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Why Western Christians Stopped Fasting, and Why We Should Again

Traditionally speaking, there are three pillars of the Christian spiritual life: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. However, one of those is conspicuously absent in much of modern, Western Christianity: fasting. In this video, I'm exploring the history and theology of fasting to try to understand why it's gone so out of fashion and why we might want to reverse that trend. Along the way, we look at the Old Testament, New Testament, Early Church, and Reformers to get a better sense of how we've gotten here. Pre-order my novel, The Long Road to Holy Island: https://amzn.to/400B2Fn Support the Channel: Give monthly:   / gospelsimplicity   Make a one-time donation: https://paypal.me/gospelsimplicity Book a meeting: https://calendly.com/gospelsimplicity... Read my writings: https://austinsuggs.substack.com 00:00 Fasting Today 01:56 Old Testament Fasting 07:27 New Testament Fasting 11:19 Early Christian Fasting 16:39 Reformation Fasting 21:04 Application