Tag: Ministry
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Should We Use AI Chatbots On Ministry Websites?
My response to a Christian ministry I love who added an AI chatbot to their website. A cry for repentance.
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Should We Use Generative AI Chatbots for Ministry?
My case against using GenAI for ministry first published by Renew.org.
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Is GenAI a Neutral Tool For Good or Evil? The Tool Trope Refocused.
Is GenAI a neutral tool that can be used for good or evil? Certainly not. We’re the tools that are shaped by it, as usual.
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Why We Must Not Use AI In Ministry—A Response to Jay Owen
Wise ministry leaders must avoid the temptation to use AI even if it seems to have huge benefits. Why? Read to find out.
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An International Conversation on Digital Discipleship
Digital Discipleship. It’s the defining challenge of our age. We often think of “discipleship” as a churchy-religious word, but whether or not we’re any kind of theist we’re all disciples of someone or something. And today, most of us are discipled by our screens. My succinct definition of a disciple is someone who performs embodied…
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Does Social Media Help or Hinder Discipleship? Responding to the Brady Shearer Critique
This past week, the rock-star digital media strategist Brady Shearer published a YouTube critique of my interview with Preston Sprinkle. He has 54k Instagram followers, 97k TikTok followers, and 134k YouTube subscribers. He’s super-smart and well-spoken. I’m grateful for a dialog with someone so accomplished. This is an in-depth and important conversation, so it’s long.…