By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — The Gnostic influencers John was opposing in 1 John were not known for their love. They were spiritual elitists. Anyone...
Bruce Green Articles
What Are You Doing?
By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — Why is it whenever someone starts to talk about keeping God’s commands, people get uneasier than a long-tailed cat in a...
The Joy of Obedience
By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — First John is a brief but marvelously rich letter. But when you first get into it, there’s a good possibility it will...
Living in the Light
By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — John assures the disciples he is writing in 1:1-4 of his first letter that the message they had shared with them about...
For the Bible Tells Me So
RELIGION — Back when people wrote letters, they did so for lots of reasons. They wanted to stay in contact with a loved one from whom they were...
The Disciple and Opportunity
By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — A man had fallen into an old, dry well and was stuck at the bottom. He called out for help, and finally someone came by....
Useful
By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — Based on data from people applying for Social Security cards for their children, the most popular baby names for boys are:...
Guarding Our Heart
By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — "Heart" is a huge word in Proverbs — it is used 75 times in 31 chapters. The heart is at the center of who and what we...
Pride and Humility: Part Two
RELIGION — Last week we touched on prideful distortion and how it affected people like Pharaoh, Nebuchadnezzar and Herod. But the truth is, most who...