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Dr Wilder presents a neuroscience-informed theology of identity, asserting that true selfhood—acting like oneself—depends on the healthy development of the right orbital prefrontal cortex, the brain’s executive control center responsible for self-awareness, emotional regulation, relational integrity, and moral decision-making. It argues that trauma and addiction arise when this region fails to mature, leading to disconnection from one’s true self and a reliance on destructive behaviors to fill the void, especially when individuals cannot form a healthy group identity. Recovery, therefore, requires a community that models relational wholeness, mutual emotional regulation, and shared reality, enabling the brain to re-synchronize and restore identity in Christ. The sermon emphasizes that spiritual transformation is not merely intellectual assent but a neurological reformation through embodied, relational experiences—especially music, story, and shared suffering—rather than propositional teaching alone, ultimately enabling believers to suffer well by remaining synchronized with God and one another.
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