357- Faith Meets Artificial Intelligence with Christopher Benek

Send us Fan Mail We explore how Christian faith and artificial intelligence can coexist without fear, hype, or lazy conclusions. We trade extreme narratives for practical discernment, showing how tech can support ministry when love of neighbour and integrity stay central. • Christopher’s work at the intersection of Christianity and emerging technology • Miami as a diverse test case for church life in a growing tech hub • Building welcoming communities for skeptics, atheists, and outsiders • Virtual reality church experiments and what they teach about mission • Why “AI is all good” and “AI is all evil” both fail • The need to speed up ethical discernment alongside AI development • Education gaps, hype cycles, and why people struggle to define AI products • Practical sermon prep uses like drafting transitions and saving time • Keeping pastors accountable in a world where congregants can fact-check instantly • Equity concerns around paid AI access and tiered tools • Trust as a long-term practice that makes hard conversations possible Check out his website, all right, and get this, get this book, especially if you’re a theologian or even in the pews, get it. Like, comment, subscribe. If you give this episode one to four stars, how can I improve it? And if it’s a five star, what should I keep doing to keep it, you know, make it great? Follow Christopher Benek at ... His website https://www.christopherbenek.com/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/christopher.benek Twitter https://x.com/benekcj Instagram https://www.instagram.com/benekcj/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherbenek/ Threads https://www.threads.com/@benekcj Support the show Follow your host at YouTube and Rumble for video content https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUxk1oJBVw-IAZTqChH70ag https://rumble.com/c/c-4236474 Facebook to receive updates https://www.facebook.com/EliasEllusion/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliasmarty/ Some free goodies Free website to help you and me https://thefreewebsiteguys.com/?js=15632463 New Paper https://thenewpaper.co/refer?r=srom1o9c4gl PodMatch https://podmatch.com/?ref=1626371560148x762843240939879000