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Aug 2024
55m 38s

Offering | Fasting E1

Practicing the Way
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Why should we fast? John Mark outlines the history of fasting in the Christian tradition, and argues that we don't fast to bio-hack our way to holiness, but rather to expose our weakness where God meets us.


Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 6v16-18


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