Lent & Easter

Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent—a time for reflection, repentance, and renewal when Christians are invited to prepare themselves for the celebration of the Lord’s resurrection. Throughout the forty weekdays and six Sundays in Lent, pray and reflect on God’s renewing power.

God's Word for Life: Week of Ash Wednesday

If you're a hiker, you know a trail-breaker is someone who walks ahead, makes a new way, and invites others to follow. That's exactly what Jesus did for us. He broke a new trail with his birth, his life, his teachings, and then with his death and resurrection. In this 30-day devotional series designed for Lent, we’ll see how Jesus showed us a new way of living and knowing God.

Break Trail

On the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast, Justin Brierley sits down regularly with renowned New Testament theologian NT (Tom) Wright to draw on his wisdom and knowledge as he responds to a wide range of listener questions. This reading plan distils Tom’s answers into short responses and looks at Jesus’ crucifixion, resurrection and ascension, what happens when we die and the return of Christ. 

Jesus’ Death, Resurrection & Return

Near the end of his life, John was the last of the living apostles and wrote a story about Jesus. It’s his testimony of who Jesus is, what he said, what he did, and who he claimed to be. Jesus has a story. He invites us to make it our story. When we make Jesus’s story our story, we have life in his name. This plan focuses on John 13 and Jesus serving his disciples in the Upper Room. It is part of an ongoing series through John. 

The Last Apostle | John 13: Serve One Another

You are invited to a Lent journey where we will spend 40 days with Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane - the place where He was extremely vulnerable and open to the Father’s will. Here, He shows us a glimpse of His courage to wrestle with His humanity.

In the Garden With Jesus - a Lent Journey for Teens

The Christian life is a long race. But we’re not running on our own. Hebrews 12:1-2 tells us that we are surrounded by “a great cloud of witnesses” to spur us on. Two thousand years from when this was written, the cloud of witnesses is larger than ever. This plan is an opportunity to be encouraged by voices of the past to fix our gaze on Jesus.


Five Days of Encouragement From Saints of Old

The Lent Project is an initiative of Biola University's Center for Christianity, Culture and the Arts. Each daily devotion includes a portion of Scripture, a devotional, a prayer, a work of visual art or a video, a piece of music, and a poem plus brief commentaries on the artworks and artists. The Seven Last Words of Christ refers to the seven short phrases uttered by Jesus on the cross, as gathered from the four Christian gospels. This devotional project connects word, image, voice and song into daily meditations on these words.

Last Words: A Lenten Meditation on the Final Sayings of Christ, Week 7

Take a deep dive into the words of the world's most-loved choral work, Handel's Messiah - all taken from the Bible. Messiah tells the story of God’s plan for the world, the promise of Messiah - Jesus - in the Old Testament, His coming in the Gospels, and His sacrifice so you may have eternal life. Grow in your faith journey as you reflect on the references to Messiah throughout the Bible. Hallelujah! 