Many Christian churches, or denominations, are in the season of Lent. But what is Lent anyway? Many of us are familiar with the “season” of Christmas, which is also a name of a season of the ...

There is a literary pattern found in the ancient stories of the Bible concerning the number 40. The most famous ones involve Moses leading Israel out of Egyptian slavery into freedom, the tribes ...

When they feel hungry or miss the thing they're abstaining from, they should acknowledge that and turn to prayer and the Bible. Lent always begins on Ash Wednesday, and Lent 2024 falls on Feb.

Lent is the period of 40 days leading up to Easter ... our God sent his only son - Jesus Christ - to live on Earth. The bible says that before Jesus began his work for God, he was led into ...

The Christian festival of Lent is just around the corner, meaning spring is nearly here. The cold snap has hit the UK hard but there is light at the end of the tunnel with March fast approaching.

Lent is the time before Easter during which the faithful abstain and fast in remembrance of the ultimate sacrifice Jesus made on Calvary. It is a 40-day time of preparation before Easter, the ...

Ash Wednesday begins the 40 days of Lent leading up to the Christian celebration of Easter. On Ash Wednesday, many Christians observe the tradition of placing ashes in a cross on the forehead, which ...

WHAT is the point of a Lent book? I suppose there is more than one answer to that: to quicken the soul, to awaken the ...