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Perhaps the most deceptive, demonic, and destructive trick that false teachers through the ages have used is this.

They use the terms of orthodox Christianity so the unsuspecting will more readily receive their teaching, but they simultaneously redefine the terms so that the substance contradicts the settled truth of the matter.

Be on guard against such things, my friends. The practice is as old as the hills, but a new generation of the naive is always vulnerable to it.

Speaking of which, I expose some tricks from a couple of Dallas professors in this book: ttwpress.com/product/did-jesus-really-say/

- Pastor Don Green

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I made the following post on October 5, 2024. In light of recent events with G3, you'll forgive me if I think it bears repeating. "But absent earnest repentance, more scandals are inevitable. The culture itself is the problem."

Below are my unedited comments from that 2024 post. I am not at all surprised today that another behemoth has bitten the dust:

October 5, 2024:

I thought about not laying down this gauntlet, in part because I’m not excited about being on the receiving end of the backlash it will create from defensive or undiscerning people with a stake in the outcome.

It applies to churches, organizers, speakers, vendors, authors, publishers, *and attendees* alike in the light of the exposure of Steve Lawson—everyone who has had a share in, and profited from, the entire culture of self-perpetuating big Christian events.

If, in 2025 - 2026, the entire major Christian conference circuit continues completely unchanged and operates in “business as usual” mode, you will know that the church (broadly speaking) has completely missed the point.

What has happened before our very eyes is not simply about the one man. It’s about the entire celebrity, maximize attendance, sales, conference swag, promotion, no accountability, and social-media-selfie-with-the-star culture that enabled it all to happen in the first place.

It needs serious change and cancellations.

But mark my words, whether you like them or not: the conference culture is unlikely to do any such thing, opting instead for sweeping everything under the rug and pretending like there is no broader indictment of the Reformed, evangelical culture at large.

Too many people have a stake in its perpetuation, whether for profit or prominence.

But absent earnest repentance, more scandals are inevitable.

The culture itself is the problem.

The people who looked away from, or laughed at, the warning signs are the problem.

The Lord is chastening His church. It’s a time for humbling, repentance, and serious self-examination.

It’s time to fear a holy God.

Until we get that through our star-struck heads, we will see history repeat itself—even from the most prominent places in the celebrity Christian universe.


- Pastor Don Green
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Four words for your help, comfort, and strength in Christ today, presented without comment or embellishment.

Who is He and what has He done for us?

1. Propitiation

1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;
2 and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world. (1 John 2:1-2)

2. Provision

19 And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
20 Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever. Amen. (Philippians 4:19-20)

3. Protection

'Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.' (Isaiah 41:10)

4. Promise

“Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." (Matthew 28:20)

Our response to all His goodness to us?

5. Prayer

16 Rejoice always;
17 pray without ceasing;
18 in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
(1 Thessalonians 5:16-18)

~ Pastor Don Green

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Hi all. I'm grateful for you who are newly following me in light of my upcoming book, When A Child Breaks Your Heart: A Book of Hope. I'm scheduled for another interview this coming week. I'll post a link when it's available.

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In the meantime, I thought you would like to know about a book I published in 2024 titled When Christ Shall Come. It's a brief book on end times, written from a premillennial perspective.

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It has some unique features:

1. It has a detailed critique of what is known as preterism.

There are many reasons to conclude that the events of AD 70 were not a partial or complete fulfillment of the events described in Matthew 24, the great R. C. Sproul notwithstanding.

I know partial preterism is the eschatological flavor of the day. I don’t care. It doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.

2. Appendix A answers: What about Israel today?

From p. 111: “We should not confuse Israel’s human right of self-defense with their biblical position before God as they stand as a nation. Right now, the nation of Israel is under the judgment of God because they have rejected Christ as their Messiah.”

3. Appendix B answers: What about dispensationalism?

I explain the term and why I do not call myself a "dispensationalist." (For those who share my theological training, don't freak out and give an answer before you hear.)

4. Appendix C answers: What about the Baptist Confession of 1689?

It deals with the relationship between the 1689 and premillennialism, a question I often receive. It's brief, but I believe it brings the receipts.

In my pulpit, I'll be finishing a series on Revelation in September, so the doctrine of eschatology has been on my mind again.

You'll find a link to my Revelation pulpit series here: www.sermonaudio.com/solo/tcomm/podcasts/187211/

Grace and peace.

- Pastor Don Green

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When Christ is preached truly, as Lord of all and the only Savior the world will ever have offered to it, it is precisely at that point you are most likely to stumble, my friend.

Men trip over Jesus Christ *all the time*.

They stumble over His identity, His cross, His authority, His exclusivity, and His final sufficiency that excludes all human merit and pride.

There is salvation in no one else, and even many who call Him Lord will be sent away to final judgment in the end.

Linger long and linger well, and may God bless your meditation to your eternal good, for Jesus’ sake.

~ Pastor Don Green

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I realize other important events dominate today's headlines, but here's something of greater eternal significance.

For the love of Christ:

Jesus Christ is God in human flesh. Christian, His humanity is essential to your salvation and your walk with God.

His humanity identifies Him with us.

In the life of Christ, a man has obeyed God’s law. His perfect righteousness can be credited to your account.

In the person of Christ, you have someone who can sympathize with you in your trials and temptations.

In the cross of Christ, a man paid the penalty for breaking God’s law. His payment can cleanse you from the guilt of your sins because it satisfied the demands of God’s law.

In the ascension of Christ, a man has become your representative before the throne of God. His blood and righteousness avail so you can stand before God as well.

In Christ, God became a man so He could give the full blessings of God to us.
He is one of us. He is near.

We have a brother in heaven.

Let there never be any question about the goodness of Christ or his good intentions toward his disciples.

The reality of his humanity puts such matters to rest.

"Who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men" (Philippians 2:6-7).

~Pastor Don Green

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His Worth Not Mine

I’ll never sing
About my worth
When I survey
My Savior’s birth

The Son of Man
Great God Most High
He left His throne
For me to die?

Without one sin
His holy life
Becomes for me
A sacrifice?

For my dark crimes
The night comes down
He hangs for me
Outside of town?

I cannot feel
His anguish there
He stood alone
My sin to bear

But God was pleased
To crush His Son
My debt is paid
Redemption won!

That wondrous cross
I do survey
And my response
I closely weigh

By faith I turn
From self and sin
I yield my all
To gain from Him

Eternal life
Forgiveness free
My conscience cleansed
A gift to me

But that’s not all
I have in Christ
I look at death
Without cold fright

I’ll cross the stream
Safe in His hand
Secure in love
With Him to stand

I’ll surely see
His sacred face
The day I reach
That unstained place

So keep this world
And all its pride
I’d rather be
By Jesus’ side

Of course I walk
With tears today
I still must learn
My Master’s way

My heart may fail
And stumble badly
But Christ my Lord
Holds me gladly

So Zion’s song
My voice does raise
Not me but His
Great worth I praise.

~Pastor Don Green
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I want to give a word of assurance and explanation about my new book, When A Child Breaks Your Heart: A Book of Hope, as I wait for the delivery of the shipment from overseas.
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This post is prompted and informed by many interactions, not any one in particular.

My book is primarily written to help parents who are estranged from children against the parents' desires. It's a common and painful problem. I trust my book will be a vessel of God's grace to many.

Having said that, I realize that sometimes the parents are the problem in the relationship. I have often given counsel to adult children who have suffered rejection or who have had to set boundaries to protect themselves from manipulative, controlling, or cruel parents.

Sadly, being a pastor gives me a front-row seat to all kinds of circumstances where sin has wrecked relationships. It goes in every direction as one generation comes and another one goes. We all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.

My posts on estrangement, to this point, have not focused on this other side. If I qualified every post with a statement that "parents cause problems, too," it would be such a muddle that I would drown out my own voice.

Two things as I close this post for today.

1. My book definitely touches on the reverse problem. I do call parents to examine themselves. You have time for some nuance in an 112-page book that is not possible in every social media post.

2. Having said that, I don't hesitate to say that the same biblical principles that bring hope to parents dealing with estrangement also promise comfort to children in a different type of relationship. A son or daughter could read my book with patience and also find hope.

(I could just as well write a book When A Parent Breaks Your Heart, I suppose. Probably 60% of the content would say the same things if I did.)

So what I say to parents, I say also to bruised children: there is a path forward from the grief and sorrow. Christ and His Word are sufficient to bring consolation to us all.

If I didn't believe that, I wouldn't do what I do.

- Pastor Don Green

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Through the Psalms with Pastor Don Green

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When love for family would require you to do A, and love for Christ would require you instead to do B, then whom you love best is made manifest.

Beloved, let goods and kindred go if faced with that choice. Love Christ highest and best, no matter the cost. He is worthy.

As the Prince of Preachers said:

“We cannot tell which we love the most till they have come into collision.” ~ Charles Spurgeon

- Pastor Don Green
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