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Reflections on Fasting in Lent
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Mark D. Roberts
Permalink for this post I grew up hearing about Catholics fasting during the season of Lent. No meat on Fridays, only fish, which in my school cafeteria was something to be avoided at all costs. This always seemed to me to be one more good reason to be a Protestant. But, in the past fifteen…
New Post on the Gospels
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Mark D. Roberts
Check out the latest entry by my guest blogger, James Arlandson. It’s called: “Similarities among John’s Gospel and the Synoptic Gospels”. This is an extraordinarily detailed and helpful piece. You may not check every cross reference today, but you’ll want to save this information for later. Thanks, James, for your continued excellence in your series…
Lent: A Season of Preparation
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Mark D. Roberts
Permalink for this post Well, we survived another Super Bowl. This year’s game turned out to be an thrilling one, unless, of course, you’re a New England Patriots’ fan. Nevertheless, last Sunday evening we watched the culmination of years and years of training, as top athletes displayed their wares in the “big game.” Win or…
What is Ash Wednesday?
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Mark D. Roberts
Permalink to this post Many Christians, mostly Protestants and independents, had never given Ash Wednesday a thought until four years ago. Then, in 2004, Ash Wednesday became a huge day in American Protestant consciousness. Why? Because on that day Mel Gibson released what was to become his epic blockbuster, The Passion of the Christ. For…
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