Is Ash Wednesday Biblical?

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Is Ash Wednesday Biblical?

25 min

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Is Ash Wednesday Biblical?

25 min

Episode 1169 Show Notes

From the Show

Among some Christian traditions, the ashes are supposed to confront us with the reality of our frailty and the human condition. Because of sin, we are liable to death. We are going to go back to the dust.

– Pastor Adriel Sanchez

Is Ash Wednesday Biblical?

Questions in this Episode

  1. Should Christians keep the food laws in Leviticus?
  2. Why did the Levite allow evil to befall the concubine in Judges 19?
  3. Why did God constitute the Levitical dietary laws?
  4. Is participating in Ash Wednesday biblical?

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Adriel Sanchez is the pastor of North Park Presbyterian Church (PCA) in San Diego, CA. He received his theological training from Westminster Seminary California and serves as host of Core Christianity. Adriel is the author of Praying with Jesus and, most recently, Why We Worship: Experiencing Heaven on Earth at Church. He and his wife, Ysabel, have six children.

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