Am I getting old? Man, I don’t know why but three messages per weekend is pushing me these days. I almost lost my voice in the 11:00. But I feel like a wimp because I have friends who are preaching five times each weekend!

Great start to The Neurology of Faith series. A new series has a way of generating momentum. I was actually a little nervous going into it. These series require twice as much study because you’re juxtaposing theology and neurology. Plus someone emailed me and told me that a group of neurologists who had read my book, ID: The True You, were really looking forward to getting the podcast. I better work on my neurological pronunciations

In this opening message I actually touched on some themes that have been threads in my teaching for several years. For what it’s worth, I used to think I had to say stuff I’ve never said before every week. I used to think “old material” was a crutch. And then I realized two things:

1) People forget 95% of what you say in three days anyway.
2) If it’s worth saying it’s worth repeating!

Some series have very little “old material.” Some of them have more. But I think 80% new material is a good rule of thumb. And 20% is worth saying over and over again. For me, that 20% are the core convictions and core values that are part of our DNA. Today was probably a fifty-fifty message. I used alot of themes I’ve talked about before. But the rest of the series will probably be eighty-twenty.

Anywho.

It was amazing how many people expressed gratitude that we weren’t afraid to delve into the realm of science with a series. I think there are alot of spiritual scientific types who crave this kind of series.

I honestly don’t get the false dichotomy we’ve created between science and religion. I think Ralph Waldo Emerson was right: “The religion that is afraid of science dishonors God and commits suicide.”