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 Fasting for Real People Nov 24, 2009
I absolutely love this book and have recommended it to a number of friends & church leaders. The author is honest about the challenges of fasting and more importantly, the spiritual benefits and purpose of fasting. He draws on scriptures that are well known but not typically referred to in discussions about fasting. His sharing of his personal experiences and those of his church members makes the book easy to read due to the conversational tone. He challenges the reader to push past their excuses and seek God as never before. I had fasted for periods up to 21 days prior to reading the book, however, while reading the book I went on my first 40 day fast. It was an awesome experience and I thank Pastor Franklin for his encouragement and sound teaching! I will be re-reading the book when I start my January fast in 2010! After reading this book, I went on to read all the books written by this amazing author!
Fasting Nov 05, 2009
I enjoyed the Book on Fasting very enlightening and also the personal testiomies very good and I could relate to them as God is or has dealt with me in these areas .
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 The book may inspire you to fast Sep 11, 2009
The main purpose of this book may be to inspire you to go on a spiritual fast, though it is written in a Christian style and some interpretations may be too much for people who are into spirituality, but not into religion.
I go on spiritual fasts several times a year and I enjoy reading books related to different aspects of fasting. Personally I never force myself to do anything that my body doesn't feel ready to do, so I prepare myself both physically and mentally before I start fasts. From my experience I can tell you that it is much easier to fast if you habitually eat light food, and if you habitually engage in some kind of spiritual practice.
The author of this book just briefly touches upon different kinds of fasts and at times he goes and on and on how it is hard. Obviously if eating is something like a hobby for you and you enjoy eating a lot, it will be more challenging than for people who don't care much about food.
While this book contains some excerpts from the Bible and few inspiring stories of people who have solved all kinds of problems through fasting - and those are the main reason I'd recommend this book - the bigger part of the book contains author's interpretations which I personally didn't care much about. When it comes to interpretations from the Bible, I much prefer to read authors like Emmet Fox, Catherine Ponder, Joseph Murphy, and other New Thought writers.
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 No meat in this fast Jul 15, 2009
I had already decided to fast and got this book hoping for help as I prepared to fast and as something to read as I was going through my fast. I also hoped there would be some nuts and bolts information on how to fast -- the different types, how to prepare (physically and spiritually), how to get through temptation to break the fast, how to return to normal eating after the fast, etc. There is none of that in this book. Instead, the entire book tells you why you should fast. So if you already know that, then this isn't the book for you.
Also, the book isn't all that well organized in it's arguments. It tends to ramble around. I admit that I am an English teacher, and am, therefore, more sensitive to disorganized argument. Still I felt like I was reading a paper of a student who had said all he could think of in the first two paragraphs and then had to fall back on filler and repetition.
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Doesn't tell the entire story Jul 12, 2009
In trying to encourage fasting, Mr. Franklin offers some misleading or incomplete arguments.
An Example: In the first chapter he uses Matthew 17:20-21 as a core foundation for fasting. The problem is most modern translations of the New Testament (including NIV) do not include verse 21 because it did not appear in most of the earliest Greek translations. Mr. Franklin should have at a minimum mentioned some of the issues about this particular verse. Especially since many readers won't find it in their translations.
In several cases his attributes someone's good fortunes solely to their fasting (e.g. in chapter five - "They both received miraculous rewards from God for their sacrifices.")
The importance of fasting if often overlooked; however, Mr. Franklin does a disservice with this book.
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