Noah Senthil

If I died today and the worst things I’ve ever done were divulged to the world, I hope that my friends and family would be able to say, “He was exactly who I thought he was.” I recall Ray Ortlund saying, “You can either be impressive or you can be known, but you can’t be both.”

petition for a trend where every ethicist's magnum opus is a commentary on Proverbs or the Sermon on the Mount

Great episode. Everyone should listen to Brad East right now. He is absolutely one of the best theologians talking and writing about technology. His "Nein!" to technological dehumanization is what we need.

I love when professors share what they're having their students read. I've learned a lot from the syllabi of classes I've never taken or taught.

If you’re a pastor pondering AI use in your ministry, stop and ask these four questions first. thegospelcoalition.org/article/questi…

What are the best theological works on loving your enemies?

A small dose of ecclesiology might convince you to switch churches. A big dose of ecclesiology might convince you to stay, despite your differences.

It is also worth considering whether you have sufficient reason not to continue to honour and submit to their leadership, despite your new theological or liturgical differences.

• What are the God-given responsibilities of the pastoral office? • What kind of pastoral formation is taking place? • Does using AI undermine pastoral authority and the church’s credibility? • What precedent is being set for the next generation of pastors? My latest at @TGC

All I can do is to urge on you to regard friendship as the greatest thing in the world; for there is nothing which so fits with our nature, or is so exactly what we want in prosperity or adversity. - Cicero

Jesus is not a brand.

John Wesley's 50-volume Christian Library has a new online home at fredfredfred.com/christianlibra…. PDFs, intro essays, interpretive notes, & more. 15k pages of Wesley-certified "Practical Divinity," mainly from Puritans. You can also always click on the graphic at the foot of the page:

"Any human face is a claim on you, because you can't help but notice the singularity of it, the loneliness and courage of it. But this is truest of the face of an infant. I consider that to be one kind of vision, as mystical as any." — Marilynne Robinson (Gilead)

“I’d say, in 100 years, if Christians are people identified as those who do not kill their children or their elderly, we would have been doing something right.” — Stanley Hauerwas

I'm just gonna leave this here... "AI chatbots aren’t offering anyone true companionship. Silicon Valley is selling digital servants for the small price of social and moral malformation and an on-ramp to life without friendship, devoid of personhood." thegospelcoalition.org/article/ai-com…