1. Preaching the inseparability of Jesus and Jerusalem is to proclaim God’s Messiah and the fulfillment of the Scriptures.
  2. Perhaps this year we shall see Lent reaching more toward Easter and tethered to the resurrection then the economy-car style tradition which simply terminates in Good Friday.
  3. 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.
  4. Justification and regeneration are, therefore, necessarily connected and have profound implications upon the craft of preaching.
  5. 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.

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