{"id":5389,"date":"2014-10-14T01:52:23","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T01:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/?p=5389"},"modified":"2018-07-20T17:42:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T17:42:15","slug":"the-neuroscience-of-temptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/2014\/10\/the-neuroscience-of-temptation.html","title":{"rendered":"The Neuroscience of Temptation"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been too long. I hope you’re enjoying God and life.<\/p>\n

That next book I’m working on is now evolving into a book about addiction and<\/em> mental illness\u2014and how churches can and must learn to love and welcome people with these far-too-often hidden afflictions. My research has taken me into the realm of neuroscience; and here I credit fellow saint and sinner Saskia (who we interviewed in 2012 as part of a series <\/a>on the brain) for connecting me with the work of Johns Hopkins neuroscientist David Linden and his book The Compass of Pleasure<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Here’s an article<\/a> I wrote the other day, asking if our brains are to blame when we saints and sinners (all of us) succumb to temptation…enjoy!<\/p>\n

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It’s been too long. I hope you’re enjoying God and life. That next book I’m working on is now evolving into a book about addiction and mental illness\u2014and how churches can and must learn to love and welcome people with these far-too-often hidden afflictions. 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