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Bill Gates warns that AI could “decide that humans are a threat” Mar 28, 2023

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Bill Gates recently wrote, “There’s the possibility that AIs will run out of control” and could decide that humans are a threat. Yet, as we develop the most powerful technology in human history, our society has the weakest moral consensus in American history. In such a time as this, the voice of Christian truth has never been more urgent, or more maligned. How can we speak biblical wisdom and morality to people who reject both?

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Blake Atwood

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Cities and communities are withdrawing from the US Mar 27, 2023

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A “scaled secession” is taking place within our country. This is not a “national divorce” but rather “soft separatism” in which communities are distancing from one another in a variety of ways, such as wealthier areas separating into parallel school districts. Are we dividing over biblical morality as well? A host of recent events impinging on Christians’ basic constitutional freedoms may suggest so.

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Trump deepfakes and TikTok’s troubling algorithm reveal our deepest need Mar 24, 2023

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While Donald Trump remains a free man as of this writing, that news may come as a shock to millions of people who have already seen pictures of him getting arrested and thrown to the ground by police. It turns out those pictures were the convincing results of an AI art generator. However, as a recent study on the way TikTok promotes suicidal content to children found, fake images should be the least of our concerns.

Author: Ryan Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s trial and “Celebrity Worship Syndrome” Mar 23, 2023

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Gwyneth Paltrow is on trial for a 2016 ski accident after being sued for crashing into a man. She has countersued, claiming he hit her. Our cultural fascination with the trial speaks to a phenomenon known as “Celebrity Worship Syndrome,” and that syndrome speaks to something much deeper within our hearts.

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Why is the Greg Laurie movie “Jesus Revolution” so popular? Mar 22, 2023

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Jesus Revolution, the movie about a spiritual awakening in California in the early 1970s, is outperforming many Best Picture Oscar nominees at the box office. Why is it striking such a chord with so many millions of people?

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

For more on Jesus Revolution, see our review

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Will Donald Trump be indicted today? A week “unlike any other in American politics” Mar 21, 2023

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When will Donald Trump be indicted for an alleged hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels via Michael Cohen? Trump has said his arrest could happen today, but a late surprise witness may push back the possible arrest. If Trump is indicted soon, the New York Times says “this week will be unlike any other in American politics.” No US president has ever been charged with a crime.

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Should the United States get a “national divorce”? Mar 20, 2023

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Should America get a divorce? Twenty percent of Americans think so, an unsurprising number given rising partisan animosity in the US. Yet depression and anxiety are also growing. Is this a coincidence?

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Netflix show for preschoolers features nonbinary character “coming out” Mar 17, 2023

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In “Ridley Jones,” a Netflix show for preschoolers, a character recently came out as nonbinary. Marvel has announced its Pride Month Star Wars comic book covers for June. And many other current news stories reveal how LGBTQ ideology is following a fourfold strategy for cultural transformation.

Author: Jim Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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March Madness tips off today: How the NCAA tournament became a cultural phenomenon Mar 16, 2023

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March Madness begins in earnest today, and if you have not yet added your bracket to the more than 80 million that are filled out each year, there may still be time to join the fun. After all, you don’t have to follow basketball—or even like it—to join in the sense of community that builds around the tournament. And our craving for that community offers an important lesson for us to consider today.

Author: Ryan Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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Does the church still matter today? Why that’s the wrong question for us to ask Mar 15, 2023

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Will less screen time make you happier? Turns out, that’s the wrong question and many Christians are making the same mistake today when we ask why the church matters.

Author: Ryan Denison, PhD

Narrator: Chris Elkins

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