A Hunger for God
by John Piper
Fasting as a hunger for God rather than a technique: the biblical cases, the dangers, and fasting for the poor, for revival, for mission. The best modern evangelical book on the practice.
Read it if…
you want to fast and want a theology for it.
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Skip it if…
you want the health side of fasting.
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Three things you will actually use
- Fasting is the hunger of a homesick heart.
- Fast from good things to want the best thing.
- Fasting without purpose is dieting.
Do this first
Read chapter one and fast one meal with a purpose.
Our verdict
Fasting, theologically.
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