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40 Days of Decrease

A Different Kind of Hunger. A Different Kind of Fast.

Thomas Nelson

Contents

PROLOGUE, xiii, 
INTRODUCTION, xvii, 
DAY ONE: LENT AS PROJECT, 1, 
DAY TWO: REGRETS, 7, 
DAY THREE: COLLECTING PRAISE, 11, 
DAY FOUR: ARTIFICIAL LIGHT, 15, 
DAY FIVE: TIDY FAITH, 21, 
DAY SIX: SPEEDING PAST SORROW, 25, 
DAY SEVEN: A MEAL, 29, 
DAY EIGHT: FIXING IT, 33, 
DAY NINE: RATIONALISM, 37, 
DAY TEN: AVOIDANCE, 43, 
DAY ELEVEN: RELIGIOUS PROFILING, 47, 
DAY TWELVE: ISOLATION, 53, 
DAY THIRTEEN: STINGINESS, 59, 
DAY FOURTEEN: SPECTATORSHIP, 65, 
DAY FIFTEEN: SPIRITUAL SELF-PROTECTION, 69, 
DAY SIXTEEN: HALOS, 75, 
DAY SEVENTEEN: APATHY, 79, 
DAY EIGHTEEN: APPEARANCES, 85, 
DAY NINETEEN: REVISIONISM, 91, 
DAY TWENTY: LEAVENED BREAD, 97, 
DAY TWENTY-ONE: PREMATURE RESOLUTION, 103, 
DAY TWENTY-TWO: SOUND, 109, 
DAY TWENTY-THREE: ARMCHAIR JESUS, 113, 
DAY TWENTY-FOUR: NEUTRALITY, 119, 
DAY TWENTY-FIVE: DENIAL, 125, 
DAY TWENTY-SIX: COMPARISON, 129, 
DAY TWENTY-SEVEN: DISCONTENTMENT, 135, 
DAY TWENTY-EIGHT: FORMULAS, 141, 
DAY TWENTY-NINE: INTIMIDATION, 147, 
DAY THIRTY: SELF-CONFIDENCE, 153, 
DAY THIRTY-ONE: MOCKING JESUS, 159, 
DAY THIRTY-TWO: ADDITION, 165, 
DAY THIRTY-THREE: WILLFUL SIN, 171, 
DAY THIRTY-FOUR: CRITICISM, 177, 
DAY THIRTY-FIVE: GOD-AS-JOB, 183, 
DAY THIRTY-SIX: WITHHOLDING, 189, 
DAY THIRTY-SEVEN: YOUR VOICE, 195, 
DAY THIRTY-EIGHT: ESCAPISM, 203, 
DAY THIRTY-NINE: GUARDING TOMBS, 209, 
DAY FORTY: FASTING, 215, 
NOTES, 221, 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR, 247,