Lenten Recommendations

Lent is the 40-day period preceding Resurrection Sunday (Easter) that begins on Ash Wednesday.  This year, Ash Wednesday is February 17, 2021.  Let me give you three Lenten Recommendations as you begin your spiritual journey to the cross and resurrection on Holy Week. 

Journey to the Cross: A 40-Day Lenten Devotional by Paul David Tripp.  Tripp has a new devotional guide that has recently been released for this 2021 Lenten Season. For 40-days, Tripp begins with a “big idea” spiritual truth that guides you into a journey of meditating on grace, forgiveness, cross, prayer, reconciliation, resurrection, and other meaty topics in a highly accessible way. 

Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers by Dane Ortlund. If you still have not read this amazing book, the Lenten Season would make a perfect time. Several groups at Trinity studied the book in the Fall and found it a wonderful spiritual journey.

A Conversation with Tim Keller: On Cancer, Book Recommendations, Celebrity, and the Reformed Resurgence. The first twenty minutes of this interview with Tim Keller, especially concerning his journey with pancreatic cancer is faith-filled, hopeful, and deeply encouraging. The interview can be heard on the podcast “Life & Books & Everything” hosted by Kevin DeYoung, Collin Hansen, and Justin Taylor or downloaded from wherever you listen to your podcasts.

BONUS:  If you haven’t yet begun a Bible-reading plan for 2021, it’s not too late! The Lenten Season is a perfect time to begin new rhythms and habits.  Check out Trinity’s “Year of the Old Testament” Bible Reading Plan for 2021 as well as several other great Bible Reading Plans from this blog post from earlier in the year: “2021 Bible Reading Plans: ‘The Year of the Old Testament’”.