A Taste of Grace with Bruce Green

Lions And Tigers And Bears (2)

Before HDTV there was BBTV (Big Bulky) television. Like most people, we don’t have any sets that fall into this category anymore. We got rid of most of most of them, but one I’m thinking of died in a surge of electricity when our house was struck by lightning. This happened years ago and evenContinue reading “Lions And Tigers And Bears (2)”

Lions And Tigers And Bears (1)

1939 was a great year for movies. Jimmy Stewart was in a couple of popular ones: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Destry Rides Again. Some guy named John Wayne was in picture called Stagecoach. Then there was a ridiculously long movie—so much so that it had an intermission in it. It was based on Margaret Mitchell’s story setContinue reading “Lions And Tigers And Bears (1)”

Light Shining In Darkness

Steve and Lindsey Justice met in college, married, and have two daughters, Hannah and Hope. They wanted another child but Lindsey was having trouble getting pregnant. She was diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)—a disorder that complicates conception. They began looking into adoption and Lindsey started receiving fertility treatments. She found out she was pregnantContinue reading “Light Shining In Darkness”

Life In The Right Lane

Someone had this inscribed on their tombstone: Pause dear friend as you pass by, As you are now so once was I. As I am now, you soon will be. Prepare yourself to follow me. Below it, another person had added the following: To follow you I’m not content, Until I know which way youContinue reading “Life In The Right Lane”

Learning To Live With Our Assumptions

Ned and Ed are brothers. There were born on the same hour of the same day of the same year to the same mother. They are not twins. How can that be? It’s my privilege to be teaching a group of young men about teaching. The class essentially has two parts: having something to sayContinue reading “Learning To Live With Our Assumptions”

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”