Lent

Alternate Labels

Quadragesima

Web Links

“The Season of Lent” | by Dennis Bratcher (CRI/Voice, Institute)
“All About Lent” | by Jonathan Bennett and David Bennett (ChurchYear.net)

Key Passages

Reading List

Lent is the 40 day period of devotional preparation before Easter.

Introduction

Lent | The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Lent | Nelson’s New Christian Dictionary
The Easter Cycle | History of the Christian Church

Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday | The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church

Writings of the Church Fathers

Sermons 39 – 72 | by Leo the Great in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Second Series, Volume XII
Sermons 39 – 72 | by Leo the Great in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Second Series, Volume XII (Catholic Edition)

Scripture Study

Lenten Psalms |in John Adams Hebrew Studies Collection (3 vols.)

The Passion of Christ and Atonement

The Radical Cross | by A.W. Tozer
The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ | by James Stalker
King, Priest and Prophet: A Trinitarian Theology of Atonement | by Robert Sherman
Cur Deus Homo | in The Major Works of Anselm of Canterbury

Devotional Reading

He Chose the Nails | by Max Lucado
And the Angels were Silent | by Max Lucado
No Wonder They Call Him The Savior | by Max Lucado
Six Hours One Friday | by Max Lucado

Ideas for Worship and Practice

The Church Year | in Fresh Ideas for Preaching, Worship & Evangelism
The Services of the Christian Year (Library of Christian Worship Vol. 5) | The Season of Lent
A Hunger for God | by John Piper

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