Lent

Chick-fil-A Offers Fish Alternatives in Honor of Lent

Chick-fil-A Offers Fish Alternatives in Honor of Lent
Chick-fil-A is working to make sure that customers celebrating Lent can still come to eat at the Christian fast-food chicken joint by offering fish.

7 Things You Should Know about Ash Wednesday

7 Things You Should Know about Ash Wednesday

Chances are you’ll see a bunch of folks walking around with shmutz on their foreheads this Wednesday (Feb. 14). What does having a dirty forehead have to do with being a Christian and why this ritual is gaining in popularity? What is the significance behind Ash Wednesday and why do Christians still attend Ash Wednesday services? Even if you attend one at your church you may not know the history behind it.

Well, here is what you need to know:

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The Legacy of Lent: Don’t Give Up Something, Do Something

The Legacy of Lent: Don’t Give Up Something, Do Something
As valuable as these acts of personal sacrifice, spiritual development, and contrition are, Christianity also exhorts us to energetically work to help those in need.

How God Uses Fasting to Draw Us to Him

How God Uses Fasting to Draw Us to Him
Fasting can seem like a lost practice today--perhaps something not relevant to our Christian faith in the modern world, but as long as we are tempted to fill our lives with other things that tend to crowd Christ out, there will be a need for such spiritual disciplines as fasting.

Amazon is Preparing for Zombie Apocalypse

Amazon is Preparing for Zombie Apocalypse
How does Jesus want his followers to respond to the needs of our day?

We are Not Our Own: The Counter-Cultural Season of Lent

We are Not Our Own: The Counter-Cultural Season of Lent
Is it all about us, or about Jesus and Him crucified? Today, we enter what may be the most counter-cultural season of the church calendar. More on Lent, next on BreakPoint.