For the next 50 days, we will be posting a chapter daily from John Piper’s “The Passion of Jesus Christ-50 Reasons Why He Came to Die.” Hopefully it will serve as a guide for you as you look toward Easter. Traditionally Lent is a season of the Church calendar for fasting, prayer, repentance and spiritual pilgrimage.
To learn more about Lent and its origins, check out this detailed article by Elliot Grudem.