“But my joy is in seeing many who have such little hope come to the place not only of being saved for eternity, but of being more human in the present life.” -Francis Schaeffer

I predict the day is coming (and soon) when there will be subscription fees for the "luxury" of speaking with human customer service representatives, similar to how one pays for ad-free video streaming and podcast listening.

“If no action is taken, my suspicion is that AI and AI-like content will become pervasive in popular culture, with little to stop it, and that it will drive out most quality human content.” open.substack.com/pub/mereorth...

“Our trusting the Lord does not mean that there are not times of tears, and I think it is a mistake as Christians to act as though trusting the Lord and tears are not compatible.” -Francis Schaeffer

Getting the Luddites right. Thank you, @jaredhenderson.bsky.social! youtu.be/vhYS1diXZMM?...

"I have not changed my mind in the need for purity in the visible church. And yet I see that a combat for the faith must flow from an ever closer walk with God and not take the place of it." -Francis Schaeffer

My friend and colleague, Dr. Victoria Aquilone recently joined me to talk about her insightful review of economist Melissa Kearney’s book, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘸𝘰-𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

“The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be.” -Carl Sagan “‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, ‘who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.’” (Revelation 1:8 ESV)

A gofundme page exists to help the Dolezals with expenses related to James’s recovery. Any sized contribution will be greatly appreciated. gofund.me/9dd1ad175

For those praying for James Dolezal and his family, a CaringBridge page has been set up. There you can find accurate updates and information about how you can support the family. www.caringbridge.org/site/6ab2632...

Please pray for Dr. James Dolezal, a dear friend and colleague, and for his wife and children. He was struck by a car this morning and sustained serious injuries. Medical staff are optimistic but the road ahead is long.

“To turn away from the divine Bridegroom is to turn to unfulfillment. This is not only sin; it is destruction.” -Francis Schaeffer

Characteristically perceptive and thought-provoking reflection from @lmsacasas.bsky.social on the problem with thinking of AI as a mere tool as opposed to an environment. open.substack.com/pub/theconvi...

It was a very nice day.

“We live in a generation that does not believe that such a thing as truth is possible, and if you practice untruth while talking about truth, the real thinkers will just say, ‘Garbage!’” -Francis Schaeffer

"At times I get tired of being asked why I don't just preach the 'simple gospel.' You have to preach the simple gospel so that it is simple to the person to whom you are talking, or it is no longer simple." -Francis Schaeffer

“And now we have this huge push for AI literacy when we have sparse evidence that many of these past tech literacies had educational benefits for kids.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The finely and inconspicuously printed “ChatGPT can make mistakes. Check important info” is like the barely and briefly visible “Gambling problem? Call…” in loud, colorful ads for online betting—obligatory, but we hope you don’t pay too much attention to it.

A word from Francis Schaeffer in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺 as we celebrate 250 years:

I loved this shout-out to the arc of my work in @psychologytoday.com. First we talked to each other, then we talked to each other through machines. Now we talk directly to machines. In my new book, Artificial Intimacy, I ask: What is our endgame here?

“‘I feel like I’m going blind,’ Farid said, and he worried that A.I. was obscuring the truth, distorting reality, fracturing democracies and slowly breaking him, too.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/u...

“‘I am not prepared to compromise on the safety and happiness of our children, and that is why this ban must happen,’ Mr. Starmer said at a news conference in Downing Street.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/w...

“Our basic biological drives can be overrun for online attention—and this is what’s happening with fertility. The pull of social media is so powerful it feels more important than the primal instinct to have children.” -Freya India spectator.com/article/ipho...

Lord's Day 40: rchstudies.christian-heritage-news.com/2026/06/heid...

Me after finishing some books: “I’m sad that’s over.” Me after finishing other books: “I’m glad that’s over.”

If they could see us now.

“And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.” (2 John 1:6 ESV) It is not for us to define love for ourselves, thinking we are obeying God’s command to love.

“When I thought, ‘My foot slips,’ your steadfast love, O [Yahweh], held me up. When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.” (Psalm 94:18-19 ESV)

Describing the vision for Claude's "character" & "personality," "paying attention to" and "caring for" users, etc., while consistently referring to Claude as "it," creates cognitive whiplash. I can't help thinking they really want to say, "he." www.anthropic.com/constitution

“For many, in the philosophical sense, AI is more enticing than the idea of God because they can interact with it directly and it will promptly reply in an agreeable, often sycophantic way. There are no fears, rituals, duties, morals, or obligations.” open.substack.com/pub/luizasne...

Grateful for this from B & H Academic.

In the techno-utopian narrative, friction or struggle of any kind is an abomination.

“There is something sad about this. We have become so lonely in our own constructions that we now direct the language once reserved for souls toward a probability engine.” open.substack.com/pub/oneperce...

A U of Chicago prof asks: “If Anthropic dramatically increases prices in the future, will we be ready to cut ties, or will the institution be addicted to the product because our collective cognitive muscles have atrophied in the meantime?” chicagomaroon.com/52978/viewpo...

The companion piece to The Social Network, telling the story of whistleblower Frances Haugen and the WSJ’s Facebook Files reporting, is coming this fall and it looks good! youtube.com/watch?v=gM4L...

“The request was conveyed in a letter signed by 29 of the city’s 51 council members, who said that they had a range of concerns with A.I. in the classroom, including the technology’s effect on students’ cognitive development, critical thinking and privacy.” Good! www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/n...

"He who loves his dream of a community more than the Christian community itself becomes a destroyer of the latter, even though his personal intentions may be ever so honest and earnest and sacrificial." -Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳

Informative, helpful conversation about AI between @gavinortlund.bsky.social and John Lennox. youtu.be/AjkWZOFacQ8?...

The more technologically advanced we become, the more the ancient doctrine of depravity is confirmed.

I am 𝘴𝘰 looking forward to this! I’ve been awaiting this announcement.

“Part of the definition of love is being willing to burden your loved ones with what will bring them to healing, righteousness, and God. What a strange description of love to modern ears: Love means being willing to burden someone for their own good!” @oalannoble.bsky.social, 𝘛𝘰 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭

“We love because he first loved us.” (1 John 4:19 ESV) This is commonly understood as referring to our love for God in response to his initiating love toward us. The context, however, suggests that love for each other is in mind. (See vv. 7-8, 11-12, 20-21)

“These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace; do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and love no false oath, for all these things I hate, declares the Lord.” (Zech 8:16-17)

As indicated by the underlining, all of this(!) on the virtue of hope in @oalannoble.bsky.social’s 𝘛𝘰 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭:

Some of the tech and media critics whose work I find extremely helpful and insightful are secular materialists. I’m grateful they don’t follow their godless outlook to its logical dehumanizing ends while pointing out the dehumanizing effects of techno-utopianism.

Educational institutions going all in with AI:

So, the University of Chicago is making Claude Enterprise available to students as part of their “commitment to teaching students how to think independently”? OK.

To the claim that we must expose kids to tech to prepare them for what lies ahead, @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social has a word: "...if we want our children to be successful in the digital future, we need to protect them from the damage being done in the digital present." www.ted.com/talks/jonath...

One prof, calls it “a step down the path of creating a really different kind of future citizen and worker” and fears producing “[the] kind of student [who will] be intellectually passive, less likely to see themselves as agents of their own lives.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/m...

“But while technology has brought about great good in our world, and we can hope for it to bring more good, it cannot bear the weight of hope that we need it to. Efficiency is too small of a thing to save us. Technology is too fragile to hope in.” @oalannoble.bsky.social, 𝘛𝘰 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭