The God Shaped Brain by Timothy R Jennings, MD #BOOKWORM

God is LOVE and when we let God into our lives a transformation of the heart begins.  However, did you know that when you learn more about God your brain is also changed.

The God Shaped Brain is a book that draws powerful connections between beliefs and brain health.  This book explains how religious beliefs can affect more than our spiritual health and our view on God can actually lead to mental and physical change.

The author Timothy R. Jennings, M.D. is a board-certified Christian psychiatrist, master psychopharmacology, international speaker…Dr. Jennings obtained his M.D. Degree in 1990 from University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis, TN. Dr. Jennings is President and Founder of Come and Reason Ministries and has served as President of the Southern Psychiatric Association and Tennessee Psychiatric Association.  In his book, The God Changed Brain, he explains how changing your view of God transforms your life.

In The God Shaped Brain, Dr. Jennings synthesizes theology with brain science to reveal a wealth of facts, such as:

  • Beliefs and choices actually changed brain circuitry and alter gene expression.
  • Unhealthy God concepts (such as worshiping a punitive or authoritative God) activate inflammatory pathways and contribute to physical and mental illness.
  • Even if unhealthy concepts of God are practiced only in the imagination, it has damaging effects on the brain.
  • changing an unhealthy God concept to a healthy on can positively impact the mind, body and relationships.

The brain is an organ that is constantly developed and in his book, Jennings illustrates in easy to follow language how the brain adapts based on the choices a person makes, the beliefs that are held and the God that is worshiped.  

This book, The God Shaped Brain, makes a compelling, evidenced based case for a God of love and His methods of love that is easy to understand and gives us a practical level as to why it is so important to live in harmony with God and his design for our life.

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