A Hunger For God: Desiring God Through Fasting ... [TESTED]
: Piper distinguishes biblical fasting (abstaining from food for a spiritual purpose) from modern "soft fasting" (giving up coffee or social media) or dietary techniques like intermittent fasting. Community Perspectives
“I came to grasp with what it means to renounce all things for the sake of Christ... Bread was made so that I can worship God through my enjoyment of him in eating it—not by glorifying it.” Westminster Bookstore A Hunger for God: Desiring God through Fasting ...
: The book highlights how fasting helps keep us from turning "gifts into gods". A potential paper topic is the "proper proportion" of God's gifts and how temporary abstinence prevents good things (like food) from becoming idols. : Piper distinguishes biblical fasting (abstaining from food
Personal accounts often focus on how the book shifts the view of fasting from a chore to a means of grace. A potential paper topic is the "proper proportion"