When we think of soul, there are three main ways to think of it.

First, is a vague characteristic we have or don’t have.

“He’s got soul.”

Second, is an immaterial entity that is contained within us.

“I love you down to my very soul.”

Third, is the belief the soul doesn’t exist at all. We are completely physical, and any other sense of who we are comes from electrical impulses in our brain circuitry and chemical reactions.

“It’s just how we are wired.”

Dallas offers a fourth view. Soul is beyond our body. It contains the body, but it is much bigger than that. Your soul is the organizing force that holds together heart, the mind’s thoughts and feelings, the body, and our relationships. The soul is the CEO of who we are.

According to Dallas, our soul is given to us by God at conception and through it creates and organizes our DNA and all the life that follows.

This may all seem strange, but if our souls are real and organizing our lives together, then we are missing out on some key knowledge of our very existence, as this is not a standard course of study in high school, university, or even churches nowadays. Let’s consider the soul…

Another way the soul has been explained is, “The soul is like the captain of a ship.” What does this look like to you?