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How long has it been? Hugh Fulford

2024-08-06 by Forthright Staff

BY HUGH FULFORD ─ My fellow gospel preacher, how long has it been since you preached on the following? My fellow Christian, how long has It been since you heard a sermon on the following?

Authority in Religion
The Divine Inspiration of the Bible
Handling Aright the Word
Christ (His Birth, Life, Death, Resurrection, Ascension, Etc.)
An Overview of the Grand Scheme of Redemption
Grace, Faith, and Obedience
What Must I Do to Be Saved
Cases of Conversion in the Book of Acts (At least one of them every once in a while)
The Facts, Commands, Promises, & Warnings of the Gospel
Faith, Repentance, Confession, Baptism
How To Stay Saved
Work of the Holy Spirit in Conversion
What It Means to Preach Jesus
What It Means to Believe in Jesus
Sin (What it is, How we sin, What it does to us)
The New Testament Church
The Church (In Prophecy, Preparation, Establishment, & Identity)
Denominationalism (Is one church as good as another, Can we worship at one church as well as another, Where did all these different churches come from, etc.)
Is the Church of Christ Just Another Denomination?
The Restoration Plea and its Principles
Apostasy; The Danger of Drifting
Acceptable Worship
Why We Do Not Use Instrumental Music In Worship
Why We Observe the Lord’s Supper Every Lord’s Day
Requirements, Expedients, Aids, Additions (Do we know the difference between these and the relevancy of the differences?)
The Work of the Church
The Work of Elders
The Role of Deacons
The Role of Women in the Church
Dangerous Philosophies (Colossians 2:8: Postmodernism, Situation Ethics, Threat of Contemporary Culture to the Faith, Etc.)
Worldliness
Marriage, Divorce, and Re-marriage; Same-sex marriage
Be Thou Faithful
Forsake Not the Assembly
Spiritual Growth/Transformation
Prayer
Blessed Assurance (The Assurance of Salvation & Eternal Life)
Christian Evidences (Existence of God, Deity of Christ, Inspiration & Authority of the Scriptures)
Second Coming of Christ
The Day of Judgment
Heaven
Hell

Preachers, if you are not addressing these subjects, may I ask “Why?” Members, if you are not hearing these subjects preached, may I ask “Why?” Are they not important? Are they not necessary? Do our young people not need to hear these Bible themes and subjects presented from the pulpit?

Elders (spiritual overseers of the flock) and members, would you ask your preacher to address these matters over a period of time, recognizing that while they are by no means an exhaustive list of things that need to be preached, they nevertheless are important subjects and themes that must not be neglected when preaching the whole counsel of God (Acts 20:27)?

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