So proclaims one blog. Of course, there's no mention of Lent in Scripture. So, how could it be Biblical? The tortured reasoning is th...

One of my readers asked me what the Biblical basis for Ash Wednesday is. I answer: I don't see any biblical basis either for Ash Wednes...

One of my readers recently pointed out that Samuel Miller's work on fasting is apparently available in reprint. Here's a link to a ...

Concerning Public Solemn Fasting. WHEN some great and notable judgments are either inflicted upon a people, or apparently imminent, or by so...