Preface To The Second Printing
1. Must God Plead With God?
   
2. How The Spirit Leads
   
3. Physical Reinforcements of Faith
   
4. Jesus' Physical and Spiritual Death
   
5. Is There Merit in Pain?
   
6. The Six Days of Creation
   
7. Adding Guilt to Anxiety
   
8. Wine and The Disciple
   
9. Revolution or Evolution
   
10. I Am That Disciple
    
11. When People Disagree
    
12. Is Unity Based Upon Seven Doctrines?
    
13. Our Seven Sacraments
    
14. Instrumental Music
    
15. The Mood of Worship
    
16. Justified Then Sanctified
    
17. Is Christian Our Name?
    
18. The Lord's Table
    
19. Righteousness That Exceeds
    
20. Neither Destroyed Nor Nailed To The Cross
    
21. The Right of Self-Protection
    
22. A Tree of Error
    
23. God is Limited
    
24. You Are Here
    
25. God is In Charge
    
26. Hook's Points
    
27. Lamentations of A Mediocre Preacher
    

Preface To The Second Printing

While a man serves a congregational pulpit, he is limited in his message. He must speak only those things which fit the consensus of the group which supports him. He does not want to be disruptive. So, he does not feel free to speak those things which would raise questions about mainline positions, traditional interpretations, or the structure of the system. That does not mean that I have not tried! Repeatedly, I have tried to give redirection only to be frustrated or shot out of the saddle by guardians of the orthodoxy.

Now that I am retired from congregational ministry, I am free to speak, and the Lord has given me an exciting and fulfilling ministry. He worked to allow the publication of Free In Christ in December of 1984, making it available for free distribution. Response to its messages has been positive and thrilling. In its first year, we ordered a third printing.

Other messages have been in my heart which did not fit the theme of Free In Christ. Those lessons, touching on various themes, are included in this volume, Free To Speak, published in September of 1985.

All of my beliefs are tentative, anticipating change or development as I learn more. So, these discussions are not intended to be exhaustive studies revealing the last word on the subjects. If I can only cause you to rethink and restudy positions that you already hold, I shall have accomplished my purpose in them. May His Spirit work in us to accomplish that. May God use us all to work together in bringing the changes that he desires.

Cecil Hook
November 9, 1986