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Today marks the final conversation from the January/February edition of FrontLine, “AI: Developing a Christian Perspective.” We’ve had a lot of conversations talking about AI, how it works, some of the ethical concerns it brings, and ways to use it in ministry. This last conversation from the magazine has a different focus. We are turning…

FrontLine | Volume 35, Number 2 One of the saddest stories I have ever heard was from a man who told me about his adult son who was a drunkard. Why had he started drinking? As a teenager, he had gotten a girl pregnant, so he wanted to marry her and take on his responsibilities…

Our conversation today is a little different than most of the others we’ve done. I’m talking to Dave Lowry, who contributed an article in the middle section of the January/February FrontLine magazine. We call this section “the pastor’s insert” but of course, it isn’t just for pastors. Dave’s article providentially fit right in with the…

We are discussing the January/February edition of FrontLine on the theme, “AI: Developing a Christian Perspective.” Our guest today is pastor David Huffstutler, a fellow board member of the FBFI, and author of the article, “Does Homework Have to Be Human?” We discussed issues that come up in the classroom with the use of AI.…

We are discussing the January/February edition of FrontLine which had the theme: “AI: Developing a Christian Perspective.” In today’s episode, we explore Erik Hanson’s thought-provoking article “Who’s Afraid of AI?” which examines the growing concerns surrounding artificial intelligence from a Christian perspective. Erik covers some of the history of AI and addresses the concerns many…

We are discussing the January/February edition of FrontLine, “AI: Developing a Christian Perspective.” Our guest this time is Mike Riley, who wrote the article, “In Our Image and Likeness.” What follows is an AI generated introduction! The rise of artificial intelligence has brought with it not just technological challenges, but profound ethical and theological questions…

We are talking about FrontLine magazine on this podcast, interviewing authors of our articles as they come out. The theme of the most recent edition of the magazine is “AI: Developing a Christian Perspective.” Our author today, Erik Hanson, wrote an article for us called “Developing a Biblical Perspective on Technology.” It’s an introduction, laying…

We are embarking on a series of conversations with the authors from our January/February edition of FrontLine which was on the topic, “AI: Developing a Christian Perspective.” I was in an airport recently and decided to pick up a book to read on the plane. Since I’ve been talking to our authors on this topic,…

With this edition of the podcast, we complete all the interviews I recorded with the November/December FrontLine authors. There were a few writers who couldn’t come on due to scheduling reasons, but I think you will have a good sense of the topics we covered if you listen to the ones we were able to…

We are still discussing the November/December edition of FrontLine, The Thinking Christian: Biblical Wisdom in an Emotionally Driven World. Our guest this time is Steve Love, a long-time pastor who now teaches at Maranatha Baptist University. His article was called “How Wisdom Should Produce Discernment,” focused on lessons from the Book of Proverbs. I enjoyed…