Hey everybody, I'm Tim McEy and this is my podcast Exploring My Strange Bible.

I am a card carrying Bible history and language nerd who thinks that Jesus of Nazareth is

utterly amazing and worth following with everything that you have.

On this podcast I'm putting together the last ten years worth of lectures and sermons

where I've been exploring the strange and wonderful story of the Bible and how it invites

us into the mission of Jesus and the journey of faith.

And I hope this can be helpful for you too.

I also help start this thing called the Bible Project.

We make animated videos and podcasts about all kinds of topics in Bible and theology.

You can find those resources at thebibelproject.com.

With all that said, let's dive into the episode for this week.

Alright, well this episode is part two of a three-part series.

It represents a number of teachings I did back when I was a pastor at Door of Hope about some

of the key spiritual practices that have marked the life habits of followers of Jesus from all

spiritual church traditions throughout most of church history.

And that's because they're actually grounded in the life and teaching of Jesus and the apostles

that we find in the New Testament.

And so this is a teaching about the twin practices and habits of fasting, withholding food

from yourself for a symbolic intentional reason and period of time, but also the habit of the

opposite of intentional feasting and celebration because of one's commitment to Jesus.

So what are these habits?

How do they balance with each other?

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