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What is the historical background of AI, and how should we use this technology today?

Listen in as Dustin Ryan joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to discuss his longform essay "A Christian's Perspective on Artificial Intelligence."

Timestamps

• Intro – 00:40
• Dustin Ryan’s Background - 02:45
• How Has Christianity Influenced Ryan’s View of Artificial Intelligence? - 05:23
• Dr. Wellum’s Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence? - 06:55
• Dustin Ryan’s Favorite Sci-Fi Movie and One That Might be Like The World of Tomorrow? - 08:45
• Definitions of Artificial Intelligence and Generative A.I. - 10:40
• What is the Timeline & Trajectory of A.I.?- 15:15
• What Are Some of the Motivations and Who Are the Architects for Bringing A.I. Forward? - 17:03
• How Does A.I. ‘Learn’ and ‘Get Smarter’? - 21:03
• How Does A.I. Give Prescription Not Just Description? – 23:39
• How Could A.I. Help the Church? - 27:03
• What are the Trade-offs to a Church Making Use of A.I.? - 30:21
• Is Media Ecology Something that Ryan’s Company Has Discussed? - 34:36
• A.I. and Human Self-Consciousness - 36:28
• Concerns about A.I. - 39:13
• Seeing Scripturally With Our Eyes - 42:50
• Closing Thoughts and Thinking Critically - 49:00
• Outro - 52:17

Resources to Click

• “A Christian’s Perspective on Artificial Intelligence” –DustinRyan
• “What is Artificial Intelligence?”– IBM
• “What is Artificial Intelligence in Medicine?”– IBM
• “AI Will Transform the Global Economy. Let’s Make Sure It Benefits Humanity” – Kristalina Georgieva
• “Google ChatGPT Rival Bard Flubs Fact About NASA’s Webb Space Telescope” – Carrie Mihalcik
• “Disgruntled ex-athletic director used AI to generate fake racist rant in principal's voice: police” – ABC7 Chicago Digital Team
• “How a Deepfake Tom Cruise on TikTok Turned into a very real AI Company” – Rachel Metz
• “Sharing Deepfake Pornography Could Soon be Illegal in America” – Emmanuelle Saliba
• “Teen Girls Confront an Epidemic of Deepfake Nudes in Schools” – Natasha Singer
• “ChatGPT Leans Liberal, Research Shows” – Gerrit De Vynck
• Theme of the Month: What Has God Wrought? Artificial Intelligence and Our Brave New World
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Books to Read

• No Place For Truth: Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology – David F. Wells

Artificial Intelligence is changing the world we live in. In fact, you likely use AI every day already. What does this new technology mean for Christians?

Resources to Click

• “A Christian’s Perspective on Artificial Intelligence” – Dustin Ryan
• “What is Artificial Intelligence?”– IBM
• “What is Artificial Intelligence in Medicine?”– IBM
• “AI Will Transform the Global Economy. Let’s Make Sure It Benefits Humanity” – Kristalina Georgieva
• “Google ChatGPT Rival Bard Flubs Fact About NASA’s Webb Space Telescope” – Carrie Mihalcik
• “Disgruntled ex-athletic director used AI to generate fake racist rant in principal's voice: police” – ABC7 Chicago Digital Team
• “How a Deepfake Tom Cruise on TikTok Turned into a very real AI Company” – Rachel Metz
• “Sharing Deepfake Pornography Could Soon be Illegal in America” – Emmanuelle Saliba
• “Teen Girls Confront an Epidemic of Deepfake Nudes in Schools” – Natasha Singer
• “ChatGPT Leans Liberal, Research Shows” – Gerrit De Vynck
• Theme of the Month: What Has God Wrought? Artificial Intelligence and Our Brave New World
  
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Listen in as David Schrock discusses his essay "Entering Pilate's Unholy of Holies: How Jesus's Cross in John's Gospel Fulfills the Day of Atonement" with Trent Hunter and Ardel Caneday.

The temple is a major theme in John's gospel. Yet, the most significant event in temple life—the Day of Atonement—is strikingly absent. That is, until we look more closely.

Resources to Click

• “Entering Pilate’s Unholy of Holies: How Jesus’s Cross in John’s Gospel Fulfills the Day of Atonement” – David Schrock
• “How John’s Prologue Placards the Glory of God’s Son: 10 Things About John 1:1-18” – David Schrock
• “Seeing New Creation Light in John 2-4: Three Ways Jesus Replaces the Darkness of the Old Covenant” – David Schrock
• “Three Literary Mountains; Seeing the Chiastic Structures of John 7” – David Schrock
• “Seeing John 9 with New Eyes: A Few Notes on Literary Structure” – David Schrock
• “The Clothes Make the Man: Seeing the Priesthood of Christ in John’s Gospel” – David Schrock
• Theme of the Month: One Passion, Four Gospels
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Books to Read

• Heaven on Earth: The Temple in Biblical Theology–T. Desmond Alexander & Simon Gathercole
• Jesus as the Fulfillment of the Temple in the Gospel of John– Paul M. Hoskins
• That Scripture Might Be Fulfilled: Typology and the Death of Christ– Paul M. Hoskins
• A Theology of John’s Gospel and Letters: The Word, the Christ, and the Son of God,(Biblical Theology the New Testament Series)– Andreas J. Köstenberger
• Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord? A Biblical Theology of the Book of Leviticus (New Studies in Biblical Theology)– L. Michael Morales
• The Priesthood of Christ and His Ministers– Andre Feuillet trans. Matthew J. O’Connell
• The Temple and the Church’s Mission: A Biblical Theology of the Dwelling Place of God– G.K. Beale
• Graded Holiness: A Key to the Priestly Conception of the World– Philip Peter Jenson
• “Hebrews,” by George H. Guthrie inCommentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament– ed. G.K. Beale and D.A. Carson
• Jesus the Priest– Nicholas Perrin

Listen in as Nicholas Piotrowski joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to discuss his longford essay "'The Exodus He Accomplished at Jerusalem': The Gospel's Theology of Exile & Return in the Cross & Resurrection."

What does the crucifixion and resurrection have to do with Israel's exile and the exodus?

Listen in as Trent Hunter preaches from Isaiah 53:10–12.

Resources to Click

• “The Servant’s Resurrection: Isaiah 53:10-12” – Trent Hunter at Heritage Bible Church
• Find the rest of the sermon series here: The Gospel According to Isaiah– Heritage Bible Church
• Monthly Theme: One Passion, Four Gospels
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Called Morell joins David Schrock to discuss his longform essay "'The Power and Duty of An Association': Have Baptist Associations Historically Disfellowshipped Disorderly Churches?"

Listen in as Tom Nettles joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to discuss his longford essay "The Good Confession: Why Southern Baptists Would Do Well to Embrace Their Confession."

Timestamps

• Intro – 00:50
• Keeping Up with Dr. Nettles – 3:00
• Being Crystal Clear in Our Confessions - 05:11
• Connecting Individual & Corporate Confessions - 09:07
• Teaching Systematic Theology Along With Confessions - 16:22
• Confessions and Theological Triage - 19:59
• B.H. Carroll - 30:38
• A History of Baptists Moving Away from Confessions and Associationalism - 32:53
• Dr. Wellum’s Summarization of that History - 41:45
• Being Open Handed With Our Confession Does Not Bode Well - 46:55
• Dr. Nettles’ Current Efforts with Malcom Yarnell & Steven McKinion - 55:42
• Defining Cooperation - 58:25
• Final Thoughts from Dr. Wellum - 1:00:26
• Outro - 1:01:56

Resources to Click

• “The Good Confession: Why Southern Baptists Would Do Well to Embrace Their Confession” – Tom J. Nettles
• “On Baptist Creedalism” – Malcom B. Yarnell III & Steven A. McKinion
• “Creeds, Confessions, and Carroll: An Essay In Defense of Baptist “Creedalism” – Jordan Steffaniak
• Theme: Creeds, Confessions, and Cooperation
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Books to Read

• Remember Jesus Christ– Tom J. Nettles
• An Interpretation of the English Bible Vol. XV: Colossians, Ephesians, Hebrews– B.H. Carroll