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ChangiChanging ng Minds Minds ChangiChanging ng LivesLivesFamily Worship Center Family Worship Center

Pastor Mark Schwarzbauer, Pastor Mark Schwarzbauer, Ph.D.Ph.D.

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Acts 17:22-31Acts 17:22-31

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Part One:Part One:The Location The Location For ChangeFor Change

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Proverbs 23:7Proverbs 23:7

For as he thinks in his heart so is he.

For as he thinks in his heart so is he.

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The Human BrainThe Human Brain

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Brain FunctionsBrain Functions

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The The Reticular Reticular

Activating Activating System System

RAS from RAS from the the

Reticular Reticular FormationFormation

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The brain- Mystery of matter and mind, US News Books, 1981.

"Gatekeeper to consciousness, spark of the mind, the reticular formation connects with major nerves in the spinal column and brain. It sorts the 100 million impulses that assault the brain each second, deflecting the trivial, letting the vital through to alert the mind. The mind cannot function without this catalytic bundle of cells. Damage to them results in coma - the loss of consciousness."

"Gatekeeper to consciousness, spark of the mind, the reticular formation connects with major nerves in the spinal column and brain. It sorts the 100 million impulses that assault the brain each second, deflecting the trivial, letting the vital through to alert the mind. The mind cannot function without this catalytic bundle of cells. Damage to them results in coma - the loss of consciousness."

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So here is Bruner's “inhibitory system,” the centralized, indefatigable,

quintessential sentinel and manager of the brain, the Reticular Activating

System (or what theologians should recognize as the “heart”), as it says in the illustration above, “deflecting the

trivial, letting the vital through to alert the mind.”  LeDoux, Joseph, Synaptic Self: How Our

Brains Become Who We Are Penguin Books 2003

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…the RAS will only allow you to perceive accurately those things that satisfy ALL THREE criteria: 1. “Is it my responsibility?” 2. “Is it important?” 3. “Does it match my version of the truth?” God in your goals, Rick Seymour.

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Part Two:Part Two:Changing Changing Your MindYour Mind

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The Greek word for The Greek word for “repentance” is “repentance” is

(metanoeo), which means (metanoeo), which means to to

““change your mind.”change your mind.”

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So when God tells you to So when God tells you to repent He’s telling you to repent He’s telling you to change the way you think change the way you think about something so you about something so you change the actions that change the actions that

result from your thinking.result from your thinking.

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How to Change Your LifeHow to Change Your Life•Accept appropriate responsibility

•Define what is important

•Distinguish and deepen your beliefs

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Part Part Three:Three:

Changing Changing Minds Minds

Changing Changing LivesLives

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To Change Others…To Change Others…•You must lead them to Accept appropriate responsibility

•You must relate to what is important to them

•They must Distinguish and deepen their beliefs

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DistinguisDistinguishing and hing and

deepening deepening beliefsbeliefs

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Christianity Christianity 101101

Family Worship Family Worship Center Center

Rev. Mark Rev. Mark Schwarzbauer, Schwarzbauer,

Ph.D.Ph.D.

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Pentecost Pentecost 101101

Family Worship Family Worship Center Center

Rev. Mark Rev. Mark Schwarzbauer, Schwarzbauer,

Ph.D.Ph.D.

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Convictions Convictions that that

Conquered the Conquered the WorldWorld Family Worship Center Family Worship Center MinistriesMinistries

Rev. Mark Schwarzbauer, Rev. Mark Schwarzbauer, Ph.D.Ph.D.

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The Issue of LifeThe Issue of LifeFamily Worship Family Worship

CenterCenter

Rev. Mark Rev. Mark

Schwarzbauer, Schwarzbauer, Ph.D.Ph.D.

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Job:

Questions of

a man in Agony

Family Worship Center

Dr. Mark Schwarzbauer

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Natural Natural LawLaw

Family Worship Center Family Worship Center Pastor MarkPastor Mark

Schwarzbauer, Ph.D.Schwarzbauer, Ph.D.

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Your Philosophy of Life

Family Worship Center

Pastor MarkSchwarzbauer,

Ph.D.

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The PurposeThe Purposeof Your Painof Your Pain

Family Worship Center Family Worship Center Pastor MarkPastor Mark

Schwarzbauer, Ph.D. Schwarzbauer, Ph.D.

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Science and Christianity

Part OneFamily Worship Center

Rev. Mark Schwarzbauer, Ph.D.

Science and Christianity

Part OneFamily Worship Center

Rev. Mark Schwarzbauer, Ph.D.

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The Shadowof Guilt

Family Worship Center Rev. Mark

Schwarzbauer, Ph.D.

The Shadowof Guilt

Family Worship Center Rev. Mark

Schwarzbauer, Ph.D.

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What is What is the Point the Point of Life? of Life?

Family Worship Family Worship Center Center

Pastor Mark Pastor Mark Schwarzbauer, Schwarzbauer,

Ph.D.Ph.D.

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Relating Relating to and to and

Defining Defining What Is What Is

ImportantImportant

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Leading Leading People to People to

Accept Accept AppropriatAppropriat

e e ResponsibiResponsibi

litylity

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Your Your mission… mission… Changing Changing

minds minds Changing Changing

lives…lives…with love with love