with several reasons for praising God in Psalm 103. At the start of his list is “forget not all of His benefits” (v. 2). In v. 3-8 he enumerates some of those. Applicationally speaking, this is a part of the psalm where there is...

Studying His Word | July 4, 2024

If it's not broken, God hasn't fixed it OPINION — Psalm 51 is a challenging psalm. There’s the historical context (it is likely written by David after Nathan exposed his adultery with Bathsheba and his murder of Uriah). Then there’s our context (i.e., most of us have...
The Three Appearances of Jesus    

Knowing The Lord

RELIGION —  “Covenant” is a word that doesn’t seem to be used very often in speaking about our relationship with the Lord. That is unfortunate...

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Panning From the Past — Part One

How Pilgrims Make Progress

RELIGION —  “About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you...

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What Makes Dad Proud?

What Makes Dad Proud?

RELIGION — Father’s Day is Sunday. I think most of us would agree that while cards, gifts and other expressions of our love and appreciation are...

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What Makes Dad Proud?

Near to the Heart of God

By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — Having talked about Christ in Hebrews 3:1ff as an apostle (“one who is sent with full authority to represent the sender” –...

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Called to Glory

Called to Glory

RELIGION — "Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle...

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Thinking about the Atonement

Thinking about the Atonement

By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — In Hebrews 2:6ff, the writer uses Psalm 8 to make the point that Jesus’ humanity — being made a little lower than the...

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Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus

Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus

By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION —  The writer of Hebrews employed a cold opening long before anyone had any idea what that was. Whoever wrote Hebrews...

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