Science & Faith – Part 4

BRAIN SCIENCE & FAITH BIOLOGY

Faith Biology

Video: https://youtu.be/w_OrgDyYDzU

▪  Video: ICR – That’s a Fact – Imitating Humans

▪  1:34 min

After the video…

“The religion that is afraid of science dishonors God and commits suicide.”

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Neuroscience

Neuroscience: How We’re Wired…

Neurotheology

Neurotheology: Spiritual Neuroscience

The Word of God

“A beautiful mind is a terrible thing to waste” --UNCF slogan

▪ Luke 10:27 “And he (Jesus) answered, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.’”

▪ Romans 8:6 “For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.”

▪ Hebrews 8:10 “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”

A day in the life of our brain

Great Commandment

Faith meets Science in the Brain…

Author of several books

Video: https://youtu.be/6lAzPWS1Yhc

▪  Your brain on religion

▪  Start at the beginning to 1:20

▪  Then pickup at 5:49 and Stop at 8:33 min.

After the video

Dr. Andrew Newburg Experimental Results on Prayers

It brought tears

Speaking In Tongues Dr. Newberg’s Findings…

Singing

Focus on the following sentence

1.  The world is filled with loving people.

2.  The world is filled with loving people.

3.  The world is filled with loving people.

4.  The world is filled with loving people.

5.  The world is filled with loving people.

6.  The world is filled with loving people.

7.  The world is filled with loving people.

8.  The world is filled with loving people.

9.  The world is filled with loving people.

10. The world is filled with loving people.

Focus on this negative thought

1)  The world is filled with mean, selfish, arrogant, violent people

2)  The world is filled with mean, selfish, arrogant, violent people

3)  The world is filled with mean, selfish, arrogant, violent people

Brain Scan Studies

Dr. Newberg’s conclusion

“The More We Do It, The More We Do It…”

SPIRITUAL PRACTICES…

Revisit our 3 scriptures

“A beautiful mind is a terrible thing to waste” --UNCF slogan

▪ Luke 10:27 “And he (Jesus) answered, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.’”

▪ Romans 8:6 “For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.”

▪ Hebrews 8:10 “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”