Journey to the cross. (Lent)
From: The Christian Century
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Date: 2/19/1997
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Author: Harakas, Stanley S.
Lent represents a return journey to Christians' source if power - Christ's victory over sin, evil and death. Lent helps Christians renew their faith and their commitment to living a Christian life.
LENT IS a journey. It leads from recognition of the weakness and powerlessness before the forces of evil and sin to victory over those forces through the cross and empty tomb. The reading from 1 Corinthians focuses attention on the cross as the power of Christ: "For the word of the cross is ...
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