Why does God want us to harm our bodies through fasting?

🧐 Does God actually want us to suffer through fasting… or are we just bad at snacks and theology?

In this clip, hosts Nate and Pastor Joseph unpack one of the most misunderstood assumptions about fasting in Christianity: that God somehow wants us to harm our bodies. They challenge the narrative that equates spiritual discipline with punishment—and get into what fasting is really supposed to be about (spoiler: it’s not just skipping Chick-fil-A).

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