1. Don Green is the founding pastor of Truth Community Church in Cincinnati, Ohio.
2. The message from Don Green discusses the prolonged trials and afflictions people may be going through.
3. He emphasizes the importance of understanding the ways of God and applying it to personal life situations.
4. He had a four-month study leave and is now back with a lot of reading and planning for upcoming messages.
5. Don Green lays out the schedule of upcoming series on fundamental Christian thinking, including how to know God exists, how to know the Bible is true, and how to know Jesus is Lord.
6. These series aim to form a biblical Christian mind in anyone who listens and develop critical thinking about the current age.
7. The goal is to enable people to think effectively and live to the glory of God in the present age.
8. It is important to understand and proclaim the truths of God in the current age.
- To effectively proclaim truth with confidence and power, one must have clarity in their knowledge and beliefs.
- Shallow convictions will not produce courageous leaders or truth proclaimers, as seen throughout church history.
- It is essential to have a deep knowledge of truth and a convinced mind about it, in order to effectively lead others in truth and discernment.
- The goal is to form a Biblical Christian mind and to equip individuals to lead effectively in the church and in their families.
- Systematic development of churchwide discipleship with the Word of God as the textbook is the primary focus.
- The preaching and teaching will be rooted in the word of God, with the aim of gathering and comprehensively understanding the truths scattered throughout the Bible.
- The ultimate goal is to establish and uphold the work of God in the present age, turning hearts to repentance and forgiveness.
- It is essential to ground one's thinking in the thoughts and ways of God, which are higher and more abundant in pardon and compassion than human thinking.