Psalm: 102 Meditation Mark: The question of fasting came up. Unfortunately, today’s church eschews this ancient practice, perhaps because we don’t appreciate its significance. Jesus fasted for 40 days as His ministry begin. The purpose of fasting is to clear out our minds of such earthly concerns as hunger. The Scripture limits fasting to but …
Tag: Fasting
Friday, February 26
Psalm 95, 40 Meditation: Mark – Not only does this passage show Jesus eating in the house of tax collector with other tax collectors and sinners, it also shows him asserting that he is the one they were preparing for. The fasting of John’s followers and the Pharisee’s disciples was in preparation for the coming …
Fasting
There is a dramatic scene at the end of the book of Jonah where an entire city, the city of Nineveh, is confronted with the news that God is about to destroy them. How do they respond to impending judgment? They declare a fast. The king decrees that no one, not even their animals, is …
The Three-Legged Stool
I've been thinking a lot about three-legged stools since Mark's sermon this past Sunday. They are superior to the four-legged bar stools in my kitchen which are never flush to the ground. They rock. They squeak. Their legs work themselves loose. Three-legged stools are unique in their stability. Mark, of course, was not talking about …
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