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AI in the Church: Tools, Temptation, and Truth

  A Declaration to the Church in an Age of Misplaced Trust Artificial intelligence is not a threat to the Church— until it is used as one. It is not a voice from heaven, nor is it a voice from hell. It is a tool —no different in essence than a hammer, a concordance, or a spreadsheet. But when a tool is mistaken for a transformer , or worse a truth-creator , it becomes  treachery to the Church by the ones who use it. The fear is not that AI will think for us. The real danger is that we will stop thinking at all , and allow clarity, conviction, or even theology to be outsourced to something that cannot believe, cannot repent, and cannot follow God. We can use AI to organize , clarify , and challenge our  reasoning —but never to replace the Spirit, the Scriptures, or the community of believers. When AI is used to assist, it serves. When it is used to replace, it deceives. Consider this: if a pastor uses AI to generate a sermon without convi...