Welcome to Lent.

[Nick M]

I am for traditions, including man-made. Provided it doesn't pervert the gospel. Paul said

16 So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, 17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.

And he was reminding them they are OSAS.

Don't confuse it with not holding onto what he said, and keeping the festivals of the circumcision.

 

[Derf]

I am for traditions, including man-made. Provided it doesn't pervert the gospel. Paul said

16 So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, 17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.

And he was reminding them they are OSAS.

Don't confuse it with not holding onto what he said, and keeping the festivals of the circumcision.

Do you think, though, that the idea of Mardi Gras is a perverse way to start a festival of sacrifice?

 

[Nick M]

Do you think, though, that the idea of Mardi Gras is a perverse way to start a festival of sacrifice?

Yep. I didn't know what the festival or Fat Tuesday was before a few years ago.

 

[Idolater]

I am for traditions, including man-made. Provided it doesn't pervert the gospel. Paul said

16 So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, 17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.

And he was reminding them they are OSAS.

Don't confuse it with not holding onto what he said, and keeping the festivals of the circumcision.

God loves a cheerful giver. Lent is about cheerful giving, not grudging giving or giving because you have to give.