Jesus statement from Matthew chapter 6 states, "when" not "if you fast". This is inference makes it clear up front a expectation for christians.
Since the actual act of fasting is not debate-able, we need to look at the types of fasting.
Richard Exley's book 'Man of Valor' is an excellent book and I highley recommend it to all men.
In his book, he clearly states out four different types of fasting.
1) Normal fast - abstain from all foods (liquid and solid) but drink water only.
2) Absolute fast - abstain from all foods and water (3 days max)
3) Partial fast (also known as Daniel fast) - limit the kinds of food you eat rather than all foods.
4) Supernatural fast - same as a absolute fast, but for a longer period of time (more than 3 days)
It is also noteworthy the Supernatural fast was only used twice. Once by Moses on the mountain top with God and Elijah. The Absolute fast is viewed as a desperate cry to God.
Richard Exley also comments the results of fasting is normally received after the fast is complete. In all the types of fasting, the purpose is to clean the spirtual landscape within.
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Friday, October 06, 2006
How is Fasting looked at biblically?
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Thursday, October 05, 2006
What do millipedes and cyanide have to do with evolution?
One would think that cyanide-producing millipedes would be killed by their own poison. But surprisingly, they aren’t!
Located within the sides of each segment of this type of millipede are small chambers that produce a deadly cyanide liquid. The poison is activated when the millipede is threatened, and forms little droplets along the millipede’s side.
The cyanide is strong enough to make most predators seriously ill if they touch the millipede. And it’s strong enough to kill many small predators if they eat it. Since the cyanide gives off a peculiar odor, most animals will just avoid the millipede altogether.
The millipede has a special kind of mitochondria that helps prevent it from poisoning itself. But if evolution were true, then how many millipedes poisoned themselves before they developed the mitochondria that protect them? The system that produces the cyanide is extremely complex and would have had to evolve at the same time, otherwise none of it would have worked.
This type of millipede had to be specially designed to do what it does, and what it does do, it does do well.
We should always remember that merely rejecting evolution in favor of a generic notion of intelligent design does not go far enough. Our purpose as a ministry is not just to convince people that there is a Creator, but that He is far more than that—that the Creator is Christ, and that He is the only way to be saved.
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Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Does Evolutionist have supportive evidence?
Check these out from You Tube.
Evolution Forgeries.
Evolution Decption
Self styled transition in fossils by evolutionists
The Science of Evolution
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Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Was Jonah in the belly of the "great fish" for three days or for three thousand years?
There are many Christians who should believe he was in the fish for three thousand years—or longer—if they are consistent with how they approach Scripture.
Many Christians oppose the belief that God created in six literal days. They quote 2 Peter 3:8, "One day is with the Lord as a thousand years." On this basis, they say that the days of creation could be thousands of years. But if they were consistent, using this same logic, one could translate Jonah 2:17 this way:
Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish THREE THOUSAND YEARS.
This is nonsense, of course. The context does not allow for using this phrase from the New Testament to determine the meaning of the Hebrew word "day" in Genesis 1. Peter is simply pointing out that God is outside of time, and thus is not limited by natural processes and time.
Genesis shows clearly that God created everything in six literal days, which is exactly what the Hebrew words—in context—mean.
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