A Taste of Grace with Bruce Green

The Light from Bethlehem

I saw just a piece of a program on the Discovery Channel. The opening promised us a show about fearless exploration. They would leave no stone unturned. They would question everything. It featured a scientist and a paranormal researcher who were dressed like a 21st century version of Indiana Jones. They were searching for answers to theContinue reading “The Light from Bethlehem”

The Deeper Reach

Can you imagine the social media storm Jesus would have instigated? I’m referring to when he asked the man who had been unable to walk for 38 years, Do you want to get well? You can see some responses, can’t you? Wow, read the room Jesus! You just asked a man who has been unable toContinue reading “The Deeper Reach”

Be Bold and Behold!

I have a portable DVD player that’s seen some heavy usage so I was doing a little maintenance on it. I opened the disc area and blew some compressed air into it. As I did, I noticed a warning label: DO NOT TOUCH THE LENS. That made sense— any kind of smudge on the lens would keep the discContinue reading “Be Bold and Behold!”

An Exalted View

David Blaine is an illusionist and stunt performer who has been in the public eye for a couple of decades. His most recent feat was to float upward to almost 25,000 feet while attached to over 50 large balloons in the Great Basin Desert in northern Arizona. As he was ascending, he spoke of havingContinue reading “An Exalted View”

The Resurrection and “Surprised by Hope”

Surprised by Hope (N. T. Wright), was published in 2008. I came across it about a year later and was so impacted by it that I immediately put together a series of messages on the resurrection and the profound truths that flow from it. It wasn’t that I didn’t have some understanding of these things prior toContinue reading “The Resurrection and “Surprised by Hope””

Diving for Pearls

The Pearl Diver (Jeff Talarigo), is the fictional account of a nineteen year old woman who lives at home with her family and dives for pearls off one of the islands on Japan in the years immediately following WWII. One day she notices a dull red spot on her arm and later finds another on her back. She hasContinue reading “Diving for Pearls”

Read About It

* Discipled Lives (The Old Man and the Sea) * Diving for Pearls (The Pearl Diver) * Of Hope and Healing (Across Five Aprils) * Recalled to Life (A Tale of Two Cities) * The Challenge of Change (Les Miserables) * The Joy of Sharing (The Grapes of Wrath) * The Possible Dream (Don Quixote) * The resurrection and Surprised by Hope * The wounds of love (The SelfishContinue reading “Read About It”

At Our Posts

“Bless” is a big word in Psalms. It occurs in some form over 50 times in the book. Therefore, when we encounter it in the first and last verses of the final psalm of ascent we’re not surprised, and it serves as a fitting conclusion. What began on the road to Jerusalem with a callContinue reading “At Our Posts”

“We Treat You Like Family”

This seems to be the slogan of every other business. I did a search of the phrase and the first page showed it was used by a car dealership, a medical center, a bank, and a real estate company. Sports teams also speak of their fanbases as family. (Although I have yet to find aContinue reading ““We Treat You Like Family””

Coming Attractions

“Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell together in unity!” (Psalm 133:1 ESV). To say that brothers don’t always dwell together in unity is an understatement. The biblical witness provides us with too many examples of this sad truth. There was Cain and Abel, Jacob and Esau and Joseph and his brothers.Continue reading “Coming Attractions”