Surprising to many, the observance of a Lenten season actually predates the celebration of Christmas...
This season of preparation offers Chritians an opportunity to remember anew the lengths to which God went to save us who were once lost in our sin and far from Him... 3/3

Historically, this tradition can be traced back to shortly after the Council of Nicea in 325 AD- with echoes of a pre-paschal fast tradition that reaches as far back as Irenaeus of Lyons in the second century AD... 2/3

To preach God's holy law and how it is met by God's glorious grace in the Person and Work of Christ and worked out in us through the Holy Spirit is to preach the Gospel! 5/5

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To preach how we are called to live as God's people apart from the Person and Work of Christ is to preach legalism... 4/5

To preach God's grace apart from the Person and Work of Christ is to preach indulgence... 3/5

To preach God's law apart from the Person and Work of Christ is to preach condemnation... 2/5