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Study guide to Fasting for Spiritual Breakthrough: A Guide to Nine Biblical Fasts
The personal study guide leads individuals through the nine fasts described in Dr. Towns bestselling book Fasting for Spiritual Breakthrough . By the use of questions the learned is guided through the different purpose and elements of each type of fast. It is for every Christian who is seeking a deeper relationship with God, strengthened faith and an understanding of the relationship with God, strengthened faith and an understanding of the discipline of fasting. This study can be used by individuals for personal study or as a test for small Bible study groups.
120 pages, Paperback
First published February 10, 1998
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Elmer L. Towns
337 books48 followersDr. Elmer Towns is a college and seminary professor, an author of popular and scholarly works (the editor of two encyclopedias), a popular seminar lecturer, and dedicated worker in Sunday school, and has developed over 20 resource packets for leadership education. He began teaching at Midwest Bible College, St. Louis, Missouri, for three years and was not satisfied with his textbooks so he began writing his own (he has published over 100 books listed in the Library of Congress, 7 listed in the Christian Booksellers Best Selling List; several becoming accepted as college textbooks. He is also the 1995 recipient of the coveted Gold Medallion Award awarded by the Christian Booksellers Association for writing the Book of the Year, i.e., The Names of the Holy Spirit.
He was President of Winnipeg Bible College for five years, leading it to receive American Accreditation and Provincial authority to offer degrees (1960-1965). He taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, in greater Chicago, Illinois, in the field of Religious Education and Evangelism (1965-1971).
He is co-founder of Liberty University, with Jerry Falwell, in 1971, and was the only full-time teacher in the first year of Liberty's existence. Today, the University has over 11,400 students on campus with 39,000 in the Distance Learning Program (now Liberty University Online), and he is the Dean of the School of Religion.
Dr. Towns has given theological lectures and taught intensive seminars at over 50 theological seminaries in America and abroad. He holds visiting professorship rank in five seminaries. He has written over 2,000 reference and/or popular articles and received six honorary doctoral degrees. Four doctoral dissertations have analyzed his contribution to religious education and evangelism.
His personal education includes a B.S. from Northwestern College in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a M.A. from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary also in Dallas, a MRE from Garrett Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, and a D.Min. from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.
He was President of Winnipeg Bible College for five years, leading it to receive American Accreditation and Provincial authority to offer degrees (1960-1965). He taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, in greater Chicago, Illinois, in the field of Religious Education and Evangelism (1965-1971).
He is co-founder of Liberty University, with Jerry Falwell, in 1971, and was the only full-time teacher in the first year of Liberty's existence. Today, the University has over 11,400 students on campus with 39,000 in the Distance Learning Program (now Liberty University Online), and he is the Dean of the School of Religion.
Dr. Towns has given theological lectures and taught intensive seminars at over 50 theological seminaries in America and abroad. He holds visiting professorship rank in five seminaries. He has written over 2,000 reference and/or popular articles and received six honorary doctoral degrees. Four doctoral dissertations have analyzed his contribution to religious education and evangelism.
His personal education includes a B.S. from Northwestern College in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a M.A. from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary also in Dallas, a MRE from Garrett Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, and a D.Min. from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.
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July 2, 2008
I am currently in and out of this book, because I have been told that it is a GREAT book and I am looking for breakthrough in certain areas of my life, so far this book has been bringing forth truth of things I need to face or need to look deeper into. I recommend this book to anyone who is soul-searching...
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April 12, 2010I've done the "Widows Fast" and with prayer God heard my prayers ad healed 2 of my friends who were close to death. This is an amazing book and I would recommend it to anyone who needs answers to all the problems they have in their lives. It works and it brings you closer to God than everything I have tried before.
September 4, 2008
Discusses the motivations, methods, and reasons and scriptural examples for biblical fasting.
February 3, 2017
Very accurate
July 30, 2007
A quality book that explores the often overlooked discipline of fasting. This book draws its primary argument from Isaiah 85:1-8, and uses other Biblical fasts to illustrate principles drawn from Isaiah 85. Overall, Towns' discussion of fasting in general is quite good. But his exegesis of supporting fasts is lacking.
May 21, 2013
It is a wonderful book which gives clear understanding of the 'fasts' which are mentioned in the bible. It also illustrates the 'fasts' with the examples from Bible. All the fasts are intelligibly explained. A very nice read.
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May 29, 2012Outstanding! You'll really enjoy this book.
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