1. We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.
  2. The season of Lent gives almost unparalleled opportunity for preachers to placard before their auditors the Cross of Christ and beckon Christians to take up their cross and follow Him.
  3. Cliché preaching may be symptomatic of shallow, consumerist culture, perpetuating a problem rather than the solution.