Pastoring in an Algorithmic Age – new resource paper

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a powerful tool. Like other tools, it is not a person. It is not morally responsible. It does not bear the image of God. It cannot repent, believe, love, or worship. And yet, unlike most tools that have come before it, AI presents...

Drift vs Discipleship: the need to strive for peace 

by Kamal Weerakoon  We all want our children and the other young people in our churches to be happy, safe, and connected to both God and their friends in this world. But recent research from the US Christian research agency Barna highlights the tension between the...

Do you pray for your civic leaders?

by Benjamin Shuhyta When you speak to God about our civic leaders, how do you pray? Do you pray for them at all? Maybe we wait til we read about a new law or about a rate hike. But shouldn’t we be more proactive? God’s word does give us principles to help...

Telos — is there an end?

by John McClean Lots of people around us are asking, one way or another, “What is life for?” Does it make sense? Is there a purpose to any of it? Sometimes it’s an existential question — why get out of bed? More often it shows up in specific parts of life. Young...

All Things New

by John McClean In the previous post I argued that our society has lost a sense of direction and purpose. We have rejected telos. Yet we need it, and God gives it to us. We need to know the purpose of ourselves and the world. We see it at the end of history. The last...

Creation’s Chief End

by John McClean What is the goal of the world and us? That is the most important thing about the new creation, the city-temple, is God’s presence. The God we cannot see now will purify his people for his presence, so that we will see him face to face (Rev 22:3b-4). He...
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