Lent observations and holy week?

[redphantom]

I'm writing a story about a couple. He's Lutheran, and she's Baptist, and it's coming on lent in the story, and while it's not meant to be a religious book, I'd like it to be accurate. Based on what I've seen, Baptists for the most part don't observe Ash Wednesday. Is this correct? What about the rest of lent. Are there any special services then?
Do Baptists observe Holy Week, Palm Sunday, Maunday Thursday, and Good Friday?

 

[morse86]

Colossians 2:14:
Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

 

[redphantom]

Ok, and what does that mean in relation to my question?

 

[morse86]

It means we don't observe the sabbaths.

 

[☦Marius☦]

I'm writing a story about a couple. He's Lutheran, and she's Baptist, and it's coming on lent in the story, and while it's not meant to be a religious book, I'd like it to be accurate. Based on what I've seen, Baptists for the most part don't observe Ash Wednesday. Is this correct? What about the rest of lent. Are there any special services then?
Do Baptists observe Holy Week, Palm Sunday, Maunday Thursday, and Good Friday?

It means we don't observe the sabbaths.

Baptists generally observe the sabbath (I am an ex baptist). They just don't observe lent. Also Morse Lent is a strictly Christian tradition not a Jewish one, so the verse which references freedom from the Judaic law doesn't really apply.

I think it has less with Baptists being against fasting as some do, its just they generally don't use a liturgical calendar so such things don't really come into play.

 

[morse86]

Baptists generally observe the sabbath (I am an ex baptist). They just don't observe lent. Also Morse Lent is a strictly Christian tradition not a Jewish one, so the verse which references freedom from the Judaic law doesn't really apply.

I think it has less with Baptists being against fasting as some do, its just they generally don't use a liturgical calendar so such things don't really come into play.

These are carnal ordinances that was done away with in Jesus. If you're going to talk about "keeping the sabbath", you better keep ALL of them then....start by getting yourself a trumpet in that case:

Leviticus 23:24:
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation

Leviticus 19:3:
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

People that want to "keep the sabbath"....never keep "all" of the sabbaths of the Lord. They want to pick and choose.

Colossians 2:14:
Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

 

[☦Marius☦]

These are carnal ordinances that was done away with in Jesus. If you're going to talk about "keeping the sabbath", you better keep ALL of them then....start by getting yourself a trumpet in that case:




People that want to "keep the sabbath"....never keep "all" of the sabbaths of the Lord. They want to pick and choose.

Well we are freed from the Judaic law, I am speaking specifically of Sunday worship. Also I'm not sure you should so broadly judge everyone. I am sure there are plenty of Jews who kept and still keep all the sabbaths.

With the exceptions of the ones God no longer made possible by the destruction of the temple.

 

[ml5363]

We observe palm Sunday, and good friday

 

[redphantom]

Thank you, ml5363

 

[Jonaitis]

As far as I know, we don't celebrate Lent.

 

[Newtheran]

I'm writing a story about a couple. He's Lutheran, and she's Baptist, and it's coming on lent in the story, and while it's not meant to be a religious book, I'd like it to be accurate. Based on what I've seen, Baptists for the most part don't observe Ash Wednesday. Is this correct? What about the rest of lent. Are there any special services then?
Do Baptists observe Holy Week, Palm Sunday, Maunday Thursday, and Good Friday?

In general, Baptists don't observe anything apart from Easter.

 

[thecolorsblend]

I'm writing a story about a couple. He's Lutheran, and she's Baptist, and it's coming on lent in the story, and while it's not meant to be a religious book, I'd like it to be accurate. Based on what I've seen, Baptists for the most part don't observe Ash Wednesday. Is this correct? What about the rest of lent. Are there any special services then?
Do Baptists observe Holy Week, Palm Sunday, Maunday Thursday, and Good Friday?

Back in my Southern Baptist days, it was a minor trend in my group for small minority of people to observe Lent.

I emphasize that this was not the norm. But it's worth noting that (A) it's not unheard of (2) Baptists have a bit more awareness of/understanding of Lent than a lot of traditional Christians might think and (fourth) it's not necessarily controversial to other Baptists that some of their own participate in Lent.

 

[Pádraigín Ní Saorlaith]

I grew up in (and still attend) a church in the Southern Baptist Convention. We observe Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter. Some churches observe Holy Thursday as well, and some individuals observe Lent, but the former is not particularly common, and the latter is a personal decision rather than a communal one.

 

[JM]

I'm writing a story about a couple. He's Lutheran, and she's Baptist, and it's coming on lent in the story, and while it's not meant to be a religious book, I'd like it to be accurate. Based on what I've seen, Baptists for the most part don't observe Ash Wednesday. Is this correct? What about the rest of lent. Are there any special services then?
Do Baptists observe Holy Week, Palm Sunday, Maunday Thursday, and Good Friday?

Some do, most don't. The Church I'm at talks about it, a little. I attend an interdenominational service at the Anglican Church across the street from my work during lunch hours. They are offering these services during Lent and I've enjoyed them.

jm

 

[twin1954]

There are some Baptists that, while in reality don’t observe, use those days to commemorate the things that took place on those days. Lent is not one of them normally nor is Ash Wednesday. But seeing that Baptists make a big deal out of independent congregations and personal conscience they don’t bother those who choose to. Though they are against religious trappings or observing of days. They might council someone in their congregation who does those things.

Now no one has ever truly observed the Sabbath. Not the Jew nor the Gentile. Christ is the Sabbath of all who are in Him. He alone is our rest.

 

[chevyontheriver]

But it's worth noting that (A) it's not unheard of (2) Baptists have a bit more awareness of/understanding of Lent than a lot of traditional Christians might think and (fourth) it's not necessarily controversial to other Baptists that some of their own participate in Lent.

OK. So just what was point III? ;-)

 

[Ttalkkugjil]

Christ came and paid humanity's debt, he paid its sins' guilt, he secured a redemption for it. So the note's canceled, its menace has been removed from between God and humanity. God has affixed our guilt's handwriting to the cross. When Christ was crucified, laden, as he was, with humanity's guilt, God nailed the Law to his cross. So it was canceled. So there's no more guilt to condemn us.

 

[FireDragon76]

Christ came and paid humanity's debt, he paid its sins' guilt, he secured a redemption for it. So the note's canceled, its menace has been removed from between God and humanity. God has affixed our guilt's handwriting to the cross. When Christ was crucified, laden, as he was, with humanity's guilt, God nailed the Law to his cross. So it was canceled. So there's no more guilt to condemn us.

All true, but what does that have to do with Lent?

 

[Ttalkkugjil]

All true, but what does that have to do with Lent?

Was in response to @morse86