Bruce Green Articles

A mailbox, a note and a good neighbor

BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION — Our mailbox leads a rather solitary existence. It interacts with our mail carrier once a day, sees either Janice or me the same amount — and that’s it — except for the many vehicles that drive by. Only the vehicles don’t always drive by. One...

Broken but blessed

OPINION — I worked as a lifeguard for a couple of summers when I was growing up. I got the job even though at the time, I hadn’t taken the course you needed for life-guard certification. The swimming pool where I was hired was in a pinch and needed someone right away,...

Happily ever laughter

OPINION — Abraham was 75 years old when he left Haran for Canaan (Genesis 12:4). God told him He would give Canaan “to your offspring” (v. 7), so he knew he would have descendants. But it didn’t happen over the next few years so when God spoke to him through a vision...

Tents, altars and sacred space

OPINION — Even though the land of Canaan would be given to his descendants, when Abraham sojourned there he and Sarah didn’t live in the best house of a high-end neighborhood. They lived in tents—as their son Isaac would and after him, his son Jacob. They were able to...
Jesus from Mark 

Jesus from Mark 

By BRUCE GREEN Teaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika RELIGION — Life was seldom smooth for Jesus. He was tempted by Satan...

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Jesus from Mark

Jesus from Mark

By BRUCE GREEN Teaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika RELIGION — We finished a series on the gospel of Mark not too long ago....

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Jesus from Mark 

Some Thoughts on Fathers 

By BRUCE GREEN Teaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika RELIGION— Most of us know (with or without a little prompting) that the...

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Wisdom as a Tree of Life

By BRUCE GREEN Teaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika Wisdom is spoken of as a tree of life in Proverbs 3:18. What a picture!...

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Grateful Hearts Make Us Whole

By BRUCE GREENTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika RELIGION— Jesus was traveling along the border of Samaria and Galilee. On...

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The Humanity of Jesus

BRUCE GREENTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika RELIGION –– The Letter to the Hebrews has quite a bit to say about the...

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