Bruce Green Articles

The vulnerable Lord of the manger

BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION —While we were enjoying Christmas with our loved ones two years ago, the James Webb telescope was being launched into space. It is effectively a second-generation space telescope (it was initially referred to as the Next Generation Telescope)...

Daniel 8 and Hannukah

BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION —Daniel receives his vision of chapter 8 in 550 B.C. In his vision, he is in the “citadel of Susa” — the capital of the Medo-Persian kingdom (see Esther 1:1-3). He sees a ram with two horns, with one horn longer than the other. He is told later...

There is no substitute

BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION —You can’t pour from an empty cup, as the saying goes.Most of us are familiar with this saying. More to the point, we are familiar with this feeling. We’ve been there. We know what it is like to be running on empty.That’s where Elijah is in 1...

The good news of God’s reign

BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION —Daniel has a dream in the first year of Belshazzar (7:1). The dream is an expansion of the one he interpreted for Nebuchadnezzar in chapter two. Instead of a statue with four parts representing four kingdoms, his dream has four creatures...
This Is Love

This Is Love

By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — The Gnostic influencers John was opposing in 1 John were not known for their love. They were spiritual elitists. Anyone...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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:...

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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...

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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...

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