Blog Series: Renew Your Mind ~ Transform Your Life Hope is a powerful motivator. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear trials today. Studies of prisoners of war during the Viet Nam war who maintained hope that they would ultimately be released...
This is the final blog post in a series on apologetics that I began November 12 of last year. I have written this series to share some of the most convincing and reassuring apologetic truth that has helped stabilize and strengthen my faith over the years. Now...
In her helpful book, Switch on Your Brain, Christian neuroscientist Dr. Caroline Leaf makes a striking statement that should cause the hearts of committed Christians to sing: Structured repetition of helpful information, guided and focused attention, and the strategic feeding of our minds will foster improved...
Understanding the brain can guide and accelerate spiritual growth. There are over 100,000 miles of electrical wiring in the brain, and every time you think a thought, it travels along a path in that electrical wiring. If you think the same thought twice, it takes the...
“You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” So King David wrote in Psalm 139:14. This is never demonstrated to be true more fully than with the brain. The brain...
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a dark and sinister novel, written by Robert Louis Stevenson, and considered one of the 100 best novels ever written. In it, Stevenson writes, “Man is not truly one, but truly two. In each of us,...
I heard the story once of an Olympic weightlifter who trained as hard as he could for four years for the Olympics, but still came in second. He knew he couldn’t train harder for the next Olympics - he had given it everything he had...
Last week, we asked the question, “Have you become everything you would like to be?” This week, we ask the follow-up question, “What would it take for you to become everything you would like to be?” Magic? Money? Good luck? Well, there's hope. It doesn't take any of...
What more would you like to be? Would you like to be a better spouse? A better parent? A better friend? Would you like to be more patient? More caring? More self-disciplined? Would you like to be more positive? More resilient? More encouraging? What would you like to be...
Ignorance is not bliss when it comes to our relationships. What we don’t know about ourselves can hurt us. And, it can keep us in the shallows with God. We all develop coping strategies to help us deal with our own perceived inadequacies. Depending on our...