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: Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah, James, William, Benjamin, Lucas, Henry and Theodore. But no Onesimus. That’s too bad....

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 are. It is where we process life — where attitudes are formed and actions are determined. It is the command post of our...

RELIGION — Last week we touched on prideful distortion and how it affected people like Pharaoh, Nebuchadnezzar and Herod. But the truth is, most who are reading this don’t suffer from pride anywhere near that degree. Our problem isn’t that we’re head over heels in...

By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — You don’t have to read much of Proverbs before you understand the writer likes to use contrast to make his point. He tells us in 1:7 that “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.” He does...