Thinking Christianly #43 – Soul, Body, and Loving God: Chapter 9 of Have We Lost Our Minds
Oct 3, 2025
45:18
In this episode, we continue our series by discussing Chapter 9 of Stan’s new book, Have We Lost Our Minds?: Neuroscience, Neurotheology, the Soul, and Human Flourishing.
In this episode, we discuss:
- What problems arise when we reduce spiritual formation to just the physical
- What problems arise when we reduce spiritual formation to just the immaterial
- How we should understand the unity of the body and soul as it relates to spiritual formation
- What it looks like to take a both/and approach to spiritual formation in our lives
- How this topic has impacted our churches
- How Dallas Willard’s model of growth in Christ differs from what neurotheologians offer
- God’s role and our role in spiritual formation
Resources mentioned during our conversation:
- Find out more about Have We Lost Our Minds?
- Get the introduction to the book for free on the Global Scholars website.
- A printable group discussion guide to Stan’s book can be found here.