Ashes on the Forehead?
Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, a time of penitence and meditation in preparation for Easter.
Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, a time of penitence and meditation in preparation for Easter.
I am the Lord, Lenten devotionals, is available as a free PDF download.
Good Friday is good because Jesus paid the price for our sins and we have forgiveness of sins and eternal life.
Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. The Lenten devotional The Parables of Jesus is available as a print book for sale or as a free PDF download.
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Lent is a forty-day season of penitence leading to Easter. Many Christians fast or give up something as a Lenten discipline. Adding extra devotions is another Lenten discipline practiced by many believers. Each year I choose a special Bible reading plan for Lent. I read the assigned … Read more
If you do not come from a liturgical Christian background, you may not know much about Lent. If you aren’t accustomed to observing Lent and would like to know more about it, read these posts: Ash Wednesday 2017 Ash Wednesday/Lent 2016 Ash Wednesday/Lent 2014 This year, Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, is February 17. … Read more
Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was … Read more
When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud and laid … Read more
And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and led him away to crucify him. As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to carry his cross. And when they came to a place called … Read more
Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, for this is my … Read more