Growing up Baptist I was never exposed in any major way to the practices of Lent. Likewise, today I am part of the PCA and in a church that, while recognizing the season of Lent, does not put any real emphasis on the season. The bulk of my church's emphasis during the season is on preaching the scriptures of Jesus' days leading up to the cross as well as the redemption and specifically the grace and hope the cross shows through scripture. All of that to ask the question; is Lent something scriptural that we should continue to hold fast to today, or rather a tradition carried over from Rome that we protestants have held on to, albeit in a more limited way?