by WadeArnold | Nov 23, 2018 | Discipleship, Spiritual Disciplines
Perhaps no spiritual discipline is more neglected than fasting. This rings especially true as I write this post on the day after Thanksgiving. There is a tremendous amount of misinformation as well as negative attitudes about fasting. Our inability and/or...
by WadeArnold | Nov 9, 2018 | Commentary, Culture, Politics
A Christian friend of mine recently posted a Linkedin article by Julian McCall to Facebook. The article purports to be sharing a letter by Marshall Kamena, the Mayor of Livermore, California. My friend’s comment on the post was ambiguous; it wasn’t possible to...
by WadeArnold | Nov 9, 2018 | Discipleship
Why fast? There are several reasons for fasting. Elmer Townes has identified nine types of fasting in his book Fasting for Spiritual Breakthrough. What follows is a brief description of each of the nine he identified. Disciples Fast The purpose of the Disciples...
by WadeArnold | Oct 25, 2018 | Discipleship
Biblical Case for Fasting Jesus assumed that His followers would fast. When confronted with the fact that His disciples did not fast, He replied that they didn’t fast because He was present with them, but that after He is taken away from them that His disciples will...
by WadeArnold | Oct 5, 2018 | Discipleship
In my last blog entry, I discussed the difficulties we have in actually setting aside time to pray. Another difficulty that we have in prayer is figuring out what, exactly should we be praying for? What should we be praying for ourselves? Is it selfish to pray for...
