The Sermons the Church Refuses to Preach

By Virgil Walker | Sola Veritas

Every generation has sins it refuses to name.
Ours is no different.

The early Church named idolatry.
The Reformers named indulgences.
The Puritans named hypocrisy.

But today’s pulpits?
They name “stress,” “self-care,” and “feeling stuck.” Meanwhile, they tiptoe around the very sins tearing families, churches, and nations apart—sexual perversion, feminism’s assault on the family, men abandoning their posts, and false gospels paraded as “justice.”

So let’s not just talk about the sermons that aren’t preached.
Let’s open the Bible and hear them.

Sexual Perversion: The Sermon Against Lust

Text: 1 Thessalonians 4:3–5 — “For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God.”

God’s will is clear—He calls us to holiness in our bodies. Every form of sexual immorality is rebellion against His design:

• Homosexuality (Romans 1:26–27) — “For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.”

• Transgenderism (Genesis 1:27) — “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.”

• Pornography (Matthew 5:28) — “But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”

• Fornication (1 Corinthians 6:18) — “Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.”

• Adultery (Exodus 20:14) — “You shall not commit adultery.” and (Hebrews 13:4) — “Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.”

Yet pulpits rarely name these sins. They substitute softer categories: “struggles,” “brokenness,” “complicated relationships.” But Paul declared, “Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality” (1 Corinthians 6:9). To withhold God’s words on this is not compassion—it is complicity.

Feminism’s Assault on the Family: The Sermon on Womanhood

Text: Titus 2:3–5 — “Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.”

God’s Word affirms biblical womanhood as His good design. Feminism, by contrast, calls it oppression. God calls women to nurture, build, and guard the home. Feminism tells them fulfillment lies in rejecting husband, children, and covenant family.

And the Church? Many pulpits have swallowed feminism whole. They platform women as pastors while neglecting the glory of wifehood and motherhood. They treat Paul’s words as embarrassing relics instead of God’s timeless truth. In doing so, they allow the Word of God to be reviled instead of revered.

Men Abandoning Their Posts: The Sermon on Manhood

Text: 1 Corinthians 16:13 — “Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.”

The command is plain. Men are called to act like men—to stand firm, protect, lead, provide, and sacrifice. Yet our age is marked by absent fathers, passive husbands, and pastors who trade courage for applause.

And pulpits have enabled it. Instead of summoning men to battle, the Church coddles them into perpetual adolescence. Entertainment-driven services, shallow discipleship, and “life coach” preaching have produced a generation of weak men in a world desperate for strong ones.

False Gospels: The Sermon on Christ Alone

Text: Galatians 1:8–9 — “But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.”

There is one Gospel—Christ crucified for sinners, risen, and reigning. Any addition or subtraction produces a gospel that damns. That includes:

• The social justice gospel — which centers identity politics instead of Christ.

• The prosperity gospel — which worships health and wealth instead of the cross.

• The therapeutic gospel — which makes you the hero and Christ your cheerleader.

Yet instead of condemning these counterfeits, many churches adopt them in the name of “relevance.” They choose relevance over repentance, self-esteem over salvation, and feelings over faith. Paul’s words still thunder: these gospels are accursed.

A Deafening Silence

The tragedy is not that the world sins—that has always been true. The tragedy is that the Church has grown silent where God has spoken.

Pastors who once thundered truth now whisper motivational slogans. Seminaries that once produced soldiers for Christ now churn out managers for nonprofits. Congregations that should be salt and light have become mirrors of the culture.

When pulpits go silent, sheep scatter. When shepherds muzzle the Word of God, wolves are free to feast.

This is why sermons on sexual sin are replaced with TED Talks on self-esteem. This is why feminism is baptized in the name of “equality.” This is why men are left without a call to arms. This is why counterfeit gospels are tolerated in the name of “dialogue.”

The silence is not neutral—it is deadly. And the cost is measured in souls.

A Final Word

The Church today is weak because it refuses to thunder where God thunders. Our age doesn’t need clever talks or therapeutic advice—it needs sermons with scars. Paul said, “For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!” (1 Corinthians 9:16). The same woe falls on shepherds who trim the Word to fit the world.

The people of God don’t need another pep talk.
They need the truth.
It’s time to preach it.

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