by Doug Hammack | Sep 1, 2013 | Message Audio, The Virtue Curriculum
We turn now the the brain science behind the virtue of self-control. I hesitate to even say some of the practical things we do to help ourselves in the steps we talked about last week. You’ve heard them before. However, it may help you hear the science behind...
by Doug Hammack | Aug 25, 2013 | Message Audio, The Virtue Curriculum
After several weeks of background and context, we turn now to the practicalities of self-control. How is it we hammer out the kind of informed negotiation between our upper and lower brains we’ve been talking about? Let’s talk about what “renewing...
by Doug Hammack | Aug 18, 2013 | Message Audio, The Virtue Curriculum
Some folks in our community grew up in the Christian Church. Others didn’t but their view of God, sin, and salvation, have been profoundly influenced by common church instincts. Either way, we pick up some toxic ideas as the centuries roll past and from time to...
by Doug Hammack | Aug 11, 2013 | Message Audio, The Virtue Curriculum
We pick up where we left off last week, looking at the ancient spiritual virtue of self-control through the lens of how our brains work – our upper and lower brains. Have a listen, I think these last two lessons are very helpful for helping us move forward. Doug...
by Doug Hammack | Aug 4, 2013 | Message Audio, The Virtue Curriculum
We can’t really talk about self-control until we talk about self-awareness. So much of our lives we live by instinct. The lower brain is all about rote, but when we make the higher brain about rote as well… we haven’t got a chance! Let’s...
