RELIGION — The word “inheritance” is rich, deep and expansive — like the word “faith” or “family.” It’s used in a legal sense to speak of...
Out of this World
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Bruce Green Articles
Just Passing Through
RELIGION — All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed...
We Need More Pearls
RELIGION — The Torah’s good neighbor policy (Deuteronomy 22:1-4) was about more than simply making sure everyone’s lost ox, sheep, cloak or...
Hide or Seek
By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — Jesus summed up the Torah as being about loving God exclusively and loving your neighbor as yourself. But of course, He...
More, More, More
By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — Greed is wanting more than we need. It’s never a good look. It’s the attitude that says, “More, more, more!” when there is...
The Kingdom of More
By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — Deuteronomy 17:16-17 says this about Israel’s king: “The king, moreover, must not acquire great numbers of horses for...
How To Be a King
RELIGION — It was always the plan of God for Israel to have a king. Deuteronomy 17:14-20 is one of the passages that tells us this, but there are...
More On Truth Telling
By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — The witness section of Deuteronomy 19:15-21 should lead us to think about truth telling as it relates to the community of...
Can I Get a Witness?
By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — Even though disciples are under the new covenant Jesus inaugurated rather than the old covenant God gave Israel through...