Thoughts and Teachings on Fasting
BIBLE STUDIES
Why Fast?
(an introduction to biblical fasting. From Baptist Women staff.)
Ditch Your Stuff: Fasting From Distractions
(written by Linda Ellsworth, author of our theme Bible studies for live magazine)
BLOGS
Fasting: Hungering For God
(an overview; Biblical foundations for fasting and some wise how-tos.
From Mike Wilkins, a GTA pastor with Baptist roots.)
Why Fast? Just Because
( Renee James on her experience of fasting since mid-February 2018)
Adjusting The Margins
(a second blog from Renee on a lesson learned as she's fasted)
MEDIA
An interview with Alison Latty, co-founder of cafechurch, why she began fasting. And she continues to fast.
Resources on Fasting
Fasting: Spiritual Freedom Beyond Our Appetites by Lynne M. Baab (2006 | IVP)
a biblically accurate, accessible primer that unpacks how and why fasting is relevant to us today
Fasting by Scot McKnight (2009 | Thomas Nelson)
fasting as response (not for results)
when we fast we respond, with our bodies, to serious and sacred moments in our lives
Fast Friends | The Amazing Power of Friendship, Fasting and Prayer
by Suzanne Niles and Wendy Simpson (2015| Broadstreet)
what happens when two friends obey God's prompt to fast, together
(Niles is the public relations and media representative for The Salvation Army Vision Network)