Artificial Intelligence

“Why not ‘read’ more books by leaning on AI’s synthesizing prowess, gaining knowledge more efficiently? Because it’s a bad trade. It’s like swapping a feast for fast food.” - TGC

“In my last post, I covered the foundational biblical principles for thinking about AI. Today, I want to make a more practical point: Artificial intelligence can help Christians be better stewards in their vocations.” - IFWE

“AI systems, for all their sophistication, remain tools created by humans to extend human capabilities. They process information, recognize patterns, and automate tasks, but they lack consciousness, moral agency, and the creative spark that comes from being made in God’s image.” - IFWE

“According to research from Barna in 2024, U.S. pastors have varying levels of comfort with using AI based on the task: graphic design (88 percent), marketing (78 percent), communication (58 percent), sermon research (43 percent), creating study materials (39 percent), and sermon writing (12 percent), among other tasks.” - TGC

“as much as AI’s potential can cause harm, blaming it alone misses the point and likely makes these problems worse. Humans are the fallen ones, and that fallenness manifests in all kinds of destructive ways. Machines, strictly speaking, don’t have morals or intentions. They can only reflect ours.” - Breakpoint

“When I first began teaching others how to use Bible software in the early 2000s, I actually had a stock joke that Logos was building a sermon generator that would produce both exegesis and illustrations. It wasn’t a very funny joke then; now it’s not a joke at all. AI can do this.” - Mark Ward

“Roughly half of U.S. adults say that AI will have a very (24%) or somewhat (26%) negative impact on the news people get in the U.S. over the next 20 years.” - Pew

“the following discussion examines past, present, and prospective applications of AI, identifies theological principles for thinking about AI, and applies these principles to consider AI’s bioethical implications for human futures.” - AiG

“Worship is not simply right thinking, which computers can do. Worship is right feeling about God. That’s really crucial, unless we begin to think that artificial intelligence can take the place of human beings in accomplishing the divine purpose in the universe.” - John Piper

“This impact will be at least as great as the internet and email were. So as we consider AI in light of ministry, its present and future, I suggest three conversations pastors should have not only with stakeholders of your ministry team but also their congregations at large.” - Word by Word