Practices - Introduction to Fasting

In this message, David focuses on Matthew Chapter 6 from the heart of the Sermon on the Mount. He challenges us to see that fasting was a normative part of Christian life until the mid-17th century. Not coincidentally this was also a time period that saw the rise of rationalism and an increasing emphasis on the disembodied aspects of the faith. He closes with a story about the foundational place neediness has in our receptivity to and pursuit of Jesus.