16 February 2015 A.D. (Anglican) Rev. Dr. Merrick’s Thrust-and-Parry with (Presbyterian) Rev. Dr. Trueman, Baptyerians, & Evangelicals: ASH WEDNESDAY AND LENT
16 February 2015 A.D. (Anglican) Rev. Dr. Merrick’s Thrust-and-Parry with (Presbyterian) Rev. Dr. Trueman, Baptyerians, & Evangelicals: ASH WEDNESDAY AND LENT Merrick, James R.A. “Catholicism or Consumerism? A Question to Carl Trueman about Ash Wednesday and Lent.” Reformation21. 16 Feb 2015. http://www.reformation21.org/blog/2015/02/catholicism-or-consumerism-a-q.php . Accessed 16 Feb 2015. Catholicism or Consumerism? A Question to Carl Trueman about Ash Wednesday and Lent It's that time of year again: when we catholic Christians brace ourselves for the blizzard of blog posts by chilly Puritans who hope to warn their flocks against the vices of Ash Wednesday and Lent. I don't have much interest in entering into what appears to be an in-house conversation about the validity of evangelicals engaging these traditions. After all, I am one of those Anglicans of whom "happy-but-slightly-delirious-Trueman" approves (see his article for the reference)! A...