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...
When a Little Water Gets in Our Boat

Knowing Christ Part 3

By BRUCE GREENTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika This is the last part of a three-part series from Philippians 3:7-11 on...

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Knowing Christ

By BRUCE GREENTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika This is the second part of a three-part series from Philippians 3:7-11 on...

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When a Little Water Gets in Our Boat

Knowing Christ

By BRUCE GREENTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika This is the first of a three-part series from Philippians 3:7-11 on what...

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When a Little Water Gets in Our Boat

Bumblebees and Serving God

By BRUCE GREENTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika It was a grey day as I pulled my grey truck into the driveway about...

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When a Little Water Gets in Our Boat

The Connection That Counts

By BRUCE GREENTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika Paul talks about confidence in the flesh in Philippians 3:3-4....

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When a Little Water Gets in Our Boat

Loving God Gloriously

By BRUCE GREENTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika Paul’s prayer for the disciples at Philippi was “that your love may abound...

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Acting Up

By BRUCE GREENTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika Depending on your translation, Colossians 3:1 begins with a “Since, then,”...

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A Little Debbie Christmas

By BRUCE GREENTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika It was two days before Christmas last year and one of our friends was down...

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