Lent Quotes

“The joy of the Lord is not a ticket to be purchased by our fasts. He is always good.”
― Esau McCaulley, Lent: The Season of Repentance and Renewal

“We hope that as Christians we mature and grow and become more and more like Christ. But the church and its wisdom assumes we will fail even after our baptism. The church presumes that life is long and zeal fades not just for some of us but for all. So it has included with it's life a season in which all of us recapture our love for God and his kingdom and cast off those things that so easily entangle us.”
― Esau McCaulley, Lent: The Season of Repentance and Renewal

“Love for God that doesn’t pursue holiness misunderstands the freedom from sin inherent in the gospel.”
― Esau McCaulley, Lent: The Season of Repentance and Renewal