In this episode of The Enduring Church Podcast, Michael Davis sits down with apologist and author Abdu Murray to ask a pressing question for pastors and church leaders: What do we do with AI? They unpack how “AI mania” and the rejection of biology are reshaping culture, why letting a chatbot write your sermon or act as your “prayer partner” is so dangerous, and how over-reliance on AI can dull our minds, distort truth, and deepen loneliness.
Together, they explore how pastors can use AI as a limited tool without surrendering their calling, why hard study still matters for your own spiritual formation, and how the church can disciple people toward real community, critical thinking, and a deeper love for reality as God made it. If you are trying to shepherd a flock in an AI-obsessed age, this conversation will help you lead with clarity, caution, and hope.
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In this episode of The Enduring Church Podcast, Michael Davis sits down with apologist and author Abdu Murray to ask a pressing question for pastors and church leaders: What do we do with AI? They unpack how “AI mania” and the rejection of biology are reshaping culture, why letting a chatbot write your sermon or act as your “prayer partner” is so dangerous, and how over-reliance on AI can dull our minds, distort truth, and deepen loneliness.
Together, they explore how pastors can use AI as a limited tool without surrendering their calling, why hard study still matters for your own spiritual formation, and how the church can disciple people toward real community, critical thinking, and a deeper love for reality as God made it. If you are trying to shepherd a flock in an AI-obsessed age, this conversation will help you lead with clarity, caution, and hope.
Should We Model Our Churches After the Early Church?
The Enduring Church
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Should We Model Our Churches After the Early Church?
In this episode of The Enduring Church Podcast, we take an honest look at the early church—its simplicity, its power, its mess—and ask the big question: Should we model our churches after it today? We explore what the early church got right, what challenges it faced, and how much of its structure and rhythm still applies in a modern, complex world. Is Acts 2 a blueprint or just a snapshot? And are we idealizing something that was never meant to be duplicated? This episode will challenge assumptions and invite pastors to reflect deeply on how we shape our churches today.
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In this episode of The Enduring Church Podcast, Michael Davis sits down with apologist and author Abdu Murray to ask a pressing question for pastors and church leaders: What do we do with AI? They unpack how “AI mania” and the rejection of biology are reshaping culture, why letting a chatbot write your sermon or act as your “prayer partner” is so dangerous, and how over-reliance on AI can dull our minds, distort truth, and deepen loneliness.
Together, they explore how pastors can use AI as a limited tool without surrendering their calling, why hard study still matters for your own spiritual formation, and how the church can disciple people toward real community, critical thinking, and a deeper love for reality as God made it. If you are trying to shepherd a flock in an AI-obsessed age, this conversation will help you lead with clarity, caution, and hope.
