Bruce Green Articles

Clean, bright and new

BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION —I hope the past year has gone well for you and that the new one will be even better. I think New Year’s Day is a great holiday. It tends to get the short end of the attention stick because it comes right after Christmas and is usually...

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 Three Appearances of Jesus    

Knowing The Lord

RELIGION —  “Covenant” is a word that doesn’t seem to be used very often in speaking about our relationship with the Lord. That is unfortunate...

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Panning From the Past — Part One

How Pilgrims Make Progress

RELIGION —  “About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you...

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What Makes Dad Proud?

What Makes Dad Proud?

RELIGION — Father’s Day is Sunday. I think most of us would agree that while cards, gifts and other expressions of our love and appreciation are...

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What Makes Dad Proud?

Near to the Heart of God

By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — Having talked about Christ in Hebrews 3:1ff as an apostle (“one who is sent with full authority to represent the sender” –...

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Called to Glory

Called to Glory

RELIGION — "Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle...

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Thinking about the Atonement

Thinking about the Atonement

By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — In Hebrews 2:6ff, the writer uses Psalm 8 to make the point that Jesus’ humanity — being made a little lower than the...

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Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus

Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus

By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION —  The writer of Hebrews employed a cold opening long before anyone had any idea what that was. Whoever wrote Hebrews...

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