With Ash Wednesday coming up later this month, I thought it might be interesting to cover how there are some similarities with Mardi Gras. In today’s talk by Lesley and Amy, they go over Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday, and Lent breaking down what is Biblical and what is not.
To encourage you to check out the video, I’ve taken the commentary given and turned it into questions, while listing a few key points. If you would like the answers, check out the video.
- How are all three holidays connected to Easter?
- Ash Wednesday first day of Lent.
- Mardi Gras is the day before Lent.
- Why Resurrection Day? What is the story?
- Why do Christians worship on Sunday and not Saturday?
- Lent is 40 days leading to Easter.
- Is Lent only observed by Catholics?
- Key Point: Lent is about absence, self-denial.
- Lent is originally suppose to focus on the pursuit of holiness.
- Is Lent found in the Bible?
- Colossians 2:16 – food, drink, festivals, what are we to do
- Why is it unBiblical to require people to observe Lent?
- Why is it unBiblical to say our acts of penance helps our salvation?
- Catholicism is discussed in other podcasts of A Word Fitly Spoken, but if you’re curious about its false teaching – check out: Interview With Former Roman Catholic Mike Gendron (Justin Peters)
- What are two questions we should ask ourselves if we want to celebrate Lent?
- Amy came out of a Catholic background, and she came out of a pagan Unitarian background, too.
- Ash Wednesday is it unBiblical?
- What does the ash cross represent?
- Who is invited to receive an ash cross on the forehead, how does this go against the Gospel?
- Key Point: Ash Wednesday is not in the Bible.
- Why is the ash cross not humble?
- Key Point: The world needs the Gospel, not ash crosses, to be reminded of why repentance is needed.
- Why does Michelle say we don’t appreciate the simplicity of scripture?
- Mardi Gras – French for Fat Tuesday.
- Roots of Mardi Gras.
- A.D. 600 – what happened in relation to Ash Wednesday?
- What do the three colors of Mardi Gras stand for?
- What is a king cake?
- What is the problem with penance? What is it?
- Is penance Biblical? – No.
- How does the Lord punish sin?
- How is sin connected to Mardi Gras?
- Drunkenness, lewdness, sexual activity, and more. – Should Christians participate in a festival that encourages this? What does the Bible say?
- Could Christians participate in non-sinful activities of Mardi Gras?
- How is Mardi Gras a witnessing opportunity?
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Thanks for this good post on upcoming Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday, and Lent. I’m of Polish descent and in Catholic Poland they celebrate Tłusty Czwartek (Fat Thursday – the Thursday preceding Ash Wednesday), which is the Polish equivalent of Mardis Gras. Polish immigrants to America transitioned to Pączki Day, the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. The idea in both cases was to party to the max before the hammer fell on Ash Wednesday and Lent, all part of the religious unbeliever’s misunderstanding of genuine salvation in Christ and Christian spirituality.
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Yes!!! I recall some calling the Tuesday Fat Tuesday. Thanks for sharing some of the background. I think the ladies also talk about this. (I wrote up this post last year, so it’s not as fresh.) I found the podcast really interesting though. It’s true, all of this stems from false theology.
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