ChatGPT’s responses remind me so much of Data, the android character on Star Trek The Next Generation.
Here was my prompt: I am giving a sermon on love thy neighbor. I wonder if you can help me create a few jokes about how hard it would be for Jesus to love his neighbor if he lived today.
Read moreThe empty tomb and the hundreds of eye witnesses to Jesus walking the earth for 40 days after coming back from the dead testify to his overcoming death. His accession to heaven shows Jesus returned to whence he came (yes, I said whence!) Blinding Saul on the road to Damascus shows Jesus can act upon…
Read moreThe shock of this statement by Calvinist leaning Christians shouting Sola Fide! gives way to a scolding finger wag and head shake once the literary trickery is revealed. I assert we are most certainly saved by works,..
Read moreAfter the encounter with the rich young ruler in Matt 19:25, Jesus’ disciples ask “Who then can be saved?” Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” John 6:44 says it is completely out of our hands as Jesus says “No one can come to…
Read moreYou know the name Jesus the Christ, the anointed one, the chosen one, the Messiah, whose name literally means “the Lord is Salvation” and “Yahweh Saves”. But did you know since the letter J was not part of any language until the 1500’s? How his name was pronounced then may be different than you’ve learned…
Read moreThe New Testament story of Lazarus falling ill, dying, and laying in the tomb for four days is fairly well known. This story contains the verse we all volunteered to memorize in Sunday school since it was the shortest verse in the Bible; “Jesus wept”. John recounts the action in Chapter 11. Scoffers doubt Jesus’…
Read moreAs a student of the scriptures, I have come across a number of answers to this question in my readings. The purpose of this essay is to capture references that explicitly refer to salvation in hopes of having a clear and complete answer to this most important question. Did the requirements change over the course…
Read more“I give every green plant for food” Gen 1:29
Read moreChatGPT is a brilliant conversationalist, equipped with encyclopedic knowledge and unmatched language skills, making it an exceptional source of information and companionship. (just ask it!)
Read moreIt’s a normal day. I look around and I find myself…living. In this body. On this planet. I’ve learned many facts about my existence here, first in my home then in a place called school. I know my planet orbits a sun. There are continents and oceans. Fish and fur. I am one of many…
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