Fasting by Scot McKnight

Fasting is a disappearing discipline in the lives of the modern American church.  Many today think that fasting has gone by the wayside or is only for the super spiritual.  Scot McKnight sheds new light on this old discipline and breathes new life and purpose in it for the modern believer.  Having studied other works by Dallas Willard and Richard Foster on spiritual disciplines, I was intrigued to review this book specifically on fasting.  The approach the McKnight took was unique.  I think overall, the book nails the reason to fast.  In a nutshell, McKnight suggests and biblically supports that fasting is a response to God's activity.  I had never thought about fasting in this way.  I had always taken the "traditional" approach to fasting that says you fast in order to hear from or become more focused on God.  McKnight spends considerable time discussing the different aspects of fasting as well.  I think this is a great book to get exposed to the practice and discipline of fasting.  He goes to great lengths to discuss the practice of biblical fasting as well.  In this discussion he talks about duration and frequency.  That alone is worth the read.  I highly recommend this book to those who are looking to go deeper in their walk with God.

I received this book for free to review from Book Sneeze.