Explaining Lent
February 25, 2009 at 2:37 pm 1 comment
Like many of you, I grew up Baptist. Warmer weather meant Spring was here. Spring meant Easter was coming soon. Easter meant…well, to be totally honest, it meant new church clothes. Of course we celebrated Easter at church on Easter Sunday. Our church usually did a huge Easter musical of some kind. We sang “Up from the grave He arose!…” People came to church who hadn’t been since Christmas Eve. It was a good day. A Happy day. But that was it.
Jump ahead 30 years. 2 Years ago I was challenged in my church to participate in “40 Days of Prayer and Fasting” during the 40 days immediately before Easter. I reluctantly decided to participate. Essentially we were observing Lent even though we didn’t call it “Lent.” Since then I’ve studied Lent and have been deeply convicted of the importance of this time in the life of all believers as we prepare for the Easter celebration. I’ll be teaching on Lent tonight. Not so much as an obscure (at least to us Baptists) part of the liturgical calendar, but more as a practical means of spiritual growth.
I came across this article titled “Explaining Lent to Non-Liturgical Christians” today. It’s written by a Baptist pastor. He does a great job of explaining very clearly the history and meaning of Lent.
Entry filed under: Bible lessons. Tags: Bible Lesson, Escape, Lent, TM 412.
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