Bruce Green Articles

A Taste of Grace | Oct. 24, 2024

What is God saying to us?OPINION — We’re doing a study of Luke’s gospel on Wednesday nights. Our goal is to interact with the text in such a way that it results in us gaining a clear sense of how God is using it to speak to us today. Of course, this should be the goal...

A Taste of Grace | Oct. 31, 2024

From groaning to glory, part one OPINION — Romans 8:18-25 is one of the lesser-known passages in Paul’s letter to the disciples at Rome. But lesser-known doesn’t mean lesser value and we’ll see he had some profound things to say in this passage. Let’s begin with some...

A Taste of Grace | Oct. 17, 2024

Embracing Your Interruptions OPINION — A young man and woman were in love and wanted to get married. The young man asked her father for his blessing. The man told him, “Before I can give you my blessing, you have to pass the test.” The young man wanted to know, “What...

A Taste of Grace | Oct. 10, 2024

Gloriously More OPINION — When Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine were engaged in 1796, he gave her a ring composed of two tear shaped stones — a diamond and a blue sapphire set in opposite directions on a slim gold band. Each stone weighs slightly less than a carat....
Studying His Word | May 23, 2024

Studying His Word | May 23, 2024

Fallen walls and broken gates, part one OPINION — There are lots of lessons to learn from the battle of Jericho in Joshua 6. Here are some of them:...

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Studying His Word | May 23, 2024

Studying His Word | May 16, 2024

Bouncing on Pharaoh’s Knee OPINION — As we come to Exodus 3, an indeterminate amount of time has elapsed since Joseph’s family moved to Egypt. More...

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Studying His Word | May 23, 2024

Studying His Word | May 9, 2024

Friends, followers and community OPINION — Do you recognize where these slogans come from?“Caring is part of our package.”“Find your family at …"Did...

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Studying His Word | May 23, 2024

Doing right

OPINION — As we read through the Genesis account, one of the admirable characteristics of Joseph is his determination to do what is right — no...

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Studying His Word | May 23, 2024

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...

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Studying His Word | May 23, 2024

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...

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Studying His Word | May 23, 2024

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...

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Studying His Word | May 23, 2024

The One who holds the stars

BY BRUCE GREEN The opening picture of Jesus in the book of Revelation is a breath taking one. It’s not the Jesus we’re used to seeing in paintings...

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