1. Lent is a gift to the Church from the Church. It belongs to all Christians who desire to be conformed to the likeness of our Lord.
  2. Justification and regeneration are, therefore, necessarily connected and have profound implications upon the craft of preaching.
  3. Christ is present in the pure preaching of the gospel. And if Christ is present, then we have entered into the domain of the sacraments.
  4. In preaching, auditors are informed and instructed on hearing the voice of the Other, not themselves or contemporary resonances.
  5. Preaching is the first line of defense and catechetical offensive against these corrosive falsehoods.

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