Over the course of four Sabbaths, we’ve discussed some simple questions that have big consequences. We’ve asked: What is AI? What does it do to truth, trust, and community? What roles belong to intelligent machines, and what must stay human? We’ve acknowledged that today’s AI cannot be considered as a sentient being, let alone as…

Across this series, what I’ve been recounting is more than just a technology story: It’s a creation story. AI is a whole new kind of communication medium, because it talks back, it shapes our attention and even our cognition, and—if we let it—it can shape our spiritual life. We’ve examined AI’s “neo-oracular” role, which is…

We’ve looked at AI as the latest in a line of epochal communication technologies, each one reshaping human culture and spirituality. From the first spoken stories to printed scripture to the Internet, each shift expanded our capacity to seek, share, and shape meaning. Now, for the first time, we are in conversation not just with…

Last week, we explored the idea that artificial intelligence marks not just another technological development but an epochal shift that transforms how we think and increasingly, how we engage in spiritual inquiry. We traced the arc of human communication, from spoken word to writing, from printing press to the Internet, and finally to AI. Each…

With the demise of the dinosaurs, earth became humanity’s oyster. With Tyrannosaurus rex out of the picture, we were free to scurry down from the trees or crawl out of our caves to explore the world and get on with the business of not just surviving, but of developing our culture, and doing so in…

The Seventh-day Adventist Church officially teaches that salvation is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone. This is clearly stated in Fundamental Belief #10, which affirms that “God pardons the repentant believer and imputes to him the righteousness of Christ.” On paper, our theology closely mirrors the classic Wesleyan-Arminian model, which is that salvation…