Author Archives: A Taste of Grace with Bruce Green

In Support Of Diversity In Marriage

The effort to institutionalize same sex relationships is just one of the latest chapters in our culture’s push back against God in regard to His gift of sexuality.  The sexualization of just about everything that moves (including children), promiscuity (and the glamorization of it), pornography (we now have mommy porn like Fifty Shades of Gray), abortion (muchContinue reading “In Support Of Diversity In Marriage”

Inflating Or Inspiring?

No one is sure exactly where the word hype comes from.  Some think it came about by shortening the word hyperbole.  Others think it has something to do with illicit drug use and the hypodermic needle—getting “hyped up.”  Then there’s the thought that it simply comes from the prefix hyper.  I suppose one explanation is as good as another or maybeContinue reading “Inflating Or Inspiring?”

I Am So Angry!

Jonah was one angry guy! He gave an eight word sermon, had an entire city respond to it, and it only made him angrier! We don’t know for certain exactly why he was angry with the Ninevites (maybe someone in his family had been killed or suffered at the hands of the Assyrians), but it’s obvious that this destructiveContinue reading “I Am So Angry!”

“I hate that they have hope”

The story of Malaysia Flight 370 was a difficult one to follow.  At the most basic level, we hurt for the family and loved ones of the 239 passengers as their agony played out in excruciating bits and pieces under the bright lights of a world wide stage.  On another level, this incident seemed to reflect manyContinue reading ““I hate that they have hope””

Hope Defined

There’s something else that comes into play when we think about the blessing of hope.  It’s not just a matter of connecting our future to our present, there’s also the matter of keeping our eyes on the prize. Too many times, I think we forget what our hope (the prize) is. We are deceived or distracted intoContinue reading “Hope Defined”

Hope Deferred?

To have hope is to have a future. The late Christopher Reeve was close to the mark when he said, Once you choose hope, anything is possible. (If he had Christ in mind when he spoke those words, then he was right on the mark!).  To have Christ is to have hope. Peter reminds his readers they have beenContinue reading “Hope Deferred?”

God’s Handiwork

I enjoy working with wood.  It’s just a hobby and my tools far exceed my talent, but still, there’s something quite satisfying about the whole process.  One of my current projects involves three benches.  We have one we use at our table that I made about fifteen years ago and it has proven so versatile over the yearsContinue reading “God’s Handiwork”

God In A Box

Someone shared a story to a group about God intervening in their life in a highly unusual and specific way.  Remarks were made afterward to the effect that God can do anything He wants, we can’t limit Him, put Him in a box, etc.  This was followed by referencing the woman who was healed by touching Jesus’Continue reading “God In A Box”

Glory In The Ordinary

I don’t mean to suggest that there is no wonder in the familiar.  Wonder and novelty are certainly not the same and shouldn’t be confused.  But wonder is harder to spot in the familiar because . . . well, it’s familiar.  And that leads us to something that is generally not associated at all with wonder but isContinue reading “Glory In The Ordinary”