The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast

Join me for another incredible conversation with New York Times Bestselling author, Philip Yancey!We had a great talk about his book What's So Amazing About Grace?, which is now available in a revised and updated 25th anniversary edition. From Amazon:OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD!It's the most powerful force in the universe, our only hope for love and forgiveness, and a foretaste of eternal life: amazing, radical, life-changing grace.Millions of lives have been changed by award-winning author Philip Yancey's startling exploration of grace at street level. Grace is the one thing the world can't duplicate, the healing force we need, and the key to transforming a broken world.In his personal and provocative book, Yancey offers true portraits of grace's life-changing power. These stories, set in the midst of life's stark realities, evoke such questions as: If grace is God's love for the undeserving, how do I get it? How well are we dispensing grace to a world that knows far more of strife and unforgiveness than it does of mercy? Can grace make a difference in the midst of such atrocities as the Nazi holocaust, and how can it withstand the brutality of hate? With powerful stories, rich theology, and practical suggestions, Yancey challenges us to become living answers to a world that desperately needs to know, What's So Amazing About Grace?From Philip:What’s So Amazing About Grace? has been in print for over 25 years.In that time I have received several thousand letters of response. Mostly, they tell stories. The man who shot John Lennon, now studying the Bible in a New York prison. An Emmy-winning actress working to heal wounds from childhood. The rock band U2, who studied the book together.U2’s lead singer, Bono, had the most concise summary: “When you boil it down, the universe runs by either Karma or Grace. I’d be in big trouble if Karma was going to finally be my judge. I’m holding out for Grace.”I have made changes throughout the original text, mainly by updating old examples and references. This edition also includes a reflection guide consisting of questions that make the application more personal. I hope that a new generation of readers discover for themselves what’s so amazing about grace. I am more convinced than ever that the United States and the world need a massive infusion of it. Like Bono, I’m holding out for grace.—Philip YanceyPLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!Please subscribe to our YouTube channel!Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose!Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book!Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here! (00:02) - Introduction and Setting the Stage (02:04) - Questioning the Limitations of Faith in Healing (04:00) - Receiving Unexpected Email Response from Yancey (06:20) - Learning to Write and Considering Publishing Options (08:03) - Philip Yancey: A Voice of Faith and Hope (10:21) - Self-Brain Surgery School: Changing Lives through Mind Transformation (11:23) - A Prayer for Calmness and Reaching People Worldwide (13:25) - Lee's Gratitude for "What's So Amazing About Grace" (16:03) - The Changing Perception of Christians in Society (18:10) - The Transformative Power of Grace (24:51) - Jesus' message of serving the marginalized (29:37) - Stories of grace: John Newton and Babette's Feast (31:26) - Babette's Feast: A Night of Celebration and Grace (35:30) - Philip Yancey's Next Project: Book on Russia-Ukraine Situation (37:38) - Changing Lives with Philip Yancey's Wisdom and Grace (37:51) - Introducing "Hope is the First Dose"

Sometimes, God puts something on your heart, and you know: It's time to start.What do you do then?Real life change is hard, scary, and often seems impossible. There's so much inertia in staying put, because even if where you are isn't great, at least you know it and understand it. But sometimes, your mind and your heart just know, and you can't stay still any longer.That's when it's time to start today.Join me as we go back in time to the very first episode of the You Start Today Podcast, as we take a look at when Lisa and I made the decision to start. It's New Thing November, and there's no better time to start today!PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!Please subscribe to our YouTube channel!Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose!Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book!Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here! (00:02) - The Origin Story of the You Start Today Podcast (02:58) - Embracing New Beginnings and Taking Action (07:41) - Introduction to Dr. Lee Warren's Podcast Episode 001 (08:21) - Introducing You Start Today podcast for personal development (08:46) - Introduction: Changing Something in Your Life (10:44) - Brain Surgerization: Changing Thoughts for Real Life Change (13:01) - The Challenge of Making Decisions After Losing a Child (16:00) - Choosing Today for Healing and Overcoming Challenges (18:48) - Improving Brain Chemistry for a Better Life (20:10) - Brain-Surgerizing Thought Patterns and Taking Control (21:25) - Introduction to You Start Today podcast and community (22:08) - The Vision of Community and Hope (23:23) - Prehab, Self Brain Surgery, and Rehab (24:49) - Introducing "Hope is the First Dose" book

It's Mind Change Monday!Today, we have a special guest! Dr. Michael Guillen, a best-selling author, Emmy award–winning journalist and former physics instructor at Harvard, used to be an Atheist―until science changed his mind. Once of the opinion that people of faith are weak, small-minded folks who just don’t understand science, Dr. Guillen ultimately concluded that not only does science itself depend on faith, but faith is actually the mightiest power in the universe. Book mentioned: Let Creation Speak!: 100 Invitations to Awe and Wonder by Dr. Michael GuillenFrom Amazon: Is the universe more than just a cosmic accident? Is there more to life than the daily grind? Is it possible you have a divine purpose?Yes, yes, and yes. Everything around us is striking evidence that God exists, that he once appeared in human form, spoke to us directly and made us for a specific purpose. Wherever you are in life—whether you’re a person of faith, a skeptic, or something else—this book is an invitation to find and embrace the radiant, resilient, relevant person you were created to be.From three-time Emmy Award winner, bestselling author, and former ABC News science editor Dr. Michael Guillen comes a book of fascinating and inspiring daily essays that explore the astonishing scientific facts about the universe in a fresh new way, including these topics:-The infinite size of the universe-Unusual numbers we see in nature-A sperm whale’s super-powerful voice-Symbiotic relationships that make coral beds possible-The wily, carnivorous Venus flytrap-The bird with the longest wingspan—the wandering albatrossLet Creation Speak! is a 100-day adventure designed to rescue you from the monotony and smallness of everyday life, to change you, radically and permanently. Journey alongside Dr. Guillen, and starting right now let God and his creation speak directly to you!PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!Please subscribe to our YouTube channel!Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose!Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book!Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here! (00:02) - Introduction to Mind Change Monday with Dr. Lee Warren (02:01) - Letting creation speak to change your life (03:15) - Dr. Michael Gillen returns with a new book (05:23) - A caution to not binge-read, each essay is captivating (07:45) - The visually stunning cover and its gift book appeal (10:18) - His journey from atheist to Christian, shared in his previous book (12:21) - Unique Background Prepared for the Conversation (12:43) - Offering Hope in Tumultuous Times (17:00) - The Remarkable Life Cycle of Bats (19:46) - The Existence of God: Evidence vs. No Evidence (27:03) - Quantum Entanglement: Communication Defying Physics (29:31) - Quantum Entanglement: Einstein's "Spooky Action at a Distance" (31:39) - Science Confronts Metaphysics with Quantum Entanglement (34:34) - Science and Christianity: Finding Common Ground (36:28) - No Fundamental Inconsistency Between Science and the Bible (38:21) - Creation Speaks in Favor of God (40:10) - Trials and Tribulations: Overcoming Devastation (42:17) - Let Creation Speak: A Powerful and Beautiful Book

Do You Feel Stuck? Here's a look at the brain imaging, neuroscience, and scripture around the ways in which major loss can make us feel stuck. Here’s the science, and what to do about it! (Updated with new material from Season 8, Episode 55, All In for Getting Unstuck)This episode has a video and video transcript available! Click here to watch. Scripture: Lamentations 3Jesus Calling PodcastWhile We’re Waiting PodcastThis Naked Mind PodcastScience: This amazing article.Books mentioned: Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy by Mark Vroegop and Bird by Bird by Anne LamottPLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose!Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book!Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here!Music by Matthew West(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) (00:01) - Getting Unstuck: The Neuroscience Way (02:09) - Getting unstuck: Exploring the concept of complex grief (05:32) - Self-brain surgery: Changing the way we think to get unstuck (11:17) - Shifting Gears and Moving Forward (19:46) - Introduction to the Paper on Bereavement and Yearning (27:28) - Individualizing Suffering and Finding Hope in Grief (29:36) - The Power of Movement in Overcoming Trauma (35:20) - The Story of a Hospital CEO's Decision (39:01) - Embracing Purpose and Meaning After Loss (42:20) - Finding Hope and Refinement in the Furnace of Suffering (49:27) - Introduction and Book Advertisement

What to Do When Your Brain Won't Let You SleepOne night last year, there was a terrible storm, and I couldn't sleep. After hours of tossing and turning, I remembered a song from Matt Redman called Songs in the Night. One of the lines is, "So when I am in the storm, Lord the storm is not in me."Then I remembered Psalm 77, in which Asaph handles anxiety and insomnia by singing... songs in the night! Most of the time when I can't sleep, though, it's not because of a storm outside. Usually, it's in my own brain. Join me for quiet time this morning and we'll get our minds right for the coming day.We finish with prayer and a song from Highlands Worship, Jesus You Alone.(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 )PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose!Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book!Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here!

It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday!Today, a talk about whether we're stuck with our feelings, diagnoses, or past traumas, or not. Am I just a skin sack of neurons? Or I am I fearfully and wonderfully made? What if we actually have a tremendous amount of control over these things? The good news is, we do! How we think changes how we live, even if we've been through TBI, TMT, or any other type of problem. No diagnosis is more powerful than the incredible smashing together of your brain, mind, and spirit. Why? Because you have a Great Physician, my friend. Scripture: II Timothy 1:7Book mentioned: Am I Just My Brain? by Sharon DirckxPLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!Please subscribe to our YouTube channel!Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose!Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book!Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here! (00:02) - Introduction to Self Brain Surgery Saturday (01:49) - Embracing the Mind-Brain-Spirit Connection (03:27) - Stephanie's Struggle with Depression and Brain Injury (05:22) - The Intersection of Brain, Mind, Spirit, and Life (08:37) - Challenging the Notion of Helplessness with Brain Injuries (12:38) - E.B. White's Letter of Hope (14:38) - The Celebrity Status of Scientists and the Power of Beliefs (21:46) - Implications of robotics and artificial intelligence in the workforce (31:12) - The long-term plan for redemption and healing

To Go All-In, We Need Friends To Come Alongside UsA short talk about the power of real friends. Book mentioned: The Prophet by Khalil GibranPLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose!Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book!Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here!

John Burke Has Interviewed Over 1,500 People After Their Near-Death ExperiencesToday for Frontal Lobe Friday, we learn from New York Times Bestselling author and pastor John Burke what these events can teach us about God. This is one of my all-time favorite Friday Conversations.  John's new book is Imagine the God of Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God’s Revelation, and the Love You’ve Always Wanted, available everywhere books are sold on Tuesday, November 7, 2023 (pre-order now here).Learn more about John Burke here. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!Please subscribe to our YouTube channel!Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose!Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book!Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here! (00:01) - Introduction and Setting the Stage (07:38) - God's Love and Availability in Our Lives (09:07) - Introducing John Burke, Leading Expert on Near-Death Experiences (09:24) - Setting the Stage with a Prayer (12:36) - Researching Near-Death Experiences and the Afterlife (13:16) - The Mesmerizing Presence of God (16:22) - Extraordinary Near-Death Experience during Brain Surgery (21:09) - Veridical evidence of afterlife experiences (24:41) - Encountering God's mercy and compassion in near-death experiences (30:49) - The Universal Nature of God's Love and Revelation (35:09) - Dreams and Visions as God's Continued Pursuit of Us (38:41) - Near-death Experiences as a Glimpse, Not Eternal Life (41:25) - Encountering Jesus: The Message from the Pastor's Heart (42:06) - A Tragic Accident Leads to a Profound Spiritual Experience (45:03) - Prayers Ascending to the Throne of God (50:08) - Exploring the Phenomenon of Near-Death Experiences (50:44) - Santosh's Phenomenal Near-Death Experience (01:01:54) - Suffering and the Presence of God

Doubt isn't your enemy. You just have to change your mind about it. Self-brain surgery tip #8:Doubt is not a symptom of faithlessness. It says, “I don’t know,” & is a fork in the road. Fear says, “No.” Faith says, “Yes.” Doubt isn’t weakness; it’s an opportunity to trust in the Yes.Scripture:Romans 4:18PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose!Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book!Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here!Music by Zach Williams (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 )

If You Keep Making the Same Mistakes, Don't Give Up!Quiet time around mistakes for Throwback Thursday (Adapted from Season 6, Episode 6)Scripture: Colossians 3:13PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!Please subscribe to our YouTube channel!Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose!Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book!Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here!Music by Unspoken (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) (00:02) - Breaking Free from Patterns and Embracing God's Plan (00:56) - Praying for Mary and Her Battle with Cancer (02:24) - Guidelines for Prayer Requests on the Prayer Wall (03:39) - Changing Your Life Starts with Changing Your Mind (04:27) - Forgiving Others and Yourself (06:03) - Overcoming Mistakes and Negative Patterns (06:52) - Changing Mindset and Moving Forward (13:10) - Introducing "Hope is the First Dose" book