Jay Richards
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The Top Ten Spiritual Reasons That Christians Should Fast
There are lots of reasons to fast—spiritual, mental, and physical. But here are 10 good spiritual reasons that Christians should fast. → Read More
One Person’s Journey to a Fasting Lifestyle: Week Five
In the 5th week of the plan I describe in Eat, Fast, Feast, to develop a fasting lifestyle, fasters mimicking a full day fast for 3 non-consecutive days. → Read More
One Person’s Journey to a Fasting Lifestyle: Week Four
In the 4th week of the transition plan for a fasting lifestyle, fasters eat just one meal per day for at least three days during the week. → Read More
One Person's Journey to a Fasting Lifestyle: Week Three
In week three of the plan I lay out for developing a fasting lifestyle, fasters limit all of their food intake to four hours a day for at least three days. → Read More
One Person's Journey to a Fasting Lifestyle: Week Two
In the 2nd week of developing a fasting lifestyle, you limit the amount of time during the day when you eat to a single eight hour time window. → Read More
Let’s Make Lent Great Again, Together
On Sunday, the Twitter user “⫷ † SavedGrace† ⫸” complained that since she couldn’t find Lent mentioned in the Bible, she doesn’t observe it. → Read More
Let’s Recover the Ember Days Fasts
Heartbroken about the corruption and chaos inside the Church? Try fasting and praying, as the saints did. Start with Ember Days. → Read More
Ivanka Trump (and Apparently Her Dad) Takes Workers and Automation Seriously. Good.
Ivanka Trump has announced a new White House effort to help American workers adjust to automation. This is mostly good news. But the devil's in the details. → Read More
Congress’s Ban on Child Sex Robots: It’s a Start
Some skeptics will criticize Congress's ban on child sex robots. But the law, even if hard to enforce, makes a vital moral point, lest we forget. → Read More
Trump Calls for a Reform of Perverse Welfare System. Media (Mostly) Ignore It
President Trump issued an executive order calling on eight federal departments to reform their bloated welfare systems. The media mostly ignored it. → Read More
A Hidden Connection Between Fasting and Feasting in the Gospels
Fasting and feasting: Two sides of the same coin. We can’t really have one without the other. If we’re just eating, or rather overeating, we’re missing out. → Read More
Fasting for Body and Soul, Week 5: A Prolonged Fast During Holy Week
You now have what it takes to do a prolonged fast. And if there’s ever a good time during the year to do that, it’s Holy Week. → Read More
Fasting for Body and Soul, Week Four: Alternating Day and Fasting Mimicking Diet
On three non-consecutive fast days, you’ll fast from food for 23 hours of the day and then eat a little. This is a type of fasting mimicking diet. → Read More
Fasting for Body and Soul, Week Three: Intermittent Fasting
This week we do intermittent fasting. Some days we'll do a ketogenic diet and an eight-hour window for eating. Other days will look more like a fast. → Read More
Hey, What About the Feasts?!
I've said a lot about fasts, but not much about feasts. If we want to recover a fasting lifestyle, though, we’ll need to include proper feasts as well. → Read More
How to Shift to a Fasting Lifestyle: Week One
The basic rule for easing into fasting in week one is simple: Fat is your friend. Sugar, simple carbs and starches are your enemies. → Read More
Is Fasting Bad for You? No. Here's Why.
Fasting is not bad for you. It's good for you. On a proper fast, your metabolism will speed up, your body will spare muscle and burn body fat for fuel. → Read More
When You Fast, Are You Degrading Your Body?
In this fallen world, prayer, almsgiving, and fasting are ways to help us align our bodies and souls with God’s will. How can that be bad for our bodies? → Read More
How Christians Used to Fast, and Still Do in Some Places
Christians used to fast a lot during the first few centuries, when the faithful were much closer to the culture and language of Jesus than we are. → Read More
We Should Fast, for Body and Soul
I hope you'll give fasting a try during this Lenten season. In this series, I'll explain how to ease into it and make it part of your everyday life. → Read More