The season of Lent lasts approximately 40 days, excluding Sundays, between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. Observing Lent is not a biblical mandate and celebrating it does not earn your salvation or earn God’s favor. Yet, it can be a time to reflect on the sacrifice that Jesus made on the cross and prepare your heart as you approach Easter. We know that finding resources can feel overwhelming at times. As a result, we have complied our favorites below.
Online/No cost
- Article on Lent: Do You Observe Lent? by Paul David Tripp
- A Prayer for Lent: The Good-Grief and Grace-Tears of Lent by Scotty Smith
- Article: The Seasonal Nature of Lent by The Village Church
- Advance Community Church put together a playlist for Easter weekend
- Do You Doubt the Resurrection Video with Jonathan Dodson
- Lent Ends in Jesus’s Death-and Yours by Paul David Tripp
For children
- Jesus Rose for Me: The True Story of Easter by Jared Kennedy
- A Jesus Easter by Barbara Reaoch
- The Garden, the Curtain, and the Cross by Carl Laferton
- The Donkey Who Carried a King by R.C. Sproul
- Jesus Has Risen Board Book by The Daily Grace Company
Family
- Darkest Night Brightest Day: A Family Devotional by Marty Machowski
- Mission Accomplished: A Two Week Family Easter Devotional by Scott James
- Who is Jesus: 40 Pictures to Share with Your Family by Katie Hox
Books:
- The Risen King: 40 Devotions for Easter from C.H. Spurgeon edited by J.A. Medders
- Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross: Experiencing the Passion and Power of Easter by Nancy Guthrie
- Raised?: Finding Jesus in Doubting the Resurrection by Jonathan Dodson
- An Ocean of Grace: A Journey to Easter with Great Voices From the Past by Tim Chester
- Journey to the Cross: A 40-Day Lenten Devotional by Paul David Tripp
- Truly, Truly, I Say to You: Mediations on the Words of Jesus from the Gospel of John by Adam Ramsey
- The Beauty of the Cross: Reflections for Lent from Isaiah 52 & 53 by Tim Chester
- Incomparable: 50 Days with Jesus by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
- Our Radiant Redeemer: Lenten Devotions by Tim Chester
- If the Tomb Is Empty: Why the Resurrection Means Anything Is Possible by Joby Martin