Fasting: Chrysostom on Fasting from Sin
Teaching on Fasting from John Chrysostom: Chrysostom on Fasting from Sin
This is a spiritual discipline on holistic fasting and sin, drawing on Isaiah 58:3-7, Matthew 6:16-18 and Joel 2:12-13.
John Chrysostom preached powerfully against fasting that is divorced from moral transformation. He declared: "Do you fast? Give me proof of it by your works. If you see a poor man, take pity on him. If you see a friend being honored, do not envy him. Do not let only your mouth fast, but also the eye, and the ear, and the feet, and the hands, and all the members of the body.…
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