Homiletical Helps: Lenten Preaching

Abstract

A short piece, originally printed in WLQ Vol. 84, gives a short history of the Lenten season. It reviews current trends in Lenten preaching while giving tips and warnings about some of their aspects. Key quotes of the essay: “The best Lenten sermon is the passion story itself” and “Lenten sermons deserve to be Christocentric, not anthropocentric.”