What’s the relationship between my own plans for my life and God’s overarching providence? How far can I trust my heart and mind, and when do I risk self-deception? According to the Bible, what matters most when I make decisions in life? We discuss all these questions and more in today’s episode.

Anyone on a quest for truth must at some point square up to the fact that this quest is mediated by a three pound, two-hemisphere organ called the brain. In this episode, Ryan and medical doctor Paul Long discuss the work of British polymath Iain McGilchrist, whose findings about the right hemisphere’s capacity for "belief” (along with its knack for music, story, metaphor, context, and emotions) suggest that our brain’s strongest connection to reality is being perilously ignored in our time.

What if there was more to "amen" than saying grace and heartening a Sunday morning preacher? This week on Deeper, Ryan and Lyndsie explore why the biblical idea and thematic substance of the word "amen" is not just an invocation at the end of a prayer, but a dynamic, multifaceted way of life that emerges from the intentional integration of faith and faithfulness.